ArtVandalay

I do realize that. There was also a d1 transition in there. Not gonna go into reasons as they have been covered ad nauseam in this forum. Program has a bright future.

You call it low expectations. We call it rational thought. I am as unhappy as anyone when this team loses but choose to slap thought and logic as opposed to pitchforks.

What this guy said!

Same here. Hard to believe.

Sure but all I am saying is that when you hear a coach say a player has good hands it means he has a soft touch and/or good passer. This is the term used for that type of player.

Good hands in a basketball sense means good touch. Probably could be better catching ball in traffic but he certainly has good hands as defined or considered in basketball terms (touch)

I am very sorry but my post yesterday might be what you are referring to. It was meant to be sarcastic.

Curious. What makes you think Coach Jones distances himself from his players?

If I had to guess I would say yes. Not privy to that information. I would estimate 80k each for minn, Marquette, and utah. This might be a conservative estimate. I think UNI was a 2 for 1 so no money.

Well, indirectly. Less money that needs to be funneled to mbb or revenue to athletic department.

Money games. My guess is that men will pull in 300k this year from games at Minnesota, Marquette, Utah, etc.

Let's just cut to the chase and be done. "You're an idiot". "No, you're the idiot". "No man, I said you are an idiot!" "Well, you're a bigger idiot". Ok, next topic.

That's right -the Slummit. AND for the men, one game away from the dance in second year. Btw, I hope Brewster is thankful for the sword men's team is falling on to generate cash for department. It hasn't been perfect but is nowhere close to a thread like this.

The smells of some type of personal issue. Much better transition to d1 then what Nagy at sdsu endured. All this with players no one else wanted. Appears now recruiting is on uptick. Be competitive this year and take run at it next year. Have to believe administration is happy especially considering the money brought into program via money games. WE FINISHED 2nd IN THE BIG SKY LAST YEAR. IN OUR 2nd YEAR IN THE CONFERENCE. I REPEAT, WE FINISHED 2nd IN THE BIG SKY LAST YEAR.

Yes!

Great observations and pretty much spot on. I think if we continue to be competitive it really sets us up well for next year. With Geno, Seales on board. An offseason of strength and conditioning for Shanks. A body knocker like Bernstine. We will struggle at times this year. That was expected. We could easily be 4-1 at this point. See it as a positive. Especially given what we saw out of sac state and psu last night.

Jones has zero contact with his players. He has told his assistants at the beginning of the year that he will talk with each player for 15 minutes before the start of the season and then do a wrap up at the end of the year for 15 minutes. He sometimes thinks to himself during timeouts because he doesn't want to risk talking to a player since he is pretty firm about the 15 and 15 method. He also travels separate from the team and stays at a separate hotel.

Why is it when I read Darrell's comments, I read it with a Carl Gerbschmidt voice?

Throw that big kid the ball in the post!!

Hmmmm. Not so sure a team that took Ohio State to OT and kept Louisville close would classify as garbage.

Effort vastly different this year vs last year. This team plays hard.

What to do at 2.5 secs is a toss-up either way in my opinion. I have seen it work both ways and fail both ways. I do hate the call timeout and draw up a 3/4 court pass. That seems to never work. I think a half court shot is actually a better alternative to that. It would have been a nice win but it also isn't a terrible loss. Sac state has nice team this year. Pretty excited about what is to come the next few years.

I think it is safe to assume that Crandall is red shirting. There is no hard and fast rule in determining whether or not to redshirt. It is usually a mutually agreed upon decision between coach and player. Certainly a player can say, "I am not red shirting" but the coach is the one who makes the decision each game regarding who plays. There is no declaration made anywhere before season starts. A coach can look back on the season and see that a certain player didn't play a second. That player would now be eligible to be given a red shirt year.

Interior passing? When have we dropped it down to the post to let him pass it?

I know you like to look at non conference play and non conference play only.