Our transformation to a Bob Huggins Cinncy style program is . . .

[sonofdaxjones]

nearly complete.

-FT shooting is a joke.

-All Body All Airport team without substantial basketball skills.

-Terrible court prescence and decision making.

-Ugly it up as much as possible and hope we can outboard and out defend the other team

The only thing keeping us from a complete transformation is that Frank actually tries to run a few high school level plays/offensive sets.

[michigancat]

-winning

[sonofdaxjones]

Yeah . . . we beat 3-2, about to drop from the Top 25 team.

Got worked like little bitches against Ole Miss.

[michigancat]

Yeah . . . we beat 3-2, about to drop from the Top 25 team.

Got worked like little bitches against Ole Miss.

their losses are to elite teams.  Glad the effort was there tonight - hadn't seen it before.

[sonofdaxjones]

Forgot to mention

-Extremely LBBIQ players.

[michigancat]

Forfot to mention

-Extremely LBBIQ players.

Dayton is "elite" . . . LOL @ cRusty.

dayton's losses are to elite teams.

[sys]

dax is amazing.  incredibly sticktoitiveness.

[ksu_FAN]

dax, Deb has a team you might enjoy watching more? 

And is this surprising to you?

[Leyton]

Yeah . . . we beat 3-2, about to drop from the Top 25 team.

They were 2-1 when we beat them, no?  With a win over #19 and a loss to #6? I don't get your 

[sonofdaxjones]

dax is amazing.  incredibly sticktoitiveness.

Thanks sys . . .

Our FT shooting . . . seriously, seriously??  

F Estroball . . . I couldn't care less about Estroball . . . call me if they make the Final Four (I won't ever get that call).

[fatty fat fat]

 

[Oklahoma_Cat]

If doing the opposite of what dax wants = winning, then i'm fine with that.

 

[PCR]

Dayton is a Tourney team.  This is a great win.  

Meanwhile we play ugly, and I expect we'll look a lot diff at the end of the year.  The returning players are carrying the team, but that might change by B12 play.  Our FT shooting isn't terrible, just a couple players who need to learn how to make them under pressure.  

We'll see.  Dec. is a brutal schedule and could produce some meltdowns or pleasant surprises.  

[sonofdaxjones]

I'm just looking for hints that we're going to do something beyond 4th or 5th in the conference and a cup of coffee in the postseason.

3 for 11 from the floor out of Kelly/JHR/Judge

JamSam played well . . . then goes 2 for 7 from the line.

12 for 26 out of Jake and Denny . . . I guess if they fire it up enough we've got a shot at something.  Denny . . . 5 for 10 from the line.

[Oklahoma_Cat]

be sure to pick-and-choose from games to make your case, dax.

you must have missed the previous games, where kelly/jhr have played solid.

no team is "in sync" 5 games into the season.  GMAFB, LBBIQ'r.

[Leyton]

3 for 11 from the floor out of Kelly/JHR/Judge

Just checked, and this is the first year of cats hoops for all of those dudes, bra.  You didn't really think that Wally was the next Beasley, did you? (LOLz) Chillax.

[ksu_FAN]

I'm just looking for hints that we're going to do something beyond 4th or 5th in the conference and a cup of coffee in the postseason.

3 for 11 from the floor out of Kelly/JHR/Judge

JamSam played well . . . then goes 2 for 7 from the line.

Kelly's game was an anomoly.  He's shown he'll play better, plus his minutes were limited with foul trouble.

Judge, Hen-Rob are FR.  And Judge made plays when we needed them.

And we still killed them in the paint even without that.

What I've seen is if play with this type of defensive intensity and we get our guards and bigs going in the same game we can beat a lot of people.

[sonofdaxjones]

We're always "out of sync" more than just about any other team in the country at this time of year . . . then we we get it (dare I say it) in-sync by the time conference season comes around.   Hopefully this turns out to be a quality non-con win we've sorely missed the last couple of years.

[sys]

we can beat a lot of people.

yeah, fun game.

[sonofdaxjones]

3 for 11 from the floor out of Kelly/JHR/Judge

Just checked, and this is the first year of cats hoops for all of those dudes, bra.  You didn't really think that Wally was the next Beasley, did you? (LOLz) Chillax.

Nope . . . didn't think that at Leyton.  

I am chill . . . but craptastic basketball during significant stretches is still craptastic basketball, and part of it is driven by the fact that we've got a bunch of LBBIQ players on our team.

Nice Foul Jake!!

[Pett]

Talking heads, talking heads, talking heads!!!

SethDavisHoops
Great game going on bt Dayton and Kansas State. Wildcats are up 7 with 2 mins to go. This is why I think B12 could be best league in U.S.

franfraschilla
Junkyard dog game between Kansas State and Dayton. Wildcats by 4 in a game that will have much meaning in March.

GaryParrisSnyder Headed for a nice ending between No. 18 Dayton & Kansas State. If you care, and if you have ESPNU, I'd advise tuning in. KSU is up 74-70.

GaryParrisSnyder Great shirt from a Kansas State fan in the stands in Puerto Rico. His shirt reads: "I miss Manhattan."

GaryParrisSnyder Final: KSU 83, No. 18 Dayton 75. Nice win for Frank Martin, who is proving he's more than just the guy who coached Mike Beasley.

franfraschilla
Frank Martin gets a great win for Kansas State and the Big 12 and he slmost smiled!

And we just beat a top 20 non-con opponent (first time since 2000), I'm not gonna argue....

[catzacker]

jfc, dax.  this was a really good win for a variety of reasons, but most importantly because it was the opposite of a loss.  

p.s. that coach'em up Dayton team shot 59% from the FT line.  

[sonofdaxjones]

Great logic Zacker . . . the other team really sucks at FT, so lets keep them in the game with our $hitty FT shooting.   

[ksu_FAN]

dax I'll give you this, the timing and subject matter of your meltdowns is unlike anyone else. 

[feralchat]

They played Friday night and Frank worked them for three hours yesterday. Legs weren't going to be there, especially against a hard-nosed defensive team.
Effort was much better today than it's been all year. But, yeah, need some polish.

[catzacker]

Great logic Zacker . . . the other team really sucks at FT, so lets keep them in the game with our $hitty FT shooting.   

with all the sh*tty things we did, we beat a  good team on a nuetral site.  but by all means, be pissed about it.  we're the angriest fans in america for a reason.

[JTKSU]

This thread actually makes me miss the daily pillow fights between Ben and Dax.  Nice of Dax to assume the sourpuss role stangely vacated by Rusty for the night.

[sonofdaxjones]

Not pi$$ed at all . . . I am glad we beat what will likely turn out to be a pretty decent but not great Dayton team.  

Next time, just do a few little simple things (that it seems like we can hardly ever do) and we run away with this game by 20.

LOL at FranFrisch . . . if there was ever a guy who appreciated ugly ass basketball it's Fran.

[Oklahoma_Cat]

We're not going to blow any team out by 20+ once conference play starts.  Doesn't mean we're not a good team...just not a team capable of blowing other teams out.  I'm ok with that.

[WillieWannabe]

was our FT shooting better today?? Seemed like it to me, but i could be mistaken.

Also, Dax if you want to meltdown about something, try Samuels "kick"