BU 65 @66 Western Carolina FINAL....

[real fan]

Our bigs had 9 rebounds in 64 min.

This is where the problem lies, not only do they not rebound but they hardly score which is going to make it even tougher for our guards to get good shots, it is obvious that our inside players are the main issue as far as keeping the team from winning, so who"s fault is it?
Poor coaching
Attitude problems
just not very good players

I believe a combination of the first 2 because Will has good skills and I cannot understand why he continues to miss easy layups, be more aggressive and dunk the ball , Prosser did fine for a freshman last night and hope he continues to get better, A.T. has not gotten better and is not aggressive so he scores and rebounds very poorly, the staff needs to work with Will on finishing and his mental approach as he can help this team big time .

[AZ BU Fan]

I'll be at the games, but to be quite honest, I'm going to try to stay away from this board as much as possible. In an already frustrating season, it only makes it worse to hear the same old tired arguments and spin.

No matter how bad BU plays, or how bad their luck is, attending a BU home game is much more fun than staying at home during the winter nights in Peoria. Add a pregame dinner or cocktails downtown and its a night out. Go to watch the cheerleaders who give their all against insurmountable odds of fans really cheering most of the time, go listen to the live pep band music, go to see/catch up with other people you know in town. Instead of walking the malls for exercise, circle the arena at halftime, climb the upper bowl stairs a couple of times. Enjoy the natchos and soft pretzels. Are hotdogs/brats better at home vs an arena? Never. Go watch Quickchange and frisbee catching dogs and acrobatics/stunt bike riders and the dude that drags four manequins around to Queen songs. Go watch babies crawl accross the finish line, little kids in BU cheerleader uniforms or the guy in the front row at mid court who chews out the officials non stop. Buy a 50-50 ticket and keep your fingers crossed. Endear yourself to a cheerleader and hope they toss you a tee-shirt. The game and its results are only a bonus. Go! BU will thank you, as you thank them.

Of course the only reason you hear the same old tired arguments and spin on the Basketball Fan Talk is because the BU BB team performance/results continue to be the same for the past 3, now going into 4 years.

Perhaps the Forum threads should be limited to only praising BU wins, discussing players who played well in losses, praising inbound recruits unequivocally, and cursing the gods for all of the bad bounces, bad calls, bad injuries, and bad NCAA rulings suffered by BU?

Me thinks a 'Rose Colored Glasses' Basketball Fan Talk Forum is what should be added to the Sports Forums offerings to cater to all interests?

[LittleBrave]

it is obvious that our inside players are the main issue as far as keeping the team from winning, so who"s fault is it?
Poor coaching
Attitude problems
just not very good players

I believe we have very talented players even with the loss of probably our top 2 for the season. AW will likely make Valley 1st team, we have seen the potential of DSE and WL as potential 1st-team players in the future, JP will continue to grow and be a stud. WE has shown flashes, but needs to get tougher - maybe that lies on the coaches.
This is a pretty good core to me if you add a healthy TB and SM, and next year's class should be very good.

A lot of people think the world of Dodie's game, but I haven't seen it yet. He misses a lot of easy shots. Maybe I'll witness his first good game this Saturday night.

I haven't seen the "toughness" from BU much in the last few seasons. We are mentally frail IMO and need to be more confident, ESPECIALLY in the final 10 minutes of games!!! Why we lack confidence, I don't know. I guess when you get outrebounded by 20 in a half, it takes something out of ya'.

[BU RICK]

I observed the 24 hour rule Actually I was at a friends home to watch the Illini game and we listened to BU on his computer before that game. Here's my settled down thoughts to what we listened to and the box score...

We had a better FG%
A better Free Throw%
Six less turnovers!
We had four more steals!

Those are good stats.

The rebounding and several missed layups lost the game.

To me, it sounded like the last 6-10 minutes the referees were giving all the calls to WCU. We shot 15 FT's in the first half and only 5 in the second, doesn't seem right. That's where we missed Sam driving it down the lane to pick up fouls late, one of the other guys will figure that out.

So I think we should have won the game.

We're now 4-3, the seasons still early.

I looked at Utah's roster, they're a big team, that would be a good home win that we'd all be happy about and make us 5-3.

I'd tell you something you didn't know but its already been said by everyone

Go Braves