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Post by aceschamps6571 on Jan 6, 2024 16:18:50 GMT -6
Murray St has offense. We keep giving them open 3s and they keep hitting them. Hate to say it, again, but UE has been giving up a lot of open 3s all season. Fortunately, our opponents have missed a lot of them, but those open looks from 3 have been there while our guys are battling inside.
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Post by acepurple84 on Jan 6, 2024 16:19:14 GMT -6
Did they accidentlyh play a repeat game from last year. I am sure it was last year's team playing.
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Post by aceschamps6571 on Jan 6, 2024 16:36:44 GMT -6
Anyone have a clue what this crazy Murray chick is triggered about? The only proper way would have been if Tommy had pronounced it "Whiner" All he does is prance and whine on the sidelines. I guess destroying a Big 12 program will do that to you. Every fanbase has some crazed people. From reading some of her tweets,this woman is a nutcase. I would hate to be seated anywhere near this idiot, and would be ashamed to know her.
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Post by 65pointgame on Jan 6, 2024 17:00:54 GMT -6
The 'White Out' turned out to represent the white flag of surrender. ...or a "wipe out"...
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Post by sect3purple on Jan 6, 2024 17:02:25 GMT -6
As much as I love the ACES, I am outright angry with them today. If we are no tougher than we looked today then we may not win another game this year! I was waiting for Ragland to apologize to the almost 8,000 fans who went downtown to support their Aces. A lot of people were excited and ready to help their injury-stricken team battle the Racers. It couldn't have been more obvious that our team was NOT ready to play.
Wonder who got the belt today? Had to be Bobe with his 4 3-pointers. Probably should have been a somber locker room. Not going to be much celebrating till we toughen up and join the rest of the MVC!
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Post by Incognito on Jan 6, 2024 17:08:53 GMT -6
Horrible effort from everyone. I don't ever want players talking about getting a big crowd again on twitter. I want guys focused and this team is not. Does Marcus still think they are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in the portal lottery? Ask daddysboy. My guess is yes. After all, only Wilson can get the best out of "his guys." But I'll wait for daddysboy to weigh in.
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Post by indymoon on Jan 6, 2024 17:37:14 GMT -6
I’m afraid the issues are deeper than Ben’s injury and players not being ready to play. This offense doesn’t do enough to put players in a position to score and Aces aren’t athletic enough -against good Valley teams - to create (and make) their own shots.
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Post by kyace on Jan 6, 2024 18:33:05 GMT -6
Need to give Murray credit. They played tough defense and doubled down when the ball went inside. They also were hitting their shots including some with a man in their face. The Aces will have problems with quick teams. Lack of quickness is obvious for the Aces with Bailey being our quickest player and it is obvious the hand is giving him problems shooting and controlling the ball. Also without Ben our Big Ben can be pushed around inside.
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Post by goacesgo on Jan 6, 2024 18:38:44 GMT -6
Until we can get at least 2 guys that consistently hit an open 3 pointer our offense will look ugly, Ben was one and that makes a huge difference. With no serious outside threat they can do what Murray State did today. I thought Hafner was going to fill that void, but as of yet we have know one currently.
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Post by Ace78 on Jan 6, 2024 18:39:55 GMT -6
How dare Murray State! After all, the Aces DID show up in their jerseys and take the floor.
That was very embarrassing and pitiful to watch in person today. It appeared UE thought they could just show up, flaunt their big crowd, and then expect Murray State to just hand the win over to them. The Aces played horrible ... bad passes, lots of perimeter passing/dribbling (taking pages from the Lickliter playbook), and, for the most part, they couldn't get near the rim. Murray State was very energetic and had a swarming defense. We couldn't do anything right today. Absolutely NO Ace on the floor being a leader, either. No leadership or "go to" guy.
Also ... thank goodness Murray State missed several layups and open looks, or else it could have been much more of a beat down.
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Post by ibleedpurple on Jan 6, 2024 20:19:21 GMT -6
Disappointed in everything today other than our great fans who continue to show up when asked and when they "see a glimpse" of what could be a much better team than in the past as we are so hungry to see the good ole days return. However, like we have done many times in recent years before when we have a big game and big crowd, we lay an egg.
Murray's players and coaches from the tip had more energy than we did. They were very tough, athletic and solid at the guard positions and simply took it to us. Sure, we miss Ben but he would not have turned this ugly L into a W. Murray is clearly better than their record and they had their A game today.
Our team for sure is better than last year, but we still have a long way to go if we expect to be in the top half or top third of this league.
Time to regroup and step things up.
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Post by purpleaces on Jan 6, 2024 20:36:05 GMT -6
Bailey also needs to stop chirping all the time and play. The word is out on him. Get him frustrated and it's over. He needs to learn how to play under control.
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Post by ibleedpurple on Jan 6, 2024 21:36:02 GMT -6
Bailey also needs to stop chirping all the time and play. The word is out on him. Get him frustrated and it's over. He needs to learn how to play under control. +100
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Post by ATP on Jan 6, 2024 22:47:11 GMT -6
Does this mean we beat the spread? Or is that real butter?
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Post by daddysboy on Jan 6, 2024 23:02:56 GMT -6
Does Marcus still think they are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in the portal lottery? Ask daddysboy. My guess is yes. After all, only Wilson can get the best out of "his guys." But I'll wait for daddysboy to weigh in. I have no idea what the kids are worth. But, I guarantee they’re worth more than zero. Right now, that’s what they’re getting. Again, my guess is we have until Mid March to show some type of action. I don’t think this stretch has hurt them. It has probably elevated Ben, apparently we can’t win without him. The others, we’re in conference play hopefully the fellas will figure it out. Coaches will get better and players will get better…hopefully.
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