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rambone 78

Probably both.

Whatever the issues are, it seems like there is always something every season that takes some of the focus away from basketball......

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I know this has been discussed before, but Bobby leaving definitely had an impact on what we're seeing on the floor even today. The brothers Hurley were a team. Bobby I'm sure focused more on the offense while Dan's emphasis was on the defensive side of the ball. Bobby most likely had a far bigger r...

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When it comes to recruiting enough talented 4 year players, Dan has fallen short, so far. Depth is limited especially in the frontcourt. Where would we be without transfers? Iverson basically fell into our lap. And some of those players haven't met expectations either. Basically that's where we are ...

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2010, if he can improve next season to the numbers you're talking about [40% and 33%, or even 30%] I'd take that in a minute. That might be his ceiling. I thought we'd see that this season. And Jarvis? Start making the FT's......again, expected him to improve on that, not yet..... Both have regresse...

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If you're talking about the RATINGS of the recruits, yes.

If you're talking about have they performed up to the expectations associated with those ratings, no.

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Akele at the 4 is a stretch period. He's a 3, and I would think that's what he'll be in the future. KI and Watson will be the 4 and 5 for now. Berry will be the back up for them. We have 3 4's and/or 5's coming in next season. Plus, he's built like a bean pole. He'd get crushed at the 4. Hassan coul...

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I answered that question in the general Recruiting Discussion thread in Recruiting Corner......

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This is in relation to the quality of recruits that Dan has brought in. TP is right when he says URI isn't going to get 5 stars that are basically NBA ready, and fill up the stat sheet from day one. That's obvious, it will never happen, no matter how good we get someday. Sometimes, at our level, it'...

rambone 78 · Re: Game 12: URI at Old Dominion (Tuesday 12-22-15 7pm ASN) Agreed, ramster.

Agreed, ramster.

rambone 78

I would say no.

Judge by the results so far.

Dan has brought in more highly rated recruits. Have they all panned out?

Not to the degree we would have hoped.

Thompson and Akele do look like they will become good players.

Next year's class will tell us a lot.....

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The edge the BE has, is there are a couple of teams right now that are better than anything the A10 has, and the A10 has more bad teams at the bottom. The middle of both conferences are pretty even. That hasn't changed much the last few years, and isn't likely to change in the future either, unless ...

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I doubt we're going to have a chance to decide whether to take an NIT bid. I don't see it. It will take at least 20 wins, 2-3 more than they are likely to get, unless some miracle happens in the A10 tournament. Very few teams refuse a bid, however. If they were to play well enough to get a bid witho...

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I think I predicted 11-7 revised.

That's the ceiling. If Hass comes back and plays well.

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Rod, I agree with you also. No use dying a thousand deaths after games, at this point. I go in more or less expecting to lose now, and if we win, go OK that's nice....... Every game we play the rest of the season will be no sure thing. If Hass comes back and plays well, we'll finish above .500 in th...

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Well, with losing our 2 best players for the season [if Hassan is] Dan will get a pass from the media for this train wreck of a season. It's more than that, but it is what it is. RR2, if he has torn ligaments, and he had continued to play, he would do more damage to the ankle, and risk possible PERM...

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I've heard possibly torn ligaments.

Could need surgery. If so, recovery could take almost as long as EC's.

Can it get any worse?

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Merry Christmas to all of you, and add Hassan to the Get Well list......

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ramster, from what we've heard, Langevine and Layssard are going to be good ones!

Could be REALLY good. Big upside.

Can it be next year already?

This year has become our worst nightmare.

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If there are torn ligaments, he's done for the season. Those are worse than a break. I know, I tore everything playing hoops a long time ago, and I'm still paying for it. What really sucks is that if he's done, he can't redshirt at this point. Going to just have to play out the season, take our lump...

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105, correct. What other choice do we have? Besides the unfortunate injuries, what we were led to believe coming into this season was simply not real. The talent level simply doesn't match that, and that's the biggest disappointment to me. Rather have lower expectations and surprise, than the other ...

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Yeah, I think everybody's eyes are wide open as to what we have with this team, shorthanded or not. Good kids, play hard, but missing some of the things needed to be really good. I think Dan realizes that more shooters are needed. Thompson and Akele may turn out to be the best on the team in that re...

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Dayton escaped at home by a point. They probably should have lost.

But Pierre is coming back, and they'll be fine.

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It seems like every time we leave someone open, they nail the shot. It's a bad streak. These guys that are beating us aren't as good as some of the guards we'll face in the A10. They just can't miss. We on the other hand can't make an open shot, or if we do, we can hardly ever make 2 in a row..... T...

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We might have to if Hassan is out for a while. We'll be behind more often. Maybe playing that will spark them into pushing the ball more often. It seemed to wake Terrell up. He doesn't play when he's standing around. The faster we play, the better he plays. Maybe we'll revert to the "scrappy bu...

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Hey they didn't quit.....just not enough. Where was the FT shooting when we needed it in our other games? Terrell woke up, finally. Need to have Hassan back by league play, to even have hope of a top half finish. Still putrid shooting. Beaten by a 2 man team. The defense is lacking something, unfort...

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The players gave us hope from the way they played most of the time last season, figuring there would naturally be some improvement. Plus the new recruits, especially Thompson. He's been about the only one who's held up his end of the deal. He and Akele get a pass, they show promise. The rest? Well, ...

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Poor EC. He must be sick watching this shit show...as we are........

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Guys who can't play zone worth a lick....more cases of players who can't/won't follow instructions...we've got 'em...... This is a mess...well maybe we should wait before putting the cart before the horse next preseason.... PRT, no, even I didn't think this was possible, although losing our 2 best p...

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Toto, this isn't Towson anymore......

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Team has no confidence whatsoever.

Nobody is there to take charge, with Martin out.

blueram, not to sound overly harsh, but maybe that's why Oklahoma St. let him have his release...

not all 4 star recruits pan out...just our luck.

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Rod said it. If Hassan is out, we're done.

What a display of "offensive" basketball.

Wow, and I thought it couldn't get much worse. Have to rethink that......

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If you think so, re-watch our 2 games against them last year, and compare how we're playing right now again to last year.

Slam dunk my ass.

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Agreed, RR.

If Dan has to bring in someone to help on half court offense, or FT's, or playing some zone, then teach his players how to play it.

His inflexibility is holding this team back. They are way too predictable.

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RR, I agree about the team not evolving and the same issues being there, but at some point we have to question just how talented we really are. Of course we have talent, so I don't want to hear people say I think we don't. Let's start there. But there are too many holes still. We have guys who can't...

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Well, the plan this year before EC went down, was to play more uptempo offense and slightly less intense defense. Yes, that requires a deep bench. So, losing ONE player [a key one granted] changes the whole plan? Did we really have that deep bench even before EC was lost? Who knew if the freshmen we...

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TP, it's reality.

Ligaments and tendons weren't designed to hold up under the stress put on them nowadays.

It's happening more and more in non-contact situations, which is telling.

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You're right about that Ace. What happens tonight and the few games after that, will tell us if the wheels have completely fallen off, or will they rally and play like they did against PC? This team is way better than they showed against Iona. I know that. But will they show it starting tonight? A c...

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RR, he has talked about that guy from Michigan, in not very complimentary terms either.

Just not to the media.

Using the media is breaking new ground, and not in a good way.

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We have an 8 man rotation now. Playing uptempo is an option.

You are right about the "weave" being dumbass.

It gets nowhere except runs the shot clock down, where we then have to rush shots.

Dan needs to shitcan it. It's a lead killer too.

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Calling out players in public stems from frustration.

It's a dangerous tactic for sure. It could backfire on Dan big time.

Who's next?

He [Dan] has already mentioned certain players need to "hit the gym" more.

The good ship lollypop is springing a leak?

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I would say you're in the ballpark. We're not close to PC or UConn, either. Probably in the bottom half of the A10. When it comes to donors, we don't have many big ones...... My take on our fans, the ones that make up our 2500-3000 base every game certainly do not suck. It's the fair weather ones th...

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Ob, you are right, but I'd rather be them right now.

Sort of like the Pats running up the score.

Until somebody does something about it, it's their ball.

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UMass gets smoked by 24.

Bentil with 32 and 12.

28 assists on 34 made baskets.

That last stat is astounding.

It's PC's world right now, we're only just living in it......

And we should have beaten them.

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Definitely a little strange, something we don't see very often.

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Good teams play well for most of a game.

They also play well at the end of games.

We have had stretches of good play, but not very often late.

I would like to see that tomorrow night......we are going to need it starting in league play.

Don't sleep on Brown either.

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If they still had Chukwu they would be legit top 10. They find a way to win the close ones. Having a player like Dunn helps, but hey, he's been out and they are still winning. No excuses there. Let's play UMass and embarrass them. They aren't very good. Are we any better right now? Not just the Iona...

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Did that game feel like a win? We played their 2nd string at our place and won in OT. At least it was a win. Rod, Terrell definitely has an issue jumping at the rim. With his body, you wouldn't think so, but when it comes to leaping, not everyone has that ability. He just can't "hang". I m...

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And it's funny that 2 of the 3 top teams in the BE came from the A10.

Butler struggled at first with the move, but they've come back strong.

PC of course has benefitted by most of the top programs leaving.....

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Man, looking at that video, we just didn't miss shots, we missed badly on most of them. Unusual to see a video of your own team bricking so many. Usually it's the ones you make..but it [the video] served it's purpose. Very little passing also, just brutal. I can understand Dan's frustration. I doubt...

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Dan is stubborn, Rod. Just like the refusal to play zone defense. Maybe man worked for him in high school and Wagner, but this is a different level of game. There needs to be more flexibility, where the opponents don't know what to expect at times. Maybe learning how to play zone wouldn't work in th...

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