Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
When Wright State coach Scott Nagy looks over the carnage of his team’s 1-2 start, he has to admit that’s not the way he saw it playing out.
After a “gimme” opener against DivisionII Lake Erie, the Raiders fell at Marshall, 96-88, and at No. 6 Purdue, 96-52.
The game against the Thundering Herd was at least competitive. But the collapse in West Lafayette was stunning, even though they were facing one of college basketball’s behemoths. It was decided in the first 12 minutes.
“For everybody, for our program, it was a little bit embarrassing what happened to us. I don’t know how else to put it,” Nagy said.
The Raiders purposely compiled a challenging nonleague schedule after returning four starters from a team that finished 75th nationally in the NET computer ratings. The Boilermakers agreed to the game because they felt they needed one more top-100 foe.
But with no chance to ease into the new season, the Raiders were exposed.
“You can say we’ve had two tough games, but in my mind, that’s what losers say. I’m not in that camp,” Nagy said. “We’re 1-2, and I don’t care who we’ve played. There’s no way we should be happy with what we’re doing right now.”
