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Post by reginaldkdwight on Nov 20, 2023 16:47:49 GMT -6
At this juncture, I have a very hard time believing that this team will be as successful as last year's. when this was brought up in the offseason, some of yall didnt wanna hear it, we outplayed our actual performance last season in terms of wins and losses. Team might win 12 games
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Post by ghostofdylan on Nov 20, 2023 16:52:03 GMT -6
Look like a Juco program, cant even call this a team because they dont play for each other at all. Not one guy out there playing for the team. Hard for me to pin on anyone but the coaching staff, they bring the players in and integrate them into the team and clearly something in vibes isnt working out. Even Friday I could sense some weird interactions from players to other players and coaches. I saw some of the same things Friday, but wanted to be sure that the wounds are as open and abundant as I thought. They are!
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Post by ghostofdylan on Nov 20, 2023 16:56:40 GMT -6
New starting lineup today? If it’s my choice, then it would be Jamison, Pullian, Freeman, Franklin, Wilson. I think Langston moves into the lineup after how well he played last game. At this point, I just don't see how Pullian and Jamison merit starting consideration. I don't ever recall a situation where two returning standouts regressed so much.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Nov 20, 2023 17:24:03 GMT -6
So did anyone actually spend time this off-season getting better or they just sat around and get told how good they would be this year? I think you hit at the crux of this situation.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Nov 20, 2023 17:31:50 GMT -6
At least no one is suggesting the Daytona Beach heat and humidity, or travel, had an effect on the Panthers performance today.😰🌞
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Nov 20, 2023 17:45:22 GMT -6
"We've got to play much harder and much grittier," Lundy said. "We were playing well in the first half and we came off the bench with subs and fell apart a bit. Give Stetson credit. They have a veteran team that is really good and makes you pay offensively."
"We obviously didn't shoot the ball very well today – I thought we had open shots – but we can't base who we are on whether we make shots or not and right now that's our issue," Lundy said. "We had great shots; we just didn't make any of them."
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Post by A Statement By SHAUN on Nov 20, 2023 17:57:04 GMT -6
This was definitely a rough one today, frustrating because the team can be much better than this. Hopefully they can figure it out!
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Post by ghostofdylan on Nov 20, 2023 18:11:52 GMT -6
Still waiting to see if we have a TEAM this year. Right now, it seems like just a bunch of athletes running around.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Nov 20, 2023 18:12:20 GMT -6
Stetson 85, UWM 67: Hot start turns into ugly loss for ice cold Panthers at Sunshine Slam Curt Hogg Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UW-Milwaukee started fast but faded even faster.
In a rematch of last season’s postseason College Basketball Invitational showdown, Stetson exacted some revenge on Milwaukee by erasing a double-digit deficit in the early minutes and turning it into a 85-67 blowout win in the semifinals of the Sunshine Slam at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach.
The Panthers saw a 16-5 lead turn into a deficit of as many as 17 in the first half and then never drew within single digits over the final 20 minutes in an ugly performance.
"It was like we just gave in," Panthers head coach Bart Lundy said. "Maybe it was part them, part us, but we’ve got to do a better job of being focused defensively."
Early on, BJ Freeman’s three-pointer put the Panthers up 14-2 with 15:09 to play, then a Darrius Duffy basket made it 16-5 30 seconds later.
It all fell apart from there.
The Panthers went ice cold on a series of three-pointers and contested jumpers. On defense, the turnovers Milwaukee forced in the opening minutes dried up, and the Hatters used those possessions to heat up.
Twelve consecutive points put Stetson in front, and the Hatters saw their lead balloon to as large as 39-22 over an extended 34-6 run. The Hatters also outscored the Panthers 20-2 at one point of that overarching run; during that 34-6 run over a stretch of 10 minutes 20 seconds the Panthers made just two field goals while the Hatters missed only three and had two empty possessions.
Jalen Blackmon was a problem for the Panthers early on, scoring 14 of his 22 points in the first half in a variety of ways, from getting in the paint to stepback threes with a hand in his face.
The second half belonged to Hatters forward Aubi Gateretse, who scored 18 of his game-high 26 points in the period, including six points right out of the break. Gateretse was an unstoppable force down low, shooting 12 for 13 while pulling in 11 rebounds go along with four blocks.
"He was fantastic," Lundy said. "He sets real screens and he rolls hard to the rim. Doesn’t do anything fancy but rebounds on both sides of the ball. He was really good."
Milwaukee simply had no answer for him on defense, and its offense wasn't much sharper.
Freeman paced Milwaukee with 20 points on 6-for-12 three-point shooting and was by far the team’s most consistent shooter and distributor. Still, though, he couldn’t come close to replicating his career-high 43 point performance in the Panthers’ 87-83 win over Stetson in the CBI, a game played in the same arena.
The Hatters threw double-teams at Freeman throughout and there was minimal help elsewhere to make them pay. The Panthers shot just 35.7% overall and, outside of Freeman, were just 4 for 22 from three.
"We had great shots, we just didn’t make any of them," Lundy said. "You get down and you start trying to do too much and basing it all on our offense."
Milwaukee has yet to find a groove on offense this year, with capable scorers struggling to find much efficiency. The Panthers shot just 29% (39 for 117) from three coming in, a figure which only worsened against the Hatters. From deep, Elijah Jamison is 3 for 11 this year, Erik Pratt is 6 for 18, Kentrell Pullian 3 for 22, Markeith Browning 1 for 10 and Langston Wilson 1 for 7.
For the season, the Panthers’ field goal percentage has dipped below 39%.
Lundy's frustration lies more with his team's defense right now, though, which was unable to generate nearly the number of stops needed Monday.
"We’ve never been a great offensive team," he said. "We should be better defensively. Our numbers are so upside-down right now that we need to figure out how good basketball is played."
Milwaukee will face Siena at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to close its time in the Sunshine Slam.
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Post by FTA1982 on Nov 20, 2023 18:13:10 GMT -6
We miss Justin Thomas from last year. He was our only guard who could run the offense at PG. We miss his length on the press to get some easy buckets as well.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Nov 20, 2023 18:14:02 GMT -6
Still waiting to see if we have a TEAM this year. Right now, it seems like just a bunch of athletes running around. After Colorado I started calling them the Milwaukee Panther collection of players. I will call them the Milwaukee Panther team when they play as one.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Nov 20, 2023 18:16:07 GMT -6
We miss Justin Thomas from last year. He was our only guard who could run the offense at PG. We miss his length on the press to get some easy buckets as well. Yes. And we miss the lane presence of Moses and Ahmad, along with other attributes they brought.
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Post by mattg on Nov 20, 2023 18:28:35 GMT -6
We miss Justin Thomas from last year. He was our only guard who could run the offense at PG. We miss his length on the press to get some easy buckets as well. Not just that. He was a very important rebounder and he was one of the few players who had any sort of floor game. This roster is full of players with absolutely ZERO FEEL whatsoever.
Some of the issues are definitely coaching...but a lot purely seems to be that the "talent" populating the roster is simply not that talented. We prioritized players with size/athleticism and not guys with a high skill level or who know how to play. Probably should have focused a bit more on those aspects instead of guys who look the part and are athletic. You see Zach Howell getting minutes because he's one of the few guys who plays team basketball, despite being unathletic, unskilled, and sort of a spaz. That's a major indictment of every other player on the depth chart. Also, for guys like KP/EJ/Browning, they likely shot way above their actual shooting ability and are regressing to the mean.
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Post by panther on Nov 20, 2023 19:49:16 GMT -6
Lundy should of stayed at Queens. But he was smarter then that $$$ talks. Got bills to pay. Maybe will go back once they are D1 tournament eligible in three years in my opinion He is a good low level coach like the guy at ummm...Colorado. p.s. BJ will not take us to the NCAA tournament ...leadership will and right now we have none.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Nov 20, 2023 19:56:06 GMT -6
It should be noted that the only reasonably decent game this “team” has played this year was one where I think they only sunk two 3 pointers. They also didn’t take a ton in that game. We know BJ, Eli, Gelo, KP, Markeith, and Pratt can make them every so often, but when they take so many 3s like they did today, bad things inevitably happen.
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