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What’s the pecking order of the best CUSA tie in bowls? In terms of rank and pedigree I mean

Thursday at 5PM
Friday at noon

In the old Alumni Memorial Gym

MT currently holds the second spot in the conference standings and will face off with rival WKU this upcoming weekend to wrap up conference action.

If you are available, it would be appreciated I'm sure if the Raiders had a strong home environment. This is the first time in a few years that the Raiders have fielded a good team.

NORTHERN KENTUCKY
Location: Highland Heights, KY
Enrollment: 15,827
Arena: Truist Arena (9,400)
Website: nkunorse.com
Colors: Black & Gold Nickname: Norse
Conference: Horizon League
Head Coach: Darrin Horn
Record at School: 79-45 (5th Season) Career Record: 250-156 (14th Season)
2022-23 Record: 22-13, 14-6 2022-23 Finish: 4th Horizon
2022-23 Postseason: NCAA First Round
Starters R/L: 3/2 Letterwinners R/L: 8/8
2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

I'd like to take a poll so that the general feelings of what's left of the MT fanbase can be easily quantified. Ask everyone to be completely honest. Ask the following questions:

1) How many were donors or members of the BRAA in the past but no longer donate
2) How many were season ticket holders in the past but are no longer
3) How many would begin donating and buying season tickets if a change in FB head coach takes place?

These are just the questions I came up with. Additional suggestions requested.

Happy college basketball opening day to those who celebrate. Here is my latest edition of "Three Keys For Middle Tennessee," revealing my top 3 factors for Blue Raider men this season.

NMSU -3 and MT, according to ESPN, has a 37.9 percent chance to win

Do any of you really have confidence in McPhee and Massaro not to f$%k up the replacement hire?

Trump says he will seize the assets of major universities to fund free four-year education for all.


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Lady Raiders host Memphis at 5PM
The men open with Northern Kentucky after the women have played, 7:30 or so.

Obviously a hell of a coach and a legend. Being a young buck at the age of 30, I only recall him coaching at Texas Tech. He was an enigma IMO. The players that played for him and stayed with him at IU seemed to love the guy. If you haven't seen it, Outkicks Dan Dakich has a fantastic breakdown with great stories.

Zero chance Bob Knight's antics would fly in today's social climate.

-Team has played two “secret” scrimmages: ETSU a couple weeks ago, UT Martin this past Saturday. Middle traveled for both.

-ETSU scrimmage was won by a lot. Leading scorer was Jestin Porter.

-Martin scrimmage was won by not much. Leading scoring was Elias King.

-The starting lineup I expect to see on opening night: Cam Weston, Jestin Porter, Justin Bufford, Elias King, Jared Coleman-Jones.

-Porter seems to be the guy who is thought to have improved the most this offseason. Averaged 19 ppg at Tyler JC (same school Jimmy Butler started at, so has volume-scoring capabilities. He went 10 ppg his first eight games last year but production fell off after that, scoring 4 points or less in 17 of his final 25 games. My thing with Porter is that he needs to play with another guard to be effective, and he rarely got that opportunity last year. Guard depth seems better this year, so hopefully a big leap is due.

-Tre Green has taken a major jump and will be a significant part of the rotation from game 1. Possible front runner for sixth man. Could be the best jump shooter on the team after King and maybe Jordan.

-Jalen Jordan looked better yesterday than the first practice i went to a few weeks ago. He played against Martin in small increments. Will be a special moment when he takes the court for the first time since 2021. Still probably best to be cautious with expectations but I think best case scenario is he could be a contributing rotation player by conference season.

-The coaches love Jacob Johnson, 6’5 wing out of LIU. He will not light up the box score but you feel his presence when he enters the game. A dirty work utility knife player. Good cutter, defender, makes the right plays. Good kid. Positive influence on the locker room. Think he could be top 5-7 in minutes this year.

-No major takeaways on the rest of the wings. Elias looks stronger and maybe even taller. Ty Mosley is a pretty good spot-up shooter.

-Center room is in a good spot, present and future. JCJ looks strong and athletic. Ogundele is a physical low-post force the program hasn’t had since Brandon Walters. Loofe looks like a freshman but you can see the glimpses, he might be a P6-level talent one day. Think the early rotation will be 20 mins for JCJ and the remainder split between Ogundele and Loofe. Ogundele’s conditioning and Loofe’s development will be the factors in how those splits change throughout the year.

-I expect this team to be very good defensively. They are tall, long, athletic, deep, embrace physicality, and show good instincts on where to be when. An open shot is tough to come by when they half-court scrimmage in practice.

-The jury is still out on offense. Dishman was so limited post-injury but he was a big part of the offensive identity with his ability to handle and orchestrate at the elbow as the 5. JCJ and Ogundele are much better physically but I wonder if they can how well they can fill that role. They really need their guard play to be as good as it was in 2022. Need one of Weston or Porter to be an all-conference player, and need one of Green or Jordan to be a starter-value guard off the bench the way Weston was in 2022.

-I do expect the 3PA:FGA ratio to be higher this year. Whether they can hit them at a higher rate is TBD, but they do have the personnel to emphasize shooting more than they did last year.