College Bball Thread

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,692]

Dennis Smith goes 27/11/11/5.

My fantasy team is loaded.


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[HoosierTrav 7,900]

I say we make a push for Holtman as our next coach...can you imagine what he could do with our talent???

But can he recruit at a high level to have that chance though? I'm not sold he's capable of being a homerun hire for us.

[HoosierTrav 7,900]

Holtman with our facilities and recruiting budget......

He seems like the flavor of the month to me. I need to see more sustained success from him. He certainly is a far better tactician than CTC.

[OliviaPope40 6,632]

2 hours ago, HoosierTrav said:

 

He seems like the flavor of the month to me. I need to see more sustained success from him. He certainly is a far better tactician than CTC.

 

He has done really well considering what took place before he got there with the strange timing of Brandon Miller leaving which left a lot of things into question and Collier wanted to make sure that there was going to some stability because they were afraid of losing recruits and that players would not leave before Holtmann got in and there some who were recruited by Miller who had left.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,683]

4 hours ago, HoosierTrav said:

 

But can he recruit at a high level to have that chance though? I'm not sold he's capable of being a homerun hire for us.

 

As an in-game coach I think he's proven to be quite good.  As a recruiter, a little early to know for certain, but his 2016 class included Joey Brunk 4-star center out of Southport and Kamar Baldwin (3-star) who's already moved into the starting lineup. His 2017 class ranking is even better.   FYI, you won't find any meaningful Butler statistics for Brunk as he's played very little and will likely redshirt.  He's missed a lot of time because of his father's health issues.

http://butler.247sports.com/Season/2017-Basketball/Commits

[Alford Bailey 12,415]

7 hours ago, HoosierTrav said:

 

He seems like the flavor of the month to me. I need to see more sustained success from him. He certainly is a far better tactician than CTC.

 

I keep him on the list. I will always take sound fundamental basketball. Can he recruit at IU? Does he need to recruit at a high level? Questions to ponder. I know I would love to see what he could do with our current roster.

[JSHoosier 20,471]

7 hours ago, HoosierTrav said:

 

But can he recruit at a high level to have that chance though? I'm not sold he's capable of being a homerun hire for us.

 

With coaches coming from smaller programs that's an unknown.  It was an unknown with Crean too though.

[Alford Bailey 12,415]

12 hours ago, Uwe Robb said:

http://247sports.com/Season/2014-Basketball/RecruitRankings?InstitutionGroup=highschool

Looked it up Kelan Martin was a 4* out of Lville #119

On a side note, look at the players JBJ was ranked ahead of.


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Interesting.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,683]

38 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

With coaches coming from smaller programs that's an unknown.  It was an unknown with Crean too though.

Ahem, RMK came from Army.

[HoosierTrav 7,900]

Ahem, RMK came from Army.

Yeah but what are the odds that we hit the powerball twice?

[Brass Cannon 24,913]

34 minutes ago, HoosierTrav said:

 

Yeah but what are the odds that we hit the powerball twice?

 

Coach K also came from Army. 

Any hire is an unknown regardless of what school they come from. 

You could put coach K somewhere else and if he didn't have the same support system he might not be successful. Unlikely but it's possible. 

[OliviaPope40 6,632]

https://theringer.com/coach-k-back-surgery-grayson-allen-suspension-cd7d5e5966ec#.9a78gxuwc

Give me a break this is not another film on the grassy knoll.

[mdn82 25,546]

I keep him on the list. I will always take sound fundamental basketball. Can he recruit at IU? Does he need to recruit at a high level? Questions to ponder. I know I would love to see what he could do with our current roster.

I agree and to be fair most hires have that question before they take on a major school.


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[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

Yeah but what are the odds that we hit the powerball twice?

Everyone here sounds ready to find out! Open up the kids college fund, we're gonna hit this time for sure!


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[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

Argument I'm seeing a lot:

"Fred Glass clearly doesn't know what he's doing regarding the basketball team, because he hasn't fired Crean."

That is an opinion that I cannot present a solid argument against in the context of the basketball program.

Following point from same individuals:

"Let's take a shot at someone! Anyone is better than Crean at point!"

This however... everyone who has made the first argument realizes that Fred Glass will also be the man making the decision on this diamond in the rough homerun hire, right?


Apologies, probably should have put the last two in the Fire Crean thread. App won't let me delete though...


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,683]

Latest from Lunardi.  http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

IU a 9, playing in the South against South Carolina.

Butler a 3 in the Midwest

ND a 5 in the East

PUke a 6 in the West

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,683]

Swanigan with a foul shot at 5.3 sec. remaining and PUke escapes with a 76-75 win on the road against OSU.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,692]

Swanigan with a foul shot at 5.3 sec. remaining and PUke escapes with a 76-75 win on the road against OSU.

That's a great win.


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[bellj833 97]

Good teams find ways to win close games...wish we could say that about ourselves. I would kill to have a player like Swanigan who you can count on to score or get fouled in the clutch

[Uspshoosier 46,416]

Good teams find ways to win close games...wish we could say that about ourselves. I would kill to have a player like Swanigan who you can count on to score or get fouled in the clutch

That same team that found a way to win a close game on the road also found a way to lose a close game at home


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