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From Tacoma, Wa, maybe 45 mins from UW campus. So not getting too deep into watching this kid.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-basketball-cronin-dixon-calipari-20190401-story.html Also mentions Randy Bennett, Shaka Smart and Earl Watson. Personally, I think Randy Bennett is one of the elite pure coaches in the country. Don’t think he’s really wired to deal with that mess. Yes, Dixon could be a really nice hire for us.

Thanks for the heads up. Kind of a relief. I have no patience for undersized, ball dominant, conscience free, shot hunting pg’s. Pretty sure God put Markus Howard on this planet just to piss me off.

Wow. Seems awfully premature. Other than overpowering smaller guards with his bulk strength and being really young, not sure what there is to be super excited about here. Hope he can maintain eligibility.

Will be interesting to see what happens with Harris if he opts out. Tore an ACL the first part of December, I believe. Had a previous knee injury. Wherever he lands I would think there’s a pretty decent chance he redshirts. Definitely some risk there.

Had nothing going on this morning, so watched Windham’s games against Center Grove and Carmel. IHSAATV is awesome. That’s a really intriguing kid. Good athlete. He has a very nice skill level. Flashed everything you’d want to see. Good looking shot, didn’t shoot it very well against Carmel but was 13-14 from the line. Scored at all 3 levels. Solid handle and vision. Played hard and with energy. Went to the glass. Played physically. Defended. Was extremely aware. I think he easily projects to a high major skill level. But physically, he’s not ready to compete. He got bounced around in traffic pretty good. Really underdeveloped. Doesn’t look like he’s ever touched a weight. I’m also curious if he’s actually 6’5”. I would think that if you offer this kid, it’s with the plan to redshirt him. So I don’t think you look at Windham vs another ‘19 kid or a Grad Transfer. I think you look at him with a year in the program vs Leal and Galloway and the other ‘20 kids. Depending on what he’s like academically and as a kid, I think he’s worth giving a serious look.

One of my favorite takedowns of fandom in a long time. Inarguably true and done in only 3 sentences. Bravo

Windham apparently had a big game vs Armaan Franklin/Cathedral in February. Can’t find a box score but had 18 in the 1st half. Wonder if someone from the staff was there that night to watch Franklin?

Never scene him, no opinion of his game, But Ron Hunter recruits TOUGH kids. 100% confident that Windham has a ton of want-to.

I remember his name coming up a decent amount on other boards after Sampson. I don’t remember him coming up in any remotely serious way after Crean. But your memory may be better than mine.

And they want......who, exactly? Let me guess, Billy Donovan, right?

Would love this. Have an ongoing argument with an old friend on who’s a better player, Jarrett Culver or De’Andre Hunter.

With Auburn, Texas Tech and Virginia in the Final Four, a prediction: MSU will be playing with walkons and student mgrs by the end of the Duke game. Duke may shoot 50 ft’s. CBS didn’t pay billions for Auburn, Texas Tech and Virginia. Only being slightly snarky. I fully expect MSU to be fouled into oblivion.

Cal is coaching a solid game. Pearl is coaching a great one.

Thought I remembered Turgeon being something like 6’2’. Guess not unless Quinones is up to 6’6”-6’7”.

Good comparison. Almost without exception(Illinois) the defensive gameplans in the halfcourt against this team were essentially the same. The only players on the perimeter that teams didn’t consistently shade the lane or double off of were Langford and Green. That’s it. Langford was obviously a different animal, but the only guy that other teams weren’t fine with giving open looks to was Green. So, if anything, I think this was a worse shooting team than the stats suggest. They weren’t missing tough contested looks, they were missing open look after open look. Really inhibited Langford’s game. A kid like Cline might have shot north of 50% getting the kinds of looks that Rob or Durham or Smith were getting.

Go back and rewatch the IU game, either of the Minnesota games, the Northwestern game, the Nebraska game, the FSU game, and about a half dozen others. Edwards is dynamic. He’s also a remorseless gunner who has shot them out of as many games as he’s won them. He was not B1G POY.

Would be really surprised if this went anywhere at all. 90% of these guys can sell him that they’re just going to give him the ball and it’s his team. IU is one of the 10% where he’d be sharing it. I’m going with the Lewis/Watford Memphis parlay. They’re then able to get Lewis eligible next year. Expectations become insane. And they underachieve.

Don’t really share the Brunk love. Personally, I would prioritize a non-floor stretching, non-shot blocking extra big far behind another wing scorer and a 2nd PG. But since Archie’s is the only vision that matters. if he wants the kid, by all means go get him. 2 other things: 1) How is it possible for a 6’11” interior big to have 9 blocked shots in almost 800 minutes of college basketball? Luka Garza, who is completely landlocked, had 17 this year in basically that many minutes. 2) Total aside, but Desmond Bane really needs to go ahead and transfer to Bloomington for his Sr year. Talk about a perfect fit, and that kid is just a rock solid player. Oh well, a fan can dream

If Prohm is interested you just make that hire and call it a day. Really good coach. But didn’t he say over the weekend that he’s staying at ISU? Bama could certainly throw a bunch of money at him.

Exactly correct. Green will never be a PG. A player can only play the game the way he sees it and Green sees the game as a scorer. Asking him to run the offense and facilitate creates hesitation, indecision and he short circuits. That’s why I really think priority 1 for next year is finding a 2nd PG over another big.

True, but nobody in cbb gets a better whistle than Grant Williams.

Moss is literally the last option on the floor. What is he doing? And that was an obvious walk by Williams before the Bone 3.

Bohannon hits that shot 10 out of 10 against IU

Thought this was a pretty bad matchup for Iowa. But I thought they’d compete. What an embarrassment.