I dont think thats his point at all. First off, I dont think anyone "hates" the coach and are rooting for the team to lose- if you are, you arent a fan, you're a masochist. Hes a nice guy, who's over his skis so far.
He should be far more consistent as a junior. Same type of progression you see in lots of freshmen and sophomores. A talented supporting cast hides a lot of those sophomore flaws and we clearly don't have that much talent.
For a team purpose built for defense, we are playing atrocious defense giving up so many open 3s and forcing relatively few turnovers lately.
His fouls are tough calls a lot of the time. He is usually trying to get the ball out of the rebounders hands or after a loose ball. He just needs to not reach, keep his hands up and all will be well with him.
That’s a lot of misery you have. It’s not healthy. All those things suck, I agree, but they don’t make me miserable. I’m sorry they do you.
Just FYI, I don’t care that you’re throwing out some insults here and there. However, when you get insulted back, please don’t ask that others be censored. Allowing free speech means ALL speech (unless you are directly threatening someone’s health/livelihood/etc).
Out of curiosity, how long have you closely followed the team? If you are a couple decades in and have seen some glory and the potential and then have witnessed mediocrity and sun mediocrity since, you might see things differently.
"For me, it moved past misery many years ago - doesn’t hurt.........."
First college basketball team I ever loved was the 89-90 team. Been a Rebel fan ever since, mostly because I grew up in Chicago and in lieu of a natural home-town team, I followed the Rebs because they were cool. Move to Vegas 20 years ago and went to Grad at UNLV.
People handle things differently. One of the primary reasons for starting this site 20+ years ago was for people to have a place to vent and a place to celebrate. I don't have a problem with how people handle things. Some people feel the need to vent, have at it. Some people handle it in a different way ... that's fine too. I don't know that there's a right way or a wrong way, there's only your unique way.
Oh, and I wasn't saying you were apathetic because it doesn't upset you. I've definitely veered towards apathy myself. I know many, many others who have as well, and that very group is a big chunk of the regulars that don't attend much anymore. The 7K or so that make up the difference between the 11K regular and current 4k regular.
It’s interesting. I do understand what you’re saying. Acknowledge it’s valid.
i don’t know what game you watched in Laramie but I saw sh*t basketball for about 30 minutes.
I most certainly did not call that game any kind of quality basketball 😂 it was hideous.
I had an existential moment as a UNLV basketball fan from that game.
Kudos to Wyoming, they played their asses off. Absolute nothing to be ashamed of..except the air balls.
It could, that’s for sure 😁 I hope we show up. but it will be interesting to watch regardless. Trip like this is a chance to show growth and character for a lot of guys.
Or alternatively, everyone except SDSU and maybe Boise are mediocre and have been propped up by inflated OCC schedules and that the leagues "NET" ranking doesn't actually mean anything because the majority of the teams are overrated and while it makes for competitive league play, they're all equally bad.
Exactly. I think the bottom is better, the top is a bit weaker, middle is about the same. It’s not a good conference. I supposed we could play up the great MWC, so finishing 7th is actually an overachievement?
SDSU should be the only team to get in unless they don’t receive the auto bid. But likely it won’t happen and we will get 3 teams in that don’t deserve it.
They screwed up the season badly enough … and this wouldn’t make up for it … but you’d think that UNLV would take it as hard motivation to end their season hopes. It’s sad when your season becomes playing a spoiler, it’s really bad, it means you had a pathetic, underachieving season, but it nice for them to put on their big boy pants for a change and finish out the season with some effort.
I'm happy that this is happening. I referenced the culture issues that are going on at Wyo and how kids are being used as the scapegoat
This is all on point. As of those in the portal rn, I really want Roddie Anderson III from UCSD. Maybe I'm biased because hes a California kid and I know him personally but hes a dog! For those interested, look him up. Averaged about 13, 4, and 4.
