TV: ESPN/2/U
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Oh good, the game is still scheduled for Tuesday. 
For a minute there, I thought the season had been canceled based on some of the reactions to the loss Saturday.
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Well thank God there isn’t a week until the next game. Clearly we get rusty beyond 4 days between games.
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Bounce back time!!!
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Would love a good drubbing to get us back on track. Bad team we should handle easily. Wonder where the spread will land, Torvik has it a 9.4, Haslam around 12.
Would love for Jacari to regain some form, any guesses when the cast will come off or that just on for the rest of the season?
Plus @haney knows I have strong feelings about papists and their basketball 
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This is our toughest conference game for almost four weeks. Really should go 6-0 in this stretch
@ 82 ND
@ 146 BC
vs 100 Pitt
vs 74 Cuse
@ 103 FSU
@ 134 GT
11-2 would put us in good position. I’d think 13-5 should be good enough for a double-bye, maybe need an extra win to get into the 2/3 game and avoid Duke until the final.
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I’m hoping for a 6-0 stretch from us, and honestly I’ll be pretty worried if we don’t. Stuff happens, but we’re MUCH better than all of these.
Wouldn’t mind a slip up or two from Duke against Clemson, UNC, or Louisville (also maybe sneakily the Syracuse game if they’re looking ahead to Michigan) while we should be coasting. Although maybe we should root for Duke against Clemson to knock them down a peg since we don’t get a shot at them.
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No.
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Really interested to see the Duke- Louisville game with Brown back. I expect it to be close.
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Well, so much for close
Duke on defense just fouls you about five times every possession and they just dare the Officials to call it
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Coach Odom must be lurking on LRA.
If I did my math right, T-Rank implies a 48% chance of going 6-0: Verifying Browser...
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We need to go 6-0. We’re going to get dinged due to our NCSOS so need as clean of a resume as possible to avoid being underseeded. We’re basically a 3-5 seed caliber team but could drop as far as a 7 if we don’t take care of business.
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Markus Burton still out?
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Owen man… get your shit together.
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Um, those numbers are fine…?
Also, small sample size for in-conference games. And the only dude with a massive drop off is Jacari, but he’s coming back from a broken wrist, so…
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For Power Conference (Power 5/4/now expanded) StartersStarters in high-major conferences (Big Ten, SEC, Big 12, ACC, etc.) tend to have higher PERs than the D1 average because of better talent and competition filtering.
- Typical starting player PER: Around 16–22 for solid/everyday starters. Many hover in the 17–20 range if they’re contributing efficiently without huge volume.
- Strong/good starter: 18–23+ (this is common for players who are dependable scorers/rebounders/playmakers and not major liabilities).
- Elite/high-impact starter: 23–28+ (All-Conference caliber; top freshmen stars or veterans often reach here).
- Freshmen starters (especially in recent loaded classes like 2024–25 or 2025–26) can vary wildly:
- Role players/minute-earners: 10–16 (adjustment struggles common).
- Solid starters: 15–20.
- Elite freshmen (e.g., top recruits like those averaging 15–20+ PPG with good efficiency): Often 20–25+ early on, sometimes higher for standouts.