BVP posted a tweet yesterday about getting back to work and there were pics from practice. If they were pics from Thursday's practice, I swear I saw McDay in a huddle.

Yep. We need him, but if he can't go, it's none of our business with what he's dealing with. Just wish him well.

The whole season of Lunden Mcday has been bewildering to date.

During the off season everything seemed fine. Fully expecting a 2 year starter to return and remain in his place as an unspectacular but solid contributor every night on a NCAA tourney type team.

Then the season started and Brown took his starting spot. Stuff happens. Maybe Brown got better. It was odd but McDay played 20ish minutes off the bench and we were winning so seemed okay.

Now he just vanishes for personal reasons leaving an already thin team in the lurch. Now I get it, life is more important than basketball, so whatever he's dealing with - I wish him nothing but the best in dealing with it and hope all gets worked out. That's the most important thing for him as a person.

And of course he has a right to privacy so a bunch of dudes on a message board don't always get to "know" what's going on. I'm sure the team knows and they'll figure it out which is all that really matters.

But the cherry on the top of odd cake is the minute posters even began asking questions about where he is, why he's gone, what the motives or reasons may or may not be (perfectly reasonable given his importance, our expectations this year, the position his absence leaves us in, and the vagueness around everything) they got instantly struck down by the message board God's of all knowing truth and morality. YOU DON'T GET TO KNOW AND HOW DARE YOU EVEN QUESTION IT!

That type of response just makes the whole darn thing even MORE head scratching. So odd.

Knock-Knock

Who's there?

Hipaa

Hippa who?

I'm not allowed legally to divulge that information, that's who.

FERPA covers educational rights. Without the permission of an adult student, grades, enrollment status, etc... are not supposed to be disclosed. I can't say if disciplinary status is covered under that for things other than like "grade probation" or whatever they call it now.

As I understand HIPPA, it only applies to medical providers, insurance companies, and some kinda insurance-clearing-house middleman type organizations. However that's criminal stuff...anyone can sue anyone anytime.

^This. Is it my imagination that so-called major programs have such information more readily available from one source or other? Maybe due to more massive interest or the additional people to ask such questions? I don’t pretend to know but it sure seems that way.

Yeah, that's the bad news . . . not in layup lines.
Good news? BRod is coming out of his slump today.

Perfect from the field before heading to the bench with 2 fouls 3 min into the game.

Portal because he is dissatisfied with minutes! From a personal point of view, I am concerned and hope he is okay physically, academically, and medically!

And the oddities and vagueness continues. Words like "indefinitely" coupled with it not being medical (at least not covid anyway) doesn't sound good. When the coach has to pull out the "we're focusing on who we have" it makes it sound an awful lot like he's not coming back. Those are things people say after somebody transfers or is done for the year.

The "I'm entering the portal because I'm unhappy I lost my starting spot" theory is starting to sound more plausible sadly.

I'll say this. Losing Preston, Wilson, possibly McDay and having BRod go into a total funk has utterly decimated our season chances. That's only 4/5 of our starting lineup from last year. So much for continuity. At this point without McDay coming back, BRod coming out of it, Wilson getting healthy and some new comers stepping up we'll be lucky to be a middle of the pack MAC team.

I mean…very hard to disagree with any of this. Without these missing pieces, it’s going to be a bumpy ride in conference play. BVP and Carter can never get into foul trouble. Seems like we are in in a ho-hum type of stretch and struggling to find our way. Never envisioned this season without Wilson and McDay. It’s a flat out killer. Sure would be nice to see Izuma get minutes, but he’s clearly not a rotation guy right now and might not be this year.

Most MAC teams will not have the lineup to match us. Buffs does. I do not know anyone else who has JC, BVP and Sears type of trio.