Tasmanian Devil

He shot 31% from the arc but 23% from the floor? How many top 100 guys you know that miss enough layups to drop your shooting percentage 8 points?

And had the benefit of a more complete team around him. Classic example of the Steve Alford rule. What’s that, you say? ‘87 title game Keith Smart dominated the second half, scoring 17 of his 21 points and hitting the winner from the baseline corner. Expectations were high that Smart would dominate for the Hoosiers the next season - but Smart and Indiana struggled throughout 1987-88. Why? Go back and look at the championship: Alford drawing the Syracuse defense to him created the lanes which Smart was able to exploit. Take Alford away, and Smart’s effectiveness dropped exponentially. That’s essentially what everyone is trying to tell you about Loyer. Not a bad player at all, but one that is heavily reliant on the presence of Edey to have an impact. In no way is he a top 100 player.

Painter has a good system that enables him to hide deficiencies. But overall Loyer will need to improve substantially to get to Jordy level.

The team that beat them was better.

I agree. 1975 Indiana, 1991 UNLV and 2015 Kentucky are great examples of that. Purdue - under the right circumstances - could have won a title last year. But, again, that roster makeup relies on certain matchups for success. And the deeper they would go in the tournament, the greater chance of have Smith, Loyer and Morton being a matchup liability would have grown substantially. And Purdue never had consistent 3-pt shooting to help overcome the lack of athleticism (32.2% as a team; Smith best at 37%). Purdue was good - and, if EVERYTHING was clicking, they could be really good. But in their roster makeup and skill level there was just too much to overcome to win a championship. Possible? Maybe. Likely? No.

Your fallacy is considering Purdue “arguably the best team in the nation.” That’s not Boiler hate talking, either. Purdue was going to end up losing at some point in the tournament because of the three positions I mentioned earlier - Morton, Loyer, and Smith. The total lack of athleticism and ability to cover would require another great athlete to go along with Edey down low - and they just don’t have it. FDU out-quicked them, but it was only a matter of time before somebody would be able to match up enough with Edey down low to be able to exploit the rest of the team.

Look who Jordy had around him. Then look at who Loyer has around him. Sure, he has Edey down low defensively, which allows him to apply pressure a bit more. But besides Edey, the Boilers had Mason Gilles, Braden Smith, and Ethan Morton. Compare that trio to C-Wat, Vic and Yogi. THAT lack of athleticism is exactly why the Boilers lost to FDU. And Loyer - while a good player - doesn’t have that physical ability. Which is WHY he doesn’t belong in the top 100.

Ok - I can agree with that

John Higgins begs to differ.

Yep. Can’t wait until December. KU needs an a$$-beating in the worst way possible.

Unbelievable amount of arrogance - I’m sure he was singing Liam’s praises up until he finds out he’s likely going to IU. Then (in his eyes) he says not a good fit, not athletic enough, etc . . . I don’t know if recruits ever read message boards, but that would piss me off if I’m Liam.

https://247sports.com/college/kansas/board/103719/Contents/2024-recruits-188144063/?page=46#M216422778 I don’t know 100% that McNeeley is coming (like 99.9999999999999999%), but the pre-meltdown rationalizing on the Kansas board is hilarious. Woody is in their heads 24/7/365.

Let me make another prediction: Queen ends up in Candy Stripes no matter how many/few visits he makes.

I like that thinking

What this guy said.

He’ll be b!tch-slappin Greg Gard again in no time.

Where is the vomit emoji when you need it?

This is the article I read: https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2023/09/12/jack-mccaffery-found-guilty-of-failure-to-yield-to-pedestrian-in-fatal-accident-iowa-basketball/70833068007/ “Mr. McCaffery’s failure to approach the crosswalk with care, either by slowing down and/or stopping when approaching the crosswalk in such a way to be able to avoid any contact with a pedestrian lawfully within the crosswalk, indicates that Mr. McCaffery failed to meet the requirements of a reasonable driver in such a situation,” Neary wrote. ”failed to meet the requirements” - this is what I was referring to. It doesn’t say “cautious enough”, but (to me, anyways) it truly seems to allude that. Hell, I’m 60 now and that could happen under the same circumstances - imagine being 17 and that happening? Unbelievably tragic.

People are going to love this kid

I was thinking the same thing when reading about this. Regardless of any punishment from the law, he has to live with this EVERY SINGLE DAY for the rest of his life. And all this for not having more caution to his driving at seventeen years old - something that ANY of us could have had happen to us. Said a prayer this morning of thanks for this never happening to me, because it easily could have. The McCaffrey family are in my prayers. Hopefully they are in everyone else’s prayers as well. Horrible, life-changing tragedy.

As Woody himself said, “We deserve to sit at the table”. If Kansas, Duke, UK and the like are after kids we’re recruiting, you know that we’re doing it right.

I’m good with that. Did he follow Cuban back? EDIT - here’s another thought: as much as you want a young man to respect commitments made, IF you had an outstanding visit to a school and you know it’s for you, you’re also not respecting the other school by going on the visit; they’d be better off knowing you are going elsewhere and can focus their efforts/energy on other prospects.

I will say it right now: McNeeley never goes on the OV to Texas

Can I get another “holla back, follow back”?

NFS