College Bball Thread

[Hoosierfanyuh 7,127]

3 minutes ago, Demo said:

 

That’s a pretty nice lineup of contributors. Always makes me laugh the way Trilly started out as an obvious lark and just continues to evolve.

I’d put money the majority of those people have access to the trilly account, it’s more than one person

[newcastle12 378]

4 hours ago, Demo said:

 

That’s a pretty nice lineup of contributors. Always makes me laugh the way Trilly started out as an obvious lark and just continues to evolve.

I just assume that Trilly is like Curry Hicks Sage, and they process the info through burner world, and push what they feel are the most credible things they hear.

They obviously have SOME sources that are legit.  But the areas and conferences they have really strong info on are apparent.  

[Home Jersey 16,445]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/45695964/princeton-star-caden-pierce-redshirt-enter-portal

Caden Pierce, the 23-24 Ivy League POY will redshirt season then hit the portal. 6’7 forward, played a key role on Princeton’s S16 team and had 16 boards vs. Missouri in the second round. Averaged 16 and 9 on pretty solid shooting splits. Had some injuries this past season. Brother of Colts receiver Alec. Alec played at Cinci. Also has a brother who went to William & Mary before transferring to UNC. Maybe he’d be interested in an MBA from Kelley… kid can definitely play, but I’m biased

[Demo 24,297]

Per Rothstein, Greg McDermott says he’s going to coach 2-3 more years before handing it off to Alan Huss. I assumed when they made that move with Huss McDermott was doing 1 more year. 3 years would be a pretty long apprenticeship. 

[Uspshoosier 54,596]

https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1944836702595637648?s=46
Feast week always delivers 

 

[OliviaPope40 7,496]

14 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1944836702595637648?s=46
Feast week always delivers 

 

Feast Week is Christmas Day.

[jermhoosierfan 369]

17 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1944836702595637648?s=46
Feast week always delivers 

 

Ok, stupid question, but I am actually wondering, three days, 16 teams, so how do they determine who is in the Championship game and third place game?  With 16 teams, it should take almost 4 or 5 days to do that in a bracket situation.  Do they (the powers that be) choose who played the best or by some rankings?  

[Demo 24,297]

Nolan Smith, who was K’s lead recruiter and then Penny’s, is apparently taking the Tennessee St HC gig, per Rothstein. 

[Uspshoosier 54,596]

1 hour ago, jermhoosierfan said:

Ok, stupid question, but I am actually wondering, three days, 16 teams, so how do they determine who is in the Championship game and third place game?  With 16 teams, it should take almost 4 or 5 days to do that in a bracket situation.  Do they (the powers that be) choose who played the best or by some rankings?  

They will go by overall record and then tiebreakers.   I’m guessing like they do for AAU events.  Treat the first 2 games like pool play games and then go by overall record and tiebreakers 

[jermhoosierfan 369]

27 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

They will go by overall record and then tiebreakers.   I’m guessing like they do for AAU events.  Treat the first 2 games like pool play games and then go by overall record and tiebreakers 

LOL, yeah, I don't care for that, but it isn't my money they are getting.

[Pagoda 5,139]

A paradox with the Hysterics is despite their issues, Eric is a good interviewer.

This episode with Brian Snow is very insightful on modern CBB.  Brian as most know covered CBB recruiting, but he also worked on the PSU and ND staffs, so he has a ton of knowledge on what’s really happening in CBB right now, notably with NIL, rev share, recruiting, and behind the scenes with programs/players.  Plus the Haralson recruitment and how IU botched it.  He has some positives and concerns regarding IU too. 

Anyways, it’s a good listen if that interests you.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hoosier-hysterics-podcast/id1609450696?i=1000717508337

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,652]

49 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

A paradox with the Hysterics is despite their issues, Eric is a good interviewer.

This episode with Brian Snow is very insightful on modern CBB.  Brian as most know covered CBB recruiting, but he also worked on the PSU and ND staffs, so he has a ton of knowledge on what’s really happening in CBB right now, notably with NIL, rev share, recruiting, and behind the scenes with programs/players.  Plus the Haralson recruitment and how IU botched it.  He has some positives and concerns regarding IU too. 

Anyways, it’s a good listen if that interests you.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hoosier-hysterics-podcast/id1609450696?i=1000717508337

Its excellent.
 

I’m listening at lunch.  He clearly says our roster isn’t as good as Kentucky or Louisville last season so expecting us to have the seasons they had wouldn’t be fair.  Shares a lot of the concerns I’ve been discussing this summer.  Also really complements DeVries as a coach.  
 

Said he HATED someone on the IU staff from the last regime but wouldn’t name names.  Not Woodson.  Thought that was interesting.  My guess is YA but that’s just an blind guess. 

[AH1971 3,393]

6 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Its excellent.
 

I’m listening at lunch.  He clearly says our roster isn’t as good as Kentucky or Louisville last season so expecting us to have the seasons they had wouldn’t be fair.  Shares a lot of the concerns I’ve been discussing this summer.  Also really complements DeVries as a coach.  
 

Said he HATED someone on the IU staff from the last regime but wouldn’t name names.  Not Woodson.  Thought that was interesting.  My guess is YA but that’s just an blind guess. 

Louisville was projected to finish 8th in an already bad ACC in the preseason last year. I'm not sure what separates Louisville's roster last year from IU's roster this year? Louisville had a ton of really good mid-major guys and a few good, but not stellar P5 guys. I'm just not sure how Snow can draw that comparison yet?

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,652]

10 minutes ago, AH1971 said:

Louisville was projected to finish 8th in an already bad ACC in the preseason last year. I'm not sure what separates Louisville's roster last year from IU's roster this year? Louisville had a ton of really good mid-major guys and a few good, but not stellar P5 guys. I'm just not sure how Snow can draw that comparison yet?

I listened to it. He said he loved Hepburn. He just said Hepburn wins. Also said the pieces came from winning programs unlike most of the pieces at IU.   He complimented our shooting.  Worries about the mid major jump.  
 

Yeah, I don’t necessarily see a huge difference either, but Hepburn and Winning guys was his separator.

[AH1971 3,393]

5 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I listened to it. He said he loved Hepburn. He just said Hepburn wins. Also said the pieces came from winning programs unlike most of the pieces at IU.   He complimented our shooting.  Worries about the mid major jump.  
 

Yeah, I don’t necessarily see a huge difference either, but Hepburn and Winning guys was his separator.

We have a guy who was on last years title winning team. We have a guy who won Sun Belt POY last year and lead his team to the tournament (Louisville's best player last year was the reigning Sun Belt POY). Devries and Enright have been on some very good Drake teams. I fail to see the difference in my opinion. 

[str8baller 7,688]

On 7/16/2025 at 11:52 AM, Pagoda said:

A paradox with the Hysterics is despite their issues, Eric is a good interviewer.

This episode with Brian Snow is very insightful on modern CBB.  Brian as most know covered CBB recruiting, but he also worked on the PSU and ND staffs, so he has a ton of knowledge on what’s really happening in CBB right now, notably with NIL, rev share, recruiting, and behind the scenes with programs/players.  Plus the Haralson recruitment and how IU botched it.  He has some positives and concerns regarding IU too. 

Anyways, it’s a good listen if that interests you.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hoosier-hysterics-podcast/id1609450696?i=1000717508337

That was a pretty good listen. I don’t disagree with much of anything he said. I would quibble with him saying Lville brought in all winners and we’re not. Devries is a winner. So is Connerroy. Enright was under CDD. One of our two centers played real mins for the national champs.  I assume it was a shot at Wilkerson or Bailey but I dunno. 

[str8baller 7,688]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

That was a pretty good listen. I don’t disagree with much of anything he said. I would quibble with him saying Lville brought in all winners and we’re not. Devries is a winner. So is Connerroy. Enright was under CDD. One of our two centers played real mins for the national champs.  I assume it was a shot at Wilkerson or Bailey but I dunno. 

Two more things since I posted the last comment before I finished the last twenty mins or so:  

1) He does the hilarious coach thing where he pretends not to know what something is. In this case, it is “a coaches ceiling“. I don’t even know what that is, he says. Then five minutes later, he perfectly describes what he considers a coach’s ceiling when talking about a couple big 10 coaches. In this case, it was Buzz Williams and McCollum. Wtf dude????

 

2) I argued with a couple posters this spring  about how money will be allocated more like the pros where two or three players get the majority of your salary. Snow pretty much says that’s how it will be going forward. No more giving 8 players $1mil each. Top 2 or 3 guys will be getting 50% (or more, imo) of your salary pool.  
 

 

[Rico 3,587]

On 7/14/2025 at 1:45 PM, Demo said:

Per Rothstein, Greg McDermott says he’s going to coach 2-3 more years before handing it off to Alan Huss. I assumed when they made that move with Huss McDermott was doing 1 more year. 3 years would be a pretty long apprenticeship. 

I remember the 'Cuse doing this stuff.  How did that work out for the coach in waiting?  lol

[Demo 24,297]

https://www.basketunderreview.com/iu-indy-embraces-ben-howlett-and-the-system/
 

Nice little article on Ben Howlett bringing the Crutchfield system to D1. Will never get used to referring to the school as IU-Indy.

[Demo 24,297]

 

Happy for Ya. Always liked him and Woody screwed him pretty good. I’d take that job over LSU in a second.