OK, We lost another game we should have won--Youth strikes again !!

I have made up my mind--or what's left of it. We shall shortly start to win some of the type games we have blown, Too much talent here to do otherwise.
Miltyon and Thomas are solid--and have played through each and every game. PM MUST develop MORE confidence in Turk ( Other teams would LOVE to have him--and NOT to just sit on the bench. He is moving more and more to the basket--thus making him really dangerous.
Keke still must mature--He's coming along slowly but surely.

Our bigs are still a tad behind but Osborne seems to be arriving. Cody is what he is--He will keep working--you'll see.

We need relief for Keke--NOW--but whom will it be ??

Now then, shortly we will see an upset of a ream favored to beat us---Do not know whom it will be --BUT that will be the thing that gets us around the corner--so to speak. I like this team with more to come.

GO RAMBLERS !! Be advised an upset is coming--maybe not right away --but soon !! OK , come out of your caves , guys !!

We're still here Brot. Sometimes it just takes a bit longer to recover from these losses. We're now entering the difficult stretch of the schedule. I'm hoping that we see a few upsets. I'm not optimistic...but I'll keep hope alive

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Between a few of these tough losses and the weather, there's been a lot of frustration this winter...

I say we beat ISUb on Wednesday. Might even put some $$ on it.

I sound like a broken record, but if we bring it, we can beat anybody in the MVC except WSU. Problem is, we've only played well in maybe 2.5 of our six league games.

ISUb is good, but we were in the game at their place. It's time for guys to step up.

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At a minimum, we need to win 1 of the next 2 games. We're at home and need to defend our house. I will be more than thrilled if we wake up on Sunday having won the last two, but realistically, I think that's too much to ask for.

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If we can do that, we would actually be in decent shape for staying out of the cellar. We would have a realistic shot at 8 or 9 wins if we can pick up the third one by Saturday night.

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I very much want to stay out of the cellar. Given the issues we've dealt with this year, if we can avoid Thursday night, I'll consider this year a success. Baby steps...

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Yeah, these next three games are going to be daunting. I think if we play our A game against ISUb, we've got an outside shot. Coming off their high-profile loss at Wichita State, I think the Sycamores are going to be either be chastened (unlikely) or really pissed off and looking for someone to beat on. UNI is somewhat unsteady on the road, having lost at Ohio, George Mason, UWM, and Southern Illinois. Their only road win, however, was a 27-point beatdown of the team that beat us by 5 on Saturday.

And as for playing at Wichita State, I'm just hoping no one gets injured, either physically or psychically. If their five starters were unavailable, we'd still be big underdogs. Just for the record, their biggest home win margin against a DI team this year was 22 points against Bradley-- but that's mostly because Gregg Marshall ususally calls off the hounds in the last 10 minutes, as he did against ISUb. I only hope they don't try to send a message about their dissatisfaction with us as the new member of the conference by engaging in a public stoning.

The best case scenario would like MSU last year. Punch them in the mouth and just withstand the barrage...come close to pulling it out. I'm expecting a 15-20 point loss at WSU. Anything closer would be gravy.

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