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03-17-2019, 10:24 PM #81
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03-17-2019, 10:38 PM #82
I will pray that if we are stepping on the court, we are NOT quitting. Our kids were sports semi-studs. I never took the glory in that. In HS we had places that would not let us pay for our kids food. It was creepy. It was their thing, not OUR thing.
Having said that, I only got on either kid one time. It was just rec league, and the younger son was overmatched against an older and much larger team. They were middle school, but our team was getting routed, and it was ugly. I caught my son’s eye and said firmly (NOT yelled!) “have you quit?” He never responded, but he kicked back into gear. No shame in losing, but never quit.
He’s so awesome!
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03-17-2019, 10:53 PM #83
I think Texas would be a lot of fun, this team needs practice breaking the press, Shaka is aggressive with that (well was, idk if he still is, didn't watch Texas this year), and couple that with it could be a fun "screw you" to Hayes for choosing them over us haha. I am in the same boat though, could either be very disappointed, or have the ability to make a deep NIT run, these are the cards we are dealt now, so let's take it a game at a time, and focus on Toledo first. It's not where we wanna be, but more practices, and more basketball to hold us over until next season!!
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03-17-2019, 11:14 PM #84"I’m willing to sacrifice everything for this team. I’m going to dive for every loose ball, close out harder on every shot, block out for every rebound. I’m going to play harder than I’ve ever played. And I need you all to follow me." -MB '17
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03-17-2019, 11:20 PM #85
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03-18-2019, 01:01 AM #86
Yes the NIT sucks but it’s better then not playing. I have up in this team 6 weeks ago and was a little nervous about the future. Now I’m excited about the future and look forward to Hopefully 5 more games. The ones who refuse to watch please do us all a favor and stop telling us the NIT sucks. Most of us will enjoy watching our team play and GFYS
If I was going to school for school, I wouldn’t have picked the University of Cincinnati. Dontonio Wingfield
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03-18-2019, 05:34 AM #87
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Wow. Here they have Toledo a half point favorite. Bet the house.
https://images.actionnetwork.com/blo...NITBRACKET.pdf
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03-18-2019, 06:39 AM #88Joel
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03-18-2019, 07:04 AM #89
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03-18-2019, 07:07 AM #90
At the risk of pissing someone off and getting a bad rep comment (oh no!), I’m going to guess that the very few people that keep posting that the the NIT sucks, doesn’t mean anything, and that they could care less, are “younger” folks that have grown up with X always being the top dog and always going to the NCAA tourney. That they have a feeling almost of entitlement when it comes to X basketball. That they are true fans that always back the team win or win. But I question why they feel the need, if they feel that way about it, to even click on a thread titles NIT?
I really doubt that any of the seniors are feeling like being invited to the NIT is a bother, as none of them have any real experience in a D-1 post season tourney. I can’t see them not taking this seriously. I also have the belief that Scruggs and Q are the type of competitors that can’t stand to lose even a “friendly” game of HORSE. I can’t imagine the coaching staff not being interested in doing well. I expect the team to show up.
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