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after 3 games, does anybody change where we finish in the MVC
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wily coyote
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Agree with you. I don't think we will play on Thur. in ST.L.
I like your optimism, but first realize we have played 3 games against teams that would probably not finish higher than middle or lower part of the MVC. Geno has them playing well and it proves there was a significant amount of talent here, unlike some fans predictions. But we'll face much stiffer teams in the MVC, and lack of depth (the fallout) will be a problem in some upcoming games.
I said I think Wofford will be the best early indicator. Until then I think I'm still projecting 7-9th, I also want to see us play on the road first. However, I can say that I think Geno is playing almost a perfect rotation of minutes, but I'd like to see the offense run through Pross a little more.
Personally Prosser is much better than I thought, and TB is
1)Playing much better offensively than I expected
2)Being more mature
That said, this team still lacks a lot of depth..
The lack of depth is due to (poor recruiting over the past 4 or 5 years)
Lets enjoy the process.
I do believe this team will not finish last.
How it plays in the conference at home is really this teams indicator.
Lets get to 4-0 before the wisky game.
1)Playing much better offensively than I expected
2)Being more mature
That said, this team still lacks a lot of depth..
The lack of depth is due to (poor recruiting over the past 4 or 5 years)
Lets enjoy the process.
I do believe this team will not finish last.
How it plays in the conference at home is really this teams indicator.
Lets get to 4-0 before the wisky game.
AZ BU Fan
New member
Braves have got to stay healthy and keep out of foul trouble. They'll also have to be in great shape to go 100% from start to finish over 18 MVC games which will be needed to finish higher than 7th.
Will have to wait for a couple road games to get a better feel for their chances in MVC.
Any FT coaches out in BF.com who can give Geno some tips on how to improve his players FT %?
Time to bring Rick Barry in?
Will have to wait for a couple road games to get a better feel for their chances in MVC.
Any FT coaches out in BF.com who can give Geno some tips on how to improve his players FT %?
Time to bring Rick Barry in?
Chibearsfan10125
New member
I still think that 3-7 is pretty much up in the air. I feel that Creighton and Wichita will be the top two teams and SIU, ISU, and Drake will be the bottom 3. The rest is up for grabs. I feel we're probably going to finish between 5-7. I felt like that before the season, and it hasn't really changed. Taylor Brown is playing better than I thought he would, as is Prosser. I just think our lack of depth will catch up with us. I think we have a great group of starters, and Jake is the ideal sixth man. Beyond that though, our team is questionable. DS and JC will be good in time, but aren't great right now. After seeing our group, I'm now leaning more towards 5 than 7, but I think we'll finish in that range.
Very hard to predict what BU will or can do in the Valley, I will also say that Prosser has been a lot better then expected which really gives us an inside game that we have not had since POB , we have done a great job as far as having 4 players in double figures on the offensive end, if we can just get some more contribution off the bench other then Jake we will win more then we lose, has been fun to watch our plyers get better, wish Taylor was coming back next year as that would make us a top 3 team next season.
Still sticking with a finish anywhere from 6-10 for a lot of reasons already listed above.....
Plus:
To date, we haven't faced a good zone defense. Given our tendencies to drive to the basket and poor outside shooting, it is tough to believe that we haven't faced many zone defenses.
Our offensive half court sets aside from feeding the post (which I love to see) have not been that great so far.
Plus:
To date, we haven't faced a good zone defense. Given our tendencies to drive to the basket and poor outside shooting, it is tough to believe that we haven't faced many zone defenses.
Our offensive half court sets aside from feeding the post (which I love to see) have not been that great so far.
Braves4Life
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I still believe we will finish in the upper half of The Valley. I'm one of the few that has always been an optimist on this team...... anywhere from 4th thru 6th.
Spot on Ben. I've been talking about zone defenses since before the season started. We're probably not seeing zone yet because it's early in the season and unfamiliar opponents don't have great scouting reports. When we get to the MVC, we'll see plenty of zone.
Zac Andrews averaged 11 and 7 in '06 - '07.
patrick_o'brian
Member
I dont think we are last place, but I did see Creighton hammer Iowa today. I know Iowa is a lower tier Big 10 team but they looked horrible. As for us I'm sticking with my 5th place prediction, but hoping for 3rd.
LittleBrave
Active member
If we have Sammy this year and WE doesn't get injured, we don't lack much of anything IMO - maybe an outside shooting threat, a 3-ball specialist, but that's it. WE+TB+JP would conform one of the top 3 inside games in the MVC.
As DC eluded to, the recruits over the past few years are playing better than some thought.
It's pretty clear that TB, DSE, JP, WL were certainly great pick-ups for BU.
Now you have a point in that a few current guys haven't panned out like we'd hoped, like MK and AT, but that's true with almost every mid-major team.
I'm just not buying it that we didn't recruit well in the past few seasons.
Even EM & DN were solid frosh, but just didn't work out for them past that...mainly personal reasons beyond anybody else's control.
LittleBrave
Active member
I continue to feel relatively good about the team, especially toward GF's ability to coach and toward the talent of our starters.
But I'm sticking to my prediction of a 7th-place finish. I feel we're stronger than 3 teams (SIU, ISU-red, Drake).
But now that teams like Evansville and Missouri St. have shown they might contend for Top 3, I don't see BU overtaking them - there are many quality teams in the Valley this year that have the potential to finish Top 3 or 4.
Even still, a Top 5 finish is NOT out of the question, especially if we defend our home court. This team may have a few surprises in store.
Bradleyfan1
New member
Great posts everyone! How high does BU have to finish for Geno to get Coach of the yr I say top 3! I love the fact that we have 3 guys on this squad that can carry the load for stretches of a game scoring wise, Shayok has a chance at newcomer of the yr but still is a HUGE ? He makes me gitty tho the main X factor for me. Our defense has been decent, the traps will get better and press is hopefully to come to but we need bodies to press. Once teams go zone and they will be soon, we will beat it before it gets set, when that cant happen I see us running the clock and running drive and dish and hi low, we shouldnt have to depend on 3's to beat a zone, But its early, we have to get lucky with setbacks but i would say we are more than overdue for a "lucky break" or two.
tornado
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all we've done is won 3 home games that we should have won -- since we are severely lacking in depth -- (having lost 4 players that would have helped us this year) - we need everyone to continue to step up