WayneFleekHoosier

This is grade A stuff. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Enright is open all the time and won’t/can’t shoot. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

Brutal basketball. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

Yea, 8 or 9 seed makes it not a bubble team. 10 and lower is a bubble team to me. Like I said earlier I’m hoping for the best, expecting the worst. I’ll admit to being wrong if we are a single digit seed. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Indeed it is. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Define squarely. 8 seed or better? Yes, I will. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Enright still starting though? Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Me all off season being told how negative I was. I mean I guess I was, but that’s because we were building a bubble team at best. Many chose to ignore it. I mean, I guess that’s best, why fret about something you can’t change. I wish I was DOB, let me build a roster.

They are so good this year.

Colts have made some super embarrassing moves lately. Can a 44 year old still get it done? I do like him better than Riley though, which should be third string at best.

I feel it though. We lost to a bottom 3 team in the B1G and if we go 0-2 with a home loss to another bottom 3 team. Then guess what, we are likely a bottom 3 team too. The eye test isn't pretty in these last 2 either which doesn't help matters. I'm not too worried about this one though, being a home game.

100%. We have a tougher than normal B1G slate too. And still Might need 13-7. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst.

Same. Good for Schwarbs though. Incredible number.

My outside perspective is yes, I think he is. He’s being scouting as scoring option 1a or 1b and they are crowding him. He’s not getting too many open looks. So He’s shooting from deep just to shoot. That’s why I think Conerway, Wilk, Dorn, DeVries, Bailey lineup adds an extra shooter and hopefully can free him up a bit. DDV gotta lot of things to figure out quickly. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Agreed. However, They are the right coaching hire away from being Ohio State in football again. But Basketball is likely on a 5-10 year reign of dominance. Time will tell, but being outspent by Michigan in basketball really bothers me, particularly with the Dusty May angle. Hoping the football success will sometime soon propel basketball success. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

We need to figure out what Michigan is doing. They are outspending us in both major sports. You’d think we could find a way to compete but I guess that what a 100k football stadium gets you???? Or it’s donors…. IDK but I’m jealous of the money at their disposal.

Yeah. The talking heads said we were top 10 in Woodson’s last year. CBS eye on basketball survey and talks to a lot of sources reiterated the same. The NIL budgets jumped wildly for many schools. Many said we paid over 5 and were top 10 in Woodson last year. Reports say we paid about 10 this season and that to me is very believable. Apparently Wilkerson was near 2 to 2.5 million. Crazy. Kentucky reported is around 22 and that’s believable too. BYU is getting 7 million to Dybantsa. And 2 plus to the guard. UNC way up there. Duke, Kansas, UConn, Michigan, Illinois, and on and on. We aren’t top 10. We might be in the neighborhood of 10-20, but other surprising schools are spending big too. Curious to see what we do after missing all the “top” freshman targets and then landing some middle ground guys. Curious to see what budget DDV gets offfered to play with. I hope the administration realizes they need to generate some excitement in the program. The hire didn’t do it. The assembled roster didn’t do it and now the results aren’t doing it. I guess we will find out what they plan on doing by this summer to see the response to what this season will be.

Hoping to just sneak into the tournament this year despite honestly thinking we won’t. Then hopefully we can put together a high ceiling roster and see if DeVries Got it. I like his passion and grit but you can only do so much with the pieces he has assembled. Nervous for what might become a long term build.

C1G won’t put up with much drama. If he’s about the right things I would love it happen. If not he’ll end up at a great, winning program.

For this season? No. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

I think we do. I did before the games were played. Let’s see where he finishes with what he compiled. Somewhere 30-70. 30 would indeed be better than 70. Just not good enough regardless.

No, not the top team. But building with the intention and chance of being a top team. Subtle difference.

Exactly right on all accounts.

While technically true this team is what it is. I guess we’ll see if DeVries is with his salt. But then again he put this collection together and thought it was good enough.

Yeah. I wasn’t only going about the centers. Speed and athleticism. Counting on a very little enright to be the PG. Rebounding. Just general roster build. Lack of proven commodities. It was all so obvious. I know people love Enright and he does the little stuff. But he’s a ceiling limiter in a big way. Both defensively and offensively despite adding hustle plays. I don’t dislike him. I respect him but I’d rather him not be the PG of the team I want to be a top in the country. Conerway has been good but he showed yesterday where he stacks up to top end guards and athleticism and that was a problem too, including ball handling. Just frustrating as it was all so predictable. A better PG, a Legit defending/rebounding/shotblocking C and we could have had a nice team. But we have what he have. Our best lineup might be Conerway, Wilkerson, Decvries, Bailey, Alexis but we don’t have depth to even find out if that’s the case. Dorns shooting was promising. If I’m coach I’m trying Conerway, Wilkerson, Dorn, DeVries, Bailey/Alexis. Ive been down on this team all offfseason and nothing is helping change my mind so far.