At the end of the broadcast, they gave Yan the honor of putting the LBSU name on the next round bracket for the BWT. He was absolutely overjoyed to do that. And all game, he was the biggest cheerleader on the bench.
Gonna miss the guy. While he didn't make the impacts to the stat sheet like BYank and Edis Deversivic, I'm throwing him in there with those two guys, very entertaining and a joy to watch.
Yes, I think most people here acknowledge that. Have said many times that he's a class act. And really do hope for the best for him on whatever he has going next.
But as noted here, 1 NCAA Tourney appearance in 17 years at LB State, particularly because we've had good players here, is one of the reasons why he was here too long. And a few of those years there were lost locker rooms.
Anyhow, yes, hoping we can retain Traore and some other key guys.
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I think it is important to acknowledge that Monson has been more than "a nice guy" here. In his 17 years, we have had so many wonderful players. We have had some great teams, CDM has won 4 regular season championship and his players have seldom embarrassed the University. We can be grateful for all of that and still realize that it is time for a change.
I am really hopeful we can retain the core of this team. Aboubacar Traore is such a pleasure to watch play and he seems to be such a wonderful human being to boot. Every year here he has grown as a player, it would be a crime to see him play his senior year in another uniform. I am also really enamored with George, Jones and Lassina. I hope they all stay, though I realize they will have options.
It's nice to see the team respond positively with Monson on his way out.
I hope they can give him a good send-off. As many of us noted, on a personal level, most of us have appreciated Dan being a nice guy, running a clean program, etc. Always a class act. Unfortunately, we just needed more than that.
Will be interested to see the last Monson vs. Turner. Just too many times the loudmouth Turner has had his number on the court.
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Did anyone notice late in the second half after Tsohonis had hit a corner 3 and with 4 fouls he was switching offense/defense with Stroud, he came out of the game for one play and when he was being sent back in, he and CDM had a nice interaction, all smiles and joking around. Good to see.
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