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Post by phearthephoenix on Dec 6, 2023 11:13:57 GMT -6
There's not much time to bask in the glow of Saturday night's beatdown of UWM, the boys are back at it tonight on the road at SIUE.
Lots of GB connections on the SIUE roster - Scott Venci touches on that in his latest article in the Press Gazzette (https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/college/uwgb/2023/12/05/oshkosh-lourdes-star-ruedinger-feels-at-home-with-uwgb-mens-basketball/71806455007/) - including Terrance Thompson, who played 24 games for the Phoenix as a freshman in Will Ryan's first season, went the JUCO route after that and now is in his second season with SIUE.
SIUE has been a fairly efficient offense but not great defensively, GB overall has been the opposite but hopefully can keep the offense rolling after a nice performance on Saturday. SIUE takes care of the ball but they don't force many turnovers either, which is a good thing considering how GB has been prone to some turnover issues so far this season.
First team to 60 might win tonight as both teams like to slow it down and grind it out.
ESPN app has GB as a 5.5 point underdog with just a 23% chance of winning this one. I disagree, Vegas and the metrics can keep on sleeping on this team!
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Post by uwgb540 on Dec 6, 2023 15:45:48 GMT -6
Toss up game here tonight. Let’s keep the momentum going! Go birds
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Post by barnzoboy on Dec 6, 2023 16:56:20 GMT -6
Yeah, I was a little surprised we were 6 point underdogs, looking forward to another great effort with positive results
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Post by bayballer on Dec 6, 2023 17:15:53 GMT -6
Should be another entertaining game. Also nice to see Coach Barone add GB to their schedule, not sure if it’s a home and home but would be cool if he pays GB a visit next season. I don’t get why SUIE is 6 point favorites, they have some okay wins but they’ve gotten blown out by any good team they’ve played, so I don’t know. Not sure what to expect as far as results go, but I’ll continue to expect close games against other mid majors. Seems like one that could come down to the final possession.
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Post by fansincebuss on Dec 6, 2023 18:17:52 GMT -6
Just watching a bit of the Toledo vs Oakland basketball game while awaiting the start of the Green Bay game.I had almost forgotten how much I disliked the Oakland announcers. "OF COURSE"
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Post by phearthephoenix on Dec 6, 2023 21:31:20 GMT -6
Oof, well so much for that. Definitely wasn’t expecting a loss, never mind a loss where GB trailed by double digits most of the second half.
A good reality check for where we’re at in the rebuild.
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Post by GBPhoenix1 on Dec 7, 2023 8:13:04 GMT -6
I'm disappointed and will leave it at that.
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Post by thetulsawarrior on Dec 7, 2023 9:14:33 GMT -6
It is all part of the process. Instant gratification doesn't always happen. This will be a season of ups and downs instead of the diet of consistent downs like the past few seasons.
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Post by fansincebuss on Dec 7, 2023 10:31:10 GMT -6
They never were able to recover from the poor start to the second have. The stats were not as one sided as I expected other than free-throws. The never gave up unlike last year when I thought they threw in the towel too soon.
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Post by bayballer on Dec 7, 2023 12:25:10 GMT -6
Not a terrible loss, SUIE is a solid team and winning on the road is never easy. I would be more upset if they got blown out from the start, but they played well in the first half, just didn’t quite play good enough in the second half to keep it close. These type of losses are going to happen this season.
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Post by GBPhoenix1 on Dec 7, 2023 14:21:02 GMT -6
It is all part of the process. Instant gratification doesn't always happen. This will be a season of ups and downs instead of the diet of consistent downs like the past few seasons. I'd say I'm not concerned that they didn't win. I'm concerned that they didn't play like the team that has been competing in this type of game. SIUE wasn't that good and that was the worst GB has looked against a mid major all year. From what I can tell four different guys got benched for extended periods of time because of how they played.
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