Furman @ NC State (Dec. 13th 6:30pm)
Hate to say it, but we are not ready for prime time. Very confused about this team right now. But when it comes time to stepping up, we never make the grade.
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Unfortunately our one chance at glory, the spotlight, fame, notoriety whatever you want to call it got snatched from us on March 7, 2022. I’m afraid that will haunt us for years to come.
When you look at it, we've had more talent leaving than coming in for a few years now. There was no reason to think this team would be better than last year. But I still think that the rest of the SoCon has deteriorated faster than we have. So no, we aren't really a top 100 team, and no, we aren't improving but we DO have a great chance of at least making the tournament which is a start. And CBR won't be getting snatched anytime soon. Hell he might be chasing that bid for another 15-20 years! So there's that.
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When we win the SoCon Tourney on 3/6/23, this message board will be ALL ABOUT “glory, spotlight, fame, notoriety, whatever you want to call it”.
But very few beyond Furman will be impressed. Some may notice the rare novelty of it, probably not many.
Some will consider it a fluke.
That impression may change a little if we beat some big name in the NCAA Tournament or maybe if we win a second game.
At least we’ll have our first basketball championship in 43 (forty-three) years. That will be good.
I was hoping we could do better than just sneaking into the tournament through the SoCon. But we just aren't that good. So lets just do the sneak into the tournament part and be happy with it.affirm wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:33 pmWhen we win the SoCon Tourney on 3/6/23, this message board will be ALL ABOUT “glory, spotlight, fame, notoriety, whatever you want to call it”.
But very few beyond Furman will be impressed. Some may notice the rare novelty of it, probably not many.
Some will consider it a fluke.
That impression may change a little if we beat some big name in the NCAA Tournament or maybe if we win a second game.
At least we’ll have our first basketball championship in 43 (forty-three) years. That will be good.
I am now way more optimistic about football than basketball. Basketball is futile. We will never make it to the Sweet Sixteen. Football might not be futile, because we play at a lower level.
So if the NCAA completely unravels and the divisions need to be rearranged (which I think is pretty likely) maybe we don't belong in the top basketball division. Well, obviously we don't ,but maybe accepting it is worth considering. I don't think the size of the school is as big a problem as our insistence on playing a bunch of college students.
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Some of you guys might want to take a chill pill, we've had our chance to win every single game so far this year except yesterday at ACC NC State, the program is in a great place and continuing to move forward, its all good 
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I think CBR is a good basketball coach and a great life coach. I think our biggest problem is talent. Surprised with his success that we can’t recruit better players. I think he can develop players but you have to work with what you have.
I have never seen any team at any level above middle school pass as poorly as we did the other night.
I have never seen any team at any level above middle school pass as poorly as we did the other night.
Have you seen the arena he has had to recruit with? Combine that with tough academic requirements and I think he is recruiting pretty solid considering.purplehorse123 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:49 pmI think CBR is a good basketball coach and a great life coach. I think our biggest problem is talent. Surprised with his success that we can’t recruit better players. I think he can develop players but you have to work with what you have.
I have never seen any team at any level above middle school pass as poorly as we did the other night.
Now once the arena renovation is done and we have big time facilities imagine what he will be able to do
I agree with FU Hoopla. Everybody needs to chill out. So we aren't as good as us fans thought we were. Heck, the season isn't over yet. Some things need to get worked out for sure.
Last season UNC was in a terrible funk in January. I got on their message board and there were some awful comments being said about the players and Hubert Davis. And look what happened, they made it to the championship game.
I still like this team. It's not as good as last year's team yet. The development of Pegues, Hughey, Williams, Vanderwal, and Whitt are the key. Maybe even Anderson and Lawrence.
P.S. UNC is back in the crapper, for now.
Last season UNC was in a terrible funk in January. I got on their message board and there were some awful comments being said about the players and Hubert Davis. And look what happened, they made it to the championship game.
I still like this team. It's not as good as last year's team yet. The development of Pegues, Hughey, Williams, Vanderwal, and Whitt are the key. Maybe even Anderson and Lawrence.
P.S. UNC is back in the crapper, for now.
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Not sure that you include affirm in “Some of you guys might want to take a chill pill”. I assure you affirm does not need to . Those who need a chill pill are those who believe that “glory, spotlight, fame, notoriety , whatever“ is here or soon to be here. The program is in a great place already, without “glory, spotlight, fame notoriety.” We have a truly fine coach. We are already great. Yay. Go Furman.
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Just to be clear, I didn’t say the season was over. I said I expect us to go to the NCAA tournament even though we’ve regressed. And I am chilled. That’s the problem. I’m so chilled I’m bored when I was expecting to be excited.When we get to 10 in a row I’ll get excited again.
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Of course all will become clear looking backward after March, but from our position right now the excitement of this team is taking place off the court: observing how CBR figures this out. Lots of moving parts, lots of levers to pull. I remain highly confident.
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affirm wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:12 amNot sure that you include affirm in “Some of you guys might want to take a chill pill”. I assure you affirm does not need to . Those who need a chill pill are those who believe that “glory, spotlight, fame, notoriety , whatever“ is here or soon to be here. The program is in a great place already, without “glory, spotlight, fame notoriety.” We have a truly fine coach. We are already great. Yay. Go Furman.
What?
We are going to win this Saturday
We are going to win the SoCon Regular Season title
We are going to win the SoCon tournament and end the NCAA drought
We are going to win the SoCon Regular Season title
We are going to win the SoCon tournament and end the NCAA drought