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^ and how many D1 basketball schools in the Northeast? Answer: a ton. I don't care what the trend is, do better for the program and for your fans.

Is he at least hearing it from the fans right now? He seems to be comfortable

Tough to tell. He sits baseline at the games and spends some time shaking hands and yucking it up with people he knows. I don't hear anybody yelling his name or anything like that, so no I don't think he's hearing it ...

There are so many reasons why I think FM needs to go. The way he treats players is #1. You don’t see another coach acting that way. It’s old school and ineffective with most players. 2) Defense- we’re almost dead last in fouls per game, and guessing not tops in steals, blocks or opponent’s shot ...

I'm throwing in more support for Bettiol. I disagree that he's one-dimensional. He's our leading scorer and our leading rebounder. What else do you want from the guy? He doesn't block shots and turns it over too much, but he's been great and totally not deserving of the constant berating from Frank ...

^Good stuff. I hate piling on Wimbley because this isn't his problem, it's directed entirely at Frank and his staff. Statistician Evan Miya has a similar stat called BPR. Wimbley is dead last on the team at -3.33. He and Luka are the only players with negative offensive and defensive ratings. For ...

...I also think his assistants are afraid to speak up and point out things to him during the game for fear of getting screamed at like Kellog and Nelson did and ultimately get shown the door after the season. Most good teams have a great coaching "staff" not just a great head coach - Frank talks ...

Juice has a lot of good points. Insult & deflect blame.
Bad energy & vibes around right now. I'd be curious what fans walking out of that game yesterday would say about the atmosphere & game day experience


as one who was there I thought the atmosphere was great (during the game) as usual the ...

After yesterday's home loss vs Bowling Green, both Warren Nolan and Bart Torvik now have UMass predicted to finish at 18-12 overall and 9-9 in conference, putting them at either the 7 or 8 seed in the conference tourney. Any more "unexpected" or "bad" losses (and I say that because it seems like we ...

Watched Frank's presser...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mViaXkmBkZg
... and came away with a feeling like this could be a dangerous point in time this season.

No one stepping up to take ownership. Players seemingly not responding to what he's been talking about. Etc.

Absolutely. Feels like a ...

This quote here in the Gazette perfectly illustrates Frank's hypocrisy:
“We haven’t fixed our problems… If we can own our problems, maybe we can win a game. Then we can start regaining a little confidence and feeling good about ourselves, rather than walking around with our feelings hurt , like we ...

^Now there's an idea, Sheck. Clearly Leflar knows what he's doing. Give him those resources.

Hey, they tried that Robbie Avila screen play today! Jayden set the screen on the left side freeing Banks up for an open 3 attempt. It didn't go in, c'est la vie

^ 100%. Good post.

And yes, the MAC-SBC challenge is considered an OOC game counting towards our regular season record.

First off, the athletic department is a wreck with football leading the charge, so I'm not defending the program.

With that said, I'm not 100% sold on this. He says he lived 20 minutes off campus, which seems like a stretch. 20 minutes is quite a way outside of campus. I initially thought "oh maybe ...

I've said it before, when we have certain lineups on the court, we are easy to defend. When Marcus is out there with Danny and Jayden, you put your best defender on Marcus, give him help if needed, pack the paint with 2 bigs and leave Danny or Jayden open and let them shoot from the outside.

Have ...