I haven’t had a chance to watch the game but I’m not surprised we had no answer for Miranda. This wasn’t a case of “some nobody going off against NIU”. He is an NBA prospect.

Miranda’s problem has always been consistent effort and attitude/staying out of trouble. He was obviously dialed in on opening night and we had no answer for his length and athleticism.

“Some UW-Green Bay men’s basketball news: 7’1” center Isaiah Miranda is no longer with the program. This comes shortly after Miranda got a technical foul & blew up on the bench during a loss against Michigan Tech on 12/18”

Nice second half by NIU .. they had their chances but missing some pieces and size

Posted this earlier: NIU has one guy who's 6-9 and three others who are 6-8. Three seniors and a junior. Don't know how much they've played.

I watched the game big improvement from years past , moving the ball , executing on offense. With lack of size switching everything on defense will be problematic all year. The 7’2” center tough match up but even when he was out of game Fitts and Pierce NIU could not stop at the rim. Understand coach is a man to man defense but today may have been a game to go zone for a few possessions. Looking forward to Thursday [/u]

Tulsa was 30-8 last year. Tough matchup. Coach has to do something about the interior defense

No Klesmit?

(11-02-2026 10:48 AM)NIUtrav09 Wrote:  No Klesmit?

Hardrick, Carter-Smith, Weisbrod, Basich got the guard minutes in this one.

So he wasn’t out due to injury? That’s surprising.. I expected him to be a minutes leader on this team. Very possible he’s having trouble with the speed and athleticism at this level.

They are actually fun to watch though … kept coming back and staying in it … missed a few easy ones and could have made the three to win .. hope they come back hungrier and sharper … grambling state coach took a shot at the critics that had us beating them … he quoted Mike Tyson “ everyone has a plan u til they get punched in the face “

Game was free to watch on YouTube

(11-02-2026 11:32 AM)NIUtrav09 Wrote:  So he wasn’t out due to injury? That’s surprising.. I expected him to be a minutes leader on this team. Very possible he’s having trouble with the speed and athleticism at this level.

Believe the 2nd based on his participation in the 1st exhibition (late in game). Rotation that played today lined up with NMU/Toledo.

Our ball movement, cutting, and unselfishness is exceptional. Going to make for some fun basketball that is easy on the eyes.

Rebounding and athleticism will be an issue all season. Thankfully, we won’t be in over our heads against Horizon competition.

Yeah I think that is the story with this team, they could be middle of pack Horizon, or possibly top half, but yesterday was a little exposing they wont be able to play with non-mid majors (I know Grambling is not major)

(11-02-2026 11:47 AM)HUSKiESbelieve Wrote:  They are actually fun to watch though … kept coming back and staying in it … missed a few easy ones and could have made the three to win .. hope they come back hungrier and sharper … grambling state coach took a shot at the critics that had us beating them … he quoted Mike Tyson “ everyone has a plan u til they get punched in the face “

Game was free to watch on YouTube

It is refreshing to know we will be watching an NIU team that can make free throws and shoot the ball and do many fundamentals right. I knew defense with lack of size would be a struggle, but I was a little surprised by just how bad it was last night, I think they could give a better defensive effort than that.

(11-02-2026 07:14 PM)Huskies_1030 Wrote:  

(11-02-2026 11:47 AM)HUSKiESbelieve Wrote:  They are actually fun to watch though … kept coming back and staying in it … missed a few easy ones and could have made the three to win .. hope they come back hungrier and sharper … grambling state coach took a shot at the critics that had us beating them … he quoted Mike Tyson “ everyone has a plan u til they get punched in the face “

Game was free to watch on YouTube

It is refreshing to know we will be watching an NIU team that can make free throws and shoot the ball and do many fundamentals right. I knew defense with lack of size would be a struggle, but I was a little surprised by just how bad it was last night, I think they could give a better defensive effort than that.

Already massive improvement from the last decade. And it's just his first season here.

15+ wins this season......

Are you guys seeing the post on twitter by Majkrzak on X about "I scored enough points to win". It is drawing some criticism. It is hard to decipher the mood of a tweet from X, but I have to admit it sounds very very odd to phrase it how he did. Should we be worried about this?
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Obviously sick to my stomach by the result. I scored well enough to win. Have talented enough offensive players. Need to get way better defensively.

It was a great experience, minus the whole defense part.

We will work to keep getting better!
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(11-02-2026 08:06 PM)Huskies_1030 Wrote:  Are you guys seeing the post on twitter by Majkrzak on X about "I scored enough points to win". It is drawing some criticism. It is hard to decipher the mood of a tweet from X, but I have to admit it sounds very very odd to phrase it how he did. Should we be worried about this?
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Obviously sick to my stomach by the result. I scored well enough to win. Have talented enough offensive players. Need to get way better defensively.

It was a great experience, minus the whole defense part.

We will work to keep getting better!
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it's clearly a typo it was like 4:15am and he followed it up with clarification.

(11-02-2026 08:06 PM)Huskies_1030 Wrote:  Are you guys seeing the post on twitter by Majkrzak on X about "I scored enough points to win". It is drawing some criticism. It is hard to decipher the mood of a tweet from X, but I have to admit it sounds very very odd to phrase it how he did. Should we be worried about this?
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Obviously sick to my stomach by the result. I scored well enough to win. Have talented enough offensive players. Need to get way better defensively.

It was a great experience, minus the whole defense part.

We will work to keep getting better!
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Sounds like someone talking at 3:40 in the morning

(11-02-2026 08:45 PM)HUSKiESbelieve Wrote:  

(11-02-2026 08:06 PM)Huskies_1030 Wrote:  Are you guys seeing the post on twitter by Majkrzak on X about "I scored enough points to win". It is drawing some criticism. It is hard to decipher the mood of a tweet from X, but I have to admit it sounds very very odd to phrase it how he did. Should we be worried about this?
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Obviously sick to my stomach by the result. I scored well enough to win. Have talented enough offensive players. Need to get way better defensively.

It was a great experience, minus the whole defense part.

We will work to keep getting better!
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Sounds like someone talking at 3:40 in the morning

(11-02-2026 12:15 PM)NIUtrav09 Wrote:  Our ball movement, cutting, and unselfishness is exceptional. Going to make for some fun basketball that is easy on the eyes.

Rebounding and athleticism will be an issue all season. Thankfully, we won’t be in over our heads against Horizon competition.

Yeah, I think athletic teams and big men will give us fits all year.

Just so happened we played a super athletic team with a 7-2 former top 50 recruit that went bonkers in the first half in the first game of the year.