I'm not seeing the same thing you're seeing. I'm seeing a 10 win team. I hope your vision is better than mine.
This. A home win vs an awful team is good for the mind, but it doesn't change the reality. The Big 10 is loaded. 3-17 or 4-16 in conference is very possible.I'm not seeing the same thing you're seeing. I'm seeing a 10 win team. I hope your vision is better than mine.
I don’t see us remotely near the bubble in March. But I see a bad team that could get much, much better in the coming years. I think BU’s career and the next five years of Illini basketball will depend on player retention the next two years.
I've now watched six games in their entirety, including today's win. I'm afraid we're just not very good. The Top 10 teams in the conference are going to destroy us.
I think it's mostly due to lack of recruiting. There's not enough talent on the court. We desperately need: (1) a dominant scoring and rebounding presence in the middle (Mel Turpin/KY - Larry Johnson/UNLV - Waymon Tisdale/OKLA - Kenyon Martin/CIN), and (2) a spot-up shooting guard who can hit 50% and occasionally go 6-8 from 3 point range when needed (a Doug Altenberger or Luther Head type).
Otherwise we're just a bunch of small & talented guards plus one raw/promising FR big man. And I still feel Ayo is our best player.
The thing that's remarkable to me is when people simply assert, at this early stage of the season, that "that's an awful team" etc. as has been done to G'town, Notre Dame, UNLV... three serious Bball schools with serious histories, nine months after a 16 beat a 1.How a surprisingly large amount of posters feel today......
last year we weren’t challenged by a team anywhere close to UNLV at this point. Tough schedule is paying off, that was a bordline top 125 team we played. Not world beaters, but for 30-35 minutes in that game we were by far the better team.Promising yes, but the competition probably has a lot to do about that.
last year we weren’t challenged by a team anywhere close to UNLV at this point. Tough schedule is paying off, that was a bordline top 125 team we played. Not world beaters, but for 30-35 minutes in that game we were by far the better team.
And Loyola made the FF.The thing that's remarkable to me is when people simply assert, at this early stage of the season, that "that's an awful team" etc. as has been done to G'town, Notre Dame, UNLV... three serious Bball schools with serious histories, nine months after a 16 beat a 1.
yep. but posters on here seem to act like we are one of the worst teams in the country. I think we win out the non-conference and go 7-13 in conference. Not good, nothing to hype about, but improvement.Oof. You know times are lean when we're hyping a win over a "borderline top-125 team".
Playing a defense where your foul prone freshman big is trying to trap someone 40 feet from the basket is not on Giorgi.I did notice what I hope was a learning moment for Georgi when he tried to jump a player at half court and got called for an obvious dumb foul. He tried to argue with the ref as he was going to the bench and BU looked at him and told him it was foul. It was weird after but the ref talked to Georgi while the next play was going and explained the call to him and BU had a huge smile on his face the whole time. Really looked like Georgi listened and took the message to heart.
From what I've seen, he has very good hands and I'm pretty sure DT pointed that out during the broadcast.I personally like Samba in some respects better than Giorgi. I think he moves better without the ball and even takes better defensive angles as well. If he had at least had 60% of Giorgi's skillset let alone hands, he might get the nod to start.
I am shocked. We gutted out a close game!
How can they improve without playing games?I am not impressed with the overall team, but am impressed with small improvements that could be building blocks. Seems to me that the kids are starting to understand BU's O and D. BUT, the clock is slowly running out. The kids can no longer use games to improve.
Interesting.I've now watched six games in their entirety, including today's win. I'm afraid we're just not very good. The Top 10 teams in the conference are going to destroy us.
I think it's mostly due to lack of recruiting. There's not enough talent on the court. We desperately need: (1) a dominant scoring and rebounding presence in the middle (Mel Turpin/KY - Larry Johnson/UNLV - Waymon Tisdale/OKLA - Kenyon Martin/CIN), and (2) a spot-up shooting guard who can hit 50% and occasionally go 6-8 from 3 point range when needed (a Doug Altenberger or Luther Head type).
Otherwise we're just a bunch of small & talented guards plus one raw/promising FR big man. And I still feel Ayo is our best player.