Killer sequence was Simmons getting three straight offensive rebounds. I think they scored on all of them.

Get over yourself and your ridiculous recency bias.

Was this season good? No.
Frustrating? Absolutely.

But it's not even over yet. The most important part is still ahead. Now it's not looking great, but it's not over until it's over.

Nost disappointing in history? Come on. Didn't realize the throw away opinions of people before a single game is played is apparently the end-all be-all measuring stick of a season, bc the only reason you're so disappointed is bc we got picked to win the league pre-season. That prediction and 50 cents will get you a crappy cup of coffee.

This team was never healthy from game 1 with Pavs back and Reefs knee. And it snow balled from there.

As for the bigs discussion. Again. Boals planned on having 4 bigs available. Kuany didn't get eligibility in time and Hadaway and Clayton got hurt. We now have a hobbled Clayton and a back up in Searls. Would love to have more and it's not good enough to win a ton right now, but saying this is on Boals when he started with 4 bigs is unfair.

And don't start on Evans. He was a great get as a highly recruited HS big and still is. Nobody with reasonable expectations and watched him play in HS expected him to walk onto campus as a freshman (or maybe even as a sophomore) and just immediately contribute. Bigs with the ability to immediately contribute don't end up in the MAC. He's exactly the type of HS guy we have to take a shot at.

You amd others disagree with Boals strategy of planning for the future and hoping those future results are better than what you can get from immediate impact 1 year guys via the portal. Maybe you're right and Boals is wrong but it doesn't mean the big situation wasn't addressed.

Nicol is a left-handed shooter (harder to guard) with a good outside shot, who has great size for a wing (6'7) and is a good passer. He isn't a post, he's a small forward. He isn't good enough to displace our current wings. Maybe he never has the athleticism or defense to contribute. Maybe he does. Not every recruit is going to be a hit. Not even at Duke or UK, so you can't hold Boals to that standard either.

Our bigs next year will be transfer/Evans/Hadaway/Kuany and possibly Mosley for stretches.

This team was picked to win the league. That alone makes it a disappointment….even with the injuries.

So Elliot could be ready to play, but Evans not?

And again left handed Ben Nicol couldn’t get any minutes at all on an injury depleted team. In his second year on scholarship? Oh he’s a wing…well Elliott is playing the 4 right now. At 6-4.

And injuries happen. And they can add to the disappointment. That counts as a part of it.

Is the 4-5 seed game the second contest in Cleveland following the 11AM Zips opener?

Hah, nah I just don't let irrelevant pre-season polls dictate my expectations for a season.

I get disappointed and frustrated at this team and their lack of defense on a nightly basis with the rest of you.

But I'm sure not going to declare a season a failure before the most important part of the season has even happened yet. It is trending in that direction for sure, but we'll see. Even so, hard to overcome the injuries at important positions that we've sustained this year. We lost exactly the guys we couldn't afford to lose.

I also tend to hate a team built around AJC and Pavs. Don't think it's a winning recipe. That will change next year.

It is what it is.

Huh? I'm confused. Because I responded to your waving the white flag you interpret that as my insisting that you continue to care and post? Please, feel free to call it a season. Does your "we" mean you can't make the decision alone, you need everyone to follow you?

Well you did mention me posting lol. This is the first time all season that I hint towards ending the season due to play and injuries. The "we" part was just a figure of speech. I'm never one to post and crave people to follow what I say. I think you're making my frustrated post a bigger deal than it actually is.

I don’t think anyone else hates Pavs on this team besides you.

He has a defensive shortcoming (who doesn’t on this team besides Reef?). Otherwise, he’s been a solid addition and far from the main issue with this roster.

Your post above mentions next year we’ll have Evans/Kuany/Hadaway/transfer as bigs. We just handed out a scholarship to a likely project big from London. If he accepts, then what? You seem so sure of yourself that Boals knows what he’s doing as it relates to size. We’d be in even more trouble next year if this is the bigs mix we go into the season with.

+1

The PAV hate is unreal to me. Don’t get it.

Meanwhile, Boals is playing a guy 20 minutes a game who is shooting 18.9% from 3 in conference play. He is making BRod’s last two years look like Steph Curry.

Seriously, we're 7 deep with ajb injured. He HAS to play and we just have to hope he breaks out.

Yes…he has to play, but not 20 minutes a game. Elliott and PAV need to be on the court for 35 minutes in Cleveland. That gets Sheldon 10 minutes.

Perhaps the only defense for Boals and his recruiting a big guys is the thing we always hear about Ohio university… We don’t have the funds. Our NIL isn’t even good enough by MAC standards to get a big?

Just from my 30,000 foot view, I think Boals and Co are often on the highest rated guards and building around the 4-5 that were here, hoping others pan out. Evans was highly rated. He's just not getting PT. AJC is an All MAC performer. Hadaway. Brought in Searls. He's not exactly sitting on his hands. Many of these top portal stars likely saw a log jam and didn't see playing time.

Certainly, today we need size. But anyone coming in wasn't starting. Unless injuries hit.

If I had to guess, we see at least one portal big - but even then - unless Evans is leaving and/or Boals says otherwise - that person likely isn't seeing a wide-open lane to starting at 5.

Hadaway and Evans are likely your 4 and 5 next season. Portal GuyTM is coming off the bench.