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

[appfanjj]

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.

I have said this many times. If we could somehow get a better out of conference home schedule it would help a lot. Those who come out to the earlier season games might become (or stay) more invested later during conference play.
The better we are the more attendance. Last year proved that.

[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.

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.

Not trying to change your mind as you are entitled to your opinion. Sure, some guys have talent and their style allows for some “take the good with the bad”. A guy that won’t do what he is asked to do puts a coach into a precarious situation. The other players see it and if the coach allows it then he loses respect of the team. Using your sport as an example; if you ask a guy to go out there and lay down a bunt in a critical situation and he decides to ignore the signs and situation and play “me” ball and swing for the fences has to be sat down or the rest of the team won’t respect the coach and will do what they want. You win with culture and your culture requires buy in from everyone.

[Saint3333]

We’d be a better team with another scorer the caliber of Marsh. That isn’t debatable.

[311neers]

Jalen Forrest with 37 points tonight. Yes, that’s the younger brother of Justin.
Kerns might need to recruit him in the offseason, having a pretty good Soph year at Chicago State. He started his Freshman year at Presby, where Kerns came from.

[JTApps1]

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.

It's really a meaningless game for us this year outside of just wanting to win as a competitor. I am glad we drew Ohio since it's the shortest trip we have to MAC school.

[Bootsy]

Hoping we can stay healthy enough to finish strong and make a run in the tourney.