Games thread- MEN'S BBall opens season hosting Eastern Washington (Mon., 11/4/24; 7:00 PM MT; ESPN+) and No. Colorado (Friday, 7:00 PM MT; ESPN+)

[Goose]

Oh, and ESPN+ commercial breaks are gonna make me miss the P12 Network by game 4 at the latest.

Need more PGs.

 

[DBT]

Impressed with Rancik and Baskin.

 

[SewallBeach]

Any opinions on guard play? I’ll hang up and listen.

 

[Goose]

Any opinions on guard play? I’ll hang up and listen.

Need more PGs.

 

[Buffnik]

Looking around the Big 12... wow. Everyone blew out their opponent except UCF., who barely squeaked by #13 aTm. #8 Baylor vs #5 Gonzaga tipping in about a half hour. Hope to see a **** bailer win because that's the type of result with what else is going on that could make the Big 12 a 10-bid league this year.

 

[Buffnik]

Any opinions on guard play? I’ll hang up and listen.

RJ and Ruffin should be our starting backcourt.

 

[Preston Slaughter]

Did any of the younger guards see time?

 

[DBT]

Tad: “Not sure I’ve ever been more disappointed with a win in my career.” He said the altitude got EWU in the second half and if not for that we’d have had 26 turnovers.

Tad: “We gotta get better.” He isn’t happy.

 

[Heywood]

Oh, and ESPN+ commercial breaks are gonna make me miss the P12 Network by game 4 at the latest.

Need more PGs.

I’m absolutely giddy that I don’t have to watch the blue screen alternating between the mountains and the ocean while the dramatic music plays for 1:30 at every break

 

[DBT]

Poetic that Tad is going for win 300 against Northern Colorado isn’t it?

 

[Medford M.]

RJ and Ruffin should be our starting backcourt.

RJ is just so much better put together than Hammond.

It's hard to believe Hammond has spent four years I'm a college S&C program. He's a skinny fat guy.

 

[ZandiBuff]

Any opinions on guard play? I’ll hang up and listen.

We had guard play?

 

[Darth Snow]

Some nice pieces on this team. But we don't have a lead guard and when teams apply pressure we fall apart. Id kill for frosh McKinley right now. Tads trying to fit these puzzle pieces together but he's missing the ****in corner pieces.

It's not a good sign when in the post game tad says he had no idea who to start out of 11 guys and the starting lineup he used was terrible. And our supposed starting PG played so badly he was benched to start the 2d half.

Things I liked: rancik (he can shoot and he's got moxie), Baskin (he's gonna have trouble against plus athletes but he fights and makes **** happen), Raj (he physically belongs and he's not a walking turnover).

Things that worried me: diop and Dak: 0 development shown.

 

[Daaah]

Wow, I didn't get to see it because it's on ESPN Plus, but we kicked their sorry asses it looks like.

 

[Da Lama]

Well that was nuts. Baskin and Racik are the real deal. Ruffin is a fighter. RJ Smith might be our clutch shooter. Not much of a sample on Malone. Jak is the obvious glue guy. Dak is still raw. Diop and Anderson might be the odd men out. Hammond is asz.

Win-o-Meter:
14

 

[Da Lama]

Saw that CU was trailing at the half and was not even worried and now what do you chicken littles have to say after CU won by 20? Were you trying to give Darth a hard on with all that doom and gloom?

Did you even watch the first half?

 

[Da Lama]

Any opinions on guard play? I’ll hang up and listen.

Hammond needs to sit.

 

[Da Lama]

RJ is just so much better put together than Hammond.

It's hard to believe Hammond has spent four years I'm a college S&C program. He's a skinny fat guy.

Perfect description. He was soft in HS too. Nothing has changed.

 

[Tony G.]

@Goose was right all offseason. We have absolutely no PG. I had slight hopes that Hammond would show some improvement, but he seemed to regress.
This was the most disappointing 20 point win I've ever seen. Eastern Washington was terrible and they should have beaten us.
I'm going to have nightmares tonight thinking about the conference games. Houston might beat us by 50. I would press this team all day long. We might have some 30 turnover games.

 

[Scotch]

First 15 minutes of that game was about as bad as the Buffs have ever played. Woof. The altitude did get to EW in the 2nd half, and the Buffs also played a hell of a lot better as well.

Their record may not be all that good this season, but I think the Buffs could be a likeable team that will be a lot of fun to root for.