Purple Pile Driver said:

Hello Sunshine. Welcome back from your exile.

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NUCat320 said:

Lots of B1G trashing late in the broadcast.

But the era of 18 (?) team conferences means that there will be lucky, powerhouse-dodging teams every year.

(A quick glance at Tennessee’s schedule shows wins over 5 of the bottom 7 teams in the SEC, and a loss to bottom-feeder Arkansas. I think Alabama is their only currently-ranked win. Their best non-conference win was 6-6 NC State.)

I wish yesterday’s game had been interesting. 🤞 for good games today.

Bring on promotion and relegation in the mega-conferences!

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techtim72 said:

For a labor of love it is amazing how talented the group is. They are superb sports writers and analysts. Now if they could just get NU FB to open up some more.

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Purple Pile Driver said:

I am quite happy smug Cig got knocked down a peg. I am even happier they missed the two pint conversion.

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Hungry Jack said:

Hard to see next year’s team competing for a tournament spot with 5 first years coming in. Only one or two of those guys looks to be physically ready. We will need a transfer big and a transfer guard to have any shot at a tournament appearance.

Our experience has shown that we need three legitimate scoring options to compete, and at least one of those has to be a guard. I’m skeptical of Hunger being a consistent threat. We will miss Matt’s defense terribly next season.

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Hungry Jack said:

Hard to see next year’s team competing for a tournament spot with 5 first years coming in. Only one or two of those guys looks to be physically ready. We will need a transfer big and a transfer guard to have any shot at a tournament appearance.

Our experience has shown that we need three legitimate scoring options to compete, and at least one of those has to be a guard. I’m skeptical of Hunger being a consistent threat. We will miss Matt’s defense terribly next season.

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SmellyCat said:

In a way, it's a lot like 1994 was for football (without the gambling, of course). Part of why 1995 was so special is because 1994 was NOT a particularly good year W/L wise, so the jump, when it happened, seemed way bigger than it was. 2022 was similar. We were very close to being good enough, but for whatever reason just couldn't make the jump. Then 2023, boom, it all came together.

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gocatsgo2003 said:

Stone is a grad transfer.

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techtim72 said:

For a labor of love it is amazing how talented the group is. They are superb sports writers and analysts. Now if they could just get NU FB to open up some more.

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clarificationcat said:

in Nance’s senior year, the team was very competitive and lost a bunch of close games in the last few minutes. If they had just hit clutch free throws, they would have been .500 in the conference. Put senior Audige and Buie on that team and they win some of those close games. Audige shot 25 percent from 3 and 33 percent from the field in his junior year. And he was battling a back injury and was not as effective defensively. Lowery is great but we have won some very high scoring games because Boo or Audige took over down the stretch.

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CoralSpringsCat said:

I also look at it as a way to support the efforts of Lou, Matt, and MFitz for all they do. I understand they are not looking to get rich and it is mostly a labor of love, but every little bit helps. All those articles and interviews take a lot of time and effort.

It’s critical we support @mshelton33 as he is the future of Wildcat Report.

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