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If one is looking for positives, Hargrove is one solid piece of clay to build something with. Impressive body, shooting ability, and toughness. Bozan showed some great potential also. That's 3 really good freshmen, and with Potts coming back, that's a good nucleus. Hopefully Amy will be a little more active in the portal this year, and recruit quickness and strong defenders, and perhaps another shooter. Not mailing in this season, but with what Potts, Hargove and Bozan are showing, it's maybe OK to look ahead.

Disagree about the talent. Not only do we not have top 4 or 5 talent, we have bottom 2-4 talent. Not athletic, can't shoot. It's not just mental. We have guys out there who can't move well, and/or have skill deficiencies, to play at this level. Fred basically admitted it, saying we have to play about perfect to have a chance. That's code for my players aren't that good.

It absolutely was.

Of course. Destroying the game.

7-13 from the line. Probably the difference in a close game.

Not to mention he gets easily displaced on the boards, and can't guard anyone.

I was hoping Berke could be that guy, but…….

Brice getting stripped again, like at the end of regulation at Iowa, was huge. They get a runout, 4 point swing. He needs to get stronger with the ball, or don’t do that stuff.

A lot of those loose balls were not lack of effort, but lack of talent. We have a lot of slow guys. Flat out an unathletic team. Often that characteristic is balanced by high level skills including good shooting. But we have a few non-shooters in the top 8 also. It was a horrible matchup for Berke last night. A total mismatch of speed and quicks.

That didn’t turn as much as people think. Those teams in Hawaii were bad, and those wins were nice but. Nothing to be elated about.

I don't think his calf is 100% either.

I hear the late great Jim Mora in the background: "Dancing??"

They shot it great. Boo hoo. Not an excuse to quit trying.

As they should. He's awful.

I too hope we win sooner and I am shut out, but if that's our first win, I will not be too proud to accept Cip's largesse.

Cale earned his spot on the bench the entire second half. He was awful in his minute at the end of the first half. Completely not ready to play.

Washington.

What's sad is she could hit them at a good percentage as a freshman (50% on 42 attempts). Shot 33% as a sophomore on 79 attempts, and 30% as a junior on 71 attempts. It's puzzling that she had a good outside shot early in her career. Are our players getting better while they're here? Issues on the player development side in addition to recruiting?

To quote a famous movie, "You effed up. You trusted them".

Mike and Shelby Schaefer's son Hudson won the baby race (Mike is recruiting analyst for 247 sports). The basketball.....yikes.

That's because none of them are any good, which was glaringly obvious watching the games.

Ref blew her Achilles it looked like

Yeah, but while I'm still alive?

Watching it I thought Morgan really struggled, and this seems to bear that out. Murray State stats very different for him.

To quote Everett Flatch in Hoosiers....."I'm not seeing it".