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[boatcapt]

There effectively minor league mercenaries so why not? Cut the teams free of the college they are supposed to represent and let them become the equivalent...

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Thanks for resurrecting this thread. Seems we always want to post negative things about Wheeling and talk about their LONG "pending" closure....

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I recall folks saying this new era of NIL money and effectively unlimited transfers was going to be GREAT for college basketball. While that may be true...

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So that makes four.

Kent's departure along with Spadafora graduation washes the final vestige of Howlett out of the WLU program....

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The poaching will stop when the NCAA steps in and starts hammering programs. This sort of started a number of years ago when a number of high profile...

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Typically that would make him a spot reserve. Someone brought off the bench when you need a specific thing done for a limited period of time. "Do...

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He is a good coach. But I wonder if he's cut out to coach in the new reality of D1 basketball? The days of playing seven guys while you redshirt numerous...

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True...but at least he has tremendous upper body strength!...

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Hahah...I'm sure there is an advanced stats that says he can!!! He's only 5'9", 145 lbs but in The System, size doesn't matter. I hear he has a High...

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Some sage observations:

You can prove anything with statistics, except the truth - George Canning

There are three types of...

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We where led to believe WLU had seven legit .400+ 3 point shooters this year Not even close...we had two This was the worst 3 point shooting WLU team...

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The "new reality" in DII basketball is that teams, and by extension conferences and subsets if conferences are year to year. Gannon under Fee...

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It really depends on what the kid wants. Coming out of HS (many years ago), a place like South FL held no attraction for me. But every kid is different....

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For the WLU Style to succeed, you need to shoot the 3 very well. Don't do that, and you become very average quickly. Period! WLU 3 point shooting is in...

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3-point shooting has been one of WLUs Achilles heels all year. Quite shocking for a WLU team. A perpetual Achilles heal has been having to face teams...

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Advanced stats aside, this was not a good version of WLU. They started the year with some serious flaws and never really got better. Sure, we won a lot...

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Yep...Same thing with the VUU/WLU early season game. WLU wins that game, they are probably stringing new nets at the ARSC in preparation for the Regional...

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Spadafora... Interesting......

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That game actually changed college basketball. Used to be that only conf tourney champs got bids. After this Maryland Screw Job, the NCAA added at-large...

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With only occasional acceptations, WLU has a history of getting manhandled in the Tourney. They sometimes can overcome through insane shooting, but by...