BEAT TSUN

[mbenecke]

If we were in a close game, I’d be worried about the officiating. But we aren’t in the same class as our opponent today. We’re down significantly and will probably lose by double digits. I’m gonna blame Huger for failing to prepare this team, not the officials.

[guest44]

Missed free throw for UT, rebounded by the shooter on pure laziness, two passes and a dunk. That’s Michael Huger Basketball in a single clip.

[hammb]

Nice run in some to get back into it. Let's see what they have

[jpfalcon09]

There are flashes of really good basketball followed by periods of WTF was that which ultimately hurt this team in close games. I don't know enough of the ins and outs of basketball to understand if that's a talent or coaching issue, or some combination of the two.

[mbenecke]

Kyle Rowland of the Blade pointed out that Huger is wearing a $590 Louis Vuitton belt for the game today.

He’ll be able to afford lots of snazzy Louis materials when that buyout check clears…

[guest44]

His belt retails for $590 and the person who gave him two contract extensions can’t find a job.

[mbenecke]

Falcons lose 91-77 on the road. Drops us to 10-11 overall and 4-4 in the MAC. Firmly in the middle of the pack.

Mediocrity, thy name is Michael…

[Siborg]

I'm not much of a basketball guy but I have a question. With all the tall'ish guys we have, why is a 6-5 Elsasser the only other 4 we have? At the very least Towns and maybe Agee could play some 4.
6-7: Turner- Obviously he is the starter at 4.
6-9: Felt - Redshirting or injured or just too raw?
6-9: Towns - back from injury but wouldn't he be a decent 4?
6-8: Agee. I love him at 5 but could he give us some minutes at 4? Maybe no mid range shot?
6-7: O'neal. Not mobile enough for a 4 I guess and no mid range shot?
6-9: Etim, raw, no outside game obviously limited to 5 at this point.
6-11: Diarra, raw, no outside game obviously limited to 5 at this point. I'd love to see him in a few minutes a half with instructions to block everything. Why did we recruit a raw guy in his 5th year?
6-5: Elsasser. Does the best he can but is way undersized.

I'd like to see this
1: Metheny, Lightfoot, Curtis (if no Lightfoot), Watson
2: Mills, Curtis, McCombs
3: Ayers, Elsasser, McCombs
4: Turner, Towns, Elsasser
5: Agee, O'neal, Towns, Etim, Diarra. Etim could start for a few minutes to make Agee come off the bench if that is what Huger wants.

[BleedOrange]

Too many phantom fouls in a row for me. CAn’t watch anymore while the refs decide we can do no right and UT can do no wrong.

Nobody ever within a foot of a guy as he goes for a layup and they call a could. MIddle school refs do better than this.

This. This is what makes it hard for me to watch college basketball, especially the MAC. The officiating sometimes gets way overbearing.

[factman]

Pretty much tells it all, when I watched about 3 quarters of the women’s game and 10 minutes of the men’s game!

[hammb]

There are flashes of really good basketball followed by periods of WTF was that which ultimately hurt this team in close games. I don't know enough of the ins and outs of basketball to understand if that's a talent or coaching issue, or some combination of the two.

The thing about basketball coaching is that it isn't always as easy to tell when it's right or wrong like it is with football. Basketball is largely about feel, knowing your team, getting the most from them, etc. There are plenty of times when a run happens and it's easy to say call a timeout, or less easy to say let them play through it. It's not easy for us on the outside to say what they should do until we can see it didn't work. The best coaches always seem to get it right. Call a timeout and prevent a big run, let em play and they dig their way out. Conversely, Huger is almost always wrong. Calls a timeout and it doesn't help, doesn't call them and a big shot turns into a 10-0 run. He's never right.

The most alarming trend has.been this way since his hiring, his players get worse year after year. Juxtapose the 2 best SG we have had in the past 20 yrs. Keith McLeod was given more responsibility and took more shots as his tenure here went on. Still his percentages improved. Conversely look at Justin Turner under Huger. As his responsibility and usage increased his efficiency fell off a cliff. This has been the case for Dylan Frye, and now samari Curtis. Huger always puts just a touch more than they can handle on his best guys. Until they graduate and are less efficient and worse players than they were as sophomores. Curtis's numbers got worse under Huger than they were at Evansville and are now worse again. He's gotten to the point where he's a losing player...as is nearly everyone huger gets his hands on.

[Falconwriter]

Huger is a mediocre coach who does not develop the talent he recruits, and certainly doesn't have a good feel for the game (too much).

[Diemilkweed]

God I wish Curtis could finish at the rim. He has 0 touch. He gets there so well. Gets layups against any team, any time he wants to. And misses them almost every time.

And if he could hit those, he'd be open enough to take GOOD 3's instead of the wild s**t he takes now.

He also has bad tunnel vision. You can tell 5 seconds before he drives that he is going to. You can tell 2 dribbles before he pulls up for a guarded 3 that he's going to.

[guest44]

We have 5 players allotted for the 5 spot. If Felt is also a center which I’m sure he is, we have 6. None capable of playing together. Like usual the roster management makes no sense. The in game coaching makes no sense. Somehow NCAA Division 1 basketball has 100 teams more incompetent than this. Thus, the reason all BGSU basketball coaches get atleast one contract extension and BGSU never even sniffs winning anything of substance. Rinse and repeat each winter.

[hammb]

We have 5 players allotted for the 5 spot. If Felt is also a center which I’m sure he is, we have 6. None capable of playing together. Like usual the roster management makes no sense. The in game coaching makes no sense. Somehow NCAA Division 1 basketball has 100 teams more incompetent than this. Thus, the reason all BGSU basketball coaches get atleast one contract extension and BGSU never even sniffs winning anything of substance. Rinse and repeat each winter.

This.

The roster is absurd. I mean Hugers first 4 years where he refused to even use his scholarships were probably even dumber but this roster makes zero sense.

We don't really have enough at wing/SF, so much so we're relying on an a walk on. Meanwhile we have 5 true Centers, half of whom cannot even see the court.

I'm a believer in positionless basketball in the college ranks, especially for the MAC. Don't need true 3-4-5 slots but to accomplish that you should be loading up on exactly the players we DO NOT have. A MAC team should have at least 4 rotation players that are 6'4-6'8 athletes. Guys comfortable shooting, attacking, and finishing. Ayers would fit in that. Turner is also fine as a rotational guy that fits that bill but he's a guy I'd prefer in the back half of those 4 not a starter.

Yet again it's like Huger has zero clue what a modern basketball team looks like. Still his actual coaching acumen is even worse than his roster construction.