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. 

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Mgbako returned from his foot injury two days ago vs. Mississippi Valley State. In his first game of the year he played 17 minutes, 19 points on 3/6 from 3, 6/6 FT, 2 rebounds, 1 assist. 

Games I'll probably watch today:

UConn @ Illinois 12:30 on FOX

St Mary's @ Vandy 1pm ESPN2

Oklahoma @ Marquette 2pm NBC

Providence @ Florida 3pm FOX

Texas A&M @ Florida State 5pm ESPN2

Wisconsin @ TCU 5:30pm FOX

Miami FL @ GTown 7pm ESPN

Ohio State @ Pitt 7pm ESPN2

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59 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Mgbako returned from his foot injury two days ago vs. Mississippi Valley State. In his first game of the year he played 17 minutes, 19 points on 3/6 from 3, 6/6 FT, 2 rebounds, 1 

Jury is still out; Miss Valley St is 1-7 with their only win against the D3 team “Mississippi College for Women” (yes; for real- that’s a men’s team). A&M is 5-2 and has not beaten a top 250 team yet.

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1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Jury is still out; Miss Valley St is 1-7 with their only win against the D3 team “Mississippi College for Women” (yes; for real- that’s a men’s team). A&M is 5-2 and has not beaten a top 250 team yet.

Just sharing a factual update on his stats. Thanks for the additional context. 

We will see how their / his season goes!

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3 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

Mgbako returned from his foot injury two days ago vs. Mississippi Valley State. In his first game of the year he played 17 minutes, 19 points on 3/6 from 3, 6/6 FT, 2 rebounds, 1 assist. 

Games I'll probably watch today:

UConn @ Illinois 12:30 on FOX

St Mary's @ Vandy 1pm ESPN2

Oklahoma @ Marquette 2pm NBC

Providence @ Florida 3pm FOX

Texas A&M @ Florida State 5pm ESPN2

Wisconsin @ TCU 5:30pm FOX

Miami FL @ GTown 7pm ESPN

Ohio State @ Pitt 7pm ESPN2

Really annoying that I have to do some work today. UConn/Illinois is obviously the headliner but St Mary’s/Vandy is gonna be a really nice game.

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Mullins just checked in for his season debut against Illinois. UConn up early.

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Marquette was up double digits early in the second half but Oklahoma has came all the way back and is up 7 with under 4 min to go 

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1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

Marquette was up double digits early in the second half but Oklahoma has came all the way back and is up 7 with under 4 min to go 

Marquette was down 1 with the ball and had a terrible past possession to get a fade away contested middle ranged shot that missed.  That happened an hour ago but the site did its thing and was down during the final seconds 

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2 buzzer beaters back to back yesterday during the blackout of 25.  This is getting annoying.    Ohio St loses to Pittsburgh again on a last second shot.  2 years in a row.   St Louis fouls up 3  and it backfires.  Stanford hit the first and then got the rebound and kicked it out for 3 to win the game with .6 seconds left.   Even when the site goes dark college basketball is still delivering 

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Connor Essegian is done for the year at Nebraska with a "significant" right ankle injury. He will apply for a medical redshirt.

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Delivering.  Nothing worth noting yet just wanted to get that in before we get blacked out again.  DePaul/LSU probably best game of the night 

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LSU up 31 on DePaul in the second half