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Is this the “player to be named later” in the Shane Simpson trade?😆

Nice. His Twitter reads Towson CB, so this is verified

On the surface, that doesn’t sound too bad; I think that’s about 7%. But it’s a moving target. In other words, it’s 25 today, but in a few days some of those teams will resume while others will have to hit the pause button. I’d be interested to know how many teams at any point so far have either had to pause, or lost games because an opponent had to pause. I dare say that number is a lot higher than 7%

This entire NCAA MBB season has absolutely no rhythm to it, with these ceaseless pauses. I never thought I’d say this, but I’ve completely lost interest. Let’s see a show of hands of anyone who doesn’t believe that the continuation of the season represents nothing more than a transparent effort to secure the TV 📺 money 💰 that goes with March Madness, player & staff safety be damned. (Especially in view of the fact that there was no tournament last year). If anyone out there believes otherwise, I have some swampland property I’d like to interest you in

I wouldn’t anoint him the next Patrick Mahomes, but geez, after having no TU football in 2020, what’s wrong with having a little cautious optimism about this guy?🤔

I’ll probably get bashed for expressing this view, but perhaps we should throw in the towel on the 20-21 MBB season. This is our 2nd pause, and we’re not even to January. Past history is no guarantee of future performance, but recent events (2nd pause already) suggests there will be more positives going forward. While I was looking forward as much as anyone to having this season as a much needed diversion, there comes a point where reality (and covid) rears its ugly head. Perhaps we’re at that point

He’s played against high caliber competition, looks like he has a big arm and good wheels. What’s there not to like?

ATL Tiger wins the Internet today 😉. Good job 👏 Sounds like a nice pickup

Source?

So, a few thoughts (disclaimer-I didn’t watch the game); (1) A W is a W. I don’t want to be too dismissive of this win. After all, Coppin only lost to Duke by 10 earlier this season; (2) Sounds like Gray is out for the season. No clue as to if/when Gibson & Holland will be back. As seems to be the case every year, what looked like a deep squad now is paper thin in terms of the bench. It’s easy to say “this happens every year to programs all around the country,” but not necessarily every year, like it does to us; (3) He’s probably a nice young man, and I wish him nothing but success when he leaves TU, but I’m increasingly convinced Victor U, other than maybe an aberrational game here or there (if we’re lucky) will be a non-factor on the court this season. Just because someone is tall and athletic doesn’t mean they’re a good basketball player. I’m skeptical he’ll avg 5 ppg & I’m also not convinced he’s going to be the defensive savior some might have hoped; (4) at the risk of stating the obvious, it would appear wins will be at a premium this season. Even in a bad conference, someone has got to be the doormat, and that might be us

The effects of covid aside, what we’ve seen so far in the 1st 4 games is a microcosm of the Skerry era-a team that can’t shoot in general, and can’t shoot from 3 in particular. The coaching philosophy of “our best offensive play is a missed shot (so we can crash the boards) and hard nosed D has proven not to work. More to the point, it works splendidly against lousy and middling opponents, but is a proven failure against good teams. Again, a small sample size, but so far it appears Skerry swung & missed on all 3 transfers (Victor, Allen and Mims)

We all can acknowledge it’s a small sample size. We all can acknowledge that covid has wreaked havoc with the practice and game schedule. We all can acknowledge that we’re playing without Curtis Holland, & Gibson didn’t play today (and ZM got hurt). Having said all that, there’s no way to sugarcoat the fact that the early returns are woeful. Can’t win with Timberlake & ZM combining for 6-23 shooting; can’t win with 4-14 from 3. And while I hope I’m wrong, so far Victor is showing why he couldn’t get off the bench at USC. I don’t believe he will be anything more than a marginal contributor on offense, at best. And I’m not even sure he’ll be a consistent force on D

First & foremost, let’s hope the young man is asymptomatic or has mild symptoms at worst. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to ask if the season is on the brink of going down the drain. What makes anyone think there won’t be further positives on the team, and/or scheduled opponents, once this pause is over?

We’re #1 😆

This is ludicrous. Again, suspend the season until 3/1