Taj79

Thames got a chiropractic adjustment there. He's likely fine and fully adjusted.

More stuffs like that from Otieno and he'll shut me up.

As noted, Thames is not a PG. He is too out of control and doesn't seem to be looking to make the right pass or the delicate pass. Everything is rushed at high speed. Jones needs to understand defensive principals. The good news there is if we lose him (to three fouls) we have Brown, Thames, Green, Sharma and McCottry to step in. Still waiting to see what Otieno brings to the lineup. Don't see the rim protection nor the rebounding.

May on at halftime. Let the snipers unite.

Thames is NOT a Point Guard.

@gabriel and @dlarry: two of the funniest back-to-back posts ever. Thanks for the apology and the etiquette throw down.

@gabriel: yes, cut our teeth. You don't get that, you don't get team sports and what three freshmen and six transfers means.

The first half was racing on overdrive ergo the 16 TOs. The second half we slowed down some and got the correct results. Our assist-passing is suspect right now. The reality is we cut our teeth first week on cupcakes. Let's see whta Saturday brings.

As noted in the Lindenwood GDT.

Somebody already pointed it out but it amazes me how well other teams shoot from distance against us. Sixty percent from three in the first half?!?! Yikes. And then in the second half, it seemed every shot they put up also went in. Schertz said at half Chicago State wasn't not a good shooting team but look what happened. I never panicked but State was pretty outstanding there for a while. I also thought the coach did all he could to disrupt our flow. Changing defenses. Numerous subs. Subs after free throws to delay our inbounding. And yet he was still 30+ points in the hole. But a win is a win. I think many of our team members need to follow Avila's lead and just play calm. We seem to be an equal opportunity TO at times. Five guys with 2 turnovers plus two of them with three. McCottry and Brown press at times. On the flip side, eight guys with 2+ assists is a good thing. Do like the fact that five guys made threes led by Sharma's 5. Agree with Schertz that the last seven minutes seemed to be hero ball when hero ball wasn't needed. Don't like barely beating the steal total by 1, 11 to 10. Our big defense with Avila and Otieno needs to get better. But it is ramp up time and we have lots of time to work out the kinks. I hope we don't look past Lindenwood while waiting Grand Canyon.

...... has the Billikens at #48 with VCU at #62.

Fordham went 8 and 5 OOC last year; after going 6 and 7 the year before that and a whopping 12 and 1 the year before that. So losing at home to NJIT is pretty sad. Nine of the ten players Fordham employed last night are transfers. Pen-and-inking them into the pillow fight right now.

lost to DePaul last night at DePaul 92 to 62.

Anya was on the bench. I saw a lot of Jordair Jett in what McCottrey was doing but tempered it with "it's just SEMO." As some have pointed out, there were obvious opening night jitters and tightness, the speed of the game favored sloppiness, between the three of them the seven-footers for SEMO didn't equal one D1 player, this team has shooters, Otierno got too many sloppy fouls, but the refs were questionable especially in the second half. I too don't see a true point guard at this point bit Jones, Green and Brown all have possibilities. Fifteen TOs with ten from McCottrey, Brown and Jones. Thames also overexcited. Overall, the biggest difference was our bench and to have such depth is atypical for SLU. Three blah games before Grand Canyon so time to work things out. Can't really complain about the start. SEMO might be good in the OVC but the OVC is below the Mo Valley .... which is already a few steps below the top A10 teams. The average margin of victory in the A10 last night was 21 points. Of note, the Bonnies beat Bradley by 6 on a neutral court, and only Loyola was really challenged (by Cleveland State at home) in the 11 games. The overall competition gives little credence to the results.

What happens if we lose at Dayton? Bid?