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Bold. We will be better. So will the rest of the league. I want us to get back ahead of
Houston. If we do that, we have a shot.
Yes, I think so....I think the upper middle and middle (Tulsa, Memphis, UCF,Not counting the addition of Wichita State, is the AAC basketball getting
better?
We will need to be better in D, especially on the perimeter, and we need to
be a consistently better rebounding team. The thing that killed me last year
was how good we could look at times and then the same five look awful.
And it was never the same problem twice in a row. It was sort of like Birt's
season- things went wrong but you didn't quite know how to fix it because
it was always different.
We better. That OOC schedule is a Doug Wojcik schedule. K State is supposed to take a big step back this season. OSU isn't exactly a powerhouse and they have the FBI and NCAA thing hanging over them. Illinois State won't be nearly at the level they were last season. ORU is under a new HC. Honestly if we lose more than one game in the OOC I'll be very disappointed.Well, now that our schedule is set, do we get 20+ wins?
You know, it may not help our RPI, but this kind of schedule may be exactly what this team needs to build some.confidenceWe better. That OOC schedule is a Doug Wojcik schedule. K State is supposed to take a big step back this season. OSU isn't exactly a powerhouse and they have the FBI and NCAA thing hanging over them. Illinois State won't be nearly at the level they were last season. ORU is under a new HC. Honestly if we lose more than one game in the OOC I'll be very disappointed.
This.We will have plenty of opportunities to make our resume look good.
We better. That OOC schedule is a Doug Wojcik schedule. K State is supposed to take a big step back this season. OSU isn't exactly a powerhouse and they have the FBI and NCAA thing hanging over them. Illinois State won't be nearly at the level they were last season. ORU is under a new HC. Honestly if we lose more than one game in the OOC I'll be very disappointed.Well, now that our schedule is set, do we get 20+ wins?
Nathan "f-ing" Binam...and a ridiculous charge call on Heard after he caught the inbounds pass that made the Binam play possible. That (and the UNC) game were the only 2 times that entire season we looked a little lost on the offensive end.You're going to be very disappointed then. If you follow TU basketball long enough you know we have at least one "Wtf?" loss every season. Even the 2000 Elite Eight squad lost to ORU. We'll be fine.
And losing Wheeler, Etou, and Henderson. I don't really see the team being much better next season unless they get a player of higher caliber as the last addition to our class (or there's more attrition). Horne seems like he's going to be a Etou type when he finally gets on the court. Moore has to show more than he did at SLU. Hoping our last recruit is a diamond in the rough.My current expectations are 9-3 in the nonconference. League record at 10-8. 1-1 in the tourney to make it 20-12 overall. That's a 5-game improvement over last season. And we'll return 4 starters next year while adding Horne and Moore to the rotation.
We shall see. I think the sophomore jump usually has a lot more to do with increased playing time more than anything else. Especially for kids that were regulars in tough AAU leagues where they were playing against quality competition before they even got to college.Of all college basketball cliches, I buy the freshman to sophomore jump the most.
No offense to Henderson or Wheeler, but I think the Joiner/Jackson/Horne/Moore class takes a leap that easily surpasses their production this year.
I'd love to see the %'s broken down by the players that transferred up, and the players that transferred down / equal. Also, there has to be more than 30 players that fit that criterion with the hundreds of transfers we see each season these days.Decided to run a query on this to back up my suspicions with some numbers. I found 30 players in all of D1 basketball last year that played 10+mpg as freshmen, then transferred and sat out a year (or played juco) before playing for their new team. (Comparable to our situation with Scott, Moore, Jeffries, and Horne)
15 of those players transferred into a better conference, 11 of them transferred down, and 4 transferred to a roughly equal conference.
On average, those players increased their scoring by 64%, steals by 33%, assists by 26%, and rebounding by 24% despite playing just 6% more minutes at their new school. The huge scoring increase was driven by an increase in overall FG% of ~3 points on 39% more shots per game.
You might have missed his criterion of 10+ minutes per game. Most freshmen don’t play that many minutes. I’m pretty sure Scott did, I don’t know about the other two.I'd love to see the %'s broken down by the players that transferred up, and the players that transferred down / equal. Also, there has to be more than 30 players that fit that criterion with the hundreds of transfers we see each season these days.
You might have missed his criterion of 10+ minutes per game. Most freshmen don’t play that many minutes. I’m pretty sure Scott did, I don’t know about the other two.
I'm sure you've aiready seen it, but I.I. had him pushing for a starting spot, and said the following after watching practice...No one ever talks about Jeffries. That's who I am most interested in. I'd be interested to know how the new guys look from someone who has seen a practice.
Jeffries- Looks like Troy Caupain from Cincy. Shoots much better than when with ORU.
I'm sure you've arleady seen it, but I.I. had him pushing for a starting spot, and said the following after watching practice...
Tap, tap, tap.Thanks for tipping me off. I don't always read the free board before the season. I figure it's mostly Rivalcane/ some weird Russian bot that posts thugs for no reason. And the rest is therapy for MartinAston.
FlatbillThanks for tipping me off. I don't always read the free board before the season. I figure it's mostly Rivalcane/ some weird Russian bot that posts thugs for no reason. And the rest is therapy for MartinAston.