He's a sophomore who played well in spurts as a freshman.
There are 352 other D1 teams, and accompanying fans, that will gladly take him.
Izzo's teams almost always have a game or two like this early as well.
If this is Underwoods style we are definitely in trouble...I say this as a huge Underwood fan
You know you can't just extrapolate one example to try and prove a general point right? I guaranteed we'd win by double digits in the game thread yet me saying "bad losses are bad for seeding" is what gets the most negative response??
It was a little hyperbolic....but Curbelo needs a serious dose of discipline after this game. If it's not running, or sitting, then I'm not sure what coaches do these days.
He had great games last year too, in spiky pressure situations. Those will continue.
I took the lack of changes as purposeful, particularly when he didn't call the TO at the end. If we didn't end last season on a note in which we were thoroughly outclassed due, in part, to a lack of in-game adjustments, then I wouldn't be concerned in the slightest. As far as today played out (and focusing solely on this game), this has the potential to be a great early-season opportunity to drive home an important lesson for Belo (and the team as a whole). Heck, turning the ball over (again) as the nail in the coffin might end up being a better outcome for our team, in the long run, than having him split the defense and throw up a miraculous lob to win the game. There's no happy ending to this game (unlike the IUP game, for instance) that allows Belo to overlook his game's warts. He's going to have to make changes one way or the other. I'm hopeful that he can make those adjustments and that we can all be supportive as he works to fix those issues and play more like the 6th man of the year that he was as a freshman. The early results on this message board, with many ripping him (and his character) to shreds and some even joining the website solely to bash the kid (see: @Crunch, for example), are not encouraging, but I hope that's just emotions running high and that we'll all be able to realize it's one game in November by tomorrow morning.
They are both figuring it out. I have hope it will happen with more time.
Should we give them participation medals?
We didn’t have our all-american lol.
I wasn’t prepared for this tonight 
Yeah we were counting on way, way more from Plummer than the no-show we got tonight.
I agree 100% but in my opinion, the time for making a coaching statement passed in the 2nd half. Way too long of a leash in any one game.
If there is one thing that drives me nuts is his complaining to the refs. Just shut up and get back on defense.
Ha!!! Participation medals require participation.... You may have misinterpreted my comment but I was trying to allude to more in game adjustments than being happy to have practice motivation after a completely embarrassing loss regardless if you have Kofi or not. Definitely didn't appear to be a top 10 team that played tonight.
Yeah, I'm with ya. The last five minutes were a disaster.
