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Post by milwsport on Jul 31, 2022 23:56:37 GMT -6
I hear that they WON TODAY!!! AWESOME!!!! Took 2nd. Wisconsin Badgers won it Glad to hear it. I was there and left after the 3 point part of the competition. Our guys were a distant third in that one. But I'm glad to hear that they came back. |
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Sept 12, 2022 14:31:18 GMT -6
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Post by Cactus Panther on Sept 12, 2022 14:49:44 GMT -6
I prefer Lundy over Lindy, thank you.
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Post by BBFran on Sept 12, 2022 16:00:19 GMT -6
Past the first 3/4 teams it’s anybody’s guess. Just about every other team has a roster full of guys nobody has ever heard of. Maybe we’re tenth, maybe we’re not. You can understand why a writer would look at last year’s carnage, see a new coach and staff and a roster full of new guys and say, “eh, tenth.” But there’s just so little basis to make a reasoned prediction about us or any of the other teams after the top few.
None of us knows whether it’s going to come together yet. Even if you’re convinced we’re on the right track, how do you know some of the other teams aren’t doing it even better? I sure didn’t see IPFW elevating, but here we are. So the predictions really don’t interest me this year. The games will tell the story.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Sept 12, 2022 17:52:22 GMT -6
Eh, I wouldn’t take anything projected by a national publication to really put much effort into projecting the Horizon League. They probably saw that Cleveland State lost their coach and a few key players and moved them down. Fort Wayne is next in line based on last year’s standings, so they are bumped up to 1st.
Honestly, a national publication probably sees the firing of PBS and the loss of part time Pat (and most of the rest of last year’s team) as a huge loss and moved Milwaukee down from 9th to 10th because of it.
I hope the players use it as motivation, but I can’t imagine much time was spent on this at all.
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Post by Petes on Sept 12, 2022 21:20:04 GMT -6
Only thing I know for next season for projecting standings is that we will be better than GB and that’s a lock.
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Post by FTA1982 on Sept 13, 2022 11:35:32 GMT -6
I don't see how a team with Ahmad Rand, Keon Edwards and seemingly solid guard play would finish behind Green Bay. I also feel the style of play will make Milwaukee a better team than projected.
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Post by PantherNation on Sept 13, 2022 12:43:56 GMT -6
One thing we all should have learned from last year is that these predictions mean very little. Where were we projected to finish last year?
I love being the underdog!!
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Post by BBFran on Sept 13, 2022 21:25:29 GMT -6
I don't see how a team with Ahmad Rand, Keon Edwards and seemingly solid guard play would finish behind Green Bay. I also feel the style of play will make Milwaukee a better team than projected. Style of play isn’t a tenth as important as quality of play. Style is essentially a neutral factor in winning basketball games. Tony Bennett and Nolan Richardson both won national titles. They had great players who bought into the systems they were coached in and played them well. |
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Post by FTA1982 on Sept 13, 2022 21:38:10 GMT -6
Coach Lundy has a 429-190 record (.693) with his style of play. I'd say his teams play a quality brand of basketball.
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Post by Petes on Sept 13, 2022 22:15:54 GMT -6
Coach Lundy has a 429-190 record (.693) with his style of play. I'd say his teams play a quality brand of basketball. Chris mack went 215-97 at xavier while flaming out at Louisville. Linc Darner was 219-72 at Florida southern and was fired at GB. Fred Hoiberg went 115-56 at Iowa St and and is about to be jobless because of Nebraska. What Lundy did at Queens means jack sh*t the moment he stepped on campus at milwaukee. I hope for the best but basing anything on his past resume is a waste of time. |
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Post by BBFran on Sept 14, 2022 13:23:12 GMT -6
Coach Lundy has a 429-190 record (.693) with his style of play. I'd say his teams play a quality brand of basketball. You're conflating things. If his style (which apparently was up-tempo in the lower division) is coached and played well by good players, it should win. If his style was measured-tempo, work the clock, pack-line defense, and was coached and played well by good players, it should win. It's the quality that's important, not the style. |
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Post by peterpanther on Sept 15, 2022 22:11:44 GMT -6
Coach Lundy has a 429-190 record (.693) with his style of play. I'd say his teams play a quality brand of basketball. You're conflating things. If his style (which apparently was up-tempo in the lower division) is coached and played well by good players, it should win. If his style was measured-tempo, work the clock, pack-line defense, and was coached and played well by good players, it should win. It's the quality that's important, not the style. Style of play is important in attracting casual fans and increasing attendance. Winning is the most important factor, but to minimize style of play is foolish. After all sports is entertainment. |
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Post by BBFran on Sept 17, 2022 12:26:58 GMT -6
Focus on “style of play” is what happens when a program has been so thoroughly gutted that you can count the attendance on your fingers and toes. Inevitably, some culpable fool in the offending athletic department, trying to avoid again the hard work of actually building a program, says “Let’s get somebody that ‘plays fast’ with, ooo, ooo, lots of dunks! That’ll bring the fans back!” Nah. Winning brings the fans back. Legitimacy as a program brings the fans back. Style of play is what floundering administrators talk about. Few things are as ugly to watch as a bad team “playing fast” on its way to another loss. Or a bad team playing slow. See the common theme?
Lundy may or may not “play fast”, build the program and win. But only the last two matter. If he accomplishes the last two while playing fast, that’s fine.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Sept 22, 2022 20:21:16 GMT -6
Bought Lindy's this week.
Interesting Vin Baker Jr is 2nd team Horizon League. Most on this board doesn't have him as a starter.
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