Men's basketball vs Chicago State

[Wick250]

Now how come the men's team lost all starters and still managed to win by 20 on the road against a d1 opponent.   Defense.  Yet the football team cannot even win one road game this year.  Mind boggling!

In addition to defense, there are a few more reasons.   

A Head Coach & Staff who have embraced the transfer portal since day 1 rather than view it as a bad thing.

A Head Coach & Staff who know how recognize & recruit talent from any level (high school or portal)

A Head Coach & Staff who also had the foresight to realize that Name, Image and Likeness are the keys to attracting & retaining players.  Again, rather than viewing it as a bad thing.

Say what you want, but great thing about NIL is EVERYONE can have a true voice and directly impact the rosters by contributing to NIL.  If everyone on this board sent $50 or $100 to The Penguin Collective https://www.thepenguincollective.org/, DP will be in a better position to assemble his next roster - which is already happening.

As difficult as it is to step back from emotions of yesterday's football embarrassment, now is the time to step up with your wallet if you want a better football roster next year.  The alternative will simply be more of the same - or worse.

Basketball raised nearly double what football did in NIL for this season.  Using the last few seasons and the benchmark, it's easy to see why we are now a basketball school.

Although this was not your intention, you articulated well the compelling reason why Phillips must be dismissed. No donor will open his wallet for this loser.

[YsuPride]

Yes we are a basketball school.  Both men's and women's team draw good. Food for thought.  Last two or three years of basketball on men's side drew loud crowds and tons of students.   The student section always empties put in 2nd  half of the football games. Last two hardly any students in the section.  Reality

[ucfpengbuck]

http://necfrontrow.com/game/12732 Here's a link to the game for those who didn't watch yet.  If you go to the 10:38 mark you will see Ty Harper's dunk that is one of those or should be a top 10 sports center moment.

A little personal recap.

The good:  Nico Galette 20 points on 8 of 13 and 9 rebounds.  Nico is a grown man on the court.

Gabe Dynes 11 points on 5 of 6 and 6 rebounds with 7 blocks.  Sat a lot of minutes in the 2nd as YSU went small against the full court press.  Only had one foul on him which I thought the CSU guy lowerd his shoulder and iniated the contact.  Sick of heaing the hommer announcers saying you need to  go right at the body of a shot blocker.  CSU big guy had a few that he got over Gabe but  had 2 smacked back on the same play.

Juwan Maxey who I had a chance to watch as a juco was better than I  expected.  14 points and 3 of 8 from three.  He also handled the ball well against the press.

Ty Harper might be the most athletic player YSU has had since Cohill.  Not saying he's as good of a basketball player as Dwayne but he was quick and explosive .  Got a stupid flagrant foul that I never really saw so He sat a lot of the first half but he still chipped in 12 points in 19 minutes.

Chris Carrol only had 5 points but he had 8 rebounds and gives us some muscle out there.  Chris did a great job as an outlet coming to the ball against the press.

The bad:  EJ Farmer just couldn't hit a shot going 1 of 12 but made 7-9 free throws.  added 6 rebounds which was a plus.   Don't want to throw EJ under the bus and I'm sure he'll have some good nights going forward.

Jason Nelson was 0 of 4 and had 6 turnovers.  First time watching Jason and I'm sure based on his last two stops which where higher than the Horizon league he should have some good nights going forward.

Incomplete :  Siem Uijtendaal had 4 points and only played 12 minutes.  He was one of the top players at Canisuis last year and I read where he was one of the higher NIL commits so I expected a little more but it's a long season and I'm sure Siem will have some nights where he leads the team.

Christian Kirkland only played 5 minutes so really can't get too much of a read on what he brings.  Disappointed since he's someone that has the size with Zorgval being out.

David Wilkerson only played 4 minutes which was surprising since I heard many times he was in the running to start last season.  With Nelson,Maxey,and Wilkerson the point guard position is stacked with ball handlers.

Winning on the road by 20 is a great way to open the season and really happy for coach Faulkner.   Playing Ohio State tomorrow is going to be difficult.  Hopefully YSU competes and makes it interesting.  Not expecting to win but I hope the Penguins are respectable.   Need to hit their 3s which they were shaky against Chicago State.

[mudclods]

Thought the first half was pretty sloppy, but you'll have that in your first game, especially on the road and with so many new players.  It would have been nice to get the Westminster game in.

Defense held Chicago St. more than 7 mins in the first half without a FG and the last 9:15 in the 2nd half!  YSU probably should have won the game by 30.  Should have had a bigger lead than 3 at the half & wasn't great from the FT line or 3's. Can't complain though about a 20 point victory on the road.

Agree with everything else that was said above.