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Good podcast as usual.

Just my opinion, but Steve Irvine was way too much of a homer. He literally could not say anything the least bit negative. It was fake and not authentic to me. You guys are much more objective and balanced this year, but you’re still fair.

Y’all never talk down about players or coaches, or talk dirty as you said.

Thanks for the podcast!

(01-09-2023 09:49 AM)jcduncan13 Wrote: [ -> ]

Enjoyed it.

Very thorough and on-point analysis.

Good, honest, and fair analysis, guys. Your final four comments at the beginning of the season made me cringe, but this episode was spot on.

(01-11-2023 04:45 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote: [ -> ]Good, honest, and fair analysis, guys. Your final four comments at the beginning of the season made me cringe, but this episode was spot on.

This team absolutely had/has the talent and experience to make a big time run in March. Our expectations were very high, but rightfully so. Don't rationalize things so much that a disappointing season thus far turns into this "team never had a chance." Our issues are completely self-inflicted.

No one EXPECTED us to make the final four. But we absolutely had/have the talent to make a big time run. Don't be a revisionist.

We absolutely should've been competing for an at large bid. We absolutely should've been winning CUSA. We absolutely should've been expecting a good showing in March (not necessarily a huge run, but showing up and playing well at a minimum).

To be fair, we can still win CUSA and go on a run in March. It’s not the way anybody wanted it to happen, but there is still a lot of time left.

(01-11-2023 08:19 PM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ]To be fair, we can still win CUSA and go on a run in March. It’s not the way anybody wanted it to happen, but there is still a lot of time left.

I agree.

*slaps knees and stands up*

Welp!

To answer your question BVP: NOT WELL

Poorly.

With the same players making the same mistakes and no adjustments defensively or offensively.

We will curl up in the fetal position during crunch time. That’s how we respond.

I actually did see some small adjustments but it isn't worth the argument here. Same result so it didn't work. Our FTs reared its ugly head and got us. We have until March to figure it out and while we didn't get the win, I did see some glimmer of hope. Had we not dropped the two FUs this one would have been easier to stomach. I think we gut punch La tech and will have the MTSU game go to the wire.

There were small adjustments. Nothing that affected the outcome of the game. Certainly not like the big changes AK was alluding to.

It’s mid January and this team hasn’t won a road game yet. La tech is a good to decent team. We’ve shown we can lose to absolutely anyone on the road. We find new ways every game to choke down the stretch. I won’t be surprised in the slightest if we lose both games coming up.

This team hasn’t shown the fortitude to fix its issues and come together, coaching and players alike. I’m not saying it isn’t possible, but very hard for a team with this many years playing basketball to fix all of its many issues. This isn’t a group of malleable young freshmen. These are a bunch of college basketball geezer equivalents - almost everyone on the roster has played a minimum of 2.5 seasons now. It will be hard to break them of their bad habits that have been enabled and ignored for so long.

If you’re still losing the ball routinely while lazily dribbling the ball up court bc you choose to ignore defenders coming up behind you, or jumping into the air to pass or shoot with no plan of what to do with the ball, after you’ve been playing 2.5 years of high major college basketball, it’s probably not going to change overnight.

If you’ve sucked as a defender for multiple years, and the cosch isn’t willing to sub you out or try different things, it’s not going to change overnight.

At this point, the goal needs to be getting a first round bye in Frisco.

(01-13-2023 10:58 AM)hooverblazer Wrote: [ -> ]At this point, the goal needs to be getting a first round bye in Frisco.

Yep. That's all that matters now. Trying to coalesce as a team and improve our glaring issues. Playing one less game in the conference tourney is essential.

(01-13-2023 10:34 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote: [ -> ]There were small adjustments. Nothing that affected the outcome of the game. Certainly not like the big changes AK was alluding to.

It’s mid January and this team hasn’t won a road game yet. La tech is a good to decent team. We’ve shown we can lose to absolutely anyone on the road. We find new ways every game to choke down the stretch. I won’t be surprised in the slightest if we lose both games coming up.

This team hasn’t shown the fortitude to fix its issues and come together, coaching and players alike. I’m not saying it isn’t possible, but very hard for a team with this many years playing basketball to fix all of its many issues. This isn’t a group of malleable young freshmen. These are a bunch of college basketball geezer equivalents - almost everyone on the roster has played a minimum of 2.5 seasons now. It will be hard to break them of their bad habits that have been enabled and ignored for so long.

North Texas barely beat LA Tech at the last few seconds at home the other night. So this LA Tech road game could be more challenging than we thought.

(01-13-2023 09:39 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: [ -> ]I actually did see some small adjustments but it isn't worth the argument here. Same result so it didn't work. Our FTs reared its ugly head and got us. We have until March to figure it out and while we didn't get the win, I did see some glimmer of hope. Had we not dropped the two FUs this one would have been easier to stomach. I think we gut punch La tech and will have the MTSU game go to the wire.

There was a major change: Jelly brought the ball up-court for the first 36 minutes (when he was in the game), with Gaines playing off the ball. For Crunch Time they went back to Gaines as primary ballhandler.

Somewhere in the swamp

Had we not lost to the FU's, we would not have lost this one, either. All three are the result of Discipline and Concentration: free throws. Positioning. Unforced turnovers. Forgetting where the sideline is. Fumbling passes through your legs.

Here are a couple of 22-23 stat lines. Which would you rather have at the point?

GP MIN FG% 3P% FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
17 28.8 42.5 39.0 68.3 3.3 4.7 0.6 1.7 2.6 3.5 11.7

GP MIN FG% 3P% FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
18 30.4 38.3 34.0 71.0 4.1 3.5 0.1 2.0 2.3 2.3 14.3