This feels like last year. Overall, an improvement in our roster and I can't fault Madsen for being handcuffed by the prior regimes' failures.
It's just really hard to get a sense for what to expect any given year -- as everyone else is saying -- due to the drastically changing rosters. I'll just wait for Fall, hope our freshman guards are even better than their high school accolades, and cross our fingers we make it to March next year.
Hard to know what to make of all this. Seems as if it may be a net improvement in size, efficiency,
and defense. Last year seemed to be a bunch of inefficient scorer types that struggled against longer, more athletic teams. The pattern seems to be guys who were talented out of high school, rode the pine at a P5, then proved themselves at a lesser D1. We're definitely not throwing down big money for bona fide P5 talents. Madsen is playing money ball and I hope it works. Would love to hear him say what went wrong last year and what his approach is this year.
BTY, how has the NIL freeze at Cal affected MBB? Is it just aimed at FB. Beyond keeping Adrej, I don't see an expensive roster here...
Dizzying. We field a new team every year, none of whom ever dreamed of being a Golden Bear. Just a bunch of hired guns you hope will have chemistry. I admire and appreciate the work WFC does to introduce them and speculate on potential pluses and minuses, but overall I strain to remain interested. And I miss the posts from Coach Madsen’s mom.
Another group of kids with unknown potential. Kind of what I expected given the sub-.500 record we’ve had the past couple of years (and even worse before that).
We just won’t attract proven, good players in significant numbers until we start getting to the NIT / NCAA.
That’s why it’s so important that we keep Stojakovic and Petraitis as a small core to build on. With them, we have a chance at +.500. If they leave, then I’d rather not think about it.
Is Dai Dai Ames not a true Point guard?
What is going with Yeanea?
He tweeted he’s in.
If we don’t defend better, the ceiling is 13-15 wins again.
This feels like last year. Overall, an improvement in our roster and I can't fault Madsen for being handcuffed by the prior regimes' failures.
It's just really hard to get a sense for what to expect any given year -- as everyone else is saying -- due to the drastically changing rosters. I'll just wait for Fall, hope our freshman guards are even better than their high school accolades, and cross our fingers we make it to March next year.
Hard to know what to make of all this. Seems as if it may be a net improvement in size, efficiency,
and defense. Last year seemed to be a bunch of inefficient scorer types that struggled against longer, more athletic teams. The pattern seems to be guys who were talented out of high school, rode the pine at a P5, then proved themselves at a lesser D1. We're definitely not throwing down big money for bona fide P5 talents. Madsen is playing money ball and I hope it works. Would love to hear him say what went wrong last year and what his approach is this year.
BTY, how has the NIL freeze at Cal affected MBB? Is it just aimed at FB. Beyond keeping Adrej, I don't see an expensive roster here...
Dizzying. We field a new team every year, none of whom ever dreamed of being a Golden Bear. Just a bunch of hired guns you hope will have chemistry. I admire and appreciate the work WFC does to introduce them and speculate on potential pluses and minuses, but overall I strain to remain interested. And I miss the posts from Coach Madsen’s mom.
There. I feel better now.
Another group of kids with unknown potential. Kind of what I expected given the sub-.500 record we’ve had the past couple of years (and even worse before that).
We just won’t attract proven, good players in significant numbers until we start getting to the NIT / NCAA.
That’s why it’s so important that we keep Stojakovic and Petraitis as a small core to build on. With them, we have a chance at +.500. If they leave, then I’d rather not think about it.
The Portal gives and the Portal then taketh