Also a healthy Love and an offensively improving Bridges. Those 2 don't need to be scoring 15-20 but if they're a consistent threat for 10 it can relieve some pressure off the 3 guards and slow a double team.

Jakus is an underrated piece of our coaching staff when it comes to connecting with recruits. Really analytical, genuine dude who can talk to you about his family in the same breath that he's breaking down film to show how you fit into the scheme. He'll be a HC somewhere soon if he wants to be.

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If memory serves me right it was around this time last year Flag put the Bears on his back and won us a few games almost single handily. Seems to be unfolding again this year with TCUs performance. Perhaps a monster game in the phog is brewing for Flag.

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I get what you're saying about monster individual games last year, and I hope we see a few more down the stretch, but Flagler has had this team on his back all season.

He's missed scoring in double digits just twice in 24 games and one of those was a nine-point effort. And he's done an exceptional job with his transition to the point guard role, posting almost a 3-to-1 assist to turnover ratio.

His percentages and efficiency numbers aren't quite what they were earlier in the year, but he's been a rock for this team all season. I hope Flag has a big tournament and parlays that into a great professional opportunity, be that in the states or overseas. He deserves it for the way he's led this bunch.