Staying above .500

[Gary the Gargoyle]

I'm probably drinking the kool-aid but I think we could have 16-17 wins by the end of the regular season, so I voted over .500 for the season.

Not only are you drinking he Kool-Aid, but I think somebody spiked it with Everclear.

[LittleBrave]

Looking ahead to the rest of our schedule, I see us staying above .500 as long as we win our B'Busters game.
We need to win 2/3 vs. UE, UNI, ISU-blue. Another road win would be a bonus.
None of the remaining home games will be easy, but the way we've protected our home court, winning all 3 is possible.

My hope for this team is to finish 8-10 in conference and for Walt to out-perform Odum and beat Indy blue.

[tornado]

Looking ahead to the rest of our schedule,...

looking back is also interesting...

let's say thru some amazing streak of play - we run the table and go 13-5 in the Valley and our RPI actually creeps up enough (maybe 40's) to start getting a little at-large talk...

Then wouldn't our schedule in November & December be the deal-breaker - it looked strong on paper - Michigan and a chance to play tough teams in Vegas...??
In the end only Michigan is a quality team..........nobody else we played is doing anything! This has our SOS down around 200 now.

-The several home wins we had (EIU, UTPA, UT-Martin, MVSU..) are now all 300 RPI and worse...

-Even the scarce road wins we had (IUPUI, CMU) - those teams are showing themselves to be horrible.
IUPUI is now 4-18, and just 1-9 in a really weak conference, CMU likewise looking like a bottom dweller in their conference...

-and I know you don't get a lot of style points for losses - but when we lost to USF - we heard how good of a team they were...but......
Even they are now 1-7 in the Big East - dead last & worse even than the perennial bottom dwellers there..
and you don't want to know how bad Portland is - but we lost on a neutral court to a team that's now just 1-6 in the WCC

-even Virginia Tech - who were said to be the best we've done against a top team - hanging in there & losing by just one to them...
they are now the worst RPI in the ACC and at the bottom of that league!

[LittleBrave]

Key to 0.500 or better for BU this season:

• Team bigs stay reasonably healthy
• GF ability to get this team to go all out for 40 minutes every game
• Consistent Team Leadership from someone from the starting 5 (something sorely lacking in previous seasons)
• Continued improvement from at least one underclassmen

Given these, which I think are within the realm of possibility, I vote BU stays above 0.500.....

I think we hit 3 of the 4, AZ. Still haven't seen continued improvement in any of our underclassmen, but Bell is getting good minutes lately and will help us in the future seasons.

[AE Braves Fan]

We have the worst strength of schedule in the league.

Not all .500 records are created equal...

[tornado]

if we can finish above .500 we can get some experience playing in a post-season tournament - something that will help our guys...

[Future Walk-On]

if we can finish above .500 we can get some experience playing in a post-season tournament - something that will help our guys...

so if we win 1 of our final 2 con games... we will have 17 wins

win 1 game in STL - 18

A post season tourney would put us dangerously close to a 20 win season..........what would we all say then about out success?

[tornado]

so if we win 1 of our final 2 con games... we will have 17 wins

win 1 game in STL - 18

A post season tourney would put us dangerously close to a 20 win season..........what would we all say then about out success?

20 wins is better than 19 but are we allowed to count those wins already??

[Future Walk-On]

20 wins is better than 19 but are we allowed to count those wins already??

[Beninator]

20 wins is better than 19 but are we allowed to count those wins already??

During the JL era, 20 wins as a result of a C or D tier tournament was lauded on this board as an epic accomplishment. Now it's only better than 19 wins.

It is time to support Geno on this board!

[tornado]

I see universal support for Geno - have you seen someone even hinting he should be fired?

[sportsnut2]

I see universal support for Geno - have you seen someone even hinting he should be fired?

No, but he also has not been given 9 years to turn things around either.

[tornado]

neither was the last coach - he earned his contract extension

[Future Walk-On]

neither was the last coach - he earned his contract extension

barely. and it was too long. IMO