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I like that GH3 went to a deeper bench. I don't claim to know if that was out of need, or if it was to get a look at what players looked like in actual game situations. To me, it seems like we tend toward playground ball on offense, rather than team ball. We started to make up some ground late in the second half when we started to press. By then it was too little, too late. It's too early for me to draw any conclusions on the team at this point, but it's sure an ominous start to the season. Hopefully things will gel before MAC play.

The women are back at Alumni looking to stay undefeated at home against Big 4 NU. That was a tough road loss to ODU hard to over come a 2:1 foul call disparity by the refs, just awful officiating. They did themselves no favors by getting out rebounded, TOs, poor FTs(63%) and poor 3PT(18%) yet with 3min in the 4th it was a one possession game. Rana and the freshman Lewis-Williams kept them in the game offensively and even more importantly defensively. Rana's on ball pressure on the perimeter will have her in the top 5 steals in conference. Same can be said for Lewis-Williams perimeter D plus her size 5' 10" allowed her to switch and deny the post as well assist weakside help. Watson (2-8)and Ogden(0-6) both can't have off days at the same time. NU lost to a close one to Duquesne shot 55% from 3PT(11-20) I doubt Coach B allows that type of shooting performance on Tuesday. This should be a decisive win!

Nice to see Javon playing well. And yes I remember going to some Rapids/Silverbacks etc games when they were here and guys like Battle and Duaney were on the roster. Good memories there. Might have to make it out to one of these.

I got the sense coach had no intention playing today’s game to win. He purposefully kept his highest scorer from the last game out almost the entire first half. He’s experimenting with the team, getting to know them for conference play. Watch for a completely different approach to Wednesday’s game too.

I was happy to see all of the freshmen get minutes today. I like Bryson Wilson and Sabol looked much more comfortable. The offense is SO stagnant, kind of crazy. Not having a PG might have something to do with that. Gonna be a tough year for fans who can't find silver linings. (I almost made a seated shot from courtside with a loose ball during a timeout. Ref was not happy with me, but I had to make my own fun at a game like that.)

You're not new here, so I won't talk as if you don't know - you get coaches that win things (or in Leipold's case, almost), they move on quick and you have to rebuild. Or you could be like Ohio U football under Solich, or Toledo basketball under Kowalczyk, who have good teams every year but never win anything. The price of winning in the MAC is starting over. If it was easy to keep replacing coaches and stay good, everyone would do it. We're paying the piper right now.