BU 61 vs. UMKC 73

[wily coyote]

BU needs shooters.

PH told me last week we had shooters. Anybody seen them.

[abraveforlife]

Nope

Sure.....but can we please stop "waiting" for AW to return?

It looks to me that he is going to be pretty important to this team because we have no offensive identity. If Wilkins still comes, no matter what shape he is in, he should play right away. Tonight was pretty pathetic, but I am going to reserve my anger for a couple weeks. Playing without you best player for a large amount of time can build great team chemistry. We just need a leader out there and possibly a lineup that is consistent. All in all you want to lose early too good teams and not FREAKING UMKC. Not good. I really think this is going to be a good team, but they are going to look bad for awhile against some inferior teams and allow me to say Michigan St is around the corner. Play defense like they did tonight and MSU will beat them by 50.

[thefish7]

Not good. Can't beat that zone using the bigs or the 3-pointers. An ugly mess, just about any way I can look at it. Thought WE looked okay in his minutes... That's about the only positive thing I can think of. I think we should adopt the UMKC superflop defense if the same refs have any of our other games in the tourney. The refs were bad, but Bradley was worse in this one. Missing DRuff and JC a lot right now.

Athletic talent is there, but we have not performed the required gelling action, or something like that. There were times vs. Florida where we looked very good, so I still have some hope, but I think it's going to be way up and down for a few games yet.

[ER3]

This team had a full week to prepare for this game...that may be the most concerning point here.
This coaching staff had to know that we were going to face a zone for the entire week down in Florida...yet we came out in the first half and looked completely baffled. Turning the ball over 16 times in the first half against a smaller, less athletic team playing exclusively zone against you is simply unacceptable...especially when the coaching staff had a full week to prepare the team to play against a zone...

[squirrel]

That's a little harsh and uncalled for as of right now. We still are 3 games only into the season with our leaders either not playing or not playing well...

We probably won't be very good until the conference season or maybe the entire season...but the worst team ever?

Question for you. . .and be honest. . .how much of a difference do you see AW making in either of the two losses?

[abraveforlife]

This will cheer you guys up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2UP86bciVA

[Big Mike]

its early but the Braves drop to 173 RPI with the loss.....

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_mvc_Men.html

[houstontxbrave]

What trauma are you referring to?

And am I the only one who would like to see a more traditional lineup?

I would personally like to see a basketball player who can shoot a basketball into the basket on a more then a few times a game basis. I do not care who plays I want to see some production, JL needs to find 5 guys who want to play together.

One week to prepare and this is what JL puts out on the court... UNACCEPTABLE.

[shaunguth]

Question for you. . .and be honest. . .how much of a difference do you see AW making in either of the two losses?

Not much! Wish people would stop bringing up AW! He is not THE answer to this entire team's problems!

[amettrick]

What trauma are you referring to?

And am I the only one who would like to see a more traditional lineup?

It's all good and well to call for a more traditional line-up, but we simply don't have the players to do it.

Not to mention that I don't think it would fix anything anyway, but that's a whole other issue.

[TheAsianSensation]

Not being able to follow the game today....I have the following to ask:



Wat

[thefish7]

I disagree. I think AW would have made quite a difference on the offensive side of the ball in THIS game. With him and SM out there with the ability to make 3s, you could have moved the ball around enough to create a shot or get a double out on the perimeter so someone could drive open. I'm not sure if we could have won with the defensive woes we had, but it would have made our offense quite a lot better.

[Big Mike]

I think a healthy AW makes a huge difference on both ends of the court...how long before he is really healthy.....who knows?

[ifarania]

It's all good and well to call for a more traditional line-up, but we simply don't have the players to do it.

Not to mention that I don't think it would fix anything anyway, but that's a whole other issue.

I'd be fine seeing five players who gel on the floor simultaneously as well, Houston...

And amettrick: I think we are better suited to a traditional lineup than a run/gun/jack errant threes lineup. Maybe throw AT or WE at the four, wilson at the three, warren at the two... just SEE what happens instead of bashing our heads against the wall with a system geared towards a team with sharshooters.

The difference between ignorance and stupidity is repetition.

[thefish7]

Just as a side question... What's up with TW's threes? He even taken one this year?

It's strange. You can tell no one's confident with the 3, as they're passing over quite a few open shots out there.