Beat Oakland City University yesterday.
Click here or Eddie will send your liver to a small school in IN
I never heard of Oakland City, but they beat Miami Middletown last season.
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Fwiw, they’re picked to finish last in the MVC. We also play Indiana St. this season (#7):
- Drake (52) 646
- Bradley (1) 542
- Southern Illinois (1) 537
- Missouri State 418
- UNI 416
- Belmont 388
- Indiana State 344
- Murray State 324
- Valparaiso 234
- Illinois State 186
- UIC 109
- Evansville 68
Miami is picked second to last in the MAC, though honestly I don’t think anyone knows what to expect with this team.
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Have we ever been picked to finish the conference this low? We’re a wild card now so I can understand being second from last.
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Yes, I’m pretty sure one year in Cooper’s tenure we were picked to finish dead last
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Oakland City and Huntington (?) are exhibition games. First real game is Miami.
Evansville and Miami kind of mirror images. Both with new coaches and lots of new players.
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Have students needed tickets in prior years? They’re free, but still, the last thing Miami students need is to make it harder for them to attend.
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No, it’s a recent change and I dislike it. It’s hard enough to get students there, making them fiddle around with a website or app is just another barrier as opposed to scanning their student id.
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Eh…they all have phones…not hard.
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Way more than you want to know about Evansville’s exhibition win over Huntington University. Looks like they play a lot of guys, starting five unsettled.
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Wait, wait, wait
Miami is opening the season on a Monday night at 8:30pm as part of a double header.
Pfffffttttt. HAHAHAHAHA!
What marketing genius thought that’d be a good idea? Only time I remembered Miami tipping midweek after 8pm was vs Michigan at Millett. And ESPN2 or U was covering it
And their game thread:
I’m cautiously optimistic for this first game. I’m worried about what we’ll be able to do with the amount of injuries we have, but if there was a D1 team to start the season against in our situation, it’s Evansville. I don’t feel like we have a shortage of talent, but we definitely have a shortage of experience and healthy bodies. I’d put us much better than the coaches poll, but with definite room for improvement. I think by year 3 or 4 we’ll be a consistent top 3 team in the conference, and it starts by getting the young guys some experience with the pace of college basketball.
Any guesses on the starting 5?
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I thought guys were just a bit dinged, Etzler on injury reserve?
Mehki does not look 100%, and Mo’ Safford, Kamari and Harrison nursing some nagging injuries, but all practiced last week?
PG: Mehki
2G: Mo
3GWing: Kamari
SF/BF: Harrison if healthy, or Morris if there’s a power forward matchup or **Lewis as 3G/Wing **.
BF/C: Anderson or Harrison
Not sure how Evansville plays which will dictate 4/5, if had to guess
I assume he’ll go with guys that have at least seen action in D1, then adjust.
Rotations on new, young guys with older/existing will be interesting on the balance of experience…with Tatum, Smith, Mabrey, Rylee etc.
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Ours or theirs?
Smith started against Morehead
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Are you holding out on us?
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Yes.
Lewis injured in car accident. Ok soon.
Williams possibly at risk academically.
Miami -8
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Just curious where you are getting this information from?
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Billy…b/c guys were not avail correct, like Kamari?
Billy is my first guys off bench though ;-)…and not sure if he’s challenging Lewis or Kamari for time…have not seen game time.
Just saw your update/post - Well based on that, move Billy up into that 3G/Wing spot. Bummer on Lewis and Kamari.
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