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Shields only played a couple of minutes. ??

I heard about the locker room incident and a lot of that happened in the prior 4 years with no ramification against the player.

Shanks 0 points again and Tyler 0 points. That sums it up. This team plays everyone very tough but continues to lose. Time to get next years players more time and experience.

Still does not look like it holds that many people plus they will need a new 3 pt. line.

What did Coleman do and did DeReon play much in the 2nd half?

Agree. The way it currently is when the home team plays the crowds are good and the other games which do not involve the home team the stadium is empty except family and friends. Neutral site every game will be basically empty because it's not the type of conference that will draw local people to watch.

I agree that Jones appears this way on the outside but I must say I believe it is because of his intensity he wears on his shoulders during and after a game. I have been around Jones quite a bit over the past several years and I've never met a person that has a love for basketball more than this man. His mind is always centered around basketball and you can see his intensity on the sidelines as he runs, jumps up and down the sidelines for the entire 40 minutes. He deserves a few more years with the recruits he has coming in to see what he can do with the upcoming talent. To be honest he was brought in under extreme difficult circumstances with the transition and brought in a young class that won 2 championships and a best ever placing in the Big Sky for a first year team and then a loss in the championship game with a very depleted roster. We may very well be able to find someone better but I believe he's done a good job with what he's been dealt. If this style of play and wins/losses continue at the current rate then I agree its time for a change but for now I think he needs a couple of years to see what he does with the talent that he has coming in.

Why is Coleman not playing more? He has had 4 straight solid games and is only averaging 14 minutes/game. He is averaging about 7 points/game and only playing 14 minutes and shooting almost 60% from the floor these past 4 games and was 2nd on the team in rebounds last night only playing 14 minutes. Project his numbers playing 25-28 minutes a game and he would be leading this team in several categories. I also wish DeRouen would shoot a shot in balance, his shot is always off balance fading and kicking his legs out and never looks set. Still do not understand Jones rotation as the players are fading at the end of so many games.

Weber is obviously having major issues this year based on the standard that they have. This is our best chance at beating this team for the first time and I see it happening tonight.

63 points the defense gave up in the 2nd half, could that be a record for most points in a half.

This game is also huge because we only play EWU once as well as only play Weber State once so the schedule the 2nd half definately falls in our favor.

Very good first half, need to take advantage of this EWU team with their 2nd best player (Jois) in street clothes. Jois is a beast down low and always gives us lots of problems. After hardly playing at all the last game for some reason Antwi has 10 first half points and has been a great spark off the bench.

Very good win and it was nice to actually see the other team miss a ton of free throws to give us the win instead of the other way around. The defensive pressure in the 2nd half was the best defense I have seen in yours out of UND and made the difference in this one. Play like this Saturday and we have a chance against EWU.

Huff excelled on offense but was not good on defense. He gambled all the time for his steals and when he did not get a steal it was an easy 5 on 4 for the other team. He did not know how to play straight up defense as he gave up almost as many points as he scored. Just cause he stole the ball every once in a while and made a dunk does not make you a good defender. Watch the players on this years team, that's how you play in your face defense.

Defense is all over the place. Maybe Jones made an adjustment at half.

Weber should fire their coach.

True but not true. These current players most of them have been in college games for several years either JUCO or transfers so its not like they are freshmen plus Hooker, Antwi, Hobaugh, Benton, Salmonson, Calc, Tyler , DeReon have been around for several years. The class of Huff, Anderson, Webb, Schuler and Brekke proved to be good D1 players at the mid major level and as we all know if not for injuries and less selfish play could have really been good. In fact these 5 as freshmen when 3 of them currently sit in the top 10 all time scoring for freshmen ( Huff, Webb, Schuler) could beat this team today easily. I do agree the current teams puts more effort into their defense but they could not stop Huff and company from scoring a bunch. The past 5 would be better at every position in my opinion except one would be close.

So you don't think a change is necessary in our starting lineup being the fact we have been out rebounded badly in every game playing 3 small guards a majority of the minutes. Losing 3 straight at home alone justifies a change to bring a taller lineup as we are losing close games and a rebound here or there could have made a difference. Yes, each guard brings something but they can all be played 28-30 minutes in a rotation so they are strong at the end and also gives us a better chance or rebounds with guys like Coleman or Shields. One more point, UND is 2-7 with the 3 small guard line up and out rebounded in every game.

What they need is to put Coleman in the starting lineup and not start one of our point guards and then maybe we can at least equal Utah's rebound total and win a game.

Agree, out rebounded badly again. Another game we could have won if we just matched them in rebounds. Its the small things ( 3 small point guards) costing us 3-4 games already this year.

I hope everyone is right about Birnstine but he did nothing at Denver to warrant all this excitement. I guess I am missing something.

Thank you for your post and honesty. I have said it many times that I do not understand why Jones is starting 3 small point guards and continuously getting out rebounded by even the worst rebounding teams in the league ( which I guess makes us the worst). You son has the height and athletic ability to help us out in those areas which are much needed. From what I have seen he also has a very nice shot but if a shooter is not given the ball or reps its hard to get into any rhythm. I sure hope Jones and company get their heads out of their **sses before long so we can salvage something out of this season. I hope Josh keeps his head up as he can be a very big asset to this team. Jones is for some reason in love with playing his point guards almost every minute of the game and by the end of the season none of them will have any legs underneath them.

No byes, there will be 4 quarterfinal games instead of 3 like in the past.

Looking at the schedule we are potentially looking at a 1-7 Big Sky record after 8 games. Don't see this team making the tournament unless some changes are made.

Out rebounded 41-27. Fix this and we win this game just like others this year. Jones and company 3 point guard starting line up is not working, hello..