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Turnovers I’ll grant you but 50% from floor and 27% from 3 is not bad, with over 5pts per game on the season in 23 min a game. Not trying to make myself into a Hunter apologist but just dont think he is being evaluated objectively. He’s a serviceable backup PG and I dont think Exacte is going to be a step up.

I’ll also say that many of his turno…[Read more]

As I posted above, I don’t understand the Hunter hate. He’s not a huge answer, but objectively I think he’s better than Exacte was last year. Maybe he’s getting more scrutiny because he is getting more minutes. The only place exacte was clearly better was 3pt % and its not a huge diff and not what we want out of a backup PG.

I’m not a huge Hunter fan boy, but I believe myself to be a very objective fan when it comes to bball players, and IMO Exacte lacks something. I figured he was just not playing because Erickson was providing more to the team than he would. If he does come back, and replace Erickson, I can almost promise you this. Their turnovers will be almost…[Read more]

Hmmm, I guess I hadn’t thought about that. Well just because they are in the portal, doesn’t mean they’ll go. Regardless, I’ve never been sold on Larry as a coach. Far too many persistent problems such as turnovers, poor rebounding, lost final possessions, etc to make me think that he is really the detail oriented teacher that you need. I like…[Read more]

Why did their team want to keep their season going more than our team? I wouldn’t gloss this point over too easily as it could be a red flag.

This, big time. YOUHGG RED FLAG

Not sure what is going through Krystko’s mind with comments like that. When I read Kuz saying “Honestly, I don’t really want to hear the leadership thing,” to me that says that he knows/feels that his coach is throwing him under the bus. It smacks of alienating your best player. That is just not smart and not productive. Very dis…[Read more]

I swore off this site due to politics combined with lack of bball discussion, but I couldn’t resist coming to see what folks were saying today after witnessing that abortion of a game last night. To you point, I think that Larry might be too demanding and negative. I think if a coach gives his players a lot of positive energy, they inspire the…[Read more]

Reply All: All of you are speaking like a bunch of Pac12 haters. [edit: No… you are thinking like a MWC member]

 Folks are talking about the Big10 being a 7 bid league.  Well, that would include two currently 9-7 teams in a league with only two teams in the top 25, #16 Purdue & #22 Wisconsin.  Michigan’s best win is against then #2 UCLA and…[Read more]

You are correct, he took 0 three pointers, shot 5-8 from the field and got a lot of rebounds and some put backs. So yes, my criticism is for that dumb pic not for Kyle, he did exactly what we need him to do Saturday and the results speak for themselves.

I worry about that too, because a coach can do that to a team. I’ve seen what might be a pattern, where the team starts a little ragged, hits their stride looking like world beaters, then all of a sudden they seem broken. I saw this with my son’s high school team, because the coach is so demanding and critical, that by 2/3 into the season, they…[Read more]

It’s not over, but it’s going to be difficult if not impossible to make the NCAA now. We really needed to not lose to any of the teams at the bottom. Since we did, now it takes a miracle win at Oregon, or a deep run in the PAC tourney. I’m not sure this team is built for that. 🙁

And in case you are wondering who the culprits are:
Kyle: 5
Devon: 3
Zo: 3
Sedrick: 3
Jayce: 2

Kuz does so much for us, but for a man… I just don’t know. He shot 1-4 form 3, which with his percentage, you can almost count 1 if not 2 misses as turnovers because he only shoots 28% from 3 but 49% from 2. I still wouldn’t trade him for anybody…[Read more]

And in case you are wondering who the culprits are:
Kyle: 5
Devon: 3
Zo: 3
Sedrick: 3
Jayce: 2

Kuz does so much for us, but for a man… I just don’t know. He shot 1-4 form 3, which with his percentage, you can almost count 1 if not 2 misses as turnovers because he only shoots 28% from 3 but 49% from 2. I still wouldn’t trade him for anybody…[Read more]

Agree for the most part, although I wouldn’t be surprised to see us sneak into a 7 or 8 seed if the season plays out like that, which I agree, it is better than possible we end up 23-9. If it plays out like that, 8 of our 9 losses will be to (then) top 25 teams. Not sure if Xavier will end season in top 25, they have been struggling. Won a barn…[Read more]

I’m not going to panic if we lose because as I’ve said repeatedly, we can still split with Cal, lose to Oregon, and still finish fourth. That said the caveat is that we NEED to win all the games we are supposed to win. With Colorado beating Oregon in Boulder, I’m getting nervous about that game. With Colorado’s resume being decent coming into…[Read more]