I'd rather have Bill Walton calling this game. I don't really care about what's going on. I can see it. I'm not listening to the radio. Can we get Bill Walton, Jeff Van Gundy and Bill Simmons to do a game? Please?
That'll develop eventually. NBA teams won't be worried about that. He makes basketball look too easy. Amazing vision and great athlete. That's what NBA teams are looking at. I'm hoping he goes to the T'Wolves or Celtics. The shot will come as he gets into the gym with NBA coaches. He doesn't need to put on any weight either.
He is passive because that's how he was taught to play. They don't coddle younger players in a garbage AAU system in Australia like they do here. Younger players there are taught to defer to older players.
But normally to win COY your team has to exceed expectations. That doesn't happen often with MSU under Izzo. Or the team has over come some sort of obstacle. Personally I think Crean should have won it Zellers last year. Bo Ryan because they finished Top 4 in the B1G... again.. I think Crean could win it this year if Indiana goes 2-1 down the stretch and for once in its existence shows up in the B1G Tourney.
The bad behavior of the players would have started waaaaay before that. I'm sure when Yogi tried using a fake ID that it wasn't his first time... or second... or third...
I think there are really only 3 candidates for the award. Gard, Crean and McCaffrey. Any thoughts on who should win it? I don't like Cream at all... from a coaching standpoint... but he definitely deserves some recognition for this year. Gard obviously deserves a ton for how Wisconsin has bounced back. McCaffrey I think would be third in the race. Iowa has fallen back to Earth recently.
Kentucky played in the NIT that one year Noel got hurt. Hard to say if they would have made it with him healthy even. Other than that they haven't missed the Elite 8. I'd say that is consistent.