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Post by austinace on Jan 20, 2024 20:49:53 GMT -6
…Curious if Mr. Haffner isn't wishing he'd stayed at EIU. He sure played better in that league under Marty. The MVC is the ninth best conference in the country according to the current NET rankings. The OVC is just rated 27th out of 33 D1 conferences. So there is a big difference in competition. bracketologists.com/conferences/
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Post by tjwx4 on Jan 20, 2024 21:02:34 GMT -6
Ok ok ok! Did anyone think we would win this game? No I did not. This team is still learning. I have had season tickets for 6 years this is the best team that has been on the floor. McCarthy had a better team but we all know how that ended coach got canned and a mysterious back injury ended Williams career with UE. Lickliter was a joke. Ragland is the right man for the job. Should’ve been the hire instead of Walter. It’s okay to be upset but this team has twice as many wins as last year. These are kids playing a game if you don’t want to root these kids on than zip it and go root for someone else. Bitching nonstop doesn’t help anything.
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Post by austinace on Jan 20, 2024 21:43:03 GMT -6
So the teams in the current top 100 NET rankings that we have played are:
#4: BYU (L 55-96) #24 Indiana State (L 73-87) #29 Cincinnati (L 58-76) #55 Drake (L 48-97) #72 Bradley (L 50-86) #100 UNI (W in OT 91-89)
Southern Illinois is #102.
UC, ISU, Bradley and Drake we played without Ben. Early on when we lost Ben the games were closer (but still not competitive), lately they are outright (36+) blowouts.
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Post by 6thman on Jan 20, 2024 22:08:51 GMT -6
Could be that Chuck Bailey 3 isn't in good condition. Thought the jump to college was not a big step. Got as many fouls as points. Aces OOC schedule compared to who they're playing now is night and day. Take a deep breath Rome wasn't dismantled in a day.
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Post by goacesgo on Jan 20, 2024 22:17:33 GMT -6
Ok ok ok! Did anyone think we would win this game? No I did not. This team is still learning. I have had season tickets for 6 years this is the best team that has been on the floor. McCarthy had a better team but we all know how that ended coach got canned and a mysterious back injury ended Williams career with UE. Lickliter was a joke. Ragland is the right man for the job. Should’ve been the hire instead of Walter. It’s okay to be upset but this team has twice as many wins as last year. These are kids playing a game if you don’t want to root these kids on then zip it and go root for someone else. Bitching nonstop doesn’t help anything. Voice of reason, I remember not to long ago we couldn’t even give out all of our scholarships or were scrambling to find players. Losing to Prairie View. Someone said idk if we have improved or not, to late we have even if we don’t win another game!
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Post by municup14 on Jan 20, 2024 22:38:28 GMT -6
There is no reason to lose a game 97-48 to a team in your conference. That is a unacceptable .
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Post by thevampire5 on Jan 20, 2024 22:46:33 GMT -6
It's time to bench Strawbridge, Thomas and Bobe and start giving the minutes to the underclassmen, I don't see how Ragland can justify playing those 3 after losing by 49 points! No pride, No determination by this team, and Ragland thinks he's changing the culture of Aces basketball?? I don't see it. None of them appreciate what an honor it is putting on the Aces uniform.
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Post by 65pointgame on Jan 20, 2024 23:44:38 GMT -6
Ok ok ok! Did anyone think we would win this game? No I did not. This team is still learning. I have had season tickets for 6 years this is the best team that has been on the floor. McCarthy had a better team but we all know how that ended coach got canned and a mysterious back injury ended Williams career with UE. Lickliter was a joke. Ragland is the right man for the job. Should’ve been the hire instead of Walter. It’s okay to be upset but this team has twice as many wins as last year. These are kids playing a game if you don’t want to root these kids on then zip it and go root for someone else. Bitching nonstop doesn’t help anything. Voice of reason, I remember not to long ago we couldn’t even give out all of our scholarships or were scrambling to find players. Losing to Prairie View. Someone said idk if we have improved or not, to late we have even if we don’t win another game!
This is a fan board and some might find it therapeutic to come here and let off some steam about the recent play of the Aces. No reason to tell people to go root for someone else. We are all rooting for these kids and most of what you see here is a critique of their play---and that is commonly why fan boards are created. We have been supportive of the ACES through thick and thin...and mostly the latter lately. Stating player X deserves more playing time over player Y is not a personal attack on Y --- it is simply a caring fans opinion.
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Post by evilleintentions on Jan 21, 2024 7:48:52 GMT -6
It's time to bench Strawbridge, Thomas and Bobe and start giving the minutes to the underclassmen, I don't see how Ragland can justify playing those 3 after losing by 49 points! No pride, No determination by this team, and Ragland thinks he's changing the culture of Aces basketball?? I don't see it. None of them appreciate what an honor it is putting on the Aces uniform. But hey they do some good Instagram videos. After reading through some of the comments by Aces fans on here saying we are bitching and being too hard on ‘the best team’ we’ve had, that’s the exact problem. We don’t o expect or demand excellence. We are satisfied with ‘a few more wins’ and make excuses for 50 point losses. Accept mediocrity and complacency and that’s exactly what you will get. Our fan base has really become weak and lowered expectations to an all time low. Hell, at this point it’s probably time to drop to D3.
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Post by bballjunkie on Jan 21, 2024 10:33:07 GMT -6
Accepting mediocrity is what landed this program in the shape it’s in. Look at Drake, they used to be a bottom feeder too but now they beat us by nearly 50 (Fifty!!) points. It is inexcusible to lose so many games in blowout fashion where the team simply does not compete. Ok ok ok! Did anyone think we would win this game? No I did not. This team is still learning. I have had season tickets for 6 years this is the best team that has been on the floor. McCarthy had a better team but we all know how that ended coach got canned and a mysterious back injury ended Williams career with UE. Lickliter was a joke. Ragland is the right man for the job. Should’ve been the hire instead of Walter. It’s okay to be upset but this team has twice as many wins as last year. These are kids playing a game if you don’t want to root these kids on then zip it and go root for someone else. Bitching nonstop doesn’t help anything. Voice of reason, I remember not to long ago we couldn’t even give out all of our scholarships or were scrambling to find players. Losing to Prairie View. Someone said idk if we have improved or not, to late we have even if we don’t win another game!
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Post by purpleaces on Jan 21, 2024 10:48:31 GMT -6
Ok ok ok! Did anyone think we would win this game? No I did not. This team is still learning. I have had season tickets for 6 years this is the best team that has been on the floor. McCarthy had a better team but we all know how that ended coach got canned and a mysterious back injury ended Williams career with UE. Lickliter was a joke. Ragland is the right man for the job. Should’ve been the hire instead of Walter. It’s okay to be upset but this team has twice as many wins as last year. These are kids playing a game if you don’t want to root these kids on than zip it and go root for someone else. Bitching nonstop doesn’t help anything. That's the difference between a season ticket holder of 6 years to a season ticket holder of 30 years. You don't understand how it was. You say people are crying all you want don't really care. There is no reason for this program to lose to a conference team by 50. Absolutely no reason! If you look at our losses they are lopsided that is a problem. When all your losses are blowouts you have a problem. Yes we won more games in the non con against weak teams there is progress but there is no reason to get blown out of this league.
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Post by aceloverlarry on Jan 21, 2024 10:49:24 GMT -6
There’s just no excuse for a 50 point beatdown. ISUr, Valpo, and Mo State all got blown out but kept it within 20 of them. There’s no reason we shouldn’t have been capable of that too. Poor gameplan combined with a lack of heart and effort from the players led to that outcome. Both players and staff need to be a hell of a lot better on Tuesday night.
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Post by municup14 on Jan 21, 2024 11:07:08 GMT -6
Quitters lose,winners continue to fight.
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Post by evilleintentions on Jan 21, 2024 11:49:55 GMT -6
Many examples of new coaches coming in and having immediate success. This shouldn’t be a 10 year plan here like the NFL Colts. Bowling Green is 14-4 and lead their league. New coach. Last year they were 11-20. If you don’t demand excellence, you will not achieve it. Ragland can talk about a process all he wants and learning how to win. That’s hogwash. It’s not hard. Fight like hell, be committed and expect and demand all out effort and you do not lose by 50. I don’t care who you are. There’s an accountability issue on this team. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see it. Excuses are like buttholes, everybody’s got one.
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Post by goacesgo on Jan 21, 2024 11:53:41 GMT -6
All I’m going to say is obviously the talent level is still not to MVC level, i know it’s always wait till next year, but I believe the talent level will get better next year. In year 2 of a rebuild that we couldn’t even get scholarships filled until everyone else had picked over. I’m happy with the freshman and new recruits we have signed. Now in year 3 that beat down would be disturbing. Many on here have been wanting Bailey to start, well how did that work out? Bailey has an attitude problem, hopefully he can figure it out. I will be surprised he stays, but you can thank Wilson for that. I really didn’t see a lack of effort, but saw guys missing shot after shot. Hopefully we get better shooters and our freshmen can develop. What go us to this point is not the fans I can guarantee that.
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