EMU needs a SG that is at least as good as Monty is, and a SF and PF who are better than both Spottsville and NScott. Randle should be a significant upgrade in the Center position.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...nce/MIDAM/

After yesterday's games

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...nce/MIDAM/

(01-30-2022 07:40 AM)emu79 Wrote:  After yesterday's games

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...nce/MIDAM/

BTW, is the tourney still the top 8 teams to CLE and the last 4 don't make the tourney. Period.

EMU has a bad conference record due to Covid.

Last night’s game an eye-opener as Noah and Nate went-off and EMU scored 55-points in the first-half till Heath called-off the dogs. Now it’s time for Monty to join them.

If EMU beats it’s next opponents Toledo and Ohio, it will be a whole new day for EMU men’s bb. Fans will be more optimistic and less wanting to speak about next season.

In Ohio game, EMU’s killer line-up should be Noah, Monty, Golson, Nate and Njie.

Welcome to February and 3 games a week. Here's our remaining schedule

https://emueagles.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

The only two teams we don' t play twice are Bowling Green and Toledo.

Here are the standings going into games tomorrow:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...nce/MIDAM/

Standings after yesterday's games. CMU was on a roll until this week and lost to WMU yesterday. WMU's first conference win of the year.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...nce/MIDAM/

(02-13-2022 07:54 AM)emu79 Wrote:  Standings after yesterday's games. CMU was on a roll until this week and lost to WMU yesterday. WMU's first conference win of the year.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basket...nce/MIDAM/

Maybe a semi roll for CMU as they’ve lost two in a row now. We are going to beat CMU on Tuesday to give them three straight losses.

Kent State has an A hole for a coach to let his team antogonize the Akron fans.


https://brobible.com/sports/article/kent...t-section/

(02-13-2022 09:36 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  Kent State has an A hole for a coach to let his team antogonize the Akron fans.


https://brobible.com/sports/article/kent...t-section/

Classless behavior by KSU but it does make for a juicy rivalry. This could've exploded big time on Kent if it turned physical with the Akron students. Not surprised that Sincere Carry is at the lead of it. That kid comes across as a cocky punk.

(01-24-2022 09:41 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  

(01-24-2022 06:38 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(01-24-2022 06:49 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  Bobby Hurley was a bumbling idiot while at Buffalo and his shenanigans continue at ASU

https://news.google.com/articles/CBMipgF...id=US%3Aen

I guess this boils down to what a University wants in a coach. Bobby gets W's quick. He was astute enough to hire Nate Oats who was a fabulous recruiter (even in high school) and rode some great SE Michigan talent to a job in Tempe. He has little semblance of class, but he has improved W-L record wherever he has gone.

Chris Creighton, by contrast, is the polar opposite. He comports himself impeccably on the field, his athletes succeed in the classroom and his teams are usually the LEAST penalized in the NCAA FBS Division. That said, Chris seems to have hit the ceiling on his personal W-L record.

Tough call, WHAT DO WE WANT IN OUR COACHES?

Oh I would take Hurley at EMU all day long. I was just making a point the guy comes across like an a$$ :-)

We've already a Bobby here the one before CC comes to mind. No thank you.

(02-13-2022 09:55 AM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(02-13-2022 09:36 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  Kent State has an A hole for a coach to let his team antogonize the Akron fans.


https://brobible.com/sports/article/kent...t-section/

Classless behavior by KSU but it does make for a juicy rivalry. This could've exploded big time on Kent if it turned physical with the Akron students. Not surprised that Sincere Carry is at the lead of it. That kid comes across as a cocky punk.

Yes he is Nickle!

(02-13-2022 04:43 PM)Luckeyone Wrote:  

(02-13-2022 09:55 AM)TheWoodenNickle Wrote:  

(02-13-2022 09:36 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  Kent State has an A hole for a coach to let his team antogonize the Akron fans.


https://brobible.com/sports/article/kent...t-section/

Classless behavior by KSU but it does make for a juicy rivalry. This could've exploded big time on Kent if it turned physical with the Akron students. Not surprised that Sincere Carry is at the lead of it. That kid comes across as a cocky punk.

Yes he is Nickle!

The kid may be a dick but the fact that he can lead his teammates into doing something like this is a reflection of coaching quality, it is not just an X and O job. a taunting of the visiting crowd COULD have produced a "Malice in the Palace" catastrophe. Recruiting high talented, less disciplined athletes carries a responsibility to the coach. I was appalled by "Boals the Whiner" on Saturday but it pales in comparison to this. It could have been real UGLY!

(01-25-2022 05:42 PM)Miggy Wrote:  EMU needs a SG that is at least as good as Monty is, and a SF and PF who are better than both Spottsville and NScott. Randle should be a significant upgrade in the Center position.

No offense brother. I like you a lot. But McBride will be able to easily replace Monty and be more efficient offensively.

Unless he transfers.

(02-13-2022 08:53 PM)holybovine Wrote:  

(01-25-2022 05:42 PM)Miggy Wrote:  EMU needs a SG that is at least as good as Monty is, and a SF and PF who are better than both Spottsville and NScott. Randle should be a significant upgrade in the Center position.

No offense brother. I like you a lot. But McBride will be able to easily replace Monty and be more efficient offensively.

Unless he transfers.

Cow, I would tend to agree. Monty pre-covid could at times be very special but since then he has been a shell of his shelf. I suspect something is wrong physically with him. McBride has the quicks and despite his horrible shooting performance against Ohio, he brings a lot to the table.

(02-14-2022 07:17 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(02-13-2022 08:53 PM)holybovine Wrote:  

(01-25-2022 05:42 PM)Miggy Wrote:  EMU needs a SG that is at least as good as Monty is, and a SF and PF who are better than both Spottsville and NScott. Randle should be a significant upgrade in the Center position.

No offense brother. I like you a lot. But McBride will be able to easily replace Monty and be more efficient offensively.

Unless he transfers.

Cow, I would tend to agree. Monty pre-covid could at times be very special but since then he has been a shell of his shelf. I suspect something is wrong physically with him. McBride has the quicks and despite his horrible shooting performance against Ohio, he brings a lot to the table.

McBride’s skill set is limited. Struggles scoring against good teams, and because of his height and inability to consistently finish at the hoop. Is poor decision-maker as to when to go to the hoop or to instead distribute the ball as he’s tunneled vision. Very hard to play with.

Outside shooting is eradite and his defense his lacking unless pressuring the ball which he’s rarely asked to do. Plays with plenty of energy. Ok player coming off the bench.

EMU won’t do well if he starts the rest of this season or next season playing good team.

If Monty is not hustled in and out of games and is aggressive he’s been killer scoring against the best teams. At beginning of season. Heath said Scott is a triple-threat player who both gets his shot and an score from anywhere on the court. McBride can’t do that.

My take on EMU guards:

Noah leads the team in minutes played, scoring avg, assists, and steals. He kind of reminds me of Stafford meaning if he played with a low post game and two average shooting guards, Noah could light up this conference. Instead, Noah has to play with a freshman center who should get better each season but does not command a double team in the post. Noah has the ability to break the defense down and set his teammates up for wide open looks…..but who is he passing to? McBride and Spottsville aren’t good outside shooters so the defense can concentrate on Noah. Noah in turn has to take ridiculously difficult shots and is still our most efficient player. Just think if Boykins broke the defense down and passed to Noah on the wing for a wide open shot? Noah would be money. For a freshman, this kid has a lot of work this off season to raise his game but his skill level is tops in the league IMHO.

Spottsville - this kid is a top P5 level on ball defender. I would choose Spottsville to be on my all defensive team. Unfortunately in basketball you have to play offense too. I wish Spottsville was a freshman so Coach Heath could develop him but we will just have to take his defense. Ryan Rollins really struggled against Spottsville. Like Noah on offense, unfortunately Spottsville doesn’t have big strong guards that play help defense. Besides Spottsville and McBride our guards do not have the ability to play physical.


McBride can also play very good on the ball defense. In fact, he is usually matched up against the opposing teams better guards. I have seen McBride stay in front of some of the leagues best guards and even more impressive he can defend their counter moves which is very difficult. McBride plays very hard and never takes a play off. Unfortunately McBride is not a big guard and makes 1 out 4 wide open three point shots. I mean Noah gift wraps him some beautiful looks but we come up empty. As good of a defender McBride is, he would never start on any top 5-6 MAC level team. If he starts next year this doesn’t bode well for EMU. He would be a great player off the bench and I believe that’s the role he’ll play next season.

Luka has a lot of skill and can shoot the ball. Coach Heath is giving Luka some opportunity the past few games. I was pleasantly surprised with Lukas play against Ohio. Not sure if he can gain enough weight by next season to be a starter but he’ll definitely get plenty of playing time. Luka has to S.T.O.P picking up his dribble when pressured. Just need to add 15 LBs by next season to see drastic improvement.

Monty has not been the same player post covid19. I’ve seen him practice and hit four consecutive jumpers with Spottsville guarding him but now he has not gotten back to pre covid19 form. It would be nice to see Monty play with tenaciousness, confidence and command of the offense but his timing has been off.

Rice - not sure he’s a D1 player but he’s a nice situational shooter.

(02-14-2022 07:56 PM)Miggy Wrote:  

(02-14-2022 07:17 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(02-13-2022 08:53 PM)holybovine Wrote:  

(01-25-2022 05:42 PM)Miggy Wrote:  EMU needs a SG that is at least as good as Monty is, and a SF and PF who are better than both Spottsville and NScott. Randle should be a significant upgrade in the Center position.

No offense brother. I like you a lot. But McBride will be able to easily replace Monty and be more efficient offensively.

Unless he transfers.

Cow, I would tend to agree. Monty pre-covid could at times be very special but since then he has been a shell of his shelf. I suspect something is wrong physically with him. McBride has the quicks and despite his horrible shooting performance against Ohio, he brings a lot to the table.

McBride’s skill set is limited. Struggles scoring against good teams, and because of his height and inability to consistently finish at the hoop. Is poor decision-maker as to when to go to the hoop or to instead distribute the ball as he’s tunneled vision. Very hard to play with.

Outside shooting is eradite and his defense his lacking unless pressuring the ball which he’s rarely asked to do. Plays with plenty of energy. Ok player coming off the bench.

EMU won’t do well if he starts the rest of this season or next season playing good team.

If Monty is not hustled in and out of games and is aggressive he’s been killer scoring against the best teams. At beginning of season. Heath said Scott is a triple-threat player who both gets his shot and an score from anywhere on the court. McBride can’t do that.

I admire your consistency to throw any player on this team not named Monty or Noah under the bus.

Miggy/Luckey, I disagree with your criticisms of McBride. He shot 34.1% from three last year, and was on similar pace this year …until the whole team fell apart. And yes he defends really well, is very effective driving to the basket to either score or draw a foul, and is best on the team as a free throw shooter. I see no room for criticizing him.

And I am going to agree with ‘79 on this one, Miggy. You are being harsh (and imo inaccurate) with your criticism of McBride.