SLC starts - vs. HBU

[NSU2003]

Lady Demons get a good win over a gritty HBU team that probably still had last year's SLC title game on their mind...start 1-0 in SLC play for the 4th straight year.

Men's team I thought was gonna be ok once we started SLC play but they look very sloppy and still doesn't play defense or rebound...same story, different season. About to get blown out in our own gym by HBU as we look erratic and it seems that undisciplined/careless play has become a trademark of Coach Mike's teams.

[purplestorm]

Even w Jalan the team wouldn't be as good as we'd like for them to be. We just don't have "it" and haven't had "it" in awhile. Stunningly, not only have we lost to an NAIA team, we have yet to defeat a Division I basketball team. To add to our woes, we just completely got run out of Prather by a team that won't finish in the top half of the SLC. Our defense is beyond terrible and until that issue is addressed and permanently corrected, we could have five Jalan's and Zeke's on the floor ... we wouldn't win the conference or the SLC tourney. In the team's defense, we are limping right now as we don't have several players (Hall, West, Koontz) on the floor, but as I just stated, until we play defense, it's a moot point. We will be lucky to win 6-10 games at this rate. My how NSU basketball has fallen. Sad. 

[NSU2003]

Let me rephrase...I know we're gonna have difficulty after losing Jalan. My problem is we consistently have, the past 3 seasons, the worst or one of the worst defenses not only in the SLC but the country. That is coaching.