I was at the Toledo game in Athens and watched the Toledo team walk off the court post game without shaking hands. I thought it may have been some weird covid thing but it was obvious by Boals reaction that he wasn’t expecting that.

It appeared on TV last night that we walked off the court post game.

Just curious if something is triggering that

Only listened to the game.

Who did Miles Brown shut down?

Why did Clayton get only 7 minutes? Did Towns get injured that kept his minutes to only four?

Carter and BVP played as well as can be expected IMO. They can hang with that team. Sears "can" but looked like a Sophomore playing big minutes against a top 15 team for the first time in his career on some of those drives (because that's exactly what he is). He's got to learn a floater (ala Preston) or be able to hit a pull up jumper from the foul line, because his first step is deadly. He also needs to learn to finish at the rim through contact (easier said than done against length like UK) but 2-11 from the field isn't going to cut it from our top scorer.

We DESPERATELY need a 4th option though. Where is that coming from?

We full out stopped being aggressive on O. We set screens. We move without the ball. We share the ball well. All good things, but sometimes you have to do more than settle for hoisting 3s, even if they're good looks.

Ben Roderick. 1 point. 1 freaking point. Dude, you can't rebound or play defense. If you're not going to score, take a seat.

Honestly I think this is where we missed Preston's length and 6'4 size. How many times did our bigs box out well, only for a long rebound to land in the hands of one of UK's wings or guards? This is a problem when you go 6'1 (Sears) 6'1 (Brown) and 6'5 (but plays smaller Roderick) across the back.

I said it last year after Creighton and I'll say it again after UK - the BIGGEST need on this team is a long/athletic 3 and D wing. Somebody in the 6'5-6'7 range with length. We have absolutely nobody on our roster that fits that, and didn't address it - and come tourney time these types of teams are taking advantage of it. Maybe not in the MAC, but I think our aspirations are/should be bigger than that.

This team will be a really good MAC team. Question is, can they make the jump to being a good NCAA tourney team? We're light years from that right now.

I want my players playing to their strengths. Sears' strength is getting to the basket and getting to the line. If two or three of those blocks are instead fouls (I can think of one in particular that should have been), who knows what that could open up for the rest of the offense.

It's a major disadvantage when the offense has 3 threats that defenses can focus all of their attention on. Good luck when 1 or 2 of those 3 are on the bench. We'll continue to beat most of the teams on our schedule because of those 3. We'll continue to struggle against better competition until someone else steps up.

It really stinks and is truly unfair to pin it all on one kid. I feel bad for BRod. But, you're not wrong. When it comes to what this team needs/is currently lacking combined with skill sets of guys available. It's all Roderick. I'd add DW3 if he were able to get healthy but that ship has sailed.

Could not be a more true statement. Amazing how different 20-3 with just one win over Toledo looks. I'm not complaining at all (especially with the Preston, Wilson, McDay developments), but this is a fair and smart take.

This board went from 10 year contract for Boals so that he has the flexibility to not take the first P5 offer he gets and can wait until the next Sweet 16 run to choose to "mundane 19-4 record" awfully quickly.

Winning basketball games matters, and this team has been the most consistent OU team I can remember in my time following the program. The peak may not be as high as some other teams could reach, but the median quality of play is as high as any team I can remember. That's a recipe to win games, and the sign of a strong program.