Down 32-20 at half. Shooting just miserable so far. Team has energy, hoping for a solid 2nd half.

80-58. Not so solid, but, probably completely understandable under the circumstances.

Pretty much what I expected.

Shooting was pretty bad. Although, 6 of 16 from 3 isn't terrible. FTs were TERRIBLE. But, they play hard.

Hankerson looked off. Cochran never stops. Same with Okanu.

Hey, if you want to see a player do such an amazing move with the ball that he breaks his OWN ankles, check out the 2nd half at around the 15:30 mark. Anthony Crump is a special kind of basketball player.... He does play hard though and seems to think he can do things. I've got to give him credit for effort and confidence.

Nevertheless...yeah...at least they're playing (I guess...)

Should have Kueth back for the Akron game. Anything that pushes Crump to the bench more should be a good thing. At least he didn't start today and as far as I'm concerned, Scott could continue putting up 3 point games and I'd rather watch him play than Crump.

FWIW, they had about 10 guys playing. The scorebook says Cole played but I don't remember seeing him. Then again, I saw two guys out there that both looked like Okanu so one of them must have been Cole. As I said, Kueth was there but he's not cleared to play yet and is supposed to play Tuesday at Akron. I didn't see Johnson. Jones is apparently still out. So, as of Tuesday, it looks like they'll have basically a full compliment of players sans Johnson (Jones hasn't played all season).

Anyway...in other news...Zaire Mateen entered the transfer portal. I guess he's gonna see if any one wants to take a flier on him as a grad transfer. Good luck.

Man even turnout for the MBB chat is low. Morale for NIU Men's basketball is at an all time low.

Many of us have checked out for the season. We have found better things to do on a Saturday. Half of the current players will be gone next year with a new coach.

Tried to watch the replay on the ESPN app, did nto see it... Girls went 11-6 yesterday :). Winning 9 of last 10.

(02-13-2021 08:02 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  Man even turnout for the MBB chat is low. Morale for NIU Men's basketball is at an all time low.

Remember how much better we were when we weren't playing???

(02-15-2021 11:52 AM)Milwaukee Pilot Wrote:  

(02-13-2021 08:02 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  Man even turnout for the MBB chat is low. Morale for NIU Men's basketball is at an all time low.

Remember how much better we were when we weren't playing???

I think at one point, during the stoppage, we went from 12th up to 9th. We're currently 10th (I think, its hard to determine sometimes with the unbalanced number of games).

(02-15-2021 01:10 PM)Big Red Wrote:  

(02-15-2021 11:52 AM)Milwaukee Pilot Wrote:  

(02-13-2021 08:02 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  Man even turnout for the MBB chat is low. Morale for NIU Men's basketball is at an all time low.

Remember how much better we were when we weren't playing???

I think at one point, during the stoppage, we went from 12th up to 9th. We're currently 10th (I think, its hard to determine sometimes with the unbalanced number of games).

We are 12th out of 12. Great job, Monty.

(02-13-2021 11:39 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  Half of the current players will be gone next year with a new coach.

Is that good or bad! For a 2-11 team!

(02-15-2021 06:31 PM)El Duderino Wrote:  

(02-13-2021 11:39 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  Half of the current players will be gone next year with a new coach.

Is that good or bad! For a 2-11 team!

Five more games or less.

(02-13-2021 08:02 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  Man even turnout for the MBB chat is low. Morale for NIU Men's basketball is at an all time low.

FIRE Monty!

Oh sorry, forgot...force of habit.

(02-15-2021 10:43 PM)thxjoenovak Wrote:  

(02-13-2021 08:02 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  Man even turnout for the MBB chat is low. Morale for NIU Men's basketball is at an all time low.

FIRE Monty!

Oh sorry, forgot...force of habit.

WTF, he’s gone??????