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Postives, negatives from OU's season
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One more positive. OU is bringing a solid recruiting class that should help for next season with two top 100 shooting guards and M'Baye. M'Baye was the leading rebounder and scorer on his Wyoming team. These three players should help immediately with the depth concerns.
One more negative. OU has 6 juniors on its roster including 4 starters and its current 6th man. This will negatively impact OU after next season.
One more negative. OU has 6 juniors on its roster including 4 starters and its current 6th man. This will negatively impact OU after next season.
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It's interesting, but I've never heard any negative comments about him from prior coaches or teammates (not that I've been looking...). I don't get the impression he was a locker room problem or anything.
Plus, all you hear from OU coaches and players about him are good things.
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I just think it's an inconvenient question no one wants to tackle.
Oh, I'll try. M'baye left because Wyoming fired the coaching staff that recruited him. They had found him in France,brought him over,sheperded him thru prep school and developed a relationship with him.
I have no idea what the new staff is working with or who they brought in. They must be doing a good job. What does any of that have to do with M'baye?
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And this comes from one of the more pessimistic posters.
No, I'm an optimist. I predicticted that this years team would win 7 conference games. My rosey outlook got me way to high on them.
that certainly had an impact
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He's still listed as the second leading scorer. 
Different year with him here, that's for sure.
Different year with him here, that's for sure.
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Positives:
1. A year into LK's system for the players.
2. A year being taught by a true teacher of basketball.
3. Everyone of significant note (sorry, Washington) is back next year.
4. A year for LK to deduce precisely what he'll need for next season.
5. A year of recruiting and making or re-establishing connections in the region.
6. It most likely can't get worse next season.
Okay...that was all a bit gratuitous but also true.
Negatives:
All of the obvious.
Most notably the reaffirmation of the idea that 'returning starters' or returning rotation players is not always a great thing. That said, top 5 plus M'Baye and one of the freshman 2-guards, plus a hopefully improved Neal is a better 8 than we had this year. Arent might improve some as well and the 2nd of those freshman 2-guards has to be near equivalent to Blair. Sorry...I am pretty down on Blair.
1. A year into LK's system for the players.
2. A year being taught by a true teacher of basketball.
3. Everyone of significant note (sorry, Washington) is back next year.
4. A year for LK to deduce precisely what he'll need for next season.
5. A year of recruiting and making or re-establishing connections in the region.
6. It most likely can't get worse next season.
Okay...that was all a bit gratuitous but also true.
Negatives:
All of the obvious.
Most notably the reaffirmation of the idea that 'returning starters' or returning rotation players is not always a great thing. That said, top 5 plus M'Baye and one of the freshman 2-guards, plus a hopefully improved Neal is a better 8 than we had this year. Arent might improve some as well and the 2nd of those freshman 2-guards has to be near equivalent to Blair. Sorry...I am pretty down on Blair.
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They're not just better...they are 10 wins better and thats not only w/o MBaye but their leading scorer from last season as well.
I wouldn't call it solid. It would be nice to have 1 player who was a cosistent top 100 player. We have 2 guards that need a couple of years under them before they are solid contributors, a really good transfer, and a pf who's not going to qualify.
We need a Juco PG. Someone who could challenge Grooms and Blair...also that way we don't have to rely on fresh faces to run the PG position the year after.
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Did some research, Martinez (JUCO transfer) sat out last season due to injury and Washington (transfer from USC) became eligible this year. Basically the Cowboys swapped their leading scorer and M'Baye for a JUCO transfer, D-1 transfer, new head coach and they improved their season win total by 10 (so far). Everyone can form their own opinion off that.
As of two weeks ago they were on the bubble.
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Positives: We have Lon Kruger as our coach!
Right now that is all that matters to me. The season is ending on a disappointing run. But all is outweighed by the fact we have a great coach and better days are ahead. I couldn't say that the last two years.
Right now that is all that matters to me. The season is ending on a disappointing run. But all is outweighed by the fact we have a great coach and better days are ahead. I couldn't say that the last two years.
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Bringing in two top 100 high school prospects or borderline top 100 prospects and a former starter that led his team in both scoring and rebounding is a solid recruiting class. Additionally, the class isn't necessarily finished. OU might add a juco player or two. Plus Henry still might join the team.
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