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As @wgstlsaid, will most likely get graded and return. He's not a guaranteed starter on our team next year to say nothing of being ready for the league. I'm honestly not sure Europe is even a realistic option for him yet. This will likely be the scenario every year he is here though.

I felt bad for Williams. He had a tough year with injuries, delays, and losses away from basketball. We never really got to see the player he is. Can certainly understand his desire for a new start and a place where there will be minutes for him. Best of luck to him.

Hopefully fans learned their lesson after discounting the impact Perkins would have. It does make you wonder about the transfer portal as it would seem there are scenarios (Parker is the real deal and can play D, Perkins comes back) where Nesbitt and Hargrove are looking at less minutes next season.

Yes, Ford won't even get 10 years. If we don't have at least 1 more tournament game by the end of year 8, there will be no year 9 or 10.

That’s one of two I expected. Best of luck to him.

I don’t know that it is meant to send Ford a message. But it still sends the message that regardless of how legitimate the reasons/excuses might be (COVID, Injuries) there will still be consequences for a lack of results.

Yes. Auburn, Belmont, UAB, Drake, and Boise State may not be household brands in college BB but it was a strong OCC schedule. Schedule like that each year and we’ll be an easy at large team….if we actually win the games. Next years schedule already looks pretty good too.

10 years is a long run to have 0 tournaments appearances even for a program with no history of success. Coach Stone’s result have looked great relative to her predecessors but I can understand the athletic department reaching the point where they need to see more to be satisfied. Similar to Ben Fredrickson’s comment about Ford the other day - Stone raised the floor but couldn’t raise the ceiling.

Even when our defense has been good under Ford it has never approached RM-level good. And I think we all know it never will if we're honest. As for his post-game comments, it feels like the only players we should be confident in seeing back next year are Yuri, Gibson, Fred, and Franco. Not to say anyone specific will be told to leave. But everyone else may get the "You aren't guaranteed a spot in the playing rotation going forward."-talk as they wrap up the year.

This. Hopefully Parker is good enough that whether to give minutes to Hargrove or Strickland becomes a moot point.

Yeah

On the one hand I get it. On the other I don't think you can act bigger than the NIT when you haven't won a single game in one since Brad Soderberg was the coach. Our performance last year was equally uninspired even with it being the last hurrah of French and Goodwin.

And a big chunk of the crowd is getting up and leaving. If Mizzou does come calling I'm not sure we don't want Ford to listen.

If Perkins were to come back and Parker can play defense; Hargrove, Strickland, Nesbitt and everyone else will have to scratch and claw to get any significant minutes.

Absolutely.......but they hit 7 others.

Post of the year!

Some would say it can be more effective against the 3 to try and deny the shot even if it means you get blown by sometimes. Deny the shot and not just "get a hand up". We've let them attempt twice as many 3s as they have 2s!!!!!!!

Because we can't stop them playing man either.

Did you type this before or after he missed a dunk, threw the ball away blindly, and let himself get backed directly under the basket and scored on?

Was looking at UNI's schedule and aside from a nice 10pt win on the outskirts of Olean, they have struggled on the road this year. Their road games, even against the dregs of the MVC, have resulted in losses or wins by 5pts or less. Fill Chaifetz, defend the 3 and SLU should have this one.

When have defended the three well in Ford's tenure? A team of 4 Jimmersons and a big is this defense's worst nightmare

Sad realization while watching the end of one, I don’t think a healthy Perkins would have changed the outcome. That’s how bad a matchup Davidson is for us.

The model can't account for Ford's defensive schema having no answer for a team where everyone can shoot from outside.

Ford certainly won’t be at the top of their list. But if they do an “exhaustive” search (and don’t already have 2-3 finalists in mind) I imagine Travis’s agent will at least get a call to see if there is any mutual interest.

This is the only place he’s allowed to use that handle anymore.