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Is there anyone on this board who still thinks moving to the BE is a good idea?

Yahoo Sports doesn't think it is a good hire. Of course they are wrong because they think there is something more important than winning. Just ask any AD.

No. He should play his best players and is playing his best players accordingly. I don't think mid majors find high levels of success with freshmen. They tend to find success with upper classmen who have been well developed. The last mid major team that had conference success for an extended period with four players starting as freshmen was Winthrop University between 2005-2008 (I know this because the school is about 8 miles from me). They made the NCAA each year and lost the first game every year except for 2007. Other than that, it doesn't happen often for mid majors. When Can't was good and made the Elite 8, they had upper class players leading the way and playing most of the minutes. Jake K could be the go to guy over the next few years if his talents are developed. If not, we are looking at another freshman three years from now getting lots of playing time. It becomes a repeating story if the players aren't developed.

I think you are right on the money. The big teams haven't gotten weaker...the weak have gotten stronger while the strong remain strong. It makes for a good product from the start of the season until the end. With college basketball, there are a lot of good OOC games. In college football, fans have to wade through a sea of crappy games in September until conference play starts.

Am I the only one who is finding this college basketball season really entertaining? Lots of good team from a lot of good conferences. Quality play for the most part. Is it me or is college basketball really good this year? Or, are the networks just lucky thus far that the games have been good?

Good point. The MVC is a very good basketball conference with quality players of all sizes. Their players play against quality big men like Zeke far more in their conference than a MAC player would.

I like both of their games. Long term, Forsythe has the potential to be better on the offensive end with some development. He appears very comfortable with the ball in his hands. Just needs to get some shots to drop. I'm not sure what to make of the blocked shots stats. Are more teams willing to take the ball inside against Forsythe at this point opening up more opportunities? Maybe. I think a lot of teams are reluctant to challenge Zeke at this point and try to be productive in other areas. Zeke has a national reputation for blocked shots and the word may not be out yet on Forsythe being able to block shots...I take that back. The word is now out.

That's more than one comment. Next time, start a thread called "Bitchers R Us". Please review subtitle.

Me neither. Zero offensive rebounds. A seven foot player, high school all american, one time mac tournament mvp, etc. should have at least ten rebounds in a game like this. Two blocks? Should be more in a game like this. If Zeke is really an NBA player, he has to have more than just Twelve points with very pedestrian stats everywhere else against top notch teams. The nba isn't ccu or unca. I'm pulling for Zeke to make the nba, but today wasn't good enough.

Huge problem. After nine years, KD shouldn't have three freshmen playing in a meaningful game like this. The development of the older players should have separated them to the point there is a huge difference between first year and upper class players. The problem is the development of players, or the lack there of. To illuminate the problem is to shine a light on a part of the program we are not shining a realistic light on. Stale.

Would anyone like to post a score?

Censorship is worthy of complaining about.

Please see subtitle.

If you can hear them, yes. If the feed is bad and you feel like talking about it, no....start another thread for that.

Post about anything but the video or audio quality.

OOC performance. Eyes.

This is my first time reading you say this. Who have you been saying this to and do you have ir copywrited?

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Actually, I predicted an undefeated December.

JSU just had a blocked field goal. Their kicker must be too short.

Anyone watching espnu?

The reasons I use the word "could" in my post is regardless of what happens in our bowls, I will still be impressed. I don't put a lot of weight into bowl results defining the quality of a conference unless that conference falls in its face or exceeds expectation by winning 80% or more in a minimum of five games. Bowl games are exhibition games and it isn't unusual for a team to take a more casual approach to the games. Fans don't like to hear that, but is often the case.

Good question. I'm not sure why any school has to be proud of the league they are in. Should ACC schools be proud of playing football in the ACC? It is a pretty terrible league, so I don't know. I do know this, MAC fans should be very impressed with the year the league has had in football. At least three wins against BCS level teams, two teams in the Top 25, one team going to a BCS Bowl, coaches getting plucked out to go coach at bigger name schools, etc. Could be more to be impressed with by the end of bowl season.

If college basketball has showed us anything the past few years, it's the name on the front of the jersey doesn't mean as much as it used to. I wouldn't base our chances on how the Zips do against Creighton based upon a win against Nebraska. Wake is horrible. USC is horrible. Valpo doesn't play anyone and when they do, they lose more often than win. Any team that has the talent to only score 42 points in a college basketball game is probably below average. I'm not so concerned about the "names" the Blue Jays have beaten as much as I'm concerned about a team that is 8-1 right now and doesn't fold against the "name" teams. The Blue Jays get the job done. The Zips had better be ready to play. No excuses! This is a game the Zips need to pull out if we are looking to take the "next step".....and keep going my prediction of an undefeated December.

Not only would I tell him thanks but not thanks if I was K E N T, but I'd do the same thing if I was Purdue. They are paying him a lot of money for winning in the future. He needs to get to work.