Men's Basketball | Hawk Talk with Fran McCaffery | 01.29.2025

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Best case, this team goes 2-8 . Very possible they go 0-10. Roster is another Fran special with glaring gaps athletically, abysmal defense, lack of leadership, and poor coaching. All this praise for Fran's offense needs to stop. Look up their defensive metrics--17th or 18th in the Big Ten and nationally it is laughable. There is no better defense when you are facing such a massive gap in athleticism. Players are trying, just a very poorly constituted roster with pieces that don't compliment each other or address the same deficiencies every Fran team has (toughness, defense, rebounding, shot creating).