DooleyBull06

Serious not so serious question, if Toledo doesn’t get a bid to the NIT would you rather have choked yet again like them or had the season we had lol

I think what you’re saying is give me a coach who is using the mac as a stepping stone. A coach who has higher ambitions. Like a Hurley and Oats. The MAC has coaches who are newbies, retreads, ambitious or old guys who seem comfy where they are. Wide range of coaches.

Toledo going down in the tournament, like the masters, it’s an annual tradition. No auto bid to the NIT either. I laugh at them but it’s kinda sad lol.

Excellent post. It was @DocCas86 that asked about X and O stuff. An example is, in the half court set have Smith or Chatman set a high ball screen on the strong side for Fulcher, who can use the screen to drive and score or kick to Sabol. A simple ball screen opens so many possibilities. The team didn’t play off each other. We didn’t play to a strengths. Ball screens and cuts…more player movement rather than 1v1 play. Side note, whoever complained about fast break points is stupid. But often fast break points are a product of good defense. Which we didn’t play. Not knocking Sabol but he is slow laterally. That’s an example of something teams exploited. Aside from the recruiting aspect, the coaching needs to improve.

I’m gonna echo some of @enrique14150’s thoughts. I too didn’t think it would be this bad. I knew we were in for a full rebuild and I wasn’t focused on our win/loss record…to a degree. I didn’t see 3 wins coming. I won’t even count the barely win over a high school team. I thought we’d be more competitive but night in and night out we often found ourselves down double digits quickly. Above all else, what I wanted this year was to see growth and development. A team that was performing better in late February than it was in December. And for two weeks we were. But still getting blown out. Which speaks to a lack of talent. I wanted to come away from this season knowing we had a coach and a culture. While I wasn’t expecting wins right away, coming from the Jay Wright tree, I expected more from Halcovage in terms of Xs and Os, half court sets and execution. I’m not giving up on Halcovage, but in every facet of college basketball, we simple need to do better.

Covered lol

Ehh. Not calling a timeout wasn’t a mistake. The following possession they ran a slip screen and Williamson turned the ball over on the catch/dribble. The bigger issue was all the empty possession down 1 before that 10-0 Toledo run. Possessions included turnovers

We need to get our sh!t together in the two big sports.

UMASS is joining the MAC in all sports

I’ve not posted a lot this season bc of overall down state on this board but objectively speaking it’s pretty clear that we are playing better ball. We will worry about next year in two weeks when the season ends but it is nice to get a win. And show some signs of life that can possibly bleed over into the next game. Agree that it was the two worst teams in the conference but maybe to end the season we can find a way to get wins against WMU and NIU and just compete strong in the other games. Scrapping the bottom of the barrel here I know but that’s where we are. Go Bulls.

How about the bench production! 3 guys accounting for 24 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

Agree. What it boils down to also is upper classmen not being leaders and having little situational awareness. Two examples…Smith dives on a lose ball and instead of calling a timeout he throws the ball into an Akron crowd of players. A possession or two before that Adams tried to dribble penetrate from the top of the key and turned the ball over going 1 v 2. Both those possessions were late in the game when we were down 3-5. We have a young and inexperienced roster but what’s compounding our issues is our upper classmen aren’t taking control. Plain and simple we are a team that doesn’t know how to win. We don’t know how to execute in the crunch to win games. For what it’s worth, I thought GH3 called the timeout at the right time, dialed up the right plays got the ball where it needed to go…players just didn’t execute. Against NIU players did hit their FTs. The last week we’ve been playing our best stretch of basketball yet yielding negative results.

I mean come on Smith! Perfect pass just catch and lay it up!

At least he calls timeouts to try to stymie the runs 🤷🏻‍♂️

We average the 8th most turnovers in the country. They just said on the broadcast.

You know what the saddest part of this season is, that we started conference play 1-0 and currently are just two games out of 8th. I always thought the goal for this season was to get to Cleveland and in a year where 5-6 wins can secure the 8 seed, this display is especially bad.

They just said on the broadcast…we shoot the most 3s per game in the conference yet we are dead last in 3pt FG% in the conference. And 5th worst in the country. Literal definition of insanity. Combine that with poor defense and we get blown out every game

Every time I watch a game on CBSSN I cry when they show bump shots of our glory days.

I do not think either player is ready for a step up in college basketball. Remember jumping into the portal is as much about wanting NIL as it is having schools interested in investing in paying you. And while I like them as prospects they are no where near ready for a jump. I think the eventual outcome is a transfer but not after this season.

Better days are ahead. I definitely saw some positives. Akron just rubbing it in now for no reason. Posting Ali Ali in an 18 point game under 2. File that away for the future.

Also Ali Ali who transferred back. It’s clear they are the MAC favorites.

Agree on Boldin. He’s a player. Hope he stays and can develop here

Agree on Graham. Looks like a guy who hasn’t played in years. I feel like this team needs more from Adams. He’s an upperclassman. We need more from him. He needs to be a number two to Chatman.

Crazy that wasn’t called. Full extension!