Momma always told me....

[Chucky T's]

BU MISSED 55 SHOTS in this game....simply awful...

We give up 80 points...50 IN THE FIRST HALF...to a team that didn't score 50 points in their last game.....horrible!

68% from the free throw line....lousy!

22% from three point range...terrible!

DC gets his first three fouls on moving screens...25 feet from the hoop! My goodness JL, Plant his arse on the block and get him the ball.

At this point I have absolutely no idea where you start to try and make things better.

[Da Coach]

The 50 point first half was due to UWM shooting threes out of their head.
Bradley played very good defense in the 2nd half.
This game was lost because Bradley can't make open three point shots, and missed about a dozen layups. I am not sure this will get much better this year. If Bradley had one three-point shooter, such as Warren, this game is much different.

[SaintLouBrave22]

BU MISSED 55 SHOTS in this game....simply awful...

We give up 80 points...50 IN THE FIRST HALF...to a team that didn't score 50 points in their last game.....horrible!

68% from the free throw line....lousy!

22% from three point range...terrible!

DC gets his first three fouls on moving screens...25 feet from the hoop! My goodness JL, Plant his arse on the block and get him the ball.
At this point I have absolutely no idea where you start to try and make things better.

You had me until this...

[Chucky T's]

All I'm saying is if he's going to play him...put him in a spot where he might score. He has shown that he can make a shot now and then....

[bigjimmy]

How many moving screens do we get called for every game? Why do we not have a consisent 40 minute effort? Too many short players who can't shoot? We're 10 games into this season and we're still seeing the same mistakes made every game. It's time for us to man up and start playing the way we're capable of playing otherwise it'll be a long Valley season. Having said all of that I still hold out hope that with Wilkins eventually becoming eligible and AW hopefully coming back to play we can still have a successful season. I always drink my kool-aide be it Braves, Bears and Cubs.

[Da Coach]

a loss to #221 in RPI=on our way to Thursday night and hopefully a warmer seat for our coach. His lifetime pass is in danger of being revoked.

I agree with this.

Sorry, guys, but this isn't even close to being right.
This team is playing without their best player, and 2 more potential starters are out.

[MacabreMob]

let me just say this then

I don't think Coach Les' "lifetime pass" (as IF he ever had one) is in jeopardy.

The bandwagon bus for "Fire Jim Les" has been open for boarding since the day he was hired -

[Chico]

Has the MVC season started yet?

[SaintLouBrave22]

Has the MVC season started yet?

At this point, you can probably go out and bet what will happen and probably be 95% accurate in us going from 6-12 to 8-10 at the best....


You can make a lot of money betting our futility this season....


Just make sure if we're on the road you bet the over

[MacabreMob]

How many moving screens do we get called for every game? Why do we not have a consisent 40 minute effort?

I though DC had set good screens the last game out. Not sure why we went in reverse with the progression other than maybe we were feeling "pressed" as a team to make a play and feeling rushed. Maybe I'm wrong.

As for the 40 minute effort thing. I have felt the same. But I have seen MANY teams plagued with the same problem.

[SaintLouBrave22]

I though DC had set good screens the last game out. Not sure why we went in reverse with the progression other than maybe we were feeling "pressed" as a team to make a play and feeling rushed. Maybe I'm wrong.

As for the 40 minute effort thing. I have felt the same. But I have seen MANY teams plagued with the same problem.

They weren't good screens....and were mostly illegal...


The officials just weren't blowing the whistle for them....


They missed some calls in the SEMO game....evident by the missed elbow thrown at Sam 2 ft from an official.

[Chucky T's]

Having said all of that I still hold out hope that with Wilkins eventually becoming eligible and AW hopefully coming back to play we can still have a successful season.

I will be pleasantly surprised if either of these two things happen.

I think we have to play the hand we have been delt. We need SS, Theron, and SM to step up...the freshmen to keep learning, and for somebody to learn how to shoot. I haven't thrown in the towel yet, but something has to change soon.

[ser_solace]

Sorry, guys, but this isn't even close to being right.
This team is playing without their best player, and 2 more potential starters are out.

DaCoach, I agree that Les is likely to get a pass for whatever happens this season due to the injury issues. However, the poor defense showed up before two of those potential starters got injured. It's been a persistent problem, and I thought our "identity was supposed to start on the defensive end." Yeah, UWM might have been shooting incredible against us. So have a lot of teams this season though.

[MacabreMob]

They weren't good screens....and were mostly illegal....

You're wrong. I saw DC set screens that didn't hit anybody cause they moved around him but at least he set them and stayed long enough to not get called for moving (except for the one time he kinda moved/threw the leg out) .

[chitown fanatic]

Sorry, guys, but this isn't even close to being right.
This team is playing without their best player, and 2 more potential starters are out.

You can't keep using it as a crutch Coach. despite one sweet run 3 years ago, he hsdn't gotten us above a 4th place finish in 7 seasons. Good coaches make progress with the players they have, even after injuries. Jim is just not proving himself capable of doing this. You said they shot the lights out in 1st half. How about getting a hand in number 0's face after the first 3 3's he made??? Instead, he hits five in the 1st half. Inexcuable bad defense. 19 points in a half!!! Or how about a 300 pound kid who takes it to the hole blowing Roberts' doors off??? How does a 300 pound kid do that? BAD DDD!!!! And who is your 3rd starter who is out? Singh is not a starter if Egolf is. Stop making excuses for this team.