Great analysis. I really think your thoughts on Keller's style of play are very insightful. This "could" be a very good team by the end of February/early March. I don't see this as the type of team that will win a tournament game.... or even make it to the tournament. Not saying they won't but the inconsistency seems to plague this group at the beginning of the game. That's what Walkup brought to the court.... always started strong and threw the opposition off.

Now . when we look at potential for 2019/2020 WOW. This should be a Top 30 squad from the get go. If TJ comes back the combination of experience/depth and raw talent will be hard to beat.

Axe 'Em Jacks.

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Great analysis. I really think your thoughts on Keller's style of play are very insightful. This "could" be a very good team by the end of February/early March. I don't see this as the type of team that will win a tournament game.... or even make it to the tournament. Not saying they won't but the inconsistency seems to plague this group at the beginning of the game. That's what Walkup brought to the court.... always started strong and threw the opposition off.

Now . when we look at potential for 2019/2020 WOW. This should be a Top 30 squad from the get go. If TJ comes back the combination of experience/depth and raw talent will be hard to beat.

Axe 'Em Jacks.

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Shannon is gonna be hard to replace... We got to make it happen this year some how some way..Gotta make the NCAA tourney and win a game or it will be a dissappointment in my book.. I hate having to keep hoping for the next year then the next etc. etc.

Replacing Shannon is going to be a hard task, but the little known Bogues Brother, Bannon Bogues, ought to be up to the task. He looks remarkably like Shannon, but with a handlebar mustache.

There's never a true development season in college basketball. You have to win with what you got and push for everything. Nothing will be guaranteed going forward. So, we have to hope Aaron can make it back and hopefully Samuli will give some minutes to relieve Fitz. The key has to be getting Bogues back to the two spot. From there our freshmen can relieve five minutes a game while Fitz, Mitch, Karl, Bain, Sammy, and Jovan rotate and give five minutes of relief to Kevon.

My ideal breakdown is something like:
1: Aaron (60%); John (40%)
2: Bogues (85%); Hughes and Walker (15%)
3: Kevon (75%); Bain (15%); Nicholas (10%)
4: Mitch (40%); Bain (25%); Nicholas (20%); Other bigs (15%)
5: Fitz (65%); Sammy (15%); Other bigs (20%)

I think we can pull off team chemistry and be better than Underwood's first two years. I'm not seeing a Sweet 16 berth yet, but we have 19 games to build to something.

TallTexan said:

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Replacing Shannon is going to be a hard task, but the little known Bogues Brother, Bannon Bogues, ought to be up to the task. He looks remarkably like Shannon, but with a handlebar mustache.

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I agree. I hear Walkup's brother, Shamos Walkup is available - he look's remarkable like Thomas, but he's clean shaven..

I really hope that coaching staff is pursuing a Juco point guard. Our guards are good but we need some depth at the pg position. A freshman would need time to develope and with an injury or sickness to John or Aaron next year we could be in the same shape as this year. Next year really looks good on paper but we have to translate that to the court....

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And I had no idea that California Baptist was a powerhouse. Who knew??

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Revisiting this post one last time to mention that Cal Baptist knocked off heavy preseason WAC favorite, New Mexico State, in their first ever WAC game tonight. We knew they were really good when we played them, but this is further evidence.

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Thanks for the info, slulionsfan. They are certainly playing well right now, and that was certainly their best game. I'm sure that they are opening some eyes in the WAC after last night.

BTW, the travel in the WAC must be terrible on schools' athletic budgets, with member schools in California, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Washington, Illinois, Arizona, and Utah. Geez Louise! I'm guessing they aren't traveling via Greyhound buses either.

edstile said:

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slulionsfan said:

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edstile said:

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And I had no idea that California Baptist was a powerhouse. Who knew??

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Revisiting this post one last time to mention that Cal Baptist knocked off heavy preseason WAC favorite, New Mexico State, in their first ever WAC game tonight. We knew they were really good when we played them, but this is further evidence.

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Thanks for the info, slulionsfan. They are certainly playing well right now, and that was certainly their best game. I'm sure that they are opening some eyes in the WAC after last night.

BTW, the travel in the WAC must be terrible on schools' athletic budgets, with member schools in California, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Washington, Illinois, Arizona, and Utah. Geez Louise! I'm guessing they aren't traveling via Greyhound buses either.

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Isn't it the Wac that Tarleton's trying to join?

TallTexan said:

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edstile said:

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slulionsfan said:

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edstile said:

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And I had no idea that California Baptist was a powerhouse. Who knew??

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Revisiting this post one last time to mention that Cal Baptist knocked off heavy preseason WAC favorite, New Mexico State, in their first ever WAC game tonight. We knew they were really good when we played them, but this is further evidence.

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Thanks for the info, slulionsfan. They are certainly playing well right now, and that was certainly their best game. I'm sure that they are opening some eyes in the WAC after last night.

BTW, the travel in the WAC must be terrible on schools' athletic budgets, with member schools in California, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Washington, Illinois, Arizona, and Utah. Geez Louise! I'm guessing they aren't traveling via Greyhound buses either.

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Isn't it the Wac that Tarleton's trying to join?

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No Texan they want SLC... WAC would cost too much for travel...

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SLC does not need another addition of a D2. Its bad already

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If we went back to before we added HBU, UIW, and ACU, I would've been more than happy for us to include Tarleton and ACU. ACU wasn't far off from being competitive in D1 play when they first moved up anyway. I'd say Tarleton isn't far off either so they wouldn't be a bad choice for the SLC from a competitive standpoint.
I'm not against the current number of schools the SLC has but I've never fully accepted HBU or UIW as schools that bring anything to the table(though maybe UIW can bring football competitiveness now).
I would say if we were gonna add another school, Tarleton, Commerce, or possibly Midwestern State would all be good choices, if for no other reason than because they wouldn't take long to be competitive at the D1 level. But I think we'd need to drop at least one school from the conference to make it work. The SLC doesn't need to be a super conference. Just a competitive conference that can have different schools represent it in the NCAA postseason.

sfa17 said:

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SLC does not need another addition of a D2. Its bad already

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I absolutely agree. No more D-2's! As I've said before, some big shots had to have gotten even richer from the under-the-table payoffs to get HBU, UIW, and ACU into the SLC. Except for ACU, we're still seeing the folly in allowing that to happen.