(01-12-2014 10:49 AM)rkt Wrote:  I agree with the optimists and the pessimists, if that makes any sense.

Rockets are a deep, talented, athletic team. Move the ball well, take mostly good shots. I didn't see any selfish play with the possible exception of one young man who looked like he was hunting shots late in the game because he hadn't scored yet. I can't imagine there are many teams in the league with a better roster.

On the other hand, defensive transition needs improvement and our inability to stop dribble penetration is laughably bad. If Juice is going to continue to let his man go around him at will, it's going to be difficult to win a championship. CMU played offense five against four most of the night.

Good team. Fun to watch. Should win a lot go games. I hope it doesn't turn into one of those seasons (like the women's team has had) where you regular posters talk all season about how good we're going to be in March, then we make an early exit from the MAC tourney and you start talking about how the football team had the best recruiting class in the league.

Call me semi-optimistic (or, I suppose, anything else you feel like calling me).

My thought is that the bloggers are not giving Central Michigan enough credit. They are a 500% team. A little like our Lady Rockets. They have enough talent to play good in stretches and then hit a rough spot where they fall too far behind. They will have a few games this year where they make the favorite look bad. So I think that the win was about what we should have expected. The men are good (for MAC level) and should contend for the league championship. The year end tourney is a crap shoot, which is why I believe that the team which wins the 18 game regular season should be the NCAA tourney rep.