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by **Pony_Fan** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:22 pm

We've seen the worst now, we'll see if it gets any better.

I think the best basketball we've seen so far was against A&M. Was the team more hyped for them? A&M beat a nice Baylor team. We played close with UTEP.

I'm guessing we'll be 2nd to last or last in conference. Possible wins, at home vs Rice, Tulane, maybe So. Miss, or Cal State.

3-5 wins in conference max. I just don't see any road wins at all.

Yippee.

by **Charleston Pony** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:10 pm

I predict we won't attain the 20-10 "complete reversal" that Doherty had hoped for this season

by **The XtC** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:19 pm

I stand by my original prediction. A month ago I said 3 more wins in non-conference, and 3 in conference. Since then we beat Colorado and TAMUCC, and UCSB should be the third. The 3 conference wins will be Tulane and Rice at home, and 1 other I cant predict. At some point a team will come to Moody and take us for granted, then have a poor shooting night, and we'll pull an upset.

In regards to Texas A&M, it wasnt about how we played. The Aggies play down to the level of their competition, and have all year. Look at their other scores. Florida A&M, McNeese, Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston State, Kent State, Rice, and North Dakota (A D2 school) all played the Aggies as close or closer than SMU did.

by **Pony_Fan** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:28 pm

That is fair, but I think the team played well (for themselves) overall against A&M - even if A&M played down to our level.

3-13 in Conference

9-21 overall

Doh was being super positive. Hopefully McCoy and Williams don't quit on us totally down the stretch. GP claims they will be gassed.

by **Charleston Pony** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:41 pm

I think these guys will find a way to match last year's 10-20 finish. Not sure where the 5 wins will come. I guess that's why I still follow this team...wondering when the next win will come. Maybe tonight?

by **Tipoff96** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:58 pm

I predict 3 more wins this year. So I guess that makes my prediction 8-21 for the regular season (if I have the math right). 8-22 if you count a first round conference tourney loss.

So that means 8-22 this year; 10-20 last year; 14-17 the year before that during Coach Doh's era. That's a combined 32-59. Our records going the wrong way and our recruiting classes have improved. Smells like a coaching issue to me. I know the team is young - lots of new faces. I know they need time to gel. It's going to take time - I get that. But I guess in my gut I just feel like we should be good enough to be young and win more than 8 games in a season.

by **PoconoPony** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:50 pm

I stand by my prediction made one win after the SMU tournament that 8 wins is the maximum we could achieve this year. At that time we still had much of the pre-season to play. At this point, we will not hit 8 wins and any conference win will be considered an upset. This group simply does not have the front line players with the stength, stamina and scoring ability to complement the back court and win. Mustangs do not have the horses.

by **Charleston Pony** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:22 am

OK...that's 6 wins. Plenty of home games left and I still can see this bunch winning 4 more. Question is can they win one on the road? Marshall might be our best chance. It all comes down to whether the guards are hitting their perimeter shots. I keep waiting for a game where WE shoot a strong percentage from 3 - rather han our opponents.

by **PoconoPony** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:08 pm

Charleston Pony wrote:OK...that's 6 wins. Plenty of home games left and I still can see this bunch winning 4 more. Question is can they win one on the road? Marshall might be our best chance. It all comes down to whether the guards are hitting their perimeter shots. I keep waiting for a game where WE shoot a strong percentage from 3 - rather han our opponents.

I hope you are correct and I am wrong; however, I'm still stuck on no more than 8.

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