A conference full of teams like this is the worst type of conference to be in...good riddance.

That was not an at-large killer in any sense. But our margin for error just tightened. Missouri State is a very, very good team. You can basically hand Mosley the Larry Bird now.

We have a lot of question marks on the offensive end. The scoring drought to start the 2nd half hurt. And Lucas getting his 4th foil early in the 2nd half killed us. No one on our team can contain Mosley other than Lucas. Really, no one in the league has been able to contain Mosley.

Sucks that our home winning streak is out the window. Regroup and go on a winning streak

Why would a conference ever allow their refs to go into a game with that mindset?? Basically they were looking to decide the game themselves from the start.

For as good as our overall shooting looks, when you look at some individuals, it's kind of alarming.

Marquise has made one three since the Covid break.
Hutson is 1/9 since the break
Schwieger 3 for his last 19
Uguak was 0 for 9 before today, now 1/12
Tate is 3/12

Outside of Lucas and Braden it hasn't been too pretty.

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Someone who actually deserves some kudos is Saint Thomas. He had some valuable minutes, played decent defense (which has been his issue), and he hit a contested 3 that woke the place up. I don’t think he’s far from contributing more. With his talent, that would be huge.

This upcoming week is massive and will tell us a lot. Win all 3 and we're essentially right back where we were...on top of the Valley and looking good for an at-large bid. Lose 1 and things become a lot more murky in both regards. To lose 2 or all 3 (which I seriously doubt) would be disastrous. By this time next week things will be a lot clearer one way or another.

And I second the Saint praise. He looked much better defensively today and he just brings a level of confidence and swagger offensively that we need when we get in shooting/scoring slumps like we've been in.

Our 3 point shooting is a massive concern. Our offense needs guys like Schwieger to hit 3s. I've kind of given up on Tate on the offensive end. He reminds me of Uguak in Uguak's freshman year--seems nervous, out of control and turnover-prone whenever he gets the ball.

Dana Ford must get a bonus for beating Loyola. He seemed to be more amped up than usual and yelling and berating his players when they were up by 20.

MoState took the win with gracious style, NOT. Dancing and doing jigs on the court after time ran out just to piss off the student section.

I hope we kick their ass in Springfield in February. MoState and Bradley are two rivalries I'll miss when leaving the Valley because of their pure animosity towards our program.

I like him getting tough baskets down low, but I'm not sure what up with his shooting. Just all out of whack. I hoped he would find something that clicked after a summer of workouts.



He actually might get a bonus for a top 25 win...

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They beat a top 25 team on the road that has dominated the conference, made the sweet 16 and final 4 in recent years. If our Ramblers knocked of Wichita @ Wichita way back when, I'd expect us to do the same. It's a program defining win when you beat Loyola now...that's a big compliment to us.

Plus they have no student section whatsoever so must be a new concept for them

But I will say that their guys staring down our bench ever bucket made in the 1st half was a bit much.