Not too sure NIU will be able to handle BU's experience, size and girth, but at least not getting buried early. Typical Bill Baker, goes to commercial but doesn't give the score after talking about the arena being 30 years old. Back from commercial, a Huskie miss, and still no mention of score. Boston U scores with a one-point lead but no mention of the score. Sometimes it is amazing how long Baker goes without mentioning the actual score. Still no mention of the score......Huskie bucket but no mention of score. Boston up to a 23-17 lead.

(11-21-2021 12:47 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  Not too sure NIU will be able to handle BU's experience, size and girth, but at least not getting buried early. Typical Bill Baker, goes to commercial but doesn't give the score after talking about the arena being 30 years old. Back from commercial, a Huskie miss, and still no mention of score. Boston U scores with a one-point lead but no mention of the score. Sometimes it is amazing how long Baker goes without mentioning the actual score. Still no mention of the score......Huskie bucket but no mention of score. Boston up to a 23-17 lead.

I listened to about half of the 1st half so far and then my app just stopped and I can't get it to start back up.

Either way, and it's hard to get a real good feeling on the game over the radio, but it seems like both teams have had spurts and lulls.

Got the app working again.

Btw, I keep getting confused with McCoy and Makuoi.

At game, good start but the wheels are off now. No inside presence at all. Down 10 at half. Really need some new recruits. Anybody know why new freshmen are not playing?

As with most games the team making 3’s is usually winning at that is the case Boston 32-22 at half. I know I hate the Huskies but I actually bought the game. Pretty decent game feed. If Hankerson and K. Williams are our scorers would someone please tell them. Really could use a Geno on this team.

(11-21-2021 01:00 PM)dc1 Wrote:  As with most games the team making 3’s is usually winning at that is the case Boston 32-22 at half. I know I hate the Huskies but I actually bought the game. Pretty decent game feed. If Hankerson and K. Williams are our scorers would someone please tell them. Really could use a Geno on this team.

See, I was thinking a TJ Lux could really help this team.

Or maybe a Kenny Battle or maybe even a Donald Whiteside.

Anyway, how much was the feed? I gave a cursory look at the subscription and I could only find a Jacksonville Classic package for the whole "classic" for about 40 bucks but couldn't find a single game price.

As for Hankerson and Williams, well...I can't speak for Williams but Hankerson shouldn't be a scorer. Unfortunatly, that's the role he's in because of the quality of his teammates (you can thank Mark Montgomery for that predicament).

Unfortunately for Hankerson, he's going to end his career being the top dog on two absolutely dreadful teams. He's a really good and smart player but he's not a star. That's not his fault.

Ultimately, I don't really care what the record is at the end of the season. Burno was given a terrible roster with a shot recruiting window and not a whole lot could (or should) be expected out of this team that won 3 games last season.

I was going to mention how they'll lose Hankerson, Makuoi, Osten, Okanu and Kueth this offseason but, now...I'm not sure. Don't they all get yet another year of eligibility? Or did they already use it (I know Hankerson hasn't but I'm not sure about the others).

Actually, I could have sworn when Osten came over, it was stated he had 2 years of eligibility left.

Not that I really want any of them to return, tbh. Okay, Hankerson is ALWAYS welcome to stay, but the others I really couldn't care less about what they decide to do.

Btw, I think we're going to be stuck with Anthony Crump for eternity.

This team is just God awful. Down 42-28 to a bad team. This is going to be a very long year with very few wins. Coach Burno has stepped into a real mess.

(11-21-2021 01:00 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  At game, good start but the wheels are off now. No inside presence at all. Down 10 at half. Really need some new recruits. Anybody know why new freshmen are not playing?

You should get a personal letter of gratitude and a coupon for a free golf cart ride next time you're in DeKalb for spending $45 to watch this game in person.

Ticket city. $6 a seat.

(11-21-2021 01:40 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  Ticket city. $6 a seat.

No golf cart ride for you!

(11-21-2021 01:26 PM)HuskieDave Wrote:  This team is just God awful. Down 42-28 to a bad team. This is going to be a very long year with very few wins. Coach Burno has stepped into a real mess.

Down 42-28 to a bad team?
NIU is in a major rebuild but you clearly haven't done any research. Boston University is picked to win the Patriot League, they start two grad students and three seniors, have the PL Preseason Player of the Year in Javante McCoy with teammate Walter Whyte also named to the five-player Preseason All-PL unit, and the coach is in his 11th season. The Terriers were picked just ahead of defending league champ Colgate -- the team that just beat Syracuse 100-85. There are quality basketball teams outside of the so-called major conferences. At least this is a better quality foe than Roosevelt, Judson, Rockford, Illinois Tech, Olivet Nazarene, UI-Springfield, Indiana Northwest, Aurora, Eureka, and other notable Montgomery victories.

If the Huskies ever score over 60 points, DeKalb restaurants should give you free food.


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(11-21-2021 01:48 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  

(11-21-2021 01:26 PM)HuskieDave Wrote:  This team is just God awful. Down 42-28 to a bad team. This is going to be a very long year with very few wins. Coach Burno has stepped into a real mess.

Down 42-28 to a bad team?
NIU is in a major rebuild but you clearly haven't done any research. Boston University is picked to win the Patriot League, they start two grad students and three seniors, have the PL Preseason Player of the Year in Javante McCoy with teammate Walter Whyte also named to the five-player Preseason All-PL unit, and the coach is in his 11th season. The Terriers were picked just ahead of defending league champ Colgate -- the team that just beat Syracuse 100-85. There are quality basketball teams outside of the so-called major conferences. At least this is a better quality foe than Roosevelt, Judson, Rockford, Illinois Tech, Olivet Nazarene, UI-Springfield, Indiana Northwest, Aurora, Eureka, and other notable Montgomery victories.

Well, they were 7-11 last year……I understand Burno has a complete rebuild on his hands. In fact, that was pretty much my point. It doesn’t change one bit how bad this team is this year. And, yes, Boston U is a better team than those you mentioned, but, they are hardly a basketball power. BU has an RPI OF 274 and a Net Rating of 204, so they are hardly “good”…….although still, unfortunately, better than us.

NIU is not going to get any better because they’re playing decent competition. Washington and Missouri are bad teams. You only get better from playing better teams if you have some talent on your team. Wilson, Highsmith, Porter. Bradley, Key, Nader, German, Maric, Armstead, Threlof, Baker, Thorpe are all better than anyone on the current NIU team. Maybe if Burno can recruit guys of this level he will be a better coach with that talent than Monty.

Listened to Coach Burno interview after the game and I loved this statement from him (paraphrasing): "We had some guys giving unproductive minutes on the floor so we're still figuring out the right unit and rotation to have playing together".

My interpretation: He's figuring out who can play at this level in actual games (ie, not practice stars) and we should see some changes to starters and the distribution of minutes in the near future.

Crump, who I know has to be impressive and dreamy to look at as a 6'8" guard, started and had 0 points today on 0 of 3 shooting. Makuoi was once again outplayed by Okanu, who I've been wanting to start since sometime in the middle of last year. This has to change going forward.

He did make some changes to the lineup today. Thornton started and Makuoi was back in the starting lineup (Okanu started against Missouri for some reason so this may be a rotation because Makuoi started the Indiana game). But I could see Hunter back in the lineup in place of Crump.

During the broadcast, Baker mentioned someone was under the weather (not Covid) and didn't make the trip. I didn't hear the name (I was multi-tasking) and he didn't repeat it. I'm guessing it was Kon as he didn't play today.

But I too would like to see the freshmen play more but, he's probably trying to figure out exactly what he has in these other guys and we'll see the freshmen come in more in the next few weeks leading up to conference play.

I know he's a new HC here but there's also a lot of guys on the team who have never played together so it's got to be hard to have a solid idea of who you can really count on.

Just looking at the stat box but Makuoi, the starting center had zero rebounds? It doesn't give the minutes played, but I never saw a starting center get zero rebounds.

The other thing that is concerning is that Coach Burno seems he is carrying on the Monty tradition of achieving the lowest amount of assists possible.

Coach Burno has alot of work ahead of him.

(11-21-2021 02:44 PM)Schaefer Beer Wrote:  Just looking at the stat box but Makuoi, the starting center had zero rebounds? It doesn't give the minutes played, but I never saw a starting center get zero rebounds.

The other thing that is concerning is that Coach Burno seems he is carrying on the Month tradition of achieving the lowest amount of assists possible.

Pretty hard to get assists when 60% of the guys on the floor at any onetime can’t score.

(11-21-2021 02:48 PM)HuskieDave Wrote:  

(11-21-2021 02:44 PM)Schaefer Beer Wrote:  Just looking at the stat box but Makuoi, the starting center had zero rebounds? It doesn't give the minutes played, but I never saw a starting center get zero rebounds.

The other thing that is concerning is that Coach Burno seems he is carrying on the Month tradition of achieving the lowest amount of assists possible.

Pretty hard to get assists when 60% of the guys on the floor at any onetime can’t score.

If they can't score, let them pass to the 40% who can score. ; )

(11-21-2021 02:22 PM)Big Red Wrote:  Listened to Coach Burno interview after the game and I loved this statement from him (paraphrasing): "We had some guys giving unproductive minutes on the floor so we're still figuring out the right unit and rotation to have playing together".

My interpretation: He's figuring out who can play at this level in actual games (ie, not practice stars) and we should see some changes to starters and the distribution of minutes in the near future.

Crump, who I know has to be impressive and dreamy to look at as a 6'8" guard, started and had 0 points today on 0 of 3 shooting. Makuoi was once again outplayed by Okanu, who I've been wanting to start since sometime in the middle of last year. This has to change going forward.

He did make some changes to the lineup today. Thornton started and Makuoi was back in the starting lineup (Okanu started against Missouri for some reason so this may be a rotation because Makuoi started the Indiana game). But I could see Hunter back in the lineup in place of Crump.

During the broadcast, Baker mentioned someone was under the weather (not Covid) and didn't make the trip. I didn't hear the name (I was multi-tasking) and he didn't repeat it. I'm guessing it was Kon as he didn't play today.

But I too would like to see the freshmen play more but, he's probably trying to figure out exactly what he has in these other guys and we'll see the freshmen come in more in the next few weeks leading up to conference play.

I know he's a new HC here but there's also a lot of guys on the team who have never played together so it's got to be hard to have a solid idea of who you can really count on.

The comment was about Zion Russell who didn't make the trip to Seattle or Indiana.
He did mention that Kon was on the bench but not in uniform.