[Chippy]

I've been a student/alum/fan now for 10 basketball seasons. In those 10 seasons we have made the final 1 time and made the semi's 3 times. 6 out of 10 we lost in the first round. Pathetic.

The reality is we have average BSC talent and had an average year. In fact we may have overacheived at the end of the year. CSU was more athletic and a little more talented than us - They're 19-11 for a reason and should have beat us. My hat goes off to DL an the guys who worked their butts off to get a 5 seed given the circumstances with injuries and defections and the talent level to work with. Like I said in a previous post our future is very bright just be patient.

[jcmanson]

our future is very bright just be patient.

How long must we be patient?

[R i]

Pathetic.

Your dissapointing basketball season as a fan is just getting started. The Eastern Conference Finals is gonna be a long week for you.

[#10]

Good job Coach and Team. You never quit and played hard to the end.

Nobody - Nobody was going to beat CS last night. They were on fire , survived a furious come back and finished the game. I hope they send Ashville to the NIT.

[LUconn]

our future is very bright just be patient.

How long must we be patient?

Remember the flood of Jucos coming in? All of the eggs are in the basket for the next 2 years.

[jcmanson]

our future is very bright just be patient.

How long must we be patient?

Remember the flood of Jucos coming in? All of the eggs are in the basket for the next 2 years.

Yeah we definitely won't be able to use the "lack of experience" excuse next year with 2 Seniors, 6 Juniors, and 2 Redshirt-Sophomores.

[grm]

Difficult loss & time. It's never easy to win. The other team has scholarship players too.
Never met Layer, but like him. Need horses, then need to train horses.
Still not easy.

[grm]

Can't help myself on this one... Re: praying.

I've done a lot of coaching over the years (not saying I was any good) but I always prayed that we would play to the best of our abilities, and handle ourselves properly during the game.

I figured if the other team could beat our best, then they deserved to win, and if God would allow us/enable us to play our best, then I could ask for no more than that.

[Purple Haize]

Can't help myself on this one... Re: praying.

I've done a lot of coaching over the years (not saying I was any good) but I always prayed that we would play to the best of our abilities, and handle ourselves properly during the game.

I figured if the other team could beat our best, then they deserved to win, and if God would allow us/enable us to play our best, then I could ask for no more than that.

+1

[jcmanson]

Speaking of Phillips, why was he all of a sudden re-inserted into the rotation in the biggest game of the season?

[Chris Lang]

If I had to guess, it was because Assinesi had no shot speed wise of keeping up with Harper and Nimley. Those two are just ridiculously fast. If I was trying to guard Nimley, that little up fake, jab step move would give me nightmares. It's almost impossible to guard, especially if Nimley is hitting 3s like he was last night.

[Purple Haize]

If I had to guess, it was because Assinesi had no shot speed wise of keeping up with Harper and Nimley. Those two are just ridiculously fast. If I was trying to guard Nimley, that little up fake, jab step move would give me nightmares. It's almost impossible to guard, especially if Nimley is hitting 3s like he was last night.

Yeah. I agree you almost have to concede the 3 and if he hits that..

[truthorconsequences]

I've been a student/alum/fan now for 10 basketball seasons. In those 10 seasons we have made the final 1 time and made the semi's 3 times. 6 out of 10 we lost in the first round. Pathetic.

When we were on the verge of taking the program to another the infamous AD steps in and sets us back. Please don't defend the level of performance here. JB needs to wear this one. It was his political positioning to hire his people and we are no where close to the same level. DL is responsible for his teams but JB set the program back. No change and I am confident we would have one or two more NCAA bids and a serious home court advantage. Instead we have to argue as the seven dwarfs defend their snow white.

[Purple Haize]

I've been a student/alum/fan now for 10 basketball seasons. In those 10 seasons we have made the final 1 time and made the semi's 3 times. 6 out of 10 we lost in the first round. Pathetic.

When we were on the verge of taking the program to another the infamous AD steps in and sets us back. Please don't defend the level of performance here. JB needs to wear this one. It was his political positioning to hire his people and we are no where close to the same level. DL is responsible for his teams but JB set the program back. No change and I am confident we would have one or two more NCAA bids and a serious home court advantage. Instead we have to argue as the seven dwarfs defend their snow white.

Yeah, when JM was let go we were on the verge of being on the next level........

[Hold My Own]

DL wasnt a JB guy....

[Purple Haize]

DL wasnt a JB guy....

So you're saying that JB and DL aren't really an item? Oh behave

[Hold My Own]

Ha

After re-reading what TC was saying I see he means hire...I thought he was referring to there being a connection to JB in the past or something and so he brought him in.


Carry on kids

[truthorconsequences]

Ha

After re-reading what TC was saying I see he means hire...I thought he was referring to there being a connection to JB in the past or something and so he brought him in.


Carry on kids

The only thing carrying on is the mediocrity of JB and PH laughable defense of the performance. If we were going to turn cartwheels over an AD who takes credit for the LU building expansion then give the job to Charles Spence.

[thepostman]

I've been a student/alum/fan now for 10 basketball seasons. In those 10 seasons we have made the final 1 time and made the semi's 3 times. 6 out of 10 we lost in the first round. Pathetic.

When we were on the verge of taking the program to another the infamous AD steps in and sets us back. Please don't defend the level of performance here. JB needs to wear this one. It was his political positioning to hire his people and we are no where close to the same level. DL is responsible for his teams but JB set the program back. No change and I am confident we would have one or two more NCAA bids and a serious home court advantage. Instead we have to argue as the seven dwarfs defend their snow white.

hahahahaah

Yes because nobody else on this board has EVER been critical of JB. Get over yourself.

[truthorconsequences]

I've been a student/alum/fan now for 10 basketball seasons. In those 10 seasons we have made the final 1 time and made the semi's 3 times. 6 out of 10 we lost in the first round. Pathetic.

When we were on the verge of taking the program to another the infamous AD steps in and sets us back. Please don't defend the level of performance here. JB needs to wear this one. It was his political positioning to hire his people and we are no where close to the same level. DL is responsible for his teams but JB set the program back. No change and I am confident we would have one or two more NCAA bids and a serious home court advantage. Instead we have to argue as the seven dwarfs defend their snow white.

hahahahaah

Yes because nobody else on this board has EVER been critical of JB. Get over yourself.

Seriously we act like the commanding officer for Air Force is not responsible for his men. JB is the architect of this. Five years of crazy budgets and we have gone backwards period. Keep finding excuses. Some crush an LU lifer who was 2,1,2,8,3 and celebrate the 4,3,6,2,5.

[thepostman]

is is over the athletic dept and as a whole athletics is doing ok. JB isn't perfect but really the person you should be upset with is JFjr for not firing him. If JB is such a problem shouldn't the man running the University do something about it?? Or maybe Jr realizes that things are pretty good overall.

yes the MBB's program is not doing well, but where we finish in conference means nothing. What means something is winning in the post season and aside from a fluke championship RD's track record wasn't much better.

I am sick of losing in the 1st round. I am sick of inconsistency. RD was just as inconsistent as the teams are today and there is no way you can honestly say it was improving. Players would've transferred out like they always do and we would be stuck with 1st round exists. Until we figure out how to keep players around we won't be able to have any kind of sustained success.

That is a problem that runs deeper then an AD.

[grm]

What the heck is a "fluke championship"?

[thepostman]

Don't get me wrong I was more then happy when we won that championship. It was by far my favorite memory during my college experience, but then the inconsistency continued. Much like it has today...

Maybe fluke championship wasn't the best way to put it...

[truthorconsequences]

is is over the athletic dept and as a whole athletics is doing ok. JB isn't perfect but really the person you should be upset with is JFjr for not firing him. If JB is such a problem shouldn't the man running the University do something about it?? Or maybe Jr realizes that things are pretty good overall.

yes the MBB's program is not doing well, but where we finish in conference means nothing. What means something is winning in the post season and aside from a fluke championship RD's track record wasn't much better.

I am sick of losing in the 1st round. I am sick of inconsistency. RD was just as inconsistent as the teams are today and there is no way you can honestly say it was improving. Players would've transferred out like they always do and we would be stuck with 1st round exists. Until we figure out how to keep players around we won't be able to have any kind of sustained success.

That is a problem that runs deeper then an AD.

I thought BJ was locked in for Dopey of the Seven Dwarfs but you are making a run for it. The program was on the climb...community was returning from Hankinson debacle. Sure the one point lost to a better VMI team than is playing for Championship tomorrow was disappointing. Shame on you for classifying a BSC regular season and tournament Championship as a fluke. That line of thought has put us where we are. Athletics are fine if you like being 2nd in BSC to SBU in football and 4,3,6,2,5 with no championship appearances even in MBB.

[grm]

Don't get me wrong I was more then happy when we won that championship. It was by far my favorite memory during my college experience, but then the inconsistency continued. Much like it has today...

Maybe fluke championship wasn't the best way to put it...

That's fine for me, and I appreciate you clafiying it. We've all got our opinions, and, in the end, this is what this board is .... an opinion board for fans...

I would like to add that Layer put together a great 2nd half, and could have made some legitimate noise in the tourney. He didn't (they didn't) but it was still a great 2nd half....