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It's an exhibition. Said I'm not going to read too much into the W or L result. But was looking for how we'd play and what DeVries would do to make adjustments. The turnaround from early first half play was some really promising stuff and the coaching is just worlds apart from the joke of what we've had. Sam impressed me, Wilkerson and Tucker are our best players and played like it, Conerway's assists are fun to watch. I'm going to like watching this team grow. We'll make the tourney, the coaching will get us there

Would add Alexis to this. Sisley's going to need some more time to continue to develop imo

that's a nice, fun thing to do

But the sky is falling!

1 point game

It’s something like a 9-0 run for Baylor to take the lead

nice game pick from Indy Star -

Good shooters will find their stroke

Exactly, and while sample from our team is small his coaching history is not. This is what to expect from a legit bball mind. We have a good bball coach again

Last I saw he was practicing but they’re holding him out until they’re sure he’s full go to avoid re-injury

Worth noting Wilkerson’s perfect from the stripe

Game day, real basketball with actual actions, shooting and adjustments, let’s go

Would think so, last game did

That’s our Mac

I'm in the yes and no camp. See our exhibition against Tenn last season.... I'm looking forward to seeing how we play, on both ends, against what looks to be a pretty strong (and well coached) Baylor team, but not going to read too much into it either way on the outcome.

Crazy, but ultimately a likely scenario when you go and allow big time sports betting. Chauncey Billups, currently HC of the Trail Blazers (ironically formerly often called the Jail Blazers), and player Terry Rozier, have been arrested in an FBI probe of sports gambling and rigged poker games, along with members of organized crime groups. Reportedly at least 30 people have been arrested. Billups apparently is named only in the poker operation. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-nba-chauncey-billups-terry-rozier-arrested-gambling-rcna239312 and re the NCAA/college: The NCAA has been engaging in its own long-term gambling investigation, noting last month that it is seeking violations for 13 unnamed former men's basketball players, with the athletes coming from six different schools. Three players at Fresno State and San Jose State were permanently banned from the NCAA last month as part of the gambling probe. The NCAA has pushed states for more than a year to ban prop bets on college sports, mostly citing harassment of student-athletes, but is now pointing to the potential for athletes to manipulate stats. However, after previously cracking down on all betting, the association recently opened the door for students to bet on pro sports. https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/live/terry-rozier-chauncey-billups-arrested-as-part-of-sports-gambling-probe-live-updates-as-fbi-announces-details-134022201.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKYfCYUOaUx2QEKNfuGBZMvGrAQvWF7383nqvLJpH_6rOaP6YPQTHDlQ-iu6eCdDV4LLG1ifIND9uy4wDouE7SPHit_eRNU3mRnIhOekeacoj5cAAt-adoHL8UybPn28qZF6iqnkwQqOBfUxUKxxcWJEPESvvTShysmbx64vmDMI I'm sorry, it's freaking stupid to permit gambling/betting on college games, it spurs point shaving and other illegal gambling / betting activity. This from today's NYT: A pair of indictments unsealed in Brooklyn federal court on Thursday cast a pall over professional basketball, describing separate schemes in which three current and former N.B.A. players and coaches worked with other defendants to defraud gamblers and online betting firms out of millions of dollars. One case accused an N.B.A. player and a former coach of trading inside information on a series of games to win hundreds of thousands of dollars of bets with sports betting companies. The other charged a well-known head coach, Chauncey Billups, with participating in a series of rigged poker games organized by Mafia families that cheated unwitting victims out of at least $7 million. Taken together, the two indictments, involving more than 30 defendants, will compel the league to confront questions about how far the misconduct has spread, and whether those accused of financial crimes affected the outcomes of games. The first indictment accused six defendants, including Terry Rozier, a guard for the Miami Heat, and Damon Jones, a former player and coach, of trading on inside information available to players and coaches to allow a network of conspirators to place winning bets on their games. Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, called it the “insider trading saga for the N.B.A.” https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/23/nyregion/nba-illegal-gambling-arrests

4 days until the first exhibition game....

I'm largely in this camp/line of thought at this point, and would add: 4. DeVries has a track record of rebuilding teams into competitive teams. 5. Not just a a proven defensive coach, the guy is a demonstrated and recognized basketball mind -- we haven't had that here since Sampson. He's not another Crean, and he's miles better as an overall bball coach than Woodson or Miller. We have a legit bball coach -- and that goes to the Cig comparisons.

I’m talking about the type of defensive movement we did see against Marion. It doesn’t matter if Marion stinks, it’s how they were playing D, the score was some reflection of that but not the point.

Highly doubt we’re 100 plus defensive efficiency. DeVries needs to continue to improve the roster but they’re already showing defensive awareness, energy, switching, extension to perimeter and rotation. Aint going to be great out of the gate with current roster but the reason to expect continued growth is there

But biased or not both those gals are dynamic players, definitely worth considering on that list imo

I like it. Dorn is something of a wild card imo. From the Marion game, the defensive rotations, switches and extensions to perimeter looked pretty good. Marion isn’t good, but at one point it was something like 31-4. That was a result of energetic D. And the shooting was without our best shooter finding his touch. Wilkerson is going to light up teams. it is absolutely going to be fun to watch, and based on the effort and communication I saw I expect our D to improve and adjust during the season. Imagine that, actual adjustments. So looking forward to watching this team grow

And yet Moren still got the team to 20 W’s last season, and including some locker room issues. Do think it’s going to take some growth for another 20 W season, like all the past decade in a row, but believe we’ll see coaching adjust to the pieces, again, and these pieces adjust to the coaching better. New recruiting off to a good start, and the direction is continuing to get bigger and more athletic, and with that will come deeper runs