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7:30 tip off. Go Bulls.

They absolutely can. There’s a set amount of games/minutes that they have to stay under

Or how about we run some clean offense. Screens and cuts and get the ball inisde

I imagine the only redshirt will be Zaakir, with his current injury and an extra year to chisel up his body. Couple of thoughts from the game: -We didn't play very well and still blew them out. Weird sleepy game against a pretty poor team in Rider, who missed at least a dozen bunnies right at the rim. Crowd was decent but quiet. Refs with some bad block/charge calls but what else is new. -Jeenathan is as good as senior year Perkins was. He's not far behind what CJ was. He's a high-major talent and I'm really trying to enjoy him this year, as we might not see another player of his quality for a while. If he misses time or gets in foul trouble, we're sunk. -Mack's quick stroke didn't look great to me in early viewings, but I see it now. When he gets hot it's awesome. His game logs from GW show some streakiness with big 7/9 bursts mixed in. He was a great get and fit for this team. -Mballa is a bit overhyped imo. His offensive package hasn't really developed since he got here (aside from FTs). Very useful player of course, but he's not a first-team MAC guy with the way others are looking. Hope he elevates his game. -I'm worried about Curtis Jones logging real backup PG minutes in conference play and beyond. His handle is too loose too often. He's almost always shielding the ball in the halfcourt offense. Whitesell was visibly frustrated with him a few times today. He did have a couple moments today and I like him as a longer term prospect, but we might run into some sticky situations this year if he's forced into bigger minutes. -I think every Rondo set 3 is going in this year. He's a dead eye now. His and Jeenathan's long hours in Alumni have paid off in their shots. -Have high hopes for the freshman long-term, but they're all pretty raw right now. Not sure we'll get meaningful contributions this year. Mading looks absolutely enormous out there against low-major bodies. Blocker might be a Davonta-level quick twitch athlete - if the game slows down for him, he could be very good.

Ohio fan here. Glad to see the MAC pick up another OOC win. Good luck in Atlantis.

That was fun! The last time I was at the arena was for that awful playoff game in March 2020 against Miami, right before everything shut down. Everyone was kinda warily looking around thinking, should we be here? So it was great to be back. I was so psyched I was giving horns up signs to cars going by on the way there. It felt like some games the last year or two where you thought, "they're not playing that well...but they're winning. So should I be complaining?" They were sloppy in the first half but I guess it's the beginning of the season, it may look a little ragged for a while. Second half they did a better job defensively of forcing some bad shots, boxing out and cleaning up the rebounds. That gradually opened up a big lead and that was that. Jack - a smart, polished player who is a nice compliment to Williams/Mballa/Rondo. Brock - this is what, his sixth year here? Hardnett - some tough plays underneath keeping some possessions alive. I think that's his role at this point, hopefully he gets some touch around the basket. Fagan - almost forgot he was still here. Hit the boards hard a couple times, hopefully that's what he can give them this year Brewton - looked a little more polished and comfortable than last year. We need another outside shooting threat and hopefully he can step up Skogman - I'm not sure what his best spot is. I feel like he's a little slightly built to be playing inside against a lot of teams, and he can hit from outside, so he could be a good matchup problem on the wing. He's an interesting player with a really good upside if they can develop it. It was great to be back, see a lot of familiar faces, hear the band and everything about game days there. True Blue needs to pick up the enthusiasm - maybe some new material will help. That DJ continues to be useless. I'm not a fan of the electronic ticketing - I've just used the website, because the Horns Up app keeps crashing on me and my tickets won't show up in the Ticketmaster app. Typical.

The cancun challenge website bracket says both games will be on CBS sports network

Very happy with the second half, especially bench contribution. About the only bad thing was TOS.

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I expect them to run away with this, Rider is always scrappy but will slow down. Love the guys when they drive to the basket and draw fouls. Need to adjust some stuff on defense but we will be fine

He immediately turned it over next time down the floor.

Totally agree. Crushing the O boards and playing great defense. That being said he should come out for the rest of the half bc he has 2 fouls. Great defense we are playing. Active hands. Jones with a great defensive play and assist

Hardnett having a monster game in my opinion so far

Jeenathan is so good. His jumper has improved and his handle seems a little tighter to the body.

Bona fan here. Due to the fact that our offense sucks, most people will think we aren't deserving of a ranking. Nonetheless, the D is the reason why we are ranked. It's never going to be pretty. We are like a poor man's UVA. We play a slow place on O and depend on defense to win games. Should be a fun game Dec. 4. Regardless of outcome, I think it'll be a quality loss for whoever falls. That makes it a bit more tolerable, right??

That game reminded me a lot of UB’s round of 32 game vs Kentucky. Ohio played well in the first half more or less matching Kentucky blow for blow but Kentucky just consistently scored and overwhelmed them in the second half.

Ohio lost by 18...spread was 12. Is the Bobcat board freaking out? Have they now relinquished the team to beat label they held in the first half? Doesn't seem they have much depth either...imagine that.

I would avoid FloHoops like the Plague, if I were you. I signed up last year. It never worked for me. I was unable to navigate its site, and never saw one second of any college basketball, let alone UB. I tried to cancel but was unsuccessful. I was unable to contact them by phone, text, or email. Every month they charged my credit card $29. I would call the bank and have the bill reversed. Finally after the 3rd or 4th month of doing that, the bank told me to destroy my credit card, and it issued me a new credit card number.