I was thinking the same thing. He looked like he belongs on that stage, even with limited minutes. Keep working, Amani!
Illinois 98, Florida Atlantic 89 Postgame
theNewGuy
- Dallas, TX
Dauster was also carrying a ton of Water for Michigan in that argument even comparing them to UCONN's team last year that won the Championship... after losing 5/6 games...
He struggled tonight. The thing with this team is if you're struggling, we have the depth to put someone else in. I like Dain but this wasn't his night. As for a possible transfer, it wouldn't seem surprising to me, but that's a next year issue and we're still early in this year. Plus, Dain will have to be playing well enough to keep Amani and Morez off the court next year, and that looks like it's going to be a hell of a task. Overall though, just relax and enjoy the moment
That's okay. This team doesn't care about that
With this being said, they are just mad we bullied their favorite team to talk about and beat them, which they did not expect
You want to play Dain so he doesn't transfer or do you want to play our best lineup to win games?
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Cognitive dissonance is a terrible thing.So in the preview podcast, they said FAU is one of the 3-5 best teams in college basketball. We then beat that team by 9 on a neutral court. Yet they don’t believe we’re one of the top few teams in our league?
How do these guys have a platform?
They’re prolly more worried about how many minutes Gibbs-Lawborn and Dain are playing.. even tho Xavier booker isn’t playing at all, Fears is barely playing. They never talk about that. We had one bad year of a toxic locker room and they act like it’s an every year thing. Maybe two years with Curbelo
I don't think that they practices free throws any more than normal. What you're seeing is it's the right guys shooting them late in games. That's awareness by BU to have the right guys in the game and it's awareness by the guys on the floor on where the ball needs to be. That's growth and guys finding their roles, which is a good thing, but takes time.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
The only reason we won is because he yelled at them continually last season.The only reason we won is because Brad didn't yell at anyone!
Difficult to get many assists when you're offense is just Domask repeatedly backing down his defender and scoring.
FAU never made an adjustment to stop him or sent help to the point where it would create open looks for someone else.
I'd think that would stabling a bit after the Tennessee, Missouri and probably even Colgate (???) games? The issue with our schedule was that the patsies that we played aren't bad. They're brutally bad.
Sidenote to all the Marcus and Shannon talk but I've been incredibly pleasantly surprised by how good Goode has looked defensively.
He's been staying in front of a lot of quick guards and has the length to challenge shots a bit.
I expected him to be a shooter that would kind of be a liability defensively but he's been very solid.
We had two guys go off for 30+ and they didn't need to get set up. That's tough to withstand for any team. Now, is the sustainable? Probably not. Did it work for one night? Yes and I'll take it.
I see your point. I just see so how smooth he is under the basket and would love to see him get more minutes.
Agree and I am also pleasantly surprised. I expected Goode to be a strong, disruptive, intense defender last year. Earlier this year, he was not moving his feat and getting out of position rather quickly. Now, I see him moving his feet more quickly, a pleasant and unexpected surprise, and getting in good position most of the time. Great for him!!!
Perfect follow up to the Dain comments...you're gonna shoot better at the line when it's shooters getting fouled and not Dain/Ty.
He also hit the biggest one of the game. I'm not sure why you took a dig at him? That game was going in the wrong direction before that shot. One could argue that it was the defining moment in the entire 40 minutes. "Maybe we can be good"? You're making silly comments just to get a reaction. Stop.
So were we. Moretti was at home.
At the end of the day, ESPN's job is to get ratings. Major conference teams(unless it's the blue bloods) don't drive those ratings. FAU was THE Cinderella story last year. Heck, they got into the Jimmy V game based on last year's tournament alone. Who doesn't root for the "little guy". If they weren't playing us, I would have been in FAU's corner. What makes the tournament so much fun, especially the first day of it? It's the upsets. So, while FAU is ranked highly and highly thought of....it's still FAU and they'll continue to the the story, until that story runs out of steam, which will be when they get into conference play. They'll probably run the table(or come close to), they'll win 30+ games, but rarely will they get more than the standard top 25 highlight.