#1 recruiting class is super underwhelming
True. LSU did very well to win a game without its two best players contributing 24 and 10.dcaggie04 said:Doubly painful that LSU was without its top 2 or 3 players.Luke The Drifter said:
There's no doubt the program is much improved over last year and the year before. We're trending in the right direction, that much is certain. And really, if we end up in the NIT this year, we should count that as positive progress.
But that doesn't change the fact we pitifully choked away the game last night vs. LSU.
kyledr04 said:
It will be if it doesn't translate to winning
Topher17 said:Texas A&M said:I've watched good chunks of many of the games. But I haven't been motivated enough to watch the whole thing until now.bobinator said:
If you haven't watched a whole game since the Butler (??) game then you've missed a lot of good games.
This isn't a great A&M team, but we still have a shot at the NCAAT. Just need to close games.
Not motivated enough to watch, but plenty motivated enough to come bi*ch on TexAgs after the game. Nice!
South Platte said:True. LSU did very well to win a game without its two best players contributing 24 and 10.dcaggie04 said:Doubly painful that LSU was without its top 2 or 3 players.Luke The Drifter said:
There's no doubt the program is much improved over last year and the year before. We're trending in the right direction, that much is certain. And really, if we end up in the NIT this year, we should count that as positive progress.
But that doesn't change the fact we pitifully choked away the game last night vs. LSU.
Bonzer103 said:South Platte said:True. LSU did very well to win a game without its two best players contributing 24 and 10.dcaggie04 said:Doubly painful that LSU was without its top 2 or 3 players.Luke The Drifter said:
There's no doubt the program is much improved over last year and the year before. We're trending in the right direction, that much is certain. And really, if we end up in the NIT this year, we should count that as positive progress.
But that doesn't change the fact we pitifully choked away the game last night vs. LSU.
And let's talk about Kentucky. That was a close game because UK shot 36% from the floor. And what did we do to try to capitalize? We went 2-24 from the charity stripe. Yes, someone said it early that people are now showing up because we have had success during the first part (albeit weak) of our schedule. But what they have witnessed is self inflicted/avoidable losses which is hard for the new and old to see. Yes, we are much improved, but don't fool yourself in thinking that we are a mid pack conference team at best. And if you've been around long enough, we've had ample
promising teams that never manifested into anything sustainable. Much better than the team we have now. That's why people are pessimistic, because it looks more of the same. For us to be a true contender, we need to a) recruit much better caliber players, and b) we need to be beaten by the other team, not by ourselves. Hopefully Buzz will be able to deliver on both of those. The second one is a little concerning after these last three games.
BTHOB-98 said:Brother I was at Reed Arena when we had Melvin Watkins in 1998. Me and like a dozen other people(literally like 12 people at a game sometimes). We supported the team thorough something like a 2-3 home conference wins and it was super tough. I have been around. This isn't bad.Method Man said:
Here. Where were you?
Anyone that can not see the progress is blind. Am I disappointed about last night? Sure! I do not understand the immediate jump to turn everything upside down. The SEC is probably one of the best basketball conferences right now. Were playing with everyone, were gaining experience, and making progress. They just don't know how to finish yet. What I see is that we get to the end and then we get amped up and we over pass or we turn it over. We shoot threes when we should be driving to the hole. Its the little things that matter that we are not doing. we are right there close but just not there yet. We have to learn how to calm down and finish. We are rights there but we just have to finish! I hope we figure it out because if we do we can be a really good team that was truly built out of nothing after last year. This season could still be special if we can find a way to finish.
BTHOB-98 said:
talking garbage about this team after three tough losses. Where were you in 2020 and 2021???