Zippy87

Lyles was 0-6 from 3PT range in his collegiate career coming into tonight lol

I just realized 7 of the 10 who have played tonight are 6'3" or shorter.

39-18 on rebounds, 36-6 points in the paint. Yikes.

Going from having Enrique Freeman to having basically nobody with inside scoring ability on the roster is a bit of a culture shock. If our outside shots aren't falling, this offense will get ugly at times over the course of the season. I worry about interior defense and rebounding outside of Okonkwo, too.

Tavari is shooting 6-26 (23%) so far this year. He's taken the 2nd most shots of anyone on the team through 2.5 games.

Lucky to only be down 8.

Rebounding is a major problem. 29-14. Okonkwo is the only one crashing the glass hard.

Tavari can't finish at the rim.

You can be up-tempo and not settle for low-percentage looks.

We're firing up shots like the shot clock is only 10 seconds. Look for good shots!

10-4 on the glass, outscoring us 10-2 in the paint. Need to change that quickly.

Zips just posted a few photos on Facebook of the players on the court for shootaround and Harris is out there. Hopefully a good sign of his availability tonight.

Only teams that win the tournament are remembered as the very best. It may not be fair, but it's true.

There was a Nike hoodie they released about a year ago that I really liked, but it sold out in most sizes and was never re-stocked beyond adult small. They have used that hoodie in social media advertisements no less than five times despite never restocking it.

I've heard this same thing dating back to the KD days. There has to be a way to modify that at some point, right? It's crazy to give that much control to a 3rd party.

I have wanted a fitted hat with the new "A" since it debuted. You can't find one anywhere. It's insane to me.

Freeman should play a bit more over the next few weeks due to injuries. I still thonk the plan is for him to play quite a bit for the Mad Ants - they view him as a 3 in the NBA and Carlisle in particular has talked about the importance of his learning the position in the G League. He's playing post/center right now for Indy because they're so beat up as a team.

Has anyone figured out why Harris didn't play last game?

I don't agree. We've already been on the brink of doing so already.

Couldn't disagree more. At some point we have to accept that our football program is never going to compete at a high level at the D1 level. With NIL creating an even bigger divide tham before, I see most of the MAC moving down to D2 or creating their own subdivision within the next 10 years. We already have a beautiful stadium. We already have fantastic facilities. And it hasn't mattered. What is a new AD going to change or bring in? We need to finally build around our successful programs. There's plenty of blueprints out there to be a basketball-first school and have a successful athletic program. We have the coach, we have the winning tradition, we have competitive NIL in place thanks for the FTR Collective. Build around that instead of continuing to do something that's just never going to happen.

This is disheartening to read.

Doesn't look much different defensively to me than Tavari but is clearly superior on the offensive end.

I don't know that I agree in any one "type" of candidate. I'd also note KD and his staff were doing quite a bit already that would normally be tasked to an AD when Larry Williams was here.

Pacers play tomorrow so I'd assume the same.