College Bball Thread

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1 hour ago, Rico said:

And back in the "glory" days the Great Alaskan Shoot-out wasn't televised.  Things have come a long ways since pot smoking was frowned upon in Anchorage...

I remember watching that tournament for years

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Down goes the Gators!

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18 minutes ago, Napleshoosier said:

Down goes the Gators!

Xaivian Lee is borderline unplayable. Could see that coming from a mile away watching him at Princeton. Hope for his sake he got that degree before transferring.

Princeton had a really good couple of years recently but almost everyone on those rosters are gone now. Caden Pierce, the 2023-2024 Ivy player of the year (who has a brother on the Colts IIRC) took this year off to get his Princeton degree and then hit the portal for next season. That's a guy who I could see translating to the P5 level. He's originally from Illinois. No idea if there'd be mutual interest but I think he'd fit the bill culture wise and be a hell of a rebounder / smart playmaker. Might be Duke bound.

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11 hours ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

Dusty May is the truth. Sigh

Dolson couldn't get over The Hump!

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2 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

Xaivian Lee is borderline unplayable. Could see that coming from a mile away watching him at Princeton. Hope for his sake he got that degree before transferring.

Princeton had a really good couple of years recently but almost everyone on those rosters are gone now. Caden Pierce, the 2023-2024 Ivy player of the year (who has a brother on the Colts IIRC) took this year off to get his Princeton degree and then hit the portal for next season. That's a guy who I could see translating to the P5 level. He's originally from Illinois. No idea if there'd be mutual interest but I think he'd fit the bill culture wise and be a hell of a rebounder / smart playmaker. Might be Duke bound.

Boogie Fland is solid-ish.

As you said; Lee is terrible.

Klavzar is much improved.

UF doesn’t really have a fourth guard.

UF has major guard problems and there’s no real options to solve the problems.

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28 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Boogie Fland is solid-ish.

As you said; Lee is terrible.

Klavzar is much improved.

UF doesn’t really have a fourth guard.

UF has major guard problems and there’s no real options to solve the problems.

Mitch Henderson used to practically give himself an aneurysm yelling at Lee for ball watching on D and generally not valuing the basketball/playing smart. He was a streaky shooter at best and not good around the rim. He got by a lot of the time because the competition had inferior athleticism but it was clear to me he'd struggle at a higher level of competition. Was never a strong kid. Get the sense Golden was kind of desperate for backcourt talent when he picked Lee up late in the cycle and basically played a lotto ticket. 

Of all high major players who have played at least 60% of their team's minutes, of which there are 268, Lee is 264 on Torvik's points above replacement player metric. Of that player pool, trimming down to those who have attempted at least 15 shots at the rim, Lee is 200th out of 204 at 40% (6/15). Terrible indeed.

Basically the same exact kind of scouting miss as Mahaney at UConn last year. We'll see how UF can manage! 

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Dayton up 2 on Georgetown with 33 sec to go 

Arkansas up 1 on Duke with 7 min to go 

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1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

Mitch Henderson used to practically give himself an aneurysm yelling at Lee for ball watching on D and generally not valuing the basketball/playing smart. He was a streaky shooter at best and not good around the rim. He got by a lot of the time because the competition had inferior athleticism but it was clear to me he'd struggle at a higher level of competition. Was never a strong kid. Get the sense Golden was kind of desperate for backcourt talent when he picked Lee up late in the cycle and basically played a lotto ticket. 

Of all high major players who have played at least 60% of their team's minutes, of which there are 268, Lee is 264 on Torvik's points above replacement player metric. Of that player pool, trimming down to those who have attempted at least 15 shots at the rim, Lee is 200th out of 204 at 40% (6/15). Terrible indeed.

Basically the same exact kind of scouting miss as Mahaney at UConn last year. We'll see how UF can manage! 

Pretty sure you had this nailed as soon as he hit the portal too.