Quote from: wadesworld on January 19, 2026, 07:43:11 PMHe's an absolute stud.

I like how aggressive Royce has been offensively as well.

Couldn't agree more, wades.
Nigel will get all the pub and deservedly so, but man Royce has really turned a corner lately with his aggressiveness and finishing at the rim (something this team has stunk at haha). Last season he was a spot up 3-point shooter and that was it, but his strength and tenacity getting to the rim this season has been such a nice improvement to his game.

Add that to the strides Damarius is showing the past month and THAT is really encouraging moving forward. It looks like the game is slowing down for Damarius and the rebounds, blocks, steals (the game-saving steal when we were down 3 with 10 seconds left), and takes to the rim have been fantastic. That's as exciting to me as what Nigel is doing to be honest.

Nigel, Adrien, Chase, Damarius, and Royce lineups are so great to see, and I'm not sure the advanced stats for that 5 but I'd imagine it has to be one of our best from an efficiency standpoint. Really fun night for MUBB.

Quote from: tower912 on January 19, 2026, 08:18:06 PM30+ as a freshman is Markus Howard.

Great game.

38, 8 assists, 1 TO, 2 steals, 66.6% from 3 and 65% from 2. That's nuts.

I can appreciate one sampling the culture of another country. Am absolutely fascinated by Russian history, but when viewed through the lens of judeo-christian ethics, I think the current Russia regime is on the wrong side of history...Not interested in supporting them directly or indirectly..

The win saved my 1-1 trip. MU had won 14 straight games I attended. Then we lost to UConn on NMD last season and fell apart at DePaul on Friday.

Glad Nigel & Co. halted that losing streak at 2 for me!

Quote from: marqfan22 on January 19, 2026, 08:37:42 PMHe missed a huge second free throw. Lucky we didn't lose because of that miss.

Looked from my angle like he missed it on purpose. Will have to rewatch but seemed intentional. I imagine the hope was that there would be more of a scrum and the time would've ran out before Providence got settled with the ball.

Quote from: panda on January 19, 2026, 09:05:53 PMYet we still won. The game was close because we couldn't get stops. We could've went 9-30 and still won if we played a modicum of defense

Providence's last five games they've scored 98 against Uconn, 93 against Creighton, 82 against Nova and 84 against X. They also scored 110 against Butler. They had 94 in regulation today. That's been typical for them lately. Unfortunately for them, they've also given up a crap ton of points.

Marco Rubio just stormed out and shot a manatee in the back of the head (it was probably asking for it)

I'm usually in camp FT no matta, but every miss tonight was significant. Shoot our average and we win in regulation. Shoot what PC did and it's not really in doubt. We overcame a lot to get that win, including poor foul shooting.

Quote from: Tha Hound on January 19, 2026, 08:03:46 PMI'd say Ben has been extremely disappointing. Chase certainly didn't make the jump many projected, but still a solid player. It's been Shaka's insistence on playing some mid major talent that has cost us a few games this year, in my opinion. Not surprising to me that once he stops, we've started playing (very slightly) better.

Could not disagree more on Ben. He's playing really well outside shot making. If he was shooting his normal percentage from deep he'd be our clear second best player.