(01-22-2019 10:17 PM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:15 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  How many free throws have they missed. this is Calipariesque.

It's mainly Rod Brown this game. I blame Memphis

It's a valid blame.

(01-22-2019 10:33 PM)cscottl1981 Wrote:  I missed this one. Sounds like it lived up to its game of the day hype though.

Glass houses. We've got quite a stretch in front of us.

(01-22-2019 10:31 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:17 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  Don't let him get under your skin. Yall are moving in the right direction. UCF will be back in the basement next year.

Exactly. I think Cows fan is salty because UCF has always finished ahead of usf in the standings and now that they finally have an above average team, UCF is still better than them.

They lost on the road at Temple and UC, against UH, and on the road on a buzzer beater to Tulsa. They could easily be 5-2 on a very difficult schedule. They're a solid pick to finish 6th in the conference. Thats a major step in the right direction for a team that hasn't been competitive the last 3+ seasons. UCF on the other hand was picked to win this league and so far is underachieving. Success is relevant and a program with no history of sustained success should really be more appreciative of that fact.

(01-22-2019 10:28 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:15 PM)Ocalabull Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:07 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 09:51 PM)Ocalabull Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 09:43 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  lol

We are young and looking promising. Also you just lost to this WSU team you smug *****

Spare me. South Florida is 2-4 and hosting a 1-4 team. UCF lost on the road where WSU is something like 110-9 in the last 8 seasons. Nice try.

Yeah that 1 win was against you...

And? Congrats. Cows improve to 3-4. You beat a Wichita team that is 0-5 on the road and it was still a two-possession game with 4 minutes to go in the game.

So, yes, I guess when you compare this year's team to the usual last place Cows teams of the last 10 years, usf is "very good."

10 years is perhaps an overstatement, since that includes an NIT and NCAA team that won games in the tournament. Now, if you want to talk about the pain of the Antigua era, that's true. That was a disaster.
The rebuild is progressing well. I won't make excuses for the four losses that were lost by free throws. That's something your Mickey Mouse school does.

(01-22-2019 10:35 PM)Memphis Yankee Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:33 PM)cscottl1981 Wrote:  I missed this one. Sounds like it lived up to its game of the day hype though.

Glass houses. We've got quite a stretch in front of us.

I agree we have a tough stretch, but I’d be shocked if only scored 40 or 50 in a game. It seems more likely that our defense would fall apart.

(01-22-2019 10:35 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  They could easily be 5-2 on a very difficult schedule.

And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

(01-22-2019 10:35 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  UCF on the other hand was picked to win this league and so far is underachieving.

Underachieving? Haha. The only reason we're not at the top of this list is because Houston and Cincy have played one more conference game than us.

(01-22-2019 10:56 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:35 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  They could easily be 5-2 on a very difficult schedule.

And if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

(01-22-2019 10:35 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  UCF on the other hand was picked to win this league and so far is underachieving.

Underachieving? Haha. The only reason we're not at the top of this list is because Houston and Cincy have played one more conference game than us.

You lost to a team thats 1-5. Are you just purposely being dense? Thats underachieving.

Edit: Thats in addition to your two mediocre non-conf losses.

(01-22-2019 10:36 PM)bullsbucsfan426 Wrote:  I won't make excuses for the four losses that were lost by free throws. That's something your Mickey Mouse school does.

Link?

(01-22-2019 10:28 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:15 PM)Ocalabull Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:07 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 09:51 PM)Ocalabull Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 09:43 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  lol

We are young and looking promising. Also you just lost to this WSU team you smug *****

Spare me. South Florida is 2-4 and hosting a 1-4 team. UCF lost on the road where WSU is something like 110-9 in the last 8 seasons. Nice try.

Yeah that 1 win was against you...

And? Congrats. Cows improve to 3-4. You beat a Wichita team that is 0-5 on the road and it was still a two-possession game with 4 minutes to go in the game.

So, yes, I guess when you compare this year's team to the usual last place Cows teams of the last 10 years, usf is "very good."

I like to see it as we beat a 1-5 team by 13 points, whose lone win was a 8 point victory against ucf.

(01-22-2019 10:58 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  You lost to a team thats 1-5. Are you just purposely being dense? Thats underachieving.

Oh, so now conference records matter?

(01-22-2019 11:00 PM)Ocalabull Wrote:  I like to see it as we beat a 1-5 team by 13 points, whose lone win was a 8 point victory against ucf.

You're going to look incredibly silly in about a month.

(01-22-2019 11:03 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:58 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  You lost to a team thats 1-5. Are you just purposely being dense? Thats underachieving.

Oh, so now conference records matter?

It does if you actually want to make postseason play. Yall have underachieved so far and are in danger of not making the tourney, yet you're trying to big dawg the USF fan and his program when they're currently overachieving based on their preseason projections.

(01-22-2019 11:05 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 11:00 PM)Ocalabull Wrote:  I like to see it as we beat a 1-5 team by 13 points, whose lone win was a 8 point victory against ucf.

You're going to look incredibly silly in about a month.

That statement will be true even a month from now.

(01-22-2019 09:12 PM)GoShox7 Wrote:  Not counting the band....more than half the crowd is Shocker fans. We still support even is such a bad season. We need a point guard, badly.

Settle down. I was at the game. Wichita had a nice turn out, but it wasn't remotely close to 1/4 of the crowd let alone "more than half."

Strangest thing - Marshall barely let the team shoot around or warm up in either half. Might have contributed to the awful shooting.

USFFan

(01-22-2019 11:07 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 11:03 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:58 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  You lost to a team thats 1-5. Are you just purposely being dense? Thats underachieving.

Oh, so now conference records matter?

It does if you actually want to make postseason play.

I was referring to your last post when you argued as to why a 2-4 usf team didn't necessarily mean they were underachieving. But now that it helps your argument you brought up WSU's 1-5 record.

Keep going. This is fun.

(01-22-2019 11:08 PM)Ocalabull Wrote:  That statement will be true even a month from now.

(01-22-2019 11:07 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  you're trying to big dawg the USF fan and his program

I didn't expect you to notice but the initial post was in response to a WSU fan that claimed usf was "very good" to explain why the Shockers were playing so poorly when in fact WSU is just a terrible road team (0-5).

The "lol" seemed to have ruffled some feathers in Temple Terrace and for some reason, yours as well. But I admire your standing up for the Cows. Cheers!

(01-22-2019 11:27 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 11:07 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  you're trying to big dawg the USF fan and his program

I didn't expect you to notice but the initial post was in response to a WSU fan that claimed usf was "very good" to explain why the Shockers were playing so poorly when in fact WSU is just a terrible road team (0-5).

The "lol" seemed to have ruffled some feathers in Temple Terrace and for some reason, yours as well. But I admire your standing up for the Cows. Cheers!

My comment was clearly facetious, or at least was intended that way, although USF is clearly improved.

(01-22-2019 11:32 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 11:27 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 11:07 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  you're trying to big dawg the USF fan and his program

I didn't expect you to notice but the initial post was in response to a WSU fan that claimed usf was "very good" to explain why the Shockers were playing so poorly when in fact WSU is just a terrible road team (0-5).

The "lol" seemed to have ruffled some feathers in Temple Terrace and for some reason, yours as well. But I admire your standing up for the Cows. Cheers!

My comment was clearly facetious, or at least was intended that way, although USF is clearly improved.

Exactly. This is much ado about nothing.

(01-22-2019 11:21 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 11:07 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 11:03 PM)St. H. Gink Wrote:  

(01-22-2019 10:58 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  You lost to a team thats 1-5. Are you just purposely being dense? Thats underachieving.

Oh, so now conference records matter?

It does if you actually want to make postseason play.

I was referring to your last post when you argued as to why a 2-4 usf team didn't necessarily mean they were underachieving. But now that it helps your argument you brought up WSU's 1-5 record.

Keep going. This is fun.

Ok. I'm going to lay this out for you one time. USF was picked to finish last in the league by the coaches. Last year they went 3-15 in conference play. This year, through 7 games they've already matched their win total. Additionally they've already played a lot of their tougher conference games (i.e. UC and Temple on the road and UH at home). They still have 5 winnable home games and a couple easier road games remaining. They should finish no worse than 8-10 with a legitimate shot at double digit conference wins. Again for a program that entered the year picked last and thus with little to no expectations, thats overachieving. Couple that with the fact that they return all four of their leading scorers next year and there is plenty of reason for USF fans to feel happy with where their program is going.

UCF was picked to win the league by the coaches and considered by most writers in the preseason as a legitimate NCAAT team. There was good reason for that as yall had been pretty close to the bubble the last couple of years but couldn't quite break through, largely due to injuries. That said with BJ, Tacko, and Aubrey the expectations for yall were high coming into the year. In the non-conference yall tallied two losses to (lets be honest), mediocre teams. FAU is currently 10th in C-USA and Mizzou who is 10th in the SEC. Having watched both of those games, yall really should have won both of those. Yall choked away a big lead against FAU and simply didn't close it out against Mizzou. Couple that with the fact that yall really didn't tally many quality wins in the non-conference and yall entered conference play with a flimsy resume that desperately needed a strong conference performance. Yall actually started off strong with three wins, two of which can actually be considered quality wins but then yall immediately went and lost to and young and struggling Wichita team. Then barely survived against Tulsa the other day. Based on the schedule yall've played there's really no reason yall shouldn't be 17-0. Instead yall are 14-3 with very little margin of error throughout the remainder of the year.

Full disclosure I've been rooting for you guys because I want yall to make the tourney but its going to take more than a modest 12-6 conference record at this point to get yall in. 25 wins is probably what yall will need to safely be in. 23-24 and yall will be sweating the bubble.