Northern Illinois
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:59 pm
Less than 1 hour until tip off with Northern Illinois can you feel the excitement?
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Definitely taking control as we should this half. Diggs hot and playing much better team defense too. Just got really lazy to end that first half.
Going to be a hell of a battle on the road. We played them close at the Stroh last weekend - I wonder if we'll keep it close and give them our best shot on Tuesday night.Hammer wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:10 am That is the best game we have had from Diggs in his career here. He played with a lot of intensity. Also, we appeared to actually have a plan on how to guard screens. I don’t know why it took this long to fix but it was a much better performance. Mills and Curtis are still playing too many minutes for my liking. If Fulcher can develop into a better shooter he is going to be another Plowden level player for us. I love the way he plays but his shooting percentage has to improve.
Overall it was refreshing to see how we played but can we do the same thing again? We shall see. Kent will be a good litmus test.
I don't think we are going to, but I do think we can. There is more than enough talent on the team to win three games in a row against MAC competition, but there is no consistency right now, so I wouldn't bet a dollar on it. For me, the bigger question is does Huger buy himself a pass with all of the fans/critics if they put it together and win the MAC tourney. As of right now, I think if he doesn't have a championship game appearance, at least, about half the fanbase will think it's time to move on.BPardonMyTake wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:46 am How many "we're going to catch lightning in a bottle" folks are out there? I'm not there yet but they will have my interest if we beat Kent. I made a rule after the first Kent loss that I wouldn't watch us play any team not in the top 8 this year. Worked out great for the Central game but excited for my eye balls to reacquaint with ESPN tonight.
BillyLP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 3:18 pmI don't think we are going to, but I do think we can. There is more than enough talent on the team to win three games in a row against MAC competition, but there is no consistency right now, so I wouldn't bet a dollar on it. For me, the bigger question is does Huger buy himself a pass with all of the fans/critics if they put it together and win the MAC tourney. As of right now, I think if he doesn't have a championship game appearance, at least, about half the fanbase will think it's time to move on.BPardonMyTake wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:46 am How many "we're going to catch lightning in a bottle" folks are out there? I'm not there yet but they will have my interest if we beat Kent. I made a rule after the first Kent loss that I wouldn't watch us play any team not in the top 8 this year. Worked out great for the Central game but excited for my eye balls to reacquaint with ESPN tonight.
we did not win this gameBPardonMyTake wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:06 pmBillyLP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 3:18 pmI don't think we are going to, but I do think we can. There is more than enough talent on the team to win three games in a row against MAC competition, but there is no consistency right now, so I wouldn't bet a dollar on it. For me, the bigger question is does Huger buy himself a pass with all of the fans/critics if they put it together and win the MAC tourney. As of right now, I think if he doesn't have a championship game appearance, at least, about half the fanbase will think it's time to move on.BPardonMyTake wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:46 am How many "we're going to catch lightning in a bottle" folks are out there? I'm not there yet but they will have my interest if we beat Kent. I made a rule after the first Kent loss that I wouldn't watch us play any team not in the top 8 this year. Worked out great for the Central game but excited for my eye balls to reacquaint with ESPN tonight.
Right that’s the thing is it would absolutely buy him a pass, one might argue a permanent pass barring any disasters if he wants to stay here for a long time.
Sounds crazy to even talk about making a run in the mac tournament let alone winning it but that’s essentially all we have to hold on to at this point. I’d agree with the majority that Huger just isn’t it and he hasn’t exactly built a winning culture. But there is always the small small chance we catch a heater at the right time and make a run in the tournament given the talent he’s been able to put together.
Side note we were down 29-20 with around 90 seconds left and it’s 29-28 at half. I had it on mute but i assume a flagrant was called there towards the end on the Curtis fast break giving us 2 ft’s and the ball.
I think we win this game!