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Post by lmills72 on Jan 18, 2024 21:04:52 GMT -6
Or they'll bring in a new set of NBA level guys to play in front of him. Totally agree UJ. They recruited over him and will do it again when the current frontline moves on. And they should, unless their goal is to sink to the bottom of the Big 10. Sparks is out of his depth. He's living his dream, I guess. But if he decides that dream isn't all he thought it might be, there's probably a school that would take him back ... unless he wants money ... in which case he'll have to go to Eastern or Toledo or some place like that. |
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Post by 00hmh on Jan 18, 2024 21:08:57 GMT -6
We'd take him in New York minute.
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Post by lmills72 on Jan 23, 2024 18:20:35 GMT -6
Not far from where the Cards are playing tonight, Luke Bumbalough is putting together a nice season for the Niagara Purple Eagles. After a 1-6 start, the team is now 9-9, 5-3 in conference play.
Bum is playing 30+ minutes a game, averaging double digits in points, shooting about 40% from 3 for the year, 43% in MAAC play. Think he's also chipping in about 5 assists a game in conference.
Niagara is also ranked about 10 spots better than BSU in the latest KenPom.
Looks like his decision to transfer was a pretty good one, or if it was a Lewis decision to push him out, maybe a pretty bad one.
Those figures wouldn't look too bad on a BSU stat sheet this year.
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Post by zonebuster on Jan 23, 2024 19:57:40 GMT -6
Not far from where the Cards are playing tonight, Luke Bumbalough is putting together a nice season for the Niagara Purple Eagles. After a 1-6 start, the team is now 9-9, 5-3 in conference play. Bum is playing 30+ minutes a game, averaging double digits in points, shooting about 40% from 3 for the year, 43% in MAAC play. Think he's also chipping in about 5 assists a game in conference. Niagara is also ranked about 10 spots better than BSU in the latest KenPom. Looks like his decision to transfer was a pretty good one, or if it was a Lewis decision to push him out, maybe a pretty bad one. Those figures wouldn't look too bad on a BSU stat sheet this year. He showed very little of being able to help us last year. Happy for him he is enjoying some success this year. |
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Post by lmills72 on Jan 23, 2024 20:33:23 GMT -6
Not far from where the Cards are playing tonight, Luke Bumbalough is putting together a nice season for the Niagara Purple Eagles. After a 1-6 start, the team is now 9-9, 5-3 in conference play. Bum is playing 30+ minutes a game, averaging double digits in points, shooting about 40% from 3 for the year, 43% in MAAC play. Think he's also chipping in about 5 assists a game in conference. Niagara is also ranked about 10 spots better than BSU in the latest KenPom. Looks like his decision to transfer was a pretty good one, or if it was a Lewis decision to push him out, maybe a pretty bad one. Those figures wouldn't look too bad on a BSU stat sheet this year. He showed very little of being able to help us last year. Happy for him he is enjoying some success this year. Last year we had better guard play. This year our guards are turnover machines. Bum always took pretty good care of the ball. He certainly has his liabilities, but he would find much more playing time on this year's team than he did last year. |
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Post by CallingBS on Jan 23, 2024 20:35:39 GMT -6
He showed very little of being able to help us last year. Happy for him he is enjoying some success this year. Last year we had better guard play. This year our guards are turnover machines. Bum always took pretty good care of the ball. He certainly has his liabilities, but he would find much more playing time on this year's team than he did last year. Our guards this year also suck defensively. Bumb did too. Bumb was pretty awful last year. I agree with Zonebuster. |
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Post by williamtsherman on Jan 23, 2024 20:57:39 GMT -6
Bum could have maybe made the difference between us being #255, which we are now, and maybe, say, #240. Maybe? And Bum is never going to make much, if any, money playing basketball.
So the most important thing here is that the kid is out further from home at a different kind of school (smaller. private, Catholic) in a different environment (within walking distance of the falls). Hopefully it all works out for him and he enjoys his senior year of playing.
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Post by realitycheck on Jan 24, 2024 10:40:07 GMT -6
Sometimes you just need a change of scenery especially when you feel more pressure playing in your backyard. He was a mental mess every time he came in. Lewis gave him every opportunity in the first dozen games, started and played him a lot and he was a defensive liability and whenever he missed his first three he was toast. Had a few good games usually on the road. I'm happy for him but BSU was not where he needed to finish.
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Post by williamtsherman on Jan 24, 2024 14:28:07 GMT -6
A couple transfer suggestions for Coach I have it on good authority that this effective scorer is not on good terms with his coach:   This guy is flat out unguardable when he is on:  |
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Post by williamtsherman on Jan 24, 2024 14:35:11 GMT -6
Obviously his teammate Jimmy Chitwood is headed for a huge, big school NIL payday, but Rade Butcher is and effective and likely affordable player who is not entirely on board with his current coach :format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64058126/1_7267zxeOjJNGIN-fVgN8WA.0.1501101553.0.jpeg) |
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Post by lmills72 on Jan 24, 2024 18:28:27 GMT -6
If only they were in the portal.
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Post by bsu1 on Jan 25, 2024 10:03:47 GMT -6
Is Jerron Coleman still on the Nebraska roster?
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Post by zonebuster on Jan 25, 2024 10:16:24 GMT -6
Is Jerron Coleman still on the Nebraska roster? Yes. During their games you see him near the end of the bench with a towel draped over his lap or on the outside of the huddle during timeouts. His last appearance in a game might have been the Minnesota game back on December 6th. |
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Post by bsutrack on Jan 27, 2024 18:02:48 GMT -6
Ware has been injured the past 2 games for IU and hasn't played. In the first game against Wisconsin (IU 79, WU 91), Sparks started, played 29 minutes, scored 7 points 2 rebounds, and fouled out.
In today's game, a 62-70 loss to Illinois, Sparks only played 2 minutes (didn't start like against Wisconsin) with no stats. That's right, Ware didn't play at all, but Sparks only got 2 minutes. I didn't watch the game, so maybe he got hurt after 2 minutes, otherwise really bad news for Sparks after encouraging usage against Wisconsin.
Coleman also made a 2 minute appearance in today's Nebraska loss to Maryland (Maryland 73, Nebraska 51). Assuming it was garbage time. Coleman had zero stats in those 2 minutes.
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Post by zonebuster on Jan 27, 2024 18:44:51 GMT -6
Illinois doesn’t play a true center. They look to push at every opportunity. They switch on almost every pick. It appeared Woodson tried to mirror them and went with Walker. Starters all played 30+ minutes. Was surprised Sparks didn’t play in 2nd half. Watching cannot be fun for somebody who has always played major minutes, regardless of the money.
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