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Wufan,

You are 100% correct in your observations. Until the lineup change is made we will only be maringally better than last year. The reason I'm so concerned about the starting 5 is because Marty rarely (sometimes never) changes it. And he always goes with the starters down the stretch.

Tom Servo wrote:Wufan,

You are 100% correct in your observations. Until the lineup change is made we will only be maringally better than last year. The reason I'm so concerned about the starting 5 is because Marty rarely (sometimes never) changes it. And he always goes with the starters down the stretch.

Tom, as usual, you are exactly right. The reason Marty started the same five players, and used them down the stretch, is because he viewed them as the best five players on the team. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, he will realize that last nights starting lineup was not the five best players on the team. Realize also that the three new players will have to prove that they are better than last years starters, and realize also that it will be a cold day in hell when he does not start his son.

SIU crushed the sisters of mercy or something yesterday 102-55. Sounds like the newcomers looked pretty good as a whole and Barry will have the option of playing a big line-up.

Wufan wrote:SIU crushed the sisters of mercy or something yesterday 102-55. Sounds like the newcomers looked pretty good as a whole and Barry will have the option of playing a big line-up.

The Dawgs let some girls score 50 on them?

WSU had a secret scrimmage with TCU yesterday. The only thing I heard is that we whipped em.

ACECARD wrote:

Tom Servo wrote:Wufan,

You are 100% correct in your observations. Until the lineup change is made we will only be maringally better than last year. The reason I'm so concerned about the starting 5 is because Marty rarely (sometimes never) changes it. And he always goes with the starters down the stretch.

Tom, as usual, you are exactly right. The reason Marty started the same five players, and used them down the stretch, is because he viewed them as the best five players on the team. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, he will realize that last nights starting lineup was not the five best players on the team. Realize also that the three new players will have to prove that they are better than last years starters, and realize also that it will be a cold day in hell when he does not start his son.

What's the Villanova transfer's game like? How big of an impact is he capable of making?
Overall, I like Evansville's team and think they ought to finish top 4-5 but I think so-so PG play might be a limiting factor.

PantherSigEp wrote:

Wufan wrote:SIU crushed the sisters of mercy or something yesterday 102-55. Sounds like the newcomers looked pretty good as a whole and Barry will have the option of playing a big line-up.

The Dawgs let some girls score 50 on them?

Especially shameful since they apparently bused from New Mexico to Carbondale after playing the day before.

siudawgs wrote:

PantherSigEp wrote:

Wufan wrote:SIU crushed the sisters of mercy or something yesterday 102-55. Sounds like the newcomers looked pretty good as a whole and Barry will have the option of playing a big line-up.

The Dawgs let some girls score 50 on them?

Especially shameful since they apparently bused from New Mexico to Carbondale after playing the day before.

They actually played Thursday and Friday in New Mexico. Tough enough for any team to play 3 games in 3 days this early in the season......add in a 16 hour bus ride before the 3rd game and Carbondale Middle School could have beat them. SIU obviously wanted an opponent they could trounce to provide a false sense of optimism to the kool aid drinking fans. If the program wanted any benefit out of this game, they should have at least waited til Sunday to play. Just as our football opener against Taylor hurt us more than it helped, the easy defeat of University of St Mary could do the same thing. False optimism is a dangerous thing for any program. Hope Mario gets the NMSU job and leaves Carbondale ASAP.

Wait so who did they actually play this weekend? Sisters of Mercy sounds like a monastery not a college that includes academics and athletics to interfere with the Lord baby Jesus.

Saint Mary, an NAIA program from Kansas.