MBB vs Southern Miss, Weds 2/5 6:30

[JTApps1]

Good responses on attendance. My concern is the momentum from one year will never carry over if fans only show up to support known players. This year is likely a look at the future where you're rebuilding year after year, and that leads to some up and down performances to begin the year. We actually had some good wins early, but they were all away from Boone.

[AppSt94]

Playing a sub .500 team at home. We ought to handle them easily…so I expect a nail biter.

You called it.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Marshall beats Arky State. We’re now in a 5 way tie, 1 game out of first.

Or sixth.

“Keep on the sunny side…always on the sunny side……”

If we lose our last 6 conference games, we could end up in 12th

[BambooRdApp]

Marshall beats Arky State. We’re now in a 5 way tie, 1 game out of first.

Or sixth.

“Keep on the sunny side…always on the sunny side……”

If we lose our last 6 conference games, we could end up in 12th

Natty...do not need the bad mojo....
Do whatever you do to make sacrifices to reverse the effects of bad mojo

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Wilson is maturing before our eyes.

He’s starting to gain confidence and it’s showing. I think once he realizes how dominant he has the potential to be, he’s going to be special. If we hold onto him and Marcus next year, having them both at the 4 and 5 could get ugly for our opponents.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Marshall beats Arky State. We’re now in a 5 way tie, 1 game out of first.

Or sixth.

“Keep on the sunny side…always on the sunny side……”

If we lose our last 6 conference games, we could end up in 12th

Natty...do not need the bad mojo....
Do whatever you do to make sacrifices to reverse the effects of bad mojo

If we go undefeated next season, we’ll win the National Championship!

[AppSt94]

Wilson looked good last night as did Beaubrun. The ball handling was sloppy and careless both ways and the rims played tight last night. There were some good shots that just didn’t fall.

[biggie]

[Saint3333]

Last night made me think we're on the outside looking in at a top four seed.

[AppGrad20]

What happened to our crowds from last year? I know we're not the same team, but we're still in the hunt for the SBC. Locals and students need to support them better.

Just my opinion- probably wrong….
1. We lost 10 guys, some star power. Some that people fell in love with are no longer here. That might hurt the fan base with constant roster turnover.
2. We were a borderline NCAA bubble team all of last year (we almost didnt need to win the Belt to make the tourney). Being in a 1 bid league probably keeps some fans at home since an NCAA birth doesn’t really happen until March.
3. Weird thought, but the football finish and coaching change kinda drug into basketball and morale was down across the entire fanbase.

Add in that we didn’t look like we’d be competitive early in the season.

I think the Auburn game (with a full house) built early momentum and the JMU game just kept it rolling.

Really thought we had turned the corner with the students, but there were less than 400 in the student section (and that might be generous)

Clearly the team isn’t as good as last year, I’m sure that has something to do with attendance.

I also think moving forward it’s becoming harder for fans in general to be emotionally invested in college sports because of all the transfers, NIL etc.

I think that’s especially true for older fans, which could also hit donations.

All the points above are worth noting. However, I’ll raise a few more.

1) Terrible home conference schedule. 4 home games during Christmas break.

2) Less exciting basketball. Less alley oops, high flying dunks, and blocks compared to last year. A great defense wins games, but it doesn’t always win the attendance.

3) Snow impacted attendance (JMU game, etc).

4) Marketing team hasn’t been consistent. Only began putting effort in the past couple of weeks. Needs to be all season long.

5) You have to win highly marketed games. Great marketing for the ODU home game (Yosef jumping from rafters, Subaru night, etc). Great student attendance. We lost. Students are much less likely to come back after a loss.

Moving forward, would love more exciting home non-conference games. At minimum, one P5 school and/or top regional schools (WCU, UNCC, etc). Very easy to market and create a buzz. Playing High Point, UNCA, and UNCW at neutral sites is neat for nearby alumni, but it does nothing for students and home attendance.

[appfanjj]

Wilson is maturing before our eyes.

He’s starting to gain confidence and it’s showing. I think once he realizes how dominant he has the potential to be, he’s going to be special. If we hold onto him and Marcus next year, having them both at the 4 and 5 could get ugly for our opponents.

Totally agree. Feel very comfortable with him on the floor.

[agentpaul001]

Def Wilson’s best game, great energy on both ends. Hopefully that carries over to next week.

[appvette]

We're still averaging 2.5x the attendance we had before Kerns. It could be better, but still decent considering everything we lost from last year

[Saint3333]

Will be interesting to see minutes on Saturday vs. Ohio.

Tate, Huntley, and Dodd played 37 minutes last night, all five starters played 25+ minutes with Threadgill at 16 and Wilson at 12.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

I understand why Mutilib’s minutes are low, but he seems to have good energy and a high upside. He’s only going to improve with more minutes and could be a scoring threat opposed to someone who’s averaging significant minutes but not a significant scoring threat. But Kerns is going to give minutes to the better defenders. Hope he can get the D side figured out sooner than later.

[AppSt94]

I understand why Mutilib’s minutes are low, but he seems to have good energy and a high upside. He’s only going to improve with more minutes and could be a scoring threat opposed to someone who’s averaging significant minutes but not a significant scoring threat. But Kerns is going to give minutes to the better defenders. Hope he can get the D side figured out sooner than later.

Multilib takes some ill advised shots at times.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

I understand why Mutilib’s minutes are low, but he seems to have good energy and a high upside. He’s only going to improve with more minutes and could be a scoring threat opposed to someone who’s averaging significant minutes but not a significant scoring threat. But Kerns is going to give minutes to the better defenders. Hope he can get the D side figured out sooner than later.

Multilib takes some ill advised shots at times.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

[BambooRdApp]

I understand why Mutilib’s minutes are low, but he seems to have good energy and a high upside. He’s only going to improve with more minutes and could be a scoring threat opposed to someone who’s averaging significant minutes but not a significant scoring threat. But Kerns is going to give minutes to the better defenders. Hope he can get the D side figured out sooner than later.

Multilib takes some ill advised shots at times.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

He seems to have a good stroke. He just needs to learn court awareness..and when and where to shoot. Seems to have some decent hops

[AppSt94]

I understand why Mutilib’s minutes are low, but he seems to have good energy and a high upside. He’s only going to improve with more minutes and could be a scoring threat opposed to someone who’s averaging significant minutes but not a significant scoring threat. But Kerns is going to give minutes to the better defenders. Hope he can get the D side figured out sooner than later.

Multilib takes some ill advised shots at times.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

True. But shots need to come within the offense.That was the problem with Marsh.

[311neers]

I understand why Mutilib’s minutes are low, but he seems to have good energy and a high upside. He’s only going to improve with more minutes and could be a scoring threat opposed to someone who’s averaging significant minutes but not a significant scoring threat. But Kerns is going to give minutes to the better defenders. Hope he can get the D side figured out sooner than later.

Multilib takes some ill advised shots at times.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

True. But shots need to come within the offense.That was the problem with Marsh.

We’ve been thru this plenty, I won’t change your mind, you won’t change mine. But, Marsh has the same, if not better numbers and efficiencies than Tate just an FYI. And Tate is a crazy good player. Tate way better on defense.
What you were told was a “problem”, might not really be a problem based off the numbers. We’ve got guys that take shots outside the offense plenty of times, it happens.
It would be really fun and we would be a better team with Marsh and Tate as the starting guards. Man, that would be so fun!! One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.