Don't Give up on Basketball Just Yet...
We are still a young team and from the looks of it the Big Ten isn't very strong this year. If we can just become competent defensively and get ONE of our 4 centers to play at their best level this team still has good potential once we get Irvin back to full health. Be patient guys!
November 21st, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
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It's basketball. This is like pre-season unless we're trying to get a top-seed. If we go in as a 7 or 8 seed and have a hot hand in March, we can still go pretty far. In basketball, people only remember post-season play. No one cares how many games you lost so long as you make it to the Tourney and make a nice run. But it's time to clean up the fouls, free throws, and silly defense - like stop hedging when it gets nothing done, etc.
November 21st, 2015 at 12:29 AM ^
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Listen to David Soul. Don't give up on us...
"Don't give up on us, baby
Don't make the wrong seem right
The future isn't just one night
It's written in the moonlight
Painted on the stars
We can't change ours."
November 21st, 2015 at 9:19 AM ^
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It's David Soul, man. David Soul!
November 21st, 2015 at 12:34 AM ^
November 21st, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^
Not giving up at all, but it's the same problems over and over with Beilein. His teams don't play defense and don't rebound the basketball. Unless we are going to be Kenpom's most efficient offense team in the nation like we were in 2012 and 2013, then I don't see how we are going to compete with the big men this league is going to throw our way this year. Jalen Reynolds killed us tonight, what is Diamond Stone, Thomas Bryant, Deyonte Davis, and Caleb Swanigan going to do to us?
The recruiting in the post has to get better. There's not other way to put it. Outside of McGary it's been horrendous and it's going to limit the growth of this program every year until he fixes it. Beilein is a great coach with a great system, but he needs to recruit the center position better because what we are trotting out there right now is mid major shit.
November 21st, 2015 at 12:42 AM ^
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November 21st, 2015 at 2:55 AM ^
This is spot on. We'll never become an elite program if we don't start recruiting bigs better. I feel like JB is always digging himself a hole with these lower-ranked guys who just have major holes in their games, most guys don't turn out like Trey Burke or Caris.
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November 21st, 2015 at 12:45 AM ^
Sorry, but we don't have the IT factor on this team that the 2013-2014 team had.
Burke had IT. He willed the team to victory.
Stauskas had IT. He willed the team to victory.
When it was Levert and Walton's turn, they both sat out half the season.
While I love Levert, he doesn't have IT (and its probably not his fault). He is clearly a NBA player, but he was in on the act with some of his play late in the first half (seriously, fouls a 3 point shooter)
We have a game in a few days against a similar level team in UCONN. We better wake the fuck up pretty fast.
We will not survive another dog shit showing in nonconference. We made sure to eliminate ourselves last year in December and we might end doing the same fucking thing this year.
I think we have way too much faith in Walton and Levert leading this team.
November 21st, 2015 at 12:51 AM ^
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November 21st, 2015 at 1:03 AM ^
To winning the conference title. Maryland and MSU are two of the best teams in the nation. While I think our perimeter players can pick it up, we still have no leadership(Outside of Spike) and absolutely NOTHING in the middle. Donnal and Doyle is a worse partnership than pickles and ice cream.
November 21st, 2015 at 7:04 AM ^
Whoa what? No way, if you take Levert of this team, they lose by 40-50 last night. Burke not only had it, he had Tim Hardaway JR., Sauce, Glenn Robinson III and a few bigs who where respectable defenders.... Staukas had the same minus Burke. Caris has, Caris and a lot of players who just need more time to develope. Not every player is going to be 1-2 starter and be NBA ready.
November 21st, 2015 at 12:52 AM ^
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Just because it happened one year doesn't mean that's the norm.
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November 21st, 2015 at 7:51 AM ^
with 4 OT losses w/o levert and walton. flip those OT losses and UM finishes in 2nd in the BIG last year.
November 21st, 2015 at 9:32 AM ^
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November 21st, 2015 at 1:22 AM ^
I think people are overreacting because they are not as familiar with Xavier. If we lost to Kentucky, UCLA or Duke, people would be more forgiving.
It's the 3rd game, there's a lot more to be played. Let's see how they bounce back. THey have another tough one next week.
November 21st, 2015 at 1:29 AM ^
November 21st, 2015 at 2:01 AM ^
"Burke and Stauskas had ice in their veins and would not let the team lose."
no they'd still lose
November 21st, 2015 at 9:14 AM ^
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November 21st, 2015 at 1:57 AM ^
I don't care how you want to spin it, this shit from Beilein is getting old. And no, this team is not young. It's actually starting three upperclassmen, if anyone here is paying attention.
November 21st, 2015 at 2:04 AM ^
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November 21st, 2015 at 2:06 AM ^
Constantly getting dominated physically, constantly getting owned on the boards, recruiting unathletic guys on the post, recruiting two and three stars on the wing, not developing his best talent. Is that enough?
November 21st, 2015 at 2:44 AM ^
You're going to question Beilein's talent development when he's about to send his 7th player to the NBA in the last 5 years, and only 2 of them were 5 star recruits? Who is the last 2 star Beilein recruited on the Wing? The only two star on scholarship is MAAR, who is a Guard (and looks like he'll be a useful player). Everyone else is a 3 or 4 star, as is every recruit in the incoming class and our only 2017 commit. You're complaining about a coach who inherited a program that hadn't made the NCAA tournament in 11 years and has won multiple Big Ten titles, was a shot away from back to back Final Four appearances, and won 3 more games than any other school in the conference between 2012-2014.
Is that enough?
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November 21st, 2015 at 2:46 AM ^
Three upperclassmen starting. 16-point loss to an unranked team at home. Keep making excuses.
November 21st, 2015 at 2:50 AM ^
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November 21st, 2015 at 2:54 AM ^
Well you mentioned the injury-plagued season last year while ignoring the fact that we lost to Eastern and NJIT before those injuries, and now you're trying to excuse another horrendous early-season home loss as no big deal because hey, it's early.
November 21st, 2015 at 3:06 AM ^
How is losing to Xavier without a healthy Irvin or Spike a horrendous loss? Also, it's funny that you describe it as an "early-season" loss, then chide me for pointing out that it's an early-season loss. It's also kind of amazing that you can just ignore all of the facts I gave you that prove false your ridiculous take on Beilein and just shift the argument instead.
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