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Date: Sunday October 26th, 2025 2:00 PM

Opponent: Ohio St.  (0-0)

Site: Value City Arena

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I haven’t been keeping up on my basketball notes…

Is that Mosley in sweats on the bench? Looks like a big body we could use.

Their (other) big guy has about all their points. Noel.

Holy s*** call the game even lol BIG10 crew has to keep it close

Walking Bucket no first half minutes against Ohio State? Is he already out of the rotation on October 26th? Is he sick? Hurt?

I know this post is about you trying to get traction on a new nickname, but help me out -- who are you talking about?

Burris

Anytime we do have a defensive stop or force a turnover, a whistle is being blown but we can’t get it on the other end

How bad has Simmons been in the first two games? Dang!

Kiir Kuany was our 4th leading scorer.

He also had 4 fouls in 3 minutes played in the 1st half.

So there's that.

If this season goes the way I think it might go, we'll have a different coaching staff next year.

Not unlike Billy Hahn's 1988 team. Individual talent, little chemistry, mediocre coaching.

At least the MAC won't repeat the mistake of forcing a tourney team to play twice in one day. Not sure Simmons could get up and down the court in game 2, a la John Beauford.

It pains me but I agree. I was harsh in criticism of Saul but Boals has lived off the COVID year where we beat Virginia and has been not much better than Saul. He is on life support now as far as I'm concerned. Anything less than 20 wins and at least a MAC title game appearance calls for a new staff.

So what is the final straw with a coach then? How long do you allow a TK to coach and win 20 games a year with ZERO NCAA Tourney appearances? 10 years? 20 years?

I went to the game yesterday. It was a terrible crowd, maybe 4,000 in attendance? Maybe 200 students or so. I know it was just an exhibition, but I maintain OSU's basketball program is just not well supported. Even when they are good, the atmosphere is not impressive and I really think they are settling into their destiny as a middle of the pack Big Ten program.

Anyway, OSU shot well and we had no answer for the 2 tall white dudes, which luckily won't really be much of an issue in the MAC. They also just blew past us to the rim way too much. They were 25 for 33 from 2 and 23 of 29 on free throws (we fouled wayyy more because we were constantly getting beat off the ball and sliding over late).

Offense was not terrible yesterday, some good ball movement at times but some issues finishing and too many ill advised threes. JP & EE are weapons driving to the hoop, but they didn't have great success yesterday and were unable to finish several decent chances.

Simmons has not looked good, which is concerning. He was at the center of any optimism we had. Hopefully it is just a slow start. I am not sure I see the overweight / out of shape narrative...just wasn't productive.

Sheldon just needs to be disciplined in what threes he takes. He showed he can still be a sharpshooter when he gets the right chances, but he also had a couple of the dumb crazy off balance shots, and not late in the shot clock.

I thought Kelly looked pretty solid and smooth for a freshman. Connors sure isn't shy about shooting the ball. I agree that I think I'd like to see more of Burris. Breath will be just fine in the Wiz/Searls role.

Not sharing in the extreme talk of regime change, however I also have some pessimism about the season. Right now I would expect us to repeat last season...frustrate with some bursts but mostly just be mediocre and around .500 in the MAC. That's where I'm at right now, subject to change.