BU 58@ #19 Florida 81

[Stryker]

Yeah, people need to stop freaking out about this loss. We didn't match up well with Florida, everyone expected a loss, and it wasn't a TERRIBLE loss. What I saw today from Bradley was what I thought enough to finish in the top 3 in the MVC. This is why we have non-conference play. To get ready for conference play. By the end of december nobody in our conference is going to want to play us. Period.

[Beninator]

Yeah, people need to stop freaking out about this loss.

No freaking out here... This game can and will make us better.

[shaunguth]

If WE doesn't deserve the minutes he shouldn't get any. He's not a freshman anymore. I am sure that Jim would be getting him in there if he deserved to play.

I'm wondering if the same can be said for SM. He has not performed at the level I was expecting after two games.

[BradleyBrave]

In all honesty, I find it hard to believe that Will could be as soft as DC...
There are a lot of things to like about this team and I belive this team can improve... butI would like for JL to tweak some things to light a fire under a couple of players.

You are probably right, but obviously WE isn't doing something that Jim wants or needs. I think it's a little premature to get down on DC - He had a great preseason, and has faced a very good 7 footer and one of the biggest teams in the country so far. Let's not forget, POB had a 2 point game against a small Drake team when he was here, so let's not make any knee-jerk decisions on folks this early. I think DC has some good moments coming.

[Big Mike]

IMO ...and its only 2 games but the guys who seem to be the most pressing are SM and TW! They should be leading and maybe its because AW is out but they are forcing the issue and not playing up to thier caliber yet!

[houstontxbrave]

So we lose to the a top 20 team after playing 48 hours earlier, step off of a plane and lose and now the roof has caved in and there is no way for us to make a post season.

Ill keep believe this team is improving and will contiue to improve.

Look this team has some serious issues with its shooting. But we played this team pretty tough without our best shooter and most experienced player. We also have some again serious rebounding issues and we really need to get SM back to who he was while starting for Ruffin last season, but we have the rest of Nov all the way into March. I am certain JL sees alot of what the rest of us sees, and I am confident he will address what needs to addressed,

We are now 1-1 and Im not sure there are to many who expected much better. We are a very young but extremely athletic basketball team. This team got beat badly on the scoreboard today, but if you watched any of the game it looked much better in moving the ball today and again was just off of a plane and expected to play a top 20 team. Its an excuse but valid one, we were set up to fail today. Asking us to play at the top of our game in the second game after a flight and a game 48 hours before and it being our second game of the season versus Florida without your best returning player... exactly how does that make us screwed and with no chance of any post season?

[shaunguth]

Yeah, people need to stop freaking out about this loss. We didn't match up well with Florida, everyone expected a loss, and it wasn't a TERRIBLE loss. What I saw today from Bradley was what I thought enough to finish in the top 3 in the MVC. This is why we have non-conference play. To get ready for conference play. By the end of december nobody in our conference is going to want to play us. Period.

I did not expect us to win this game, but there are some things that definitely need to be fixed. Hopefully, the entire team has a great week of practice and shows that they all deserve playing time. Can we please get SM to shoot the ball from inside the arc a little more often?

[SaintLouBrave22]

You are probably right, but obviously WE isn't doing something that Jim wants or needs. I think it's a little premature to get down on DC - He had a great preseason, and has faced a very good 7 footer and one of the biggest teams in the country so far. Let's not forget, POB had a 2 point game against a small Drake team when he was here, so let's not make any knee-jerk decisions on folks this early. I think DC has some good moments coming.

And DC is about as lazy as POB was....

Really what is the point? He had a decent preseason against a couple non DI teams? Hmm...that doesn't exactly peak my interest....

I'm just not sold on him...especially when he's 7'0'' tall and we have guards who outrebound him...

I'm not in panic mode yet, but I also feel there are players who are playing minutes they don't deserve...

Just because you score 14 points doesn't make it ok to give up 20 to the guy you are guarding...just an example....

Once again, Sam Singh has outplayed Collins in every facet of the game...PERIOD!

[lake Camelot]

Practice? We talkin' bout Practice!!

I did not expect us to win this game, but there are some things that definitely need to be fixed. Hopefully, the entire team has a great week of practice and shows that they all deserve playing time. Can we please get SM to shoot the ball from inside the arc a little more often?

Forget the practice, we've got games coming up.

Edit: Oh, I thought the Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday games were this week not next. But at least I got to Channel AI.

[shaunguth]

Until AW actually comes back and shows that he is healthy, I think everyone should stop using "and we did it without our top returning scorer, best shooter, etc......". I'm guilty of doing this as well, but really see no point in it anymore until he gets on the floor consistently and we see how the rotation of players is affected.

[SaintLouBrave22]

I think that the DC/SS rotation is fine. I think DC is the type of guy who probably needs to start and get loose early, and SS is more the type of guy that can handle a bench role. The only tweaking of the starting lineup I think would be inserting AW somewhere.

This is like the excuse the old regime had for starting Reggie Hall...

I'm sorry but I'm not buying whatever it is you're selling...

The BEST players are the ones that should start...

It has become obvious (so far) that they are not.

[Braves4Life]

IMO ...and its only 2 games but the guys who seem to be the most pressing are SM and TW! They should be leading and maybe its because AW is out but they are forcing the issue and not playing up to thier caliber yet!

I agree. I think SM is trying to take up too much of the scoring slack and trying too hard "to make things happen". I think he just needs to settle down and play his game; he's a distributor and the floor general. I think once he has AW back and gains confidence that his teammates can score when he gets them the ball he'll be OK. He will not play against the caliber of talent that he played against today. He matches up VERY well in the MVC and has already proven that he can play at that level.

Sam will be OK.

[BradleyBrave]

This is like the excuse the old regime had for starting Reggie Hall...

I'm sorry but I'm not buying whatever it is you're selling...

The BEST players are the ones that should start...

It has become obvious (so far) that they are not.

I'm not selling anything, and the best players don't always start. I don't know what you're all bent out of shape about, especially regarding my posts.

[shaunguth]

Just because you score 14 points doesn't make it ok to give up 20 to the guy you are guarding...just an example....

And how many points do we give up when other players not named DC run away from the three-point shooters? Using this logic, SM should not being getting the minutes he has. I mean, he contributed five points?

[SaintLouBrave22]

Until AW actually comes back and shows that he is healthy, I think everyone should stop using "and we did it without our top returning scorer, best shooter, etc......". I'm guilty of doing this as well, but really see no point in it anymore until he gets on the floor consistently and we see how the rotation of players is affected.

Agree 110% as that is just a cop out used when we don't play well...

Andrew won't score every point, nor will he guard every player from the opposing team...

We still have to have FIVE guys working together along w/ a cohesive coaching staff to get this thing going in the right direction...

There is much that needs to be done, and it is my hope that come conference time, we will have it going in the proper and winning direction.