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Ted Thompson
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Posted: 11/5/2025 4:25 PM

Use this thread to talk about anything game-related. For away games, we'll have a separate travel thread.

Date: November 6th, 2025 7:00 PM

Opponent: Illinois St.  (0-0)

Site: Convocation Center

TV/Webcast: ESPN+

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Illinois St. message board:  RedbirdFan.Net

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Posted: 11/5/2025 6:29 PM
They return two all conference players.

KenPom has them #122 in the nation; the Bobcats at #164

Team Rankings: 118 and 142

Sagrin: 122 and 164

Clearly, our guys can't have big slumps during this game and have a chance.
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Posted: 11/5/2025 8:35 PM
Just read the Blue Ribbon entry for ISU, and boy do they sound like a tough team. The team grades are as follows: Backcourt, A; Frontcourt, B+; Bench/Depth, A-; and Intangibles, A. One player that stood out to me was Jack Daughtery, a 6-8 starting forward who shoots 3s and had 59 last year. He only averages 6.3 ppg, but ranked second on the team for 3-pointers and has an overall shooting percentage of 47.3. This just looks to me to be the kind of tall, lanky, outside shooter that might give us fits.

Ohio's grades, by comparison are: Backcourt, B; Frontcourt, B; Bench/Depth B+; and Intangibles, B+.

So, we are ranked a little lower than ISU, but the game is in our house, so it could be competitive. Let's get that first win. Go OHIO!
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Posted: 11/6/2025 6:54 AM
Need to find a way to win this one. Can't lose two at home to start the season.
What a day at the Convo.....Wow!
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Posted: 11/6/2025 7:51 AM
Long feature story on Ryan Pedon and the Redbirds program in the Dispatch a couple of days ago but no mention by the Columbus writer that said team would be playing down the road in Athens a few nights later. Today's journalism, SMH.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 9:00 AM
We'll need to utilized our frontcourt depth more for this game. Hopefully, Boals adjusts how he manages minutes.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 10:05 AM
Opened as Illinois St -1.5 but has moved to Ohio -1.5. We have fared very poorly in these toss-up games recently.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 11:34 AM
Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more
Opened as Illinois St -1.5 but has moved to Ohio -1.5. We have fared very poorly in these toss-up games recently.
This is surprising to me, I was thinking it would move the other way.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 6:59 PM
Connors getting start tonight over Elliott.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 7:04 PM
FJC31 wrote:expand_more
Connors getting start tonight over Elliott.
Elliott is in street clothes…
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Posted: 11/6/2025 7:25 PM
Ball moving well. Conners looking good in the first 10 minutes.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 7:32 PM
Conners showing a lot more to his game than I thought he had. Good court vision, getting to the rim. Really like the Pavs-Conners-Kelly-Hadaway-Simmons 5 so far.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 7:55 PM
Jesse Burris welcome to the Ohio scorers book.

Also, JJ Kelly (3 boards), Kuany (4 points) getting in there.

Ayden, welcome to the dog house. It’s hard a one to leave.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 7:57 PM
53% on FTs…. Unacceptable
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:01 PM
Also, do we get out rebounded because we miss so many FTs? Take those 6 misses and the rebound numbers are pretty similar
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:07 PM
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
Conners showing a lot more to his game than I thought he had. Good court vision, getting to the rim. Really like the Pavs-Conners-Kelly-Hadaway-Simmons 5 so far.
+1 on Connors. Really thought he was just a catch and shoot guy.

Doesn’t seem like we’ll see Breath and Simmons on the court at once. Appears to be 1 for 1 sub there.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:08 PM
Bobcat Tattoo wrote:expand_more
Connors getting start tonight over Elliott.
Elliott is in street clothes…
Injured or in the dog house?
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:10 PM
Cats5 wrote:expand_more
53% on FTs…. Unacceptable
It's all Breath, though. 1-5.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:12 PM
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
53% on FTs…. Unacceptable
It's all Breath, though. 1-5.
Gingivitis at the line.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:15 PM
If you cannot defend the three and make some threes, you cannot win in college basketball these days.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:16 PM
greencat wrote:expand_more
Connors getting start tonight over Elliott.
Elliott is in street clothes…
Injured or in the dog house?
Back injury
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:17 PM
Folks, my surname is CONNORS.

Dior's surname is CONNERS.

Please get it straight. It bugged me when I saw my name spelled with an "ERS" and it probably bugs Dior when you spell his "ORS".
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:17 PM
Here we go😒
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:19 PM
Now that we’ve had 6 quarters to digest, how we feeling about the new floor?

I thought I would hate the dark / light changes within the 3 point area, but I think I kinda like it…? Or am indifferent cause it’s fine… I like the paw and the wood grain green. I would’ve just kept that.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:23 PM
M.D.W.S.T wrote:expand_more
Now that we’ve had 6 quarters to digest, how we feeling about the new floor?

I thought I would hate the dark / light changes within the 3 point area, but I think I kinda like it…? Or am indifferent cause it’s fine… I like the paw and the wood grain green. I would’ve just kept that.
I love it on tv but haven’t seen it in person yet. I’ll fall into the “fan” category
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