Davidson is a good choice. St. Louis would provide a good education, a good social experience being in a nice city and a good basketball experience.

The reality is that we have to do the best with what we have.So what is the best course going forward? In my view, play the young guys so they have a chance to develop.JJ doesn't start. Replace him with Eric James. Play our young big men as much as possible so they have a chance to develop. The only upper classman who would get significant time is DC. The rest come off the bench as substitutes. This year is done. Unless we get the young players ready for next year, we will not get out of the cellar for years to come. I'm not saying this will work, but I do know that what we have been doing has no chance of success. AND I would hire someone who can teach how to shoot free throws. I hear that they practice them every day, but I have trouble believing that the practice is being done correctly.

  I was at the game. This provides a perspecitve beyond what is seen on TV.
  Micah couldn't hit any shots in pregame warmup or in the warm up before the beginning of the second half. At the end of the game, I thought he showed leadership. He was talking with team mates, encouraging them and consulting with them. And it was apparent that they were listening to him. The team looked confident before the last posession. 
  Coach Ferry had used up his timeouts before our last possession. Remember that there was a call that the ball went out of bounds off Duquesne when PSU had 3 seconds left on the shot clock. The refs looked at the replay and both teams got an extra time out out of it. We defended PSU's shot and had about 13 seconds to get off our last shot. PSU defended the perimeter well on our last possession. I can't blame the coach. 
  Our foul shooting was abysmal. 
  Powell is overmatched inside. He will be a good and perhaps great player if we can use him as a forward. 
  My comment about Donovan Jack is that Coach Ferry tried to get him to come to Duquesne, but he asked out of his contract when Coach Everhart was fired. After that, Ferry commented that Jack would be a project. I have seen him play against us and also in other games and there is no doubt he would be an asset to our team. However, I can't blame Ferry; he tried to get him. 
  Gino Thorpe played his best game at PSU. 
  PSU pads the attendance figures just like us.
  This was a game between two mediocre teams. 

Bob Knight. Bob Huggins. Suzie McConnell Serio.  These coaches make their players tougher.I am sure there are many others who do the same. A critical part of ccoaching or being a drill instructor is to motivate the player or recruit to do things he otherwise would not do, to go beyond previously set boundries.  It happens all the time. I view coach Ferry's comments after the Pitt game as part of his method of motivating this change. Although he was clearly frustrated, he kept his temper and provided a thoughtful analysis of the situation. I was impressed by that. To see how someone reacts in a difficult situation tells a lot about the person. His demeanor struck a nice balance. 

While it's fun to reminisce about the distant past when Pitt was routinely the underdog, what are our chances of playing a competitive game this year? Pitt seems to be down and we seem to have better talent than in the past, but are playing inconsistently. In 2011, we lost by 11; in 12 it was by 21 and last year by 17. Can we at least play them close? Can we actually win?

I hope he enjoys his college career. He has chosen a good academic university and he has the chance to be a star in the Southern Conference.

Military service is ingrained in my family. My grandfather served in the Marine Corps in France in WWI. My father was in the Army in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. My brother and I served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam era and I have another brother who served in the Army during the same period. The Memorial day services have a special place in our hearts. I am overwhelmed by the bravery shown by other who I met.

I'm not sure what we had with him.  From his brief playing time, I was not impressed. He may have developed or may not have. I wish him we'll .

Now it's apparent why we lost to them previously. As Danny Nee said in virtually every post game interview, "Now it's time to go back to the drawing board."

I do not want Coach Ferry to be a failure. I hope he succeeds. I posted that I thought we would make minimal improvement next year. Who he recruits for next year will go a long way toward determining how we will do two years from now. I have also posted that he has to be given four recruiting years, not counting the first one, because he was hired late. But how anyone can be satisfied with where we are now is beyond me.

The Richmond game is the only one I left early from this year. We had no answer for them. I don't have confidence we can win this game.

We were favored over George Mason.

I bet Rich Spear was laughing his arse off.