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(01-03-2020 02:47 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

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(01-03-2020 09:32 AM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  +1 Wade had a mismatch down low, posted up the smaller defender and took him to school.

Liking Reece, jury still out on Alfis. We now have a very short bench. Before the departures, I thought we were deep. Not so much now.

JJ got worked up in the 2nd half with Curry and Kalu. What's the word on Hunter, doghouse, grades?

I thought alfis looked okay. He didn't look like a deer in headlights on offense and for the most part played solid defense. As someone else said, his shots didn't go in but he was playing within the offense. His shot doesn't look bad just won't going in.

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Wade was great and Alfis was solid. I did think Alfis actually helped the offense flow better at times, but we had the luxury of playing 6'4" guys at the 4 last night because of the lack of size on MTSU. We got 21 points from Wade, which will not happen against everyone. This game was against a pretty bad the that we matched up exceedingly well with. I left feeling better about the team, but we will have a much better feel after Saturday.

The entire conference is hot garbage. I am predicting we finish in the top 4 again and the usual on here will be touting what a fantastic coaching job Jeff Jones did this year. Looks like La Tech is the flagship this year and we know they suck. In reality, we will be the same team that started 4-9, just playing CUSA competition and we will get a false sense of being halfway decent. We looked improved against UMES as well. And as far as Saturday... well yeah, UAB sucks too.

The Lion's Den: Where wins and losses only count if they're losses!

Seriously, nobody's ready to anoint this the new golden age of ODU basketball but looking good for most of the game against even a poor Middle Tennessee is worthy of at least a little happiness. This *is* a team that beat CAA contender Northeastern on the road and gave at-large contenders Northern Iowa and VCU a good fight on their courts. There's signs of quality. It's OK to celebrate or even acknowledge them without having to remind everyone how right you are about how bad the program's gotten and that any victories should be dismissed out of hand. There's plenty of time for that after their next loss.

That was my point precisely. We are probably going to whip up this craphole conference because as poorly as our OOC was, the NE win and the close losses to UNI and VCU probably land us the 2nd best resume in the conference. Hell Marshall fans are bragging all over the main board about their loss to UNI. I am just choosing to not get complacent to that point.

Looks like Wade and Oliver are a nice core to this team. Let's hope Jeff can hold onto them.