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    2026 NUSB Thread

    If everyone knew that Oregon had a flight deadline, why did they not start the game an hour or two earlier to have a cushion and avoid this outcome?
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    On the non-call at the end last night

    That definitely was not intentional. If you want to foul up 3, you do it well before the opponent is going up for the shot. I think it’s just one of those times when Gelo’s competitive instincts and desire to challenge the shot overrode his brain. I’m guessing Collins told them to smartly...
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    On the non-call at the end last night

    Glad we got away with it and a big teaching moment because what was Gelo thinking?! Just an inexplicable decision to reach in at that moment. Just keep your arms up and don’t come anywhere close to making contact.
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    Grapplers

    Returning to the original post in the thread, what happened to wrestling and is it fixable? The wrestling program has typically been a solid to good program but has significantly declined the past three seasons and is now firmly at the bottom of the Big 10. I assume that NIL is not a huge factor...
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    Next Year's Here

    I’m hoping Gelo can improve his handle and shot to be more of a threat in the halfcourt offense. He is an elite athlete and could have a strong midrange game with a one or two-dribble pull-up jumper. Right now that is not part of his game and it feels like 90+% of his points are from dunks and...
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    Grapplers

    The team finished 6th in the country in 2022 but it’s been a quick and far fall since then. I know we have had some of our best wrestlers transfer out in recent years, so is that mostly because of NIL or other reasons? And we haven’t been able to bring in top recruits or transfers to replace...
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    Collins seat should be HOT going into next year

    Agreed. I think Page can be most successful as a big 4 rather than a 5.
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    MAYBE only Martinelli is blameless in this trainwreck

    That is very interesting. I wonder if we are dead last in aggregate “luck” by a comfortable margin over the past 10 years. We were in the bottom 10% seven times and bottom 5% four times!! That is being so incredibly bad so often in close games. That is a large enough sample size to attribute...
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    MAYBE only Martinelli is blameless in this trainwreck

    Between expired eligibility and transfers out, I can’t imagine we’ll return many players next season. We only have two incoming freshmen (one of whom just tore his ACL), so Collins is going to have to hit the portal hard to build a roster. The hopeful news is that so many programs have shown...
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    MAYBE only Martinelli is blameless in this trainwreck

    What is the reason? I can’t believe it is a talent issue. No way anybody could reasonably argue that he is not good enough to get at least a few minutes.
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    MAYBE only Martinelli is blameless in this trainwreck

    The Windham thing is so strange. As far as we know, he’s not suspended or injured, so he is available to play and Collins is simply choosing not to play him. When asked about it, Collins keeps saying that he believes in Windham, that Windham did nothing wrong, and that it is purely a coaching...
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    We’re #1 (and #365)

    I’m too lazy to look it up but haven’t we been really low (in the 300s) in the luck rating in most of Collins’ seasons? This is a persistent problem that we haven’t been able to figure out without Boo Buie (and even those tourney teams had plenty of close losses).
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    The worst kind of bad - Talented but NOT TOUGH ENOUGH to finish

    Like most coaches, Collins gets conservative at the end of close games and most possessions finish with isolation at the end of the shot clock. So a lot of the end-game performance is dependent on a strong and experienced PG. With junior and senior B Mac and Boo, we could win some of those close...
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    The worst kind of bad - Talented but NOT TOUGH ENOUGH to finish

    Another loss in a game where we were within a couple of points inside of two minutes. A great effort on the road to take the #12 team to the wire but same result. Other than Wisconsin, we’ve either had the lead or been within a point or two inside the final two minutes in every loss. As the OP...
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    Will WBB win another game this season?

    It’s a sad way for McKeown to end his career. So strange that both he and NU wanted him to coach this year after the past three really bad seasons. And it’s looking like this one will be even worse.
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