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The $ didn't arrive until later for the coaching change to be made.   

We no doubt have the right coaching staff.    I have complete confidence in them. 

Palm and Barrett will not be back next year.  For Covid year.

152 of them left immediately after the half court shot.   Within minutes and was sad to see. 

We are just not big enough.  We get pounded down low and killed on rebounds. 

I still like this team.

Bigs will be here next year.   

Will be interesting to see what happens at Ohio St. and Jake at seasons end.     

The fans are not happy and they have fallen mightily.

https://www.si.com/college/ohiostate/basketball/ohio-state-ad-gene-smith-reveals-stance-on-future-of-mbb-coach-chris-holtmann

Ola was active and aggressive.   He was the difference in the game.

Free throws and rebounds also. 

Love how the coaches keep this team engaged. 

They didn't give up and just fold like the last few years teams.   It's only going to get better and I enjoy watching this team. 

The only reason these guys will leave is if they get NIL.   That Valpo can't provide.

I believe we had a European recruit big locked and loaded last summer that bailed on us for NIL.  Took NIL vs his strong program connection.  And is getting very little playing time with the team he went to.

Young team and a road win.  They could have lost it the last five minutes but finished the game out.   A big confidence boost.  This also shows they haven't given up this year.

Kudos to the coaching staff for continually teaching these guys.   You can see it each and every play, no matter the score.  You can see that there's teaching off the court also.  That builds culture.  We have a good staff and are in good hands.     

Irrelevant

2 things:

1). I will not give up on these freshman sophomores.   They are going through growing pains and against much more experienced and older players.   It's a fact.

2). Wardle is such a dip  .  He's an ass to his players and you can see it.   He will slip up some day and be gone. 

Stupid posts.

This team is young and completely inexperienced.  I really enjoy watching this team and I'm not giving up on them.  They are getting beat up and going thru growing pains.   They have to be one of the youngest teams in D1.

You can see the talent is there and they are being thrown into the fire as freshman and sophomores. 

I truly enjoy watching this team, more than any valpo teams in the last 5 years.   

This team is young, inexperienced, and going through their growing pains.  I will not rip them.   And we basically play with seven guys. 

One thing I will give his team is they do not quit like the last couple of valpo teams

We will be fine it's just going to take time.

Where is Williamson?

Kikas could defend and also hit the 3.  And was extremely athletic. 

Palm'is playing because we have no other options.  He just never been developed     

Other than an email, no marketing for this game. 

Why do we keep missing the boat here?  I wonder who is in charge of it?   Does someone own it at the university?

One of the previous post game interviews, you can tell Powell was frustrated with lack of attendance.   I hope the university is supporting him with the marketing.   

There is a game on Tuesday.   However, I don't see any digital marketing or any type of advertising for that game or any future games.


Does anybody know our marketing plan to get awareness on games and fans in seats?

Those of us who are longtime fans are aware.   But I'm not sure outside of that and people I talk to are clueless.  no one knows...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=GtVaLshFIPOGW-E3&v=eE5oQyAKsJc&feature=youtu.be

Think big picture with this game.

Lessons are learned.  And you get better.  Perfect example below

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1996-03-15-arizona.html

Is there a timeline for Manyang?

Is he out for the season?

I think we come out and beat the crap out of UWGB. 

We do have a new buzzer horn sound.   The first time I heard it I was taken back.  You get used to the old school middle school buzzer we had forever.   

It's hard to describe.  It's not an arena horn like in bigger gyms. But it's an upgrade. 

Believe it or not, they used to charge for parking by the nursing building.  That was 4-5 years ago. 

It lasted maybe a few weeks and I do think some posters on this board helped in getting rid of that. 

A total screw the few fans that actually go over moment. 

This a VERY young team, But talented.

They will need time to grow, and they will have freshman mistakes no doubt. 

This team is 1 million times better to watch than last year's team.  There seems to be a plan on offense and the coaches seem to be more involved.

I predict Cooper, if he stays all four years, will be player the year in the Missouri valley his senior season.  He has all the tools and I can see why Coach Powell had very high praises for him when we signed him.