Summit League Postseason 2018

[RowdyRabbit]

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I don't see the need to disparage or single out any specific player.

The amount of disappointment is huge after losing a championship game that would send you dancing, and as Coach said, the world goes on, but man, after only a week, that world had not moved on for those young men.

I think the blame can be split into 3.

I blame the AD for putting the kids in that position in the first place. Not sure when bids went in or when USD accepted the invite, but the admin should've asked the players/coach if they were even in the correct state of mind to play, or perhaps they should've been able to tell without asking that they were not in a right state of mind to play that game.

I blame the coaches for not better preparing them once it was decided they were entering this tournament. It's the coaches job to build them back up and prepare them to go out there again.

I blame the players for not doing their part in getting over the woe is me attitude. They may have given it all they had, but it was obvious all they had was a 3/4 empty tank still.

I feel bad for those kids. Last night was not a good representation of how great they were this year.

[RabbitObsessed]

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You guys are the biggest liars in the ****ing world if you don't think his jersey is the only reason you're criticizing him. If he did everything else the same way and was a Jackrabbit, you'd all be defending him. Kid is good as hell, wears his heart on his sleeve, and wants to win.

[MontanaRabbit]

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Agreed. If I was a flight leader at the AFA in charge of hazing activities for the semester, Mooney would have represented a rare and striking opportunity.

Kid's vain as hell too. All this "I didn't do enough" crap. It's all about his performance. I never saw his post SLT comments as coming from a place of humility. It was about how good he thinks he is that his 30 point performance was a bad night.

Agree. If that stuff was happening at SDSU or any other non military institution its out of line. But the AFA is prepping these kids for war. When bullets are flying you can't lock up.

[Mr_Tibbs]

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Mooney is a tool. The article about how he was "bullied" in the Air Force.....good grief. What did he expect?

Agreed. If I was a flight leader at the AFA in charge of hazing activities for the semester, Mooney would have represented a rare and striking opportunity.

Kid's vain as hell too. All this "I didn't do enough" crap. It's all about his performance. I never saw his post SLT comments as coming from a place of humility. It was about how good he thinks he is that his 30 point performance was a bad night.

[OldHare]

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Wasn’t touched by Mooney’s statements at the press conference. During the SL awards ceremony when he was announced all tourney he came on stage but wouldn’t go stand anywhere near Daum or DJJ. Then when they were going to announce MVP he walked off the stage before Daums name was even called. Frankly no class at all.

And I’m personally sick of USD fans calling us whiners. Just listening to their homer announcer last night was sickening. Lucky to have our color guys who keep it very neutral. Listening to that guy complain about calls and no calls, good fricken grief!

I would agree that the all tournament team announcement and the MVP announcement were not shining moments for Mooney. As a competitor, I would have expected some handshakes and congratulations among all the players similar to the women's announcements. I would not expect any player to not be disappointed. I would expect a touch of better behavior from a leader of the team whether you call it sportsmanship or class or humility. The all tournament team is not singling out the worse players.

[MontanaRabbit]

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Wasn’t touched by Mooney’s statements at the press conference. During the SL awards ceremony when he was announced all tourney he came on stage but wouldn’t go stand anywhere near Daum or DJJ. Then when they were going to announce MVP he walked off the stage before Daums name was even called. Frankly no class at all.

And I’m personally sick of USD fans calling us whiners. Just listening to their homer announcer last night was sickening. Lucky to have our color guys who keep it very neutral. Listening to that guy complain about calls and no calls, good fricken grief!

Mooney is a tool. The article about how he was "bullied" in the Air Force.....good grief. What did he expect?

[SteelSD]

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Wasn’t touched by Mooney’s statements at the press conference. During the SL awards ceremony when he was announced all tourney he came on stage but wouldn’t go stand anywhere near Daum or DJJ. Then when they were going to announce MVP he walked off the stage before Daums name was even called. Frankly no class at all.

And I’m personally sick of USD fans calling us whiners. Just listening to their homer announcer last night was sickening. Lucky to have our color guys who keep it very neutral. Listening to that guy complain about calls and no calls, good fricken grief!

[OldHare]

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What did Mooney do to earn the TF I was not watch had better things to do than watch used but I did find it curious. I tried to find it online but only found this https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...chnical-fouls/

Mooney was giving some pointers to the ref after a made layup. The trip down the floor before, Mooney may have been fouled during another layup attempt which was a no call. He was thinking the ref needed more advice what to watch for.

[sdsu2000]

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What did Mooney do to earn the TF I was not watch had better things to do than watch used but I did find it curious. I tried to find it online but only found this https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...chnical-fouls/

[RabbitObsessed]

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Mooney is a headcase, and it shows. As good as he is, he probably doea's an equal amount of damage to his team by not being able to control himself.

And for the record, I'm guessing that had a lot to do with his "troubles" in the air force.

An equal amount of damage? That seems pretty unlikely.

[Mr_Tibbs]

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Glad I took the popcorn. Yotes had a great season this year but finished it in dumpster-fire style. It appears some of their fans conclude the team just didn't want to play in the CBI so they didn't. Mooney picked up a "T" about four minutes into the game -- apparently a ref took offense at a Mooney unsolicited opinion.

Note for next season: Mooney has some buttons that can be pushed. Before the SL Tourney he tells the press "we don't like them (SDSU) and they (SDSU) don't like us." I watched the interview and thought those statements were just dumb. Meanwhile, in contemporaneous press conferences, SDSU's Daum Has nothing but compliments about USD and how they'll be a tough team to play. So now Mooney has set himself up for looking pretty schmucky if the Yotes lose. In retrospect, his uncharacteristic poor shooting as the title game wore on looks a little like a guy's own emotions eating on him. And then in the post-game he apologizes for his play. I know some USD fans and the USD's reporter on the Argus were touched by the apology but consider that performance with tonight's CBI prormance (and subsequent apology again) and, well....this guy has buttons to push and opponents can figure that out and push them. The guy beats himself.

Mooney is a headcase, and it shows. As good as he is, he probably doea's an equal amount of damage to his team by not being able to control himself.

And for the record, I'm guessing that had a lot to do with his "troubles" in the air force.

[Jackedforlife]

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1348 reported for attendance.

http://www.goyotes.com/boxscore.aspx...45&path=mbball

I would guess they counted the tickets president Abbott bought for the students...that would help inflate numbers, definitely didn't look like 1348.

[Nidaros]

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Glad I took the popcorn. Yotes had a great season this year but finished it in dumpster-fire style. It appears some of their fans conclude the team just didn't want to play in the CBI so they didn't. Mooney picked up a "T" about four minutes into the game -- apparently a ref took offense at a Mooney unsolicited opinion.

Note for next season: Mooney has some buttons that can be pushed. Before the SL Tourney he tells the press "we don't like them (SDSU) and they (SDSU) don't like us." I watched the interview and thought those statements were just dumb. Meanwhile, in contemporaneous press conferences, SDSU's Daum Has nothing but compliments about USD and how they'll be a tough team to play. So now Mooney has set himself up for looking pretty schmucky if the Yotes lose. In retrospect, his uncharacteristic poor shooting as the title game wore on looks a little like a guy's own emotions eating on him. And then in the post-game he apologizes for his play. I know some USD fans and the USD's reporter on the Argus were touched by the apology but consider that performance with tonight's CBI prormance (and subsequent apology again) and, well....this guy has buttons to push and opponents can figure that out and push them. The guy beats himself.

Yes the popcorn was not too bad. I prefer more butter, but that is just me. Going to a movie now days cost more for the popcorn than for the ticket itself.

As much respect that I have for the Accountancy program at USD, there is not much else to talk about in terms of whats going on down there. Some over there are pretty certain Otz will be gone shortly and USED will be stuck with Smith. Time will tell and CSU might have some one else in mind for their HC.

Personally I would love to see the Otz vs Smith series continue. Its good basketball and almost as good as the Iverson-Clodfelter days. Those two coaches respected each other much like Otz and Smith do now.

[Grizzled_Jack]

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1348 reported for attendance.

http://www.goyotes.com/boxscore.aspx...45&path=mbball

That's 2695 butt cheeks, with one of the attendees being half a$$ed.

[JackJD]

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I might have to make some popcorn and go visit the yotes board to see how this CBI loss is blamed on SDSU.

Glad I took the popcorn. Yotes had a great season this year but finished it in dumpster-fire style. It appears some of their fans conclude the team just didn't want to play in the CBI so they didn't. Mooney picked up a "T" about four minutes into the game -- apparently a ref took offense at a Mooney unsolicited opinion.

Note for next season: Mooney has some buttons that can be pushed. Before the SL Tourney he tells the press "we don't like them (SDSU) and they (SDSU) don't like us." I watched the interview and thought those statements were just dumb. Meanwhile, in contemporaneous press conferences, SDSU's Daum Has nothing but compliments about USD and how they'll be a tough team to play. So now Mooney has set himself up for looking pretty schmucky if the Yotes lose. In retrospect, his uncharacteristic poor shooting as the title game wore on looks a little like a guy's own emotions eating on him. And then in the post-game he apologizes for his play. I know some USD fans and the USD's reporter on the Argus were touched by the apology but consider that performance with tonight's CBI prormance (and subsequent apology again) and, well....this guy has buttons to push and opponents can figure that out and push them. The guy beats himself.