T-4th in Big Ten

[hhcdave]

No chance in hell we lose Petteway, Pitchford, Webster, Shields or Fuller.

 

There's a chance of anyone else on the roster but none of them matter anywhere close to the above five.

 

No reason to worry about losing any of those kids, 'cuz it aint gonna happen.

[nuled2dance]

Yea dont see those guys going anywhere.

[HB]

 

Here we go again.  In one week, on this board, we were the greatest, then the worst, most disgusting thing ever, and now we're back having a chance to win in every game.  It's so predictable:  When we lose a bunch of remaining games, and we will, the stuff will be flying on here, guys can't coach, it's the lineup, whatever.   Reality:   We have a bunch of weaknesses. We're a couple guys short.  Smith has come down to earth and is struggling with his hands, shot, feet, you name it.  Inexperienced point guard playing a little out of position.  Against the better teams we'll struggle to guard bigs.  We have trouble running an offense through the post, and thus have scoring droughts.  Teams will throw the kitchen sink at Petteway.  We may not have one of our most explosive offensive players.  And that's not a complete list.

 

Lest you all think this is unduly negative, what I think is more negative is being caught up in the moment and then flaming our guys (coaches and players) after our losses.  I am impressed with our efforts to overcome some of our issues, and love how well we play at home.  We're not as good as people think we are when we win, and we're not as bad as they think we are when we struggle.  Credit to our guys for competing, and hopefully when we lose this place won't implode.  But it will.

Couple things...

1. No one is saying anything unreasonable.... We do have a chance in every game and if you can not see that then you need to look at how we have done. If your ready to give up on the guys... Which by the sound of it you are... Then so be it. Some of us are not though.

2. You talk as if you think we're so far away yet we compete with every team in the league. You also act as if we are demanding NCAA bids this year... Is it not reasonable to think we are a strong contender for NIT if we finish .500? Is it not reasonable to believe we can win 5 or 6 more games? We have a chance in EVERY game we play the rest of the year... Period.

 

 

Respectfully, I thought all sorts of unreasonable things were said on here after the Penn State game.   The criticism of the coaches was ridiculous.  I just hit the post button since the usual was happening in the heat of the moment, and it was so obvious and sorta funny.  The Minnesota win was long gone already, and people were overstating it, then willl overstate the next loss.  Nothing too wrong with with that, I suppose, but when the personal fault finding missions start when (not if) we have a blowout loss, or a loss in a game a bunch of people on here think we should win, it will be nasty and overamped.    Now, back to the rollercoaster.

[hhcmatt]

Think back to the previous seasons a few stand out....beating OU with joe hitting that three, beating Okie state in the bob and in Stillwater, beating KU, beating an undefeated Texas

 

A pretty big student fan didn't know who Jason Dourisseau was on Thursday.  

The current staff nor team doesn't have that baggage.  

[Tallbaby21]

This team is just going to keep getting better. Our PG play and youth is inevitably going to cost us in some close games but I'm betting that no one will want to play us in the Big Ten Tourney. 

[Bugeaters1]

Anyone else see the tweet that we are just outside of someone's AP top 25 ballot. We are tied at 26

Here's the tweet.

[Cazzie22]

It's a cliche I know but focus on beating Indiana.