Block has been streaky his whole career. Not gonna change suddenly

I guess if there is anything we can draw from this game is that keep winning despite turning the ball over so much. Just makes you wonder what "could" be if they didnt. I've never been so frustrated after a win.

Very true

What is he doing taking the ball up the court, making terrible passes, and not kicking the ball out when he gets into trouble under the basket? If not a point guard; perhaps, Saul should sit him down and remind him that this is a team sport and not one-on-one basketball.

Injuries! Bad luck! Transfers! But....Antonio Campbell...and Jason Carter...and Jaaron Simmons....and Jordan Dartis...and...reasons!

I'll ask again, how many YEARS in a row are we going to deal with these excuses? Once is a fluke, twice is bad luck, every year for 5 in a row is a systemic issue - so while I agree each instance on its own surely negatively impacted each team on some level - YES it's still an excuse. Good coaches plan for the worst and have some form of contingency plan. Or, they adapt on the fly to the new circumstances and figure out ways to win anyway. It's a bottom line business. You only get so many mulligans. Saul's are running out fast.

I've been saying since last year Kirk either needs to learn to run/initiate the offense and improve his AST:TO ratio (dealt with it as a freshman, not so much as a sophomore) or stop playing PG. Either Saul doesn't care and is okay with this type of play (scary) or Kirk didn't care enough to put the work in and improve during the off-season (also scary).

What's even scarier is that, as good as Kirk is at other facets, we all knew TK wasn't a PG last year. It's why Block basically had to stop scoring and turn into our de-facto point forward. And yet, Saul's "answer" to the very real possibility of a PG situation again this year was - Jason Preston and Torey James. I mean, give him credit, at least he recruited some "guys". And - either or both could develop into decent MAC players before their time is done. But neither are impact players THIS year. That's on him.

Quick question for all you naysayers: "is that not a scoreboard............."

It is plays like this that are quickly making Preston my favorite player on this team. He shows flashes of court brilliance not seen since the days of DJ. He still a little inconsistent, but he seems to be getting better each time out. Can't say that for some others -- particularly TK, and the streaky Block.

Dial down the dosage, OCF. I've seen a few things to like in Preston, but any comparison to Coop is ill-advised at best at this stage.

That was a heckuva impressive win. I could tell by seeing them in person that they have potential to right the ship and be competitive in the Horizon. And Davis is the real deal.