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Last regular season game of the year. Detroit has improved over the time since we beat the crap out of them at Detroit. I don't think we can do that again. I think we win by 20. As long as we play defense like we did vs GB.
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I'd have to think YSU is favored by 20 or so.
Outside of their win against IUPUI, which they were favored, their last 3 losses have still been by 12 or more.
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But they were close until last 10 minutes or so.
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An article from Tribune/Vindy on YSU guard Brett Thompson
https://www.tribtoday.com/sports/local-sports/2024/02/a-cross-country-journey-from-california-to-youngstown-ysus-thompson-has-grown-on-and-off-the-court/
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Nice article on Thompson. He and burns are the spark plugs to the team for sure.
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Agree 100% on Thompson and Burns. All the new transfers especially Ziggy and Langdon have been a vital to the program and Farmer has played way better the 2nd half of the season and all he needs is a little more consistency. Zorgvol also has been decent in his allotted time.
It's too bad that Bates is done as other have said he gave valuable minutes . Decent shooter and really good rebounder.
I'm sure the team will not take Detroit lightly especially since the Titans have played better and there is a lot on the line when it comes to seating but YSU should be able to win comfortably.
I think sometime we take it for granted that Coach has taken this program to the top of the league and has done it twice the last two seasons with all new players. There's a lot of basketball still to be played but I can't wait to see what he does in the portal and recruiting after March. Exciting times to be a penguin.
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1st he has to retain his current players before he concentrates on recruiting. I believe he may lose some. Hopefully not. Remember he has 2 players sitting out this year as redshirts that seem pretty good. He needs to give them a chance to develop. Then we can bring in transfers. I'm sure he and his staff is all over this aspect. Calhoun is a good recruiter.
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Coach had made a comment in one of the press conferences awhile back that he thought David Wilkerson may have been a starter had he not gotten hurt.
Hopefully Lovelace and Farmer return. Would think Dynes & Zorgvol will, but who knows.
If all those return, YSU has 4 potential starters in Wilkerson, Lovelace, Farmer & Dynes.
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Mudclods I totally agree. With any and we will have transfers we should again be a good team. All depends on the schedule and what teams in conference make a push to get better. I do know that Wright St brings back some and so does GB. But you never know in this day and age of the transfer portal.
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Never know who or who won't return. I think we all had some surprises last year when some guys unexpectedly left and I'm sure this could happen this spring. Although in hindsight it worked out for the best.
The first time I heard David Wilkerson's name was during the Detroit game when their announcer said that he was told that he was the potential starting point guard and also coach mentioned it on one of his conference calls. Watched some games of Wilkerson on line when he was playing jc ball and I didn't see anything that got me too excited nor anything that deterred me. Thompson's a pretty good pg and if this guy is as good or better then i'm excited.
Not sure any of us know much about the other three frosh. I'm sure there will be some honest conversations after the season and they'll know where they stand. Guys don't except scholarships to sit on the bench especially in the portal era.
Always here coach saying he's out recruiting when they're on the road so he's still looking at the hs ranks although the last two seasons he has been getting upper classmen from the portal and this formula has led back to back 20+ wins.
I'm more than likely putting the cart in front of the horse with Horizon tourney and a possible NCAA birth (pray).
Just excited to see YSU have so much success and it's too bad that I'm almost a medicare recipient for it to finally happen.
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Kind of an ugly first half. A lot of people in the stands, but no energy...feels odd. YSU played good defense, but my gosh how many layups & points blank shots have we missed!? Burns has missed several .33 points against Detroit is disappointing. Too many turnovers. YSU should be up 20-25.
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2nd half not much better
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Playing down their competition or looking ahead to the tourney! Totally out of sync!
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You can tell when guys are not playing with enough focus…. Careless passes, missing layups, missing free throws, committing technical fouls….
It’s lucky they are playing Detroit tonight…
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Can't add too much from comments already posted. Energy,ugly,and playing down to Detroit's level. I need to eat my words for earlier saying Rush needs to move in on his attempts. Glad he can prove me wrong.
During one time out coach Davis of Detroit was just sitting there with an expression like he was auditioning for the walking dead. I guess a 1-29 record will take its toll.
Burns with another double double and 19 rebounds is dominate. Coaching staff needs to get Thompson to chill. No need for getting t's although you still want him to play with that dog in him.
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Can't add too much from comments already posted. Energy,ugly,and playing down to Detroit's level. I need to eat my words for earlier saying Rush needs to move in on his attempts. Glad he can prove me wrong.
During one time out coach Davis of Detroit was just sitting there with an expression like he was auditioning for the walking dead. I guess a 1-29 record will take its toll.
Burns with another double double and 19 rebounds is dominate. Coaching staff needs to get Thompson to chill. No need for getting t's although you still want him to play with that dog in him.
Funny you brought that up about Detroit's coach Mike Davis. He seemed checked out to me most of the game. He was always very active on the sidelines and verbal to his players and the officials, I rarely saw any of that and he seemed liked he was seated for most of the game.
It was one of the stranger games I can remember. Almost had a feel like YSU was playing a D3 or something. There was no energy, the fans couldn't get into it. It was like both teams were just sleep walking and wishing it was over.
It's hard to take much out of that game. It was good to see Rush get hot...good thing because if he was off it would have been a much closer game. Farmer broke out of his recent funk and had a nice game. It took the entire game for Burns to get his double-double, you could tell they were setting him up in several of those possessions as he just had 4 points deep into the 2nd quarter. Not much from Langdon, Thompson, Reid & Lovelace tonight.
Only 5-10 at the FT line and that was after Burns and Fryda hit the final 3. Only out-rebounded a much smaller team by 2. I said it in the first half, but my goodness how many layups and point blank shots did YSU miss.
I'm not sure how many teams YSU would have beaten tonight if it wasn't for playing against one of, if not the worst team in D1.
Hopefully he recharge and get focused and come out with intensity for next Thursday's home game.
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Game was under control the entire time. Our offense didn't click. Maybe it was the fact that they had so many shot clock violations. We played very solid defense. We seemed ready for the Horizon league tournament. As long as we don't get PFW Thursday. They are finally playing up to there potential.
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In Calhouns post game press conference he kinda mentioned the mix of portal and high school players and that they are excited for one player out of high school. Does anyone know players name and whether the player verbally committed? Searching the web and recruiting sites I cannot find any such player. Any help or am I just reading into things too much.
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In Calhouns post game press conference he kinda mentioned the mix of portal and high school players and that they are excited for one player out of high school. Does anyone know players name and whether the player verbally committed? Searching the web and recruiting sites I cannot find any such player. Any help or am I just reading into things too much.
Elijah Guillory from Moon. He had 39 points in the game Calhoun was at https://x.com/Elijah_g5/status/1762551000034938982?s=20 (https://x.com/Elijah_g5/status/1762551000034938982?s=20)
That's right in Robert Morris' backyard.
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In Calhouns post game press conference he kinda mentioned the mix of portal and high school players and that they are excited for one player out of high school. Does anyone know players name and whether the player verbally committed? Searching the web and recruiting sites I cannot find any such player. Any help or am I just reading into things too much.
Elijah Guillory from Moon. He had 39 points in the game Calhoun was at https://x.com/Elijah_g5/status/1762551000034938982?s=20 (https://x.com/Elijah_g5/status/1762551000034938982?s=20)
That's right in Robert Morris' backyard.
Coach was also able to get Lovelace and Dynes from UWM and NKU backyards. He was also got Cohill to transferred out of Dayton which is the backyard of Wright State.
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May have to play IPFW sooner or later! Would rather play them at Beeghley than on a neutral court! Anyone of the top eight can take the tourney!
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In Calhouns post game press conference he kinda mentioned the mix of portal and high school players and that they are excited for one player out of high school. Does anyone know players name and whether the player verbally committed? Searching the web and recruiting sites I cannot find any such player. Any help or am I just reading into things too much.
Elijah Guillory from Moon. He had 39 points in the game Calhoun was at https://x.com/Elijah_g5/status/1762551000034938982?s=20 (https://x.com/Elijah_g5/status/1762551000034938982?s=20)
That's right in Robert Morris' backyard.
Looks like a nice get. We need a shooting guard that can stretch the floor like Oakland has and this might be the guy.
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Thanks for the info Mudclods
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Detroit gave Oakland fits before losing and locking down the Horizon league regular season title! YSU locked in as number two as Milwaukee drills Green Bay!
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Detroit gave Oakland fits before losing and locking down the Horizon league regular season title! YSU locked in as number two as Milwaukee drills Green Bay!
Never thought Detroit would of made it so close. Most of us were disappointed in our game against Detroit perhaps the Titans were playing their best basketball late in the season.
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Watch out for PFW i tournament. They are playing great ball right now. GreenBay not playing well.
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Watch out for PFW i tournament. They are playing great ball right now. GreenBay not playing well.
They have won 4 of 5, but 2 of those wins were to Detroit and Robert Morris, they did win at Wright St by 2 and at Green Bay comfortably without Reynolds.