spartan2785

I don't think it's a bad idea. Gonzaga is a bad example, they worked themselves into a position where they could take on those challenges, women's basketball is also very different, you see a lot less upsets in women's basketball, there just isn't the distribution of talent. There is a lot of upheaval at OSU, and it would be a good idea to pause the series until the Beavs get their feet under themselves again. I don't want to see that series become a joke like the football game is now. That's just my opinion.

I don't think Oregon should be ahead of A&M, A&M has a win over Notre Dame on the road, that alone should put them ahead of the Ducks, which would be fine with me since I want the number 6 slot.

The 5 stars never do well in their first year here. Walker, Ware, Bittle, Evans all major disappointments in their first year. Bol Bol is the only one that actually looked like a top 25 freshman in his first year. Amazingly I think we miss Bamba, he was our best perimeter defender, he's tough, he can play bully ball, he took care of the basketball, Simpkins is a better scorer but a much much worse defender, he can't rebound and doesn't get to the rim well against these better teams. Last year's team had a ton of flaws, but they were experienced, Angel, Bamba, Barthelemy, Cook all multiyear starters, we now have a bunch of guys who either haven't played at this level, haven't been starters, or they've never played D1 basketball.

Basically the team is very very average at best, a lot of guys who haven't improved and nobody who has come into the program who can be a difference maker. Our two best players can't play defense together on the pick and roll. Bittle isn't athletic enough to hedge out and Shelstad isn't big enough or quick enough to get around the screen. We really struggle to defend when those two are at the point of attack. Opposing guards killed us. I miss Dante.

If the team doesn't improve massively this is Altman's worst team since his first season. I don't see them as a top half team in the league. I doubt they get close to a tourney bid, they'll have no good non-conference wins as they will get blow out by Gonzaga if they play even close to what they have shown in the last two games. The thing that I'm most frustrated by is the lack of basketball IQ, they don't look like they know how to play team basketball, they don't look like they know what the scheme is offensively or defensively, that's on the coaches, both in identifying talent and in coaching the team to be ready at the start of the season.

I hate to say it, but I think he has nobody but himself to blame, he didn't recruit the right players, they just aren't very good. He's done a horrible job getting them ready. I think he struck out on a number of his targets and panicked when he got Lin, Demir, and the other player from Turkey. He must have struck out on a number of freshman since we don't have a single one that is playing.

Down by 10, 51-41. Ugly, bad defense, Shelstad has had a good shooting night but he's given it back on defense as he is not big enough to get around on screens and the Aztecs have abused him there, Auburn did the same thing last night. Not a lot of IQ on this team, they don't know have any feel on offense. They've actually had a good shooting night, but as always too many turnovers. We have very little depth as we don't have any guards that are of any worth on the bench. Stewart is alright as a backup big. This is not a great SDSU team, this isn't the type of team they've had in the past, they're 2-2, and they look vastly better than us right now. We can certainly come back, but Altman has so much to work on with this group.

Down by 10, we look putrid, no offensive flow, we don't look like we know what we're doing, been saved by Shelstad going 4-4 from 3. This team is in desperate need of a dynamic offensive wing who is between 6-5 and 6-7. Someone who can go get a bucket.

4 turnovers to start the game out of I think 6 or 7 possessions, that is unacceptable. Edit: 5 turnovers I'm ripping out my hair.

They got destroyed by a very good Michigan team, it's a team we should beat, and really need to beat, hopefully Shelstad and Bittle have better games, and we value the basketball better.

Shelstad and Bittle were not very good in this game. Shelstad especially can't go 4-17 and 1-11 from 3, that's atrocious, he got outplayed by Pettiford big time. I want to look at this half-full, but I really don't know if this team has an extra gear, I think their stars can play better, but I don't see an extra gear that this team is going to get to, they've played 5 games now and they haven't once played a game that you would say they played better than a B-, at some point that's just who they are, a sloppy team that doesn't have great shooting and doesn't move the ball on offense. I was saying the opposite last year, I thought that team could be special and I was proven wrong, so hopefully I'm wrong again!😂

We're a bubble team right now, we don't take care of the basketball, we don't hit free throws, we don't have an extra gear to really up the defensive pressure on good teams. We'll win some games, but we're going to have to improve a lot to compete and win games against good teams. Shelstad has to play better, he has to be a threat to take the ball to the rim, he got outplayed tonight by Pettiford. At times we get bogged down trying to get the ball into Bittle on the block, and it just becomes a struggle. Evans was good in the first half, then just kind of disappeared in the second half. A very frustrating game overall. Can't do anything about it now, need to bounce back and beat SDSU then get a win in the final game.

TAKE CARE OF THE BASKETBALL!!!!!!!! We make so many dumb decisions, passing to guys not open, not being decisive, dribbling too much. Shelstad looks scared to even attempt to drive the ball, he has to be a threat to go to the hole, he doesn't even make an attempt.

Turnovers are just killing us, they aren't even forced, it's just stupid decisions and not being fundamentally sound.

Yes, they closed the half well, encouraging to see. Pettiford is winning the point guard battle, need Jackson to even it out a bit.