2024-25 Season

[Django]

Baylor playing great for the Maine Celtics on tv. Got 22 pts and dropping dimes right now it’s end of the 3rd quarter

[UncleBillyJ]

For anyone that has had access to practice since Fedor's eligibility, what are all of the fans seeming to miss that Mac is noticing regarding his playing time? There is absolutely zero argument that having Miller out there is better. +/- is such a cherry picked statistic for someone shooting 11% and having relatively no impact offensively elsewhere, and also is far from our best defender.

Is Fedor that out of shape? Is his basketball IQ that bad? Or is Mac being Mac and refusing to play the player with objectively more talent than the kid he trusts? Just don't see how playing him through his lack of confidence so he can build more makes less sense than leaving him on the bench for 35 minutes so he can watch Miller brick 3 after 3 and refuse to dribble the ball more than 5 feet.

[Altmanforprez]

Basketball is a team sport, it takes time for guys to gel and understand what they are going to do on the floor. Take that with learning a new offense there should be an expected lead time to Fedor getting fully up to speed. Next game it’ll be about a month of not being on the scout team, I would withhold much judgement until the next stretch.

Also, the biggest hype for Fedor came from a fan/Creighton “influencer” who is known to hype things up a bit. From what I’ve heard from other sources is he’s a good to very good player, but he was never someone who was just going to show up and be Scheierman. May need to level set expectations a bit.

[Jaysfan100]

Basketball is a team sport, it takes time for guys to gel and understand what they are going to do on the floor. Take that with learning a new offense there should be an expected lead time to Fedor getting fully up to speed. Next game it’ll be about a month of not being on the scout team, I would withhold much judgement until the next stretch.

Also, the biggest hype for Fedor came from a fan/Creighton “influencer” who is known to hype things up a bit. From what I’ve heard from other sources is he’s a good to very good player, but he was never someone who was just going to show up and be Scheierman. May need to level set expectations a bit.

Exactly what I’m hearing as well. When he’s out there he looks like he belongs and can make a difference. But he’s raw . It showed in the Marquette game. He hit a 3 right when he gets out there. But then tries forcing it leading to 2 TO’s. He won’t be able to out talent guys in the big East. He just needs to let the game come to him and I feel he can be an X factor this season.

[UncleBillyJ]

Basketball is a team sport, it takes time for guys to gel and understand what they are going to do on the floor. Take that with learning a new offense there should be an expected lead time to Fedor getting fully up to speed. Next game it’ll be about a month of not being on the scout team, I would withhold much judgement until the next stretch.

Also, the biggest hype for Fedor came from a fan/Creighton “influencer” who is known to hype things up a bit. From what I’ve heard from other sources is he’s a good to very good player, but he was never someone who was just going to show up and be Scheierman. May need to level set expectations a bit.

But is he really that bad to the point that Miller gets 15-20 minutes over him? If he's good to very good, then he is certainly an improvement to Miller, even despite what I agree is a rawness that comes from not playing for so many months.

I'd also disagree on the biggest hype coming from CT if that is who I assume you are referring to. Multiple big name pundits were saying that he would be one of the best college hoopers once eligible. Field of 68 people had him on a list of best small forwards, and he also was entered in the NBA draft for some time with a decent amount of hype surrounding him.

Still not seeing how a 0pt, 0ast, 2 reb Miller is that much more beneficial to a struggling team than a pro guy with 5ish years experience who excels on the offensive end of the court.

[BirdBoy]

Maybe because of MM’s uncle being an assistant? There could be a conflict of interest in these decisions.

[Altmanforprez]

No, it's because Mason Miller has been a contributor on 2 teams that made an Elite 8 and a Sweet 16. The coaches trust him.

I haven't heard anyone who has watched him in person hype him up to be some godsend. His film shows he's a good catch and shoot player, but outside of that it's not anything jaw dropping. He's going to be a good player for us, but there's not some grand Fedor conspiracy.

[UncleBillyJ]

No, it's because Mason Miller has been a contributor on 2 teams that made an Elite 8 and a Sweet 16. The coaches trust him.

I haven't heard anyone who has watched him in person hype him up to be some godsend. His film shows he's a good catch and shoot player, but outside of that it's not anything jaw dropping. He's going to be a good player for us, but there's not some grand Fedor conspiracy.

Even in those seasons, he was extremely limited to being a catch and shoot guy, and that is all he could do. Fedor can get to the rim better than anyone we have, maybe except for Jamiya, and also adds some ball handling skills to the team. Not expecting him to be a godsend, but we are desperate for less than that at this stage and Mason Miller is garbage. No point sugarcoating it anymore.

[HandDownManDown]

Mason Miller is garbage.

Better be careful, Vivid the Superhero is about to come off the turnbuckle on you with a folding chair for saying that about a player.

[UncleBillyJ]

Mason Miller is garbage.

Better be careful, Vivid the Superhero is about to come off the turnbuckle on you with a folding chair for saying that about a player.

Lmao I paid my fair share of tuition and have contributed to NIL. Mason Miller can get bent for all I care.