Frankie Hughes? He's a wing, not a point. But he looked really good. Hard not to get excited about a 50 pt win. I'd be worried about Xavier's size. First few possessions even A&M got multiple offensive rebounds each possession. Of course, when you start 1-17 from the floor there's ample opportunity for them. All that said...I'd say Xavier by 12-15. Hope I'm wrong though!
Have to be happy w/ the start. No one thinks anything will be easy against future opponents. I am hoping they will go 2-1 .. would love to steal one thursday but if not get the next 2 ... Team looks way more competitive, deep and athletic.
what was the difference between this and the game against the mules? just spread playing time? I saw attendance was under 4,000 as well.
Because Phillips made an absolute boneheaded play. Which probably was precipitated by trying to do too much after making an extremely boneheaded play on offense seconds before that.
Totally a Flip moment for sure. Something tells me Phillips will learn, but time will tell. Certainly will have to fix the issues on the glass, or shoot really, really well to offset it. Hard to win when you can't get a defensive rebound. Can't get many stops that way.
Not the answer you're looking for today from Phillips. He's playing poorly and whining worse than Cow/Feej. He's got to stop that, soon.
They were never going to be good this season. .500 would/should get HCKA a ton of COY awards. But if you watched, you should have seen bright spots from today. Got down big really, really quickly. Fought back and bounced between 5-9 most of the first half until the run by Davidson at the end of the half. Nikko looks like he might become a serviceable big this season, which would be huge. Phillips was awful today, and they'll struggle to win against anyone when he's that bad, much less a team as good as Davidson. Walton played better, as did most of the bench. Which was a huge issue yesterday. Problem is, starters pretty much stunk it up.
Nevermind the complete overhaul of the roster and climate change. But just go black and white because it fits your agenda. You were butt hurt they hired a "D-II coach", and continue to show it. I almost want him to succeed just so whiners like you actually have to enjoy the success of said D-II coach.
I had you pegged for a climate change denier.
If you deny that's the reason this hire was made, that's your choice. To deny there was a need is your choice as well. I'm not a "True Son" guy, in fact I hate that crap. But MU fans like you that don't want to give him a chance or deny the battle he fought from day one just to play to your agenda are tiring at best. Butt hurt describes it perfectly, I'm sure even an academic like yourself can understand that.
Again, me giving him "a chance" has nothing to do with Kim succeeding or not. "My agenda" has nothing to do with Kim succeeding or not.
Where did I point out his success was determined by your butt hurt POV? Nice passive aggressive move. Sometimes you just have to drop to the level of your audience.
Then why keep making the point that I'm not giving him a chance to succeed? It has no relevance to the point.
My point is you're so close-minded because he was a D-II coach when they hired him. Your not giving him a chance is irrelevant to his success, or failure for that matter. If he weren't so lowly and unqualified because of his prior employment status, my guess is you'd be a little less tainted with your agenda.
I think 15 wins might be a stretch. Unless Barnett is the absolute best player. If he's the leading scorer, and Nikko can provide quality post play come SEC play...15 might not be out of reach. 18 and I might sell all my UK gear and become an MU honk...Ok, I won't do that, but I'd be floored. The biggest thing is to be competitive and retain players. He does that, the wins they get will be enough to get year four I think. And with this roster, year four will be where you see tourney berths and such. I think this roster will wind up being that good.
