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by natwam2547
Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:16 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: 2023-24 Season
Replies: 741
Views: 54267

Re: 2023-24 Season

If this team could hit 3-4 more 3's a game (along with not having those monumental lapses at the FT line) we'd have very little to bitch about on this board. Imagine that?
by natwam2547
Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:09 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: KAEO Matt Cross
Replies: 151
Views: 9915

Re: KAEO Matt Cross

I know you have a job to do, and I appreciate all the leg work. But this signals as you've heard he's got something brewing and we need to step it up or he's gone. they will not comment about what Matt has or has not said - I asked point blank last week and they scooted around the question. I thoug...
by natwam2547
Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: How former UMass players have fared after entering the portal
Replies: 111
Views: 8133

Re: How former UMass players have fared after entering the portal

After the Kelsey fiasco they needed to put out the fire quickly. They wanted a young guy coming off of some sort of success who wasn't scared off by how Kelsey changed his mind so quickly. So it was clearly a meh hire and we got meh results. It is what it is.
by natwam2547
Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: KAEO Matt Cross
Replies: 151
Views: 9915

Re: KAEO Matt Cross

Consider this my Matt Cross appreciation and apology post. I don't know which thread the Matt Cross discussion first started when he decided to come here, but I remember opinions being split on him at the time: good enough to play in the ACC, sign him up! versus Third school in three years, I have ...
by natwam2547
Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: Game 14, 2023-24: at Dayton (1/7)
Replies: 127
Views: 4085

Re: Game 14, 2023-24: at Dayton (1/7)

Sure you'd even take 2-9 from 3 for Diggins, but how many of his looks were clean? Dayton plays good D and mucks it up a bit. I agree with the point about using Cross more in the post. There was one opportunity for Cohen to get him the ball in a good position late and he swung it back out to the per...
by natwam2547
Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:49 am
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: What Good/Great Player in UMass History Do You Believe Deserves More Acknowledgement?
Replies: 42
Views: 1354

Re: What Good/Great Player in UMass History Do You Believe Deserves More Acknowledgement?

I’ll say Monty Mack. He’s not talked about as much as Chaz, or anyone from the glory years. Even Gaffney and Lasme (and even lesser players like Babul and C Lowe) get more shine on this board. Mack was must watch TV. Just wasn’t on a Umass team that won much relative to what he had to follow.
by natwam2547
Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: Game 13, 2023-24: Duquesne (1/3)
Replies: 90
Views: 3692

Re: Game 13, 2023-24: Duquesne (1/3)

Cross banged up. Diggins banged up. Jayden falls on his head while simultaneously falling on DHS foot. Let’s get this game over with.

Everytime Diggins shoots a mid range I think it’s going in. I do not know the last Umass player I can say that about.
by natwam2547
Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:04 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: How former UMass players have fared after entering the portal
Replies: 111
Views: 8133

Re: How former UMass players have fared after entering the portal

:roll: Slick Dick Rick taking any shot he can to get into the heads of Umass fans.
by natwam2547
Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: 2023-24 Season
Replies: 741
Views: 54267

Re: 2023-24 Season

While I feel better about this team than any others the past 9 or so years, I am disappointed about the very weak out of conference schedule. While, before Huggins was fired, the West Virginia game looked like a challenging one, the rest of the schedule was made up of cupcakes. We will have a bette...
by natwam2547
Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: 2024 Recruiting
Replies: 550
Views: 52784

Re: 2024 Recruiting

Rivals has us at #64 with Nate & Lewis. https://n.rivals.com/team_rankings/2024/all-teams/basketball That will obviously change. For instance, Wake has only 1 commit and he's a 4-star and they are below us. Regardless, it's nice to see us up that far and even when we inevitably slide, it should...
by natwam2547
Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:59 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: 2023-24 Season
Replies: 741
Views: 54267

Re: 2023-24 Season

^ I mainly agree. They'll have that 1 no-show game against a good opponent and that 1 head-scratcher against a bad opponent. The rest I could definitely see being close all the way through.
by natwam2547
Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: Game 11, 2023-24: vs Old Dominion (DHC, 12/24)
Replies: 58
Views: 2550

Re: Game 11, 2023-24: vs Temple / Old Dominion (DHC, 12/24)

^ I was referring just to the Siena game. We should (and I hope we do) have a 25 or larger lead in the 2nd half. I would like to see what these 2 (more Majok than Foster) might be able to do with enough minutes to get into the flow of the game. 7'3 guys are hard to find and we need to find a way to...
by natwam2547
Tue Dec 26, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: Game 11, 2023-24: vs Old Dominion (DHC, 12/24)
Replies: 58
Views: 2550

Re: Game 11, 2023-24: vs Temple / Old Dominion (DHC, 12/24)

^ Exactly. I want to see 20 minutes from Majok and Foster. We need to know if they will be any help this year. Maybe Mason gets to play? I would also like to see that. Other than that, everyone have a Merry Christmas and we'll see you in Amherst on 12/30. No Thanks. Gotta keep the regulars fresh. I...
by natwam2547
Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: Game 10, 2023-24: vs Portland (DHC, 12/22)
Replies: 54
Views: 2713

Re: Game 10, 2023-24: vs Portland (DHC, 12/22)

Credit to any of you that stayed up and watched this. I certainly did not. I was hoping to see them "beat the ever loving piss" out of Portland after that collapse against Ga Tech, and that's what they did. Good on them for going for the throat. Looking at the box score, a few things that...
by natwam2547
Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:12 am
Forum: Men's Hoop Forum
Topic: Game 10, 2023-24: vs Portland (DHC, 12/22)
Replies: 54
Views: 2713

Re: Game 10, 2023-24: vs Portland (DHC, 12/22)

I watched from 12 minutes on when the lead was only 67-61. But from what I watched they looked real good. Another subpar opponent but a very nice response. Cohen with the perfect game 9-9/9-9 is great to see. Sure this might bring out a lot of what ifs since they did so well from the line. But I’ll ...