RaceToTheTop

Forget that. I'm hearing rumors Romeo banged me.

That **** gets you suspended at BYU.

Chris Beard's 'track record of success' at Texas Tech entering this season was two seasons long, one of which he didn't make the NCAA or NIT tournament. Good for Chris Beard at Texas Tech for a great couple of seasons. But Bob Knight had a track record that laughs at one's like Chris Beard and he didn't make Texas Tech an attractive place to play. And if Texas Tech was such an attractive place that it brought (what is now suddenly be rewritten as) the ungodly talent of Matt Mooney, then why was Beard's recruiting class ranked 33rd last year? Why are we suddenly trying to rewrite Matt Mooney's ability? Why the need to romanticize it? In Texas Tech's three guard starting lineup, he was the third best guard behind Moretti and Culver.

It's obvious you don't know the history of Dayton basketball if you saying that Miller was 'decent/slightly above decent' there. Miller coached there six years. He made the tournament four times there (his last four years). In the prior 21 seasons, they had made the tournament 4 times. He owns the highest winning percentage of any coach in their history. They first joined a conference in 1988; he won 67% of his A-10 games and has the highest winning percentage in conference play of any A-10 coach. His average record at Dayton was 23-10.

Joe Cremo was just as sought after after Matt Mooney was on the grad transfer track. He came there from Albany averaging 18 points/4 rebounds/ 4 assists and shot 46% from three. He was a bust. Tremaine Isabell was as sought after as Mooney. He went to St.Louis. So all I'm really hearing you say is that IU can't attract 'top grad transfers' by how you define them once the season is done and eliminate the guys who don't fit your mantra.

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Taylor may have picked Northwestern, but he shot like he had picked us.

In terms of not trusting DeVonte to be a facilitator....yes, he turns the ball over too much....but factually he averaged more assists per game than RP and played fewer minutes per game. If Rob isn't on the court (and sometimes when he is), DeVonte will be the primary ball handler. If we are going to bring in another guard, it needs to be a shooter first and ball handler second.

For the record, I am in on Jalen Windham. Sophomore season....scored a game high 15 points in Ben Davis's state championship title game against on 4 of 8 shooting (including 3 threes) and 4 of 4 from in a game that featured Keion Brooks' Fort Wayne Northside Team (Brooks scored just 8 points on 3 of 10 shooting) and Ben Davis' future Michigan State Spartan junior Aaron Henry, who scored 12 points on 11 shots and 2 free throws. Windham also hit the three pointer that put Ben Davis up 49-46 in their 55-52 win. And this year as a senior he helped lead Ben Davis to an improbable state final run where they lost 60-55 to Carmel where Windham once again was the leading scorer (22 points) in a state title game. Seriously, how many times in the history of Indiana basketball has a player been the leading scorer in the state finals twice (not talking A or AA basketball, but either in one class basketball of two 4A finals)? He obviously has some intangibles that aren't showing up in the rankings. For one....the guy is a knock down free throw shooter. I'm not able to find all of his statistics, but from the numbers I have found (from maxpreps.com as well as his AAU stats from last summer): sophomore year (only 8 games listed): 7 of 8 from the line junior year at Ben Davis (in the 15 games listed) 33 of 38 from the line. senior year at Ben Davis (from the five games listed there -- the first five of the year -- plus the state title game where he was 13 of 14): 34 of 38 AAU ball (21 games): 32 of 36. So that's a 42 game sample where he shot 106 of 120 from the line (88%). Three point shooting: sophomore year (8 games listed): 9 of 27 junior year (15 games): 41 of 90 senior year (just five games -- don't have the state title game shooting listed): 11 of 26 AAU ball (21 games) 46 of 103 Total: 107 of 246 (43%) Two things stand out to me: 1. People saying that he isn't that good of a shooter because he only shot 36% from three need to look at what the bigger shows -- that the data as a group says he a 40+% shooter from deep and 2. One thing we know about guys that shoot an incredibly high free throw percentage: both the mechanics and work effort are there.

So you know a guy who knows a guy who to spoke to one person? How many Dixie cups were there in the phone chain? Purple monkey dishwasher.

IMO, guys often don't see their ranking change much after they commit to a school and it's based largely on where they committed to. For instance, Windham committed early to Georgia State and then had a nice senior season....but it didn't seem to really effect where he was ranked. IMO, if he had been ranked at something like 150 and had the same senior season he had, he would have stayed at 150. Late risers or fallers don't see changes in their rankings. A guy like Emmitt Holt who had an incredibly late rise I'm not sure ever got ranked in the top 500, but he certainly had talent.

Teams don't have 13 scholarship players who are impact right away players.

Three straight seasons at IPFW they went 12-17, 13-18, and 13-17. I’d call that staying in place as opposed to improving.

Oh my God....the Auburn guy who poured beer on his head when he thought Auburn had won has reached Ultimate Meme status. Guy got arrested after the game.

You would root against a team because they are 'lucky'? Seems awfully small.

If Virginia plays Texas Tech in the championship, what is the over/under set at? 14?

"It's a dinky foul! 111!" Charles Barkley, biggest Auburn fan out there: "It was a good call."

That will be meme #1 tomorrow. Meme #2 will be that big red headed Auburn fan rolling her eyes and shaking her head. They are the new flute girl and Northwestern kid.

Would you prefer a team winning with bought players and jailed assistant coaches? Virginia by all accounts does things the right way and you're upset at what you laughingly call a 'dinky foul'.

Yeah....Jesus, you can't undercut a shooter. I know sometimes refs don't like to make a call at the end of a game, but you can.not.jump.under.a.shooters.legs. That's not 'controversial' like CBS is trying to say. The missed double dribble call, yes. But let's face it, if every rule had gotten called, Bruce Pearl is in jail alongside Chuck Person.

If you think that Fife’s coaching record isn’t a factor, then you will never get it.

Really hoping for Brunk. With Davis and him having similar skill sets you could basically get Davis for 40 minutes and not worry about foul problems.

Clarke looks like he’s a 6’6” wing whose game is more inside the arc. Not sure he’s a fit. Decent rebounder for his size though,

Oh, I think he attacks the rim....just don’t think he finishes.

Sorry, but guys telling others they ‘don’t understand the program’ because they aren’t keen on giving the keys to the car to a guy who went 82-97 at their last stop shouldn’t really be casting stones.