College Bball Thread

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42 minutes ago, Muskie plays the four said:

Gilbert Arenas son in bad car wreck in  a coma. USC committ if the Inter webs are right. 

hate to hear things like this

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1 hour ago, Muskie plays the four said:

Gilbert Arenas son in bad car wreck in  a coma. USC committ if the Inter webs are right. 

His truck caught fire and he suffered a lot of smoke inhalation and apparently inducing comas is a norm in that particular situation.  Reports I've seen said he did not suffer any serious bodily injuries.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

9 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

His truck caught fire and he suffered a lot of smoke inhalation and apparently inducing comas is a norm in that particular situation.  Reports I've seen said he did not suffer any serious bodily injuries.

I question this report.  Burns maybe?  Something seems off, but regardless prayers to this young man and his family.  Videos of the Cybertuck on X.   

[Muskie plays the four]

56 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

His truck caught fire and he suffered a lot of smoke inhalation and apparently inducing comas is a norm in that particular situation.  Reports I've seen said he did not suffer any serious bodily injuries.

TKS buddy 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Don't know if it's behind a paywall but here's the story I first saw about the Arenas accident.

https://247sports.com/article/report-alijah-arenas-involved-in-serious-car-accident-placed-into-induced-coma-249205622/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ3i39leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5SEdBU0hPT2g0NWZMZXE5AR4yaUhhzpmW5SeiJBLmNswIsL3v_CnTTazurWi_VdXLwweNjPaA082H4evjqA_aem_3Ga_eafmxaj7i68lYTAOjA

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Shams Charania -

Shaquille O'Neal has agreed to become the men's basketball general manager of Sacramento State, sources tell ESPN. It will be a voluntary role for Shaq, whose son, Shaqir O'Neal, also plays for Sac State under Mike Bibby. Shaq and Bibby form a star duo as college GM and coach.

[Artie86]

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2026-march-madness-men-field-predictions

.....predicting PU as the overall #1 seed and IU a last 4 in, #10 seed.

hmmmmm....., we will see about that.

[Demo]

https://x.com/JayBilas/status/1917250958222069850
 

Thoughts?

[Redcamaro]

7 hours ago, Artie86 said:

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2026-march-madness-men-field-predictions

.....predicting PU as the overall #1 seed and IU a last 4 in, #10 seed.

hmmmmm....., we will see about that.

Play-in game.

[LIHoosier]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/JayBilas/status/1917250958222069850
 

Thoughts?

There's always gonna be a chasm between 'big' schools and 'small' schools regardless of what the structure is unless there's artificial means to close the gap (player draft, negotiated mass level revenue distribution). The next chapter of this is when schools start revenue sharing and in his example Kansas can use their dept. monies to pay that 4th recruit while Wichita St is getting who knows what from the American Conference. Wichita is a unique case cuz they have a mega donor but most schools in their financial weight class aren't gonna have the NIL + Rev Share to compete outside their neighborhood.

[Scotty R]

5 hours ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/JayBilas/status/1917250958222069850
 

Thoughts?

The thing is that the mid major might better players to start with but they will move up in a year or two. The mid major advantage was that they had older team with seniors and were able to compete better with major programs but that is gone now.

[Home Jersey]

SIAP. Ian Schieffelin returning to Clemson, but as a football player (TE), not a basketball player. Has one year of football eligibility. 

[Demo]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/grading-college-basketballs-2021-coaching-carousel-how-hires-fared-at-unc-arizona-indiana-and-more/
 

Semi-interesting read, I think he overrates  Woodson by probably a letter grade, you can’t give him the same grade as Davis going to a Final 4 or the lack of support Moser had at OU, but a fair number of these strike me as reasonable.

[str8baller]

19 minutes ago, Demo said:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/grading-college-basketballs-2021-coaching-carousel-how-hires-fared-at-unc-arizona-indiana-and-more/
 

Semi-interesting read, I think he overrates  Woodson by probably a letter grade, you can’t give him the same grade as Davis going to a Final 4 or the lack of support Moser had at OU, but a fair number of these strike me as reasonable.

Only defense is that Woody took over a much tougher job/roster. Still Davis managed to get into the tourney the last two years.  
 

Not sure what Shaka would have to do for this guy to get higher grade. He’s got to be their most successful coach since McGuire.  I don’t think Marquette would trade Shaka any more than ISU would trade Otz. 

[AZ Hoosier]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

Only defense is that Woody took over a much tougher job/roster. Still Davis managed to get into the tourney the last two years.  
 

Not sure what Shaka would have to do for this guy to get higher grade. He’s got to be their most successful coach since McGuire.  I don’t think Marquette would trade Shaka any more than ISU would trade Otz. 

Woodson also got a pass on SOS... many of us here on BTB could win 60% of the games against that level of competition with the talent that Woodson collected. Without TJD carrying him for the first 2 seasons, Woodson was a solid F.

[str8baller]

21 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Woodson also got a pass on SOS... many of us here on BTB could win 60% of the games against that level of competition with the talent that Woodson collected. Without TJD carrying him for the first 2 seasons, Woodson was a solid F.

IU had a top 26 SoS (via Kenpom) his last 3 years.  I guess I never really got that complaint. It was way better than some of those watered down Crean years. 

[Scotty R]

2 hours ago, str8baller said:

Only defense is that Woody took over a much tougher job/roster. Still Davis managed to get into the tourney the last two years.  
 

Not sure what Shaka would have to do for this guy to get higher grade. He’s got to be their most successful coach since McGuire.  I don’t think Marquette would trade Shaka any more than ISU would trade Otz. 

Am I reading correctly that you think the situation that Woodson took over was harder than Davis? LOL!

Mike Davis had the hardest job in the history of college basketball for taking over for a fired Bob Knight.

[go iu bb]

3 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Am I reading correctly that you think the situation that Woodson took over was harder than Davis? LOL!

Mike Davis had the hardest job in the history of college basketball for taking over for a fired Bob Knight.

Wrong Davis. Hubert Davis of UNC is the Davis who is talked about in the article and is being referenced in the comment you replied to.

[LamarCheeks]

PUke will playing pUKe at Rupp in a preseason exhibition. 

Any way both can lose? 

https://x.com/KentuckyMBB/status/1918304779538739468

[LIHoosier]

47 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

PUke will playing pUKe at Rupp in a preseason exhibition. 

Any way both can lose? 

https://x.com/KentuckyMBB/status/1918304779538739468

2 hours of 'yelling IU sucks' and cows making out with wedded cousins.