Austin...

[Scouter]

I do clearly remember the higest ranked opponent home game of the season Boogie's first year was the much later in the season WSU game. Boogie's near game ending (heck it was practically WSU's season ending...) dunk on a career night would of been the college play of the day if a better camera angle was available....

That dunk was absolutely filthy. That game came during my freshman year and was probably my first "lasting memory" at Carver. Good times. I think Boogie went for like 26 that in that game.

[real fan]

It could be that we made a mistake in thinking that Austin could play D.1 basketball as all jr. college players do not make the adjustment to the next level for whatever reasons ; teams do get recruits that just don"t fit in with there style of play.I also think your comments are wrong about our freshmen as they are getting better every game and they both have a great upside ; Egolf and Maniscalco are going to be very good players and you have to live with their mistakes .

[tornado]

It could be that we made a mistake ....

In the six years of recruiting, Jim Les has made very few mistakes.
I might agree the talent and playing ability of Saihou Jassey was over-estimated, but even the other players who fizzled out at BU had talent (Ray Brown, Jeremy Fears, Lance Stemler) and other issues like injuries and suspensions which couldn't have been forseen prevailed.
I would not yet call anyone on the present team a "mistake" just yet....there's a lot of youth out there.
Remember.....similar things have been said about JJ Tauai, Sam Singh, Matt Salley, and others. I think we need to give the guys their due time......

[Beninator]

I think we need to give the guys their due time......

There has also been a lot of improvement with this team. All we need to do is take a look back at the scrimmage and exhibition games. I know that I had some doubts about this team at those times.....

[Dubl R 1]

Bennett in his 9th game:
18 pts 5 Rb's 2 Assist 3 turnovers 4 Steals 34 minutes

Boogie in his 9th game:
5 pts 4 Rb's 1 Block 1 Steal 11 minutes

Franklin in his 9th game:
5 pts 3 Rb's 4 Assists 1 Turnover 1 Steal 13 minutes

Theron Wilson in his 9th game:
9 pts 3 Rb's 1 Assist 1 Turnover 2 Steals 33 minutes

Ty Cole-Scott in his 9th game:
1 Assist 1 Turnover 2 minutes

Yeah, but who were we playing in those 9th games for those guys. I don't know who it was, but doubt they were the caliber of Michigan St.

[MacabreMob]

Bennett in his 9th game:
18 pts 5 Rb's 2 Assist 3 turnovers 4 Steals 34 minutes

Boogie in his 9th game:
5 pts 4 Rb's 1 Block 1 Steal 11 minutes

Franklin in his 9th game:
5 pts 3 Rb's 4 Assists 1 Turnover 1 Steal 13 minutes

Theron Wilson in his 9th game:
9 pts 3 Rb's 1 Assist 1 Turnover 2 Steals 33 minutes

Ty Cole-Scott in his 9th game:
1 Assist 1 Turnover 2 minutes

Boogie and Bennett's 9th Div 1 game was at Creighton who wound up 44th in the RPI that year (plus finished 11-7 and tied for 3rd in the MVC and a bid to the NCAA).

Franklin's 9th Div 1 game was home vs Evansville who finished 191 in the RPI that year (plus 5-13 in the MVC).

Michigan St is currently 19th in the RPI and obviously in the Top 10 in the Polls.

[SFP]

Austin is too slow to play on our fast pace team.
Collins needs to be more physical and play better defense but has potential .
Egolf has a huge upside but needs to slow down a little and quit taking 3 point shots; by the way he did make one to put us over 100 points in one game.
Cole-Scott needs to play under control and quit making so many turnovers as he has the talent to play at this level.
Singh has done well and probably deserves more time.
Maniscalco is getting better and really adds the extra effort and toughness are bigs could use to rub off on.
Salley needs to rebound and score better as he is constantly missing layups.
Wilson has gotten better each game and has really helped the team.
Crouch has been outstanding the last 3 games.
Ruffin has played great but he needs to quit trying to win the game by himself.
Warren has to realize that he has to score more and can do this by driving by his man and hit the 12 to 15 foot jumper in the lane as I believe he could do that all night long.
When we pass the ball like we did in the 1st half are offense looks unstoppable; it is time for our inside players to play like men.

Realfan you said it all and very diplomatically

I just want to add one more thing AW has the talent to be really good he just needs to develop an attitude like SM already has. SM will become the team leader next year!