Stat line today: 2 minutes...0-1 FG
So does he quit and start training for NBA Draft now (sarcasm) or just head overseas to play in Turkey before January 1st? #LessonLearned #Kirk>Simmons #ChicagoPG>DaytonPG #GrassIsntAlwaysGreener

Listened to Dak talking about the lack of PG presence during the VCU game. Pretty good take on it with some breakdown as well.

I liked X in High School at Lima the couple of times I got to watch.

Suspect Dakich has a pretty good inside line on UM and a direct line to Coach B and the staff as to what they are seeing in practice every day. Listening between the lines on that analysis gives some insight.

Now well over 100 comments in this thread, all for a kid long gone from the program. Almost double the number of any other thread. Boy, are we...(fill in the blank).

I actually have a life ... if I have time to kill I can find multiple instances of you saying he dribbled out the clock. Your animosity towards anyone who wears a Bobcat uniform who doesn't meet your expectations is astounding. But continue to criticize those who wear (or wore) the green & white.

not exactly *long* gone but the subject of his transfer is just now getting some run on the broadcasts. If announcers are voicing opinions on the situation what is your point? You think UK fans that commented on Wilcher at Gonzaga were ....(fill in the blank)? Can think of thousands of comments from dozens of boards regarding tranfers over the past 10 years. Many of those were pretty vile and would not be tolerated by our mods....so in answer to your fill in the blank..... involved, informed, passionate and caring OHIO basketball fans.

7 minutes with 2 assists, 3 turnovers and no points in a blow out win today. Ibi Watson, formerly of Athens, also sees 7 minutes.

Jerry...you said that I said "he INTENTIONALLY dribbled out the clock". I never said "intentionally". The dude didn't pass...he didn't shoot...he held onto the ball. Thus, he dribbled out the clock. I've said it numerous times. What about this statement is factually incorrect? Several others on this board have written the same thing that Simmons dribbled out the clock. Sorry, if my analysis of OHIO basketball and its players through the years doesn't fit what you see. It's a message board and everyone has an opinion. Not everyone gets a participation trophy here. Get over it and continue to #BleedGreen

Jaaron averaging 11.1 minutes thru 7 games. Maybe I shouldn't say it but it kind of puts a smile on my face. Maybe he wasn't too big for Athens after all?

There are people who are celebrating his lack of success, but all I can think is arguably the MAC's best player (certainly top 3) can barely get on the floor in the Big Ten.

The B1G is absolutely that much better than the MAC. Your one comparison of the Michigan schools isn't enough to make that statement reality. Consider with Evans that he's doing the exact same things for Hurley at ASU that he was at UB. That makes a difference. Simmons is struggling with his role because it's less than a year into a new offense for him, whereas for Simpson, it's year two. And, Simpson just might be a better player.

For the life of me, I could never understand why he'd want to go to Michigan. Go back near home to play at Dayton when they came calling? Yeah, for sure. I'd openly support that because it makes sense, and lots of players want to do it.

Are you always gonna play your "moral victory", "gazer", etc. stuff? I thought by now you and I, and anyone else on here you play that card to, were well beyond that.

Simple facts - the B1G is light years ahead of the MAC in every regard - money, recruiting, resources, facilities. It's the way it is. Only the top 2-3 teams in the MAC can compete with the bottom three-quarters of the B1G on most nights. And 9.5 times out of 10, those top 3 teams in the MAC get absolutely shelled by the elite teams in the B1G. It's just the way it is.

Teams in the MAC have to have special players to beat B1G teams most nights. If you think back to 2012, DJ Cooper was that special player. (not that there weren't other good players on OUr team - he was beyond "MAC level talent".)
Simmons is not that special talent in the same way DJ was. It's not a slight to him - he was very good and fun to watch and root for.

From what I've seen this year, Simpson, Simmons, and Eli Brooks have been playing the PG merry go round, with Simpson and Brooks getting the lion's share of the minutes. Maybe Brooks is getting the start lately, but they're still playing relatively equal minutes thus far.

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I don't play moral victories, I speak against them. I do not gaze, stars are up in the sky, so I speak against gazing. Western Kentucky just beat Purdue, Florida Atlantic beat OSU last year and we beat them in a scrimmage by 10 points. There is a lot of parity in college basketball, so the MAC can compete with B1G teams. CMU is a lower tier MAC school and they could have beat Michigan. Jaaron dominated them while playing at Ohio and he was marginal at best in a Michigan uniform. You don't have to be special to beat a B1G team, you just have to believe and execute, gazing usually gets you beat down the stretch sort of like us getting beat by Minnesota in football. We praised them during the pregame press conferences and said thing like we have to play a perfect game to win. We came out and played one of our worst games and still almost beat them. Play to win, not to participate and good things will follow.