• Bullish on Dins

 #82062  by Sad Din
 Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:54 am
Like CBR said las nite, SD is bullish on Dins

Played a tough schedule most of it away. Suffered significant injuires and sill have come close seveal times

Yet, Dins can score, play tough and never give up

Sometime in the next several games lights will come on and Dins will be a force in league play
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 #82063  by FU Hoopla
 Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:17 am
Sad Din wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:54 am
Like CBR said las nite, SD is bullish on Dins

Played a tough schedule most of it away. Suffered significant injuires and sill have come close seveal times

Yet, Dins can score, play tough and never give up

Sometime in the next several games lights will come on and Dins will be a force in league play
Sure hope so!
Defense will need to get A LOT better!


I know we have played a tough schedule this year, just for perspective the last time we were a game under .500 was November 30th 2016
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... /400916706
 #82069  by furpop16
 Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:42 am
FU Hoopla wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:17 am

I know we have played a tough schedule this year, just for perspective the last time we were a game under .500 was November 30th 2016
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... /400916706

No one can say CBR is scheduling to pad his win-loss record. Good on 'm.
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 #82105  by saltyshaker
 Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:56 pm
would expect to win 3 of the next 4.likely to be 7 and 6 as we enter conference play.while the expectation is we get foster back mid january,do we know the exact nature of his injury?
 #82129  by apaladin
 Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:27 pm
saltyshaker wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:56 pm
would expect to win 3 of the next 4.likely to be 7 and 6 as we enter conference play.while the expectation is we get foster back mid january,do we know the exact nature of his injury?
Knee is all we know. Do not be shocked if we lose to PC. That would be a bad loss. So could finish 6-7 or 7-6. Just throwing it out here but how tough has the schedule been? Certainly a good and challenging schedule but no one except Arkansas we shouldn’t/coukdn’t beat. Injuries have certainly not helped and hopefully Foster will be back by February. This team really has to rely on shooting the 3, moreso than last year, we have little else.
Just try to get better these last few ooc games. The SoCon regular season will be interesting. The goal is to finish in the top 6 to avoid the extra game.
 #82132  by FU Hoopla
 Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:34 pm
apaladin wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:27 pm
saltyshaker wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:56 pm
would expect to win 3 of the next 4.likely to be 7 and 6 as we enter conference play.while the expectation is we get foster back mid january,do we know the exact nature of his injury?
Knee is all we know. Do not be shocked if we lose to PC. That would be a bad loss. So could finish 6-7 or 7-6. Just throwing it out here but how tough has the schedule been? Certainly a good and challenging schedule but no one except Arkansas we shouldn’t/coukdn’t beat. Injuries have certainly not helped and hopefully Foster will be back by February. This team really has to rely on shooting the 3, moreso than last year, we have little else.
Just try to get better these last few ooc games. The SoCon regular season will be interesting. The goal is to finish in the top 6 to avoid the extra game.

Certainly some were winnable, that's why we did almost beat Wyoming(neutral), UAB (road) and Princeton (road)......

The context of our schedule being tough is in relation to our friends in the SoCon, by far the toughest of the teams contending for the SoCon crown has been FU's schedule.......
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 #83157  by Sad Din
 Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:27 pm
Still going long on the Dins. Lots of upside left and they are very close now.

With the winter break with no classes, expect alot of details to be ironned out.

Go Dins
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 #83197  by Choir Boy
 Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:41 am
furpop16 wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:42 am
FU Hoopla wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:17 am

I know we have played a tough schedule this year, just for perspective the last time we were a game under .500 was November 30th 2016
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... /400916706

No one can say CBR is scheduling to pad his win-loss record. Good on 'm.
Bob Jones University?
 #83226  by jesse174
 Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:04 pm
don't see enough depth to be bulish now...I only see 5 or 6 players now that can compete on a high level...we don't have enough quality depth now....maybe it will get better but no guarantee Foster will recover and be his old self..maybe the teams in the socon will be weaker than last year...
 #83241  by Sad Din
 Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:31 am
jesse174 wrote:
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:04 pm
don't see enough depth to be bulish now...I only see 5 or 6 players now that can compete on a high level...we don't have enough quality depth now....maybe it will get better but no guarantee Foster will recover and be his old self..maybe the teams in the socon will be weaker than last year...
IDK...
Hein and HUghey gotta get the fouling under control. This is very correctable
Molinar IMHO will be a very good player. A little like Andrew Brown. Remember he is a few games into his college career
Vanderwahl is probably still coming back from surgery. He is not yet where he was last year
Boswer is going to be great. Needs more gametime
Whitt is doing well off the bench
When Foster comes back Williams is going to be a force coming off the bench. He has been making up for Foster being out very well
Smith is getting more confident
When Pegues decides to take over a game, he can

Lots and lots of upside that can be had by conf play and for sure by tourney time. The other teams are trying to get better also so there has to be a sense of urgency
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 #83242  by apaladin
 Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:07 pm
Sad Din wrote:
Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:31 am
jesse174 wrote:
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:04 pm
don't see enough depth to be bulish now...I only see 5 or 6 players now that can compete on a high level...we don't have enough quality depth now....maybe it will get better but no guarantee Foster will recover and be his old self..maybe the teams in the socon will be weaker than last year...
IDK...
Hein and HUghey gotta get the fouling under control. This is very correctable
Molinar IMHO will be a very good player. A little like Andrew Brown. Remember he is a few games into his college career
Vanderwahl is probably still coming back from surgery. He is not yet where he was last year
Boswer is going to be great. Needs more gametime
Whitt is doing well off the bench
When Foster comes back Williams is going to be a force coming off the bench. He has been making up for Foster being out very well
Smith is getting more confident
When Pegues decides to take over a game, he can

Lots and lots of upside that can be had by conf play and for sure by tourney time. The other teams are trying to get better also so there has to be a sense of urgency
Williams started at Princeton along with Foster, so I suspect he will not be coming off the bench the rest of the season the way he has been playing.
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 #83251  by cavedweller2
 Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:07 pm
I like watching Whitt play. He’s got that Henry Steele look going for him.
 #83257  by FurmAlum
 Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:18 pm
I also don't think Williams will be coming off the bench when Foster comes back. I like the staring lineup of

1. Pegues
2. Foster
3. Williams
4. Hughey
5. Hien
or
1.Pegues
2.Smith
3. Foster
4. Williams
5. Hien
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