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Time to rain down some threes and put them out of their misery.

This game is living up to the hype. Will go down to the last second. This time it better be us with the miracle shot. Meanwhile, we are in double bonus and they are not in bonus. That could be a BIG deal in the end.

Once the threes start to drop we will pull away. And Pat is still committing dumb fouls.

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Watching the EMU-Toledo game. EMU can NOT shoot the three ball. All they do is drive drive drive, and get stripped or miss the shot. Makes me appreciate what we have, shooting wise.

Don't foul. Make foul shots. PLAY DEFENSE

There is only one guy on the team who probably could not play 40 minutes if he had to.

Starting to resemble Brian Walsh.

And we can and should beat Can't. Onward.

I wish Deji could get a 5th year!

Was that Noah with the cane at the very end? Glad to see him there with the team.

Missing free throws is what always kills us.

We would have way more than a "fighting chance" against Can't. We SHOULD have beat them. We WILL beat them.

Winning this one would make me feel pretty good about this season.

So is this thing on ESPN3?

And they BIG question: Why can't they play the entire game the way they seem to play the last 30 seconds? Forget the "winning" shot, I am talking about the tight defense and great come backs to ALMOST win.

The call that fouled out Big Dog was just absurd.

This is his first season at Midland after originally committing to East Tennessee State, and he's averaging 15.8 points, 5 boards, and 2.9 assists per game for the Chaparrals. It seems that Maurice never played at ETSU due to academic eligibility issues. So I am not losing sleep over those numbers in JUCO But JOHN HAY HS??? Isn't that where a certain LEN PAUL went to school? Shame on us for not paying attention.

It is way premature to engage in a Point Guard controversy. But, Tino has some really good attributes and has stepped up tremendously. Compare to when Melo had to take over after the AA debacle. What a world of difference. Of course, I hope that next year we can be debacle free for a change.

ACL replacement is a nasty operation, and it takes a long time to fully recover. I hope it is otherwise, but Noah may not be 100% at the beginning of the season, and there is no way Coach risks a re-injury (does Domenik Hixon ring a bell) until it is certain he is ready.

Since Jan 21, we have lost 8 games by a TOTAL of 34 points. That is just over 4 points a game, and if you pull out the 13 point loss at Miami, it is 7 games by 21 points, only 3 points per game. Clearly, having Tree and Robo (and NOW PAT) in the lineup would very likely have changed the outcome of most of those games. This was not a bad season, it was an unfortunate season. It happens to every team some time or other. I think these guys did great considering the adversity they had to face.

It started because I stated that if Tino had been the starter, he probably would have been FOY. That is not to take away from Robo in any way, they are both very very good. What I see in Tino lately is some really great athletic ability. Probably he and Deji are the best pure athletes on the team, in my opinion. If Tino was 6'3" and 200 pounds, we would already be talking NBA. He has some really good moves, and has settled down from some early rookie mistakes. The loss of key players this season has been devastating, but we could do a whole lot worse than Tino at point guard. He has really stepped up this season. And the kid really has some balls. He took those threes and drained them. At least this time we got some shots off at the end, which is a big improvement.

Noah is an absolutely solid PG. He can do it all. The thing we have recently found out about Tino is that he is a PLAYER. But, maybe some of you guys don't speak New York.

He put three guys in the backcourt. Bad move, should have all been up front to force them to try a long three.

The last 5.9 seconds were mis coached. They should have forced them to shoot a 3, not allow them a wide open court to run a layup. Great finish, I blame this loss on KD. However, when you have to play without almost the entire starting lineup, it sure makes it difficult. And that was a crap call on Deji. Now what I really wonder is, if Tino had been the starter all year, would he be FOY?