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Game usually doesn’t show up until shortly before it starts.

Still an awesome effort against a top 25 team who will finish big this year. Lots of positives. Big thing will be response in next 2 games.

We will not see anything REMOTELY close to Baylor and Nova in MAC. We are contenders NOW in our league. Mark it. These games even in losses only help.

Nothing McDay nor Roderick has shown me so far indicate they won't keep emerging. Not as confident about the other player.

I suspect Price comes back and makes it 9

Up six with 13 minutes left and Dartis sits for 4 minutes and we don't score. That changed the complexion of first half. Against these top 25 teams, there is no margin for error. I understand taking Dartis out for the 12 minute timeout, but was surprised he wasn't back on the floor after the timeout. We lost all our mojo during that 4 minute stretch without Dartis and I believe we went 6 minutes without a point.

Ten minutes left in game, McMurray misses both FTs on the flagrant and we were doomed from there. We got the ball and it could have been a five point swing and who knows if that happened if we could have keep it under 10 the rest of the way. Missing those free throws was a huge momentum killer. I'm very curious to see how far McMurray moves down the bench now that we have Roderick and hopefully Price can contribute soon. And can we discuss the officiating. The first and third fouls on Preston were not fouls. And to call a foul with .6 tenths of a second left before halftime on a scrum under the basket is ridiculous.

With all that said, absolutely can't beat playing Villanova...Baylor and Utah...back to back to back. I know there were a ton of questions about the schedule, but how can you beat this...especially with Purdue on the horizon? It has to be the most difficult non-con schedule in recent memory.

I think we can still do special things this year. Nobody expected to beat 'Nova and Baylor. I do wish the scores were closer to 10 though and not 20. But you can see what Boals is building. If he can get some points in the paint down the road, it will help tremendously.

Very curious to see how we come out against Utah. When the bracket came out, nobody expected us to play more than one Power 5 team in this tourney. Maybe the Utes just went to get back on a plane and head to Salt Lake...we'll see. Go 'Cats.

Assuming the guys calling the game were correct, the Utes are retooling more than Ohio this year with (I think I heard this correctly) 11 new faces?

That they lost on CCU's home floor in what was really a road game isn't terribly shocking given that information.

EDIT: I dug through the roster by searching through the gameday links. No Seniors, one Junior, mostly Freshmen and RS Freshmen.

......don’t bother, they’re here. 😁

I enjoyed this. Really good to see that Boals comes under the same criticism as the previous regime. Hope he can measure up to those standards you are setting from the peanut gallery. Going to see you in the Convo this year?

Yes, there will be criticism for Boals as well when warranted. Just like there was criticism for Saul, Christian, Groce, O'Shea and Hunter. And if you don't believe me, then apparently you didn't see my post following the Utah game. I'll copy/paste here as a refresher. As Dink mentioned, you can't compare and judge 6 games of the Boals era to five years of the Saul regime. I also don't think Saul played two top 25 squads and a total of three power five conference teams in his first six games. Unfortunately, I can't get to Athens for a trip this season. Go Bobcats!
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RE: Official Game 6 Thread: Utah
Posted: 11/23/2019 11:07:29 AM

Size and length destroyed Ohio. Also never saw a team go 29-30 from the the foul line in one game. If we are going to really, really surprise this year....Jordan Dartis needs to shake off the rust and be in form come MAC season. If he's not hitting shots, it's going to be difficult to win consistently in Boals first year. Boals also still seems to have some confidence in McMurray with giving him consistent minutes. Mason looks tentative and unsure on the court. Boals yanked him in first half for not being in right position on an offensive set. He's getting more of a run than Springs right now and I'm not sure what he's done to earn those minutes.



Last Edited: 11/23/2019 11:08:24 AM by FearLeon

#1 this week.