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Well boys it's a new dawn. Everybody going into the tunamint is 0-0. Best we can hope for.
Wisconsin 91, Illinois 88 OT Postgame
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Is this even true?
Where do fans actually think Underwood teams stack up talent wise throughout the country?
When you are up 15 points (TWICE) and still lose...no, you didn't get jobbed. You choked.
Second weekend or bust, the pressure is on.
I mean, it really should be. This is year nine, and Brad is making in excess of $5M a year with a, what, $7-8M annual NIL expenditure? Top half of the B10 NIL and top 2 amongst league coaches salaries. Fourth place league finishes and first weekend exits are not the return the program should expect. That is the reality of this business. That's a lot of sunk cost for one elite 8.
I'm not arguing for his ouster at all after this season. But to dismiss the question would be foolish. I'm pretty certain there will be some rumblings amongst the larger donors if that were to happen. Again, reality.
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Up 15 a couple of times. UCLA not a good enough wake up call? No matter his roster, its the same bs. Lots of upset donors
Do they give ribbons for that? Stickers maybe?
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To be fair Boswell got a near non-existent call against him the next possession. He had to sit with 2 fouls.
absolutely. Kylan was the D we were missing in the first matchup, now 30 seconds in he has to play scared the rest of the half or until you get your second. If you're going to do that crap, your bench is right next to you, flex to them or maybe waive your arms to get your fans going crazy, like the other dude?
I respect your opinion, and genuinely wonder from whom would the pressure be on? The fan base, the donor (meaning big donor) class or with Josh Whitman? As much as I wish it were different, if it's only the first of those I don't think that moves the needle for another few seasons of disappointment.
Damn sure should be...no more excuses
This.
At 1:59 left in regulation, Tomi posted uo, we threw it in to him and he made an easy shot.
We are using these guys wrong. So frustrating. So stubborn and or unable to adapt.
If a team goes on a run, best way to stop it is to get an easy shot. Like the one I just described.
But we choose to continue to take threes or drive 1 into a congested lane.
This is the issue with going with size. Size speed and athleticism is a rarity. There are plenty of quick short guards who can shoot dribble and penetrate.
Season is too long and too demanding for some of our players. (The Euro ones for sure). The team does not play with any urgency or fire, they play like they have checked out. Tyler Underwood may be an offensive wizard, but he has no clue how to change strategy when things are not working. Thought we brought in a defensive savant to take over that side from Hamer, has he checked out too? Or possibly never checked in.
Don't see the Euro guys changing from their Euro style to being junk-yard defenders no matter who the coach might be. Tomi will never become a Morez Johnson type. The $$$$ spent for this team may not gotten anything "elite" like we were hoping for or told we could expect. Too many pretenders when the going got rough.
137 out of 160 3seeds all time have gotten past the first round. Fairly simple logic that achieving something with a 85.6% likelihood shouldn’t require the “would be lucky” lead in?
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And we only have two decent guards (when they are playing well) and one of them has a broken hand, the other is a freshman. When both are in foul trouble that's a major problem. The miss with Petro is really hurting this team. One more decent guard would have made a huge difference in this team. D1 ball is a guard's game after all.
I didn’t get to see the game but if their guards drove at will against our man-to-man defense like Michigan, why in the world won’t BU go to a flippin’ zone? That zone seemed pretty dang effective to me when we used it when Boswell was out.
The heat is about to get turned up if its a dud next week
This is what I don’t understand. Tie ball game with 30 seconds left with 1 timeout to draw up a play. He lets Wagler go one on one.
This is not relevant when you consider what we are paying Brad and how we are investing in the program.
Yeah our second best season in 20 years would be accepted by all of us I think
I’d be THRILLED with sweet 16
Roll the ball out and hope something good happens. It's our go to play.
FT's were terrible, I agree, but it was more than just FT's that lost this game. They had 2 15 point leads they couldn't hold today and other big leads throughout the year, so it goes much deeper than just FT's.
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