College Bball Thread

[Alford Bailey]

Memphis should just do what North Carolina did and tell the NCAA to F-off

[Alford Bailey]

4 hours ago, AKHoosier said:

I didn't want to jinx it, but I was always highly doubtful whenever people predicted this was Purdue's year to win it all potentially. 

Their roster top to bottom is not as impressive as people thought it was. Just because Trey Kaufman redshirted doesn't mean they were that stacked. 

There were even some iu fans thinking they'd run the table in conference. 

Crazy how their best team in a while didn't win any hardware whatsoever.

Just have a feeling there were some locker room issues based on how Ivey basically did what he wanted on the court.  

[Uspshoosier]

 

[RaceToTheTop]

11 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

That was something I've been mentioning.  It's worse since the NCAA gave a blanket extra year to everyone as well.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

48 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

That was something I've been mentioning.  It's worse since the NCAA gave a blanket extra year to everyone as well.

Gotta carve out your spot somewhere else. A lot of kids had their first collegiate seasons ruined. Maybe they can't sit at the end of the bench at Kentucky or Kansas but maybe they can go play at Murray State or Wichita State. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

 

He ain't wrong. Very few fanbases have patience

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[Uspshoosier]

 

[Alford Bailey]

16 hours ago, brumdog45 said:

That was something I've been mentioning.  It's worse since the NCAA gave a blanket extra year to everyone as well.

Yep. That extra year was gonna cause a problem somewhere.

[HoosierHoopster]

52 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

That surprises me, i’m one who believes in depth, keeping legs fresh, using different looks off the bench. But that’s an interesting stat of this year’s tournament for sure

[WayneFleekHoosier]

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I’ve been begging Indiana coaches for years to find their correct best players and give them a ton of minutes. That most great teams effectively play 8 guys and a lot of them play 7 with the 8 guy getting spot minutes. Hockey substitutions and platoons are ridiculous. The fatigue thing has always been silly to me. I played hockey at a high level and we would run 2 forward lines all game long and rarely, did I ever blame a loss on fatigue genuinely, except for weekend tourneys when we didn’t have a day between games or played multiple games in a single day. It’s often a nice excuse rather than the other guys were better.


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[HoosierAloha]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

Did they mention where the other team is ranked?

I'd be curious if those teams lost any players throughout the season that reduced the rotation.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

FWIW I thought Woodson was a little better at this despite his hockey subs and what seemed to be pre-programmed sub patterns. He mostly tried to get his best guys a lot of minutes. The problem was Trayce and sometimes X and Race were the only ones playing well enough to earn bulk minutes. Need a few more guys you can ride or die with on the court.


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[str8baller]

1 hour ago, HoosierHoopster said:

That surprises me, i’m one who believes in depth, keeping legs fresh, using different looks off the bench. But that’s an interesting stat of this year’s tournament for sure

I wouldn’t be surprised if it is trending that way. There are so many stoppages between tv timeouts, regular timeouts, and now instant replay reviews that most guys are getting breaks every few minutes even if they’re on the floor most of the time. 

[RaceToTheTop]

18 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Gotta carve out your spot somewhere else. A lot of kids had their first collegiate seasons ruined. Maybe they can't sit at the end of the bench at Kentucky or Kansas but maybe they can go play at Murray State or Wichita State. 

There are X number of available spots open.  If half of all players take a fifth year, X just got divided by 2 

[RaceToTheTop]

2 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

Did they mention where the other team is ranked?

I'd be curious if those teams lost any players throughout the season that reduced the rotation.

I am sure the 8th team is St. Peter’s FWIW.

[BGleas]

2 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

FWIW I thought Woodson was a little better at this despite his hockey subs and what seemed to be pre-programmed sub patterns. He mostly tried to get his best guys a lot of minutes. The problem was Trayce and sometimes X and Race were the only ones playing well enough to earn bulk minutes. Need a few more guys you can ride or die with on the court.


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He also would sub a lot less in the 2nd half of games. In a lot of games Durr, Bates and even JG would get run in the first half but not the 2nd half. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

16 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

There are X number of available spots open.  If half of all players take a fifth year, X just got divided by 2 

And there are a lot of dudes who should probably go to a D2 school, that'll go to a D2 school or NAIA and transfer. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Did anyone else see the story of Bryce Weiler on the pre-game show? He is a blind analyst for basketball and other sports including some minor league baseball and College sports. He grew up in Olney, Illinois about 45 minutes from me.
https://fox2now.com/news/blind-sports-commentator-bryce-weiler-breaking-down-barriers/

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[RaceToTheTop]

46 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

And there are a lot of dudes who should probably go to a D2 school, that'll go to a D2 school or NAIA and transfer. 

Where there are also hAlf the scholarships available if half the players take a fifth year.  

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

32 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

Where there are also hAlf the scholarships available if half the players take a fifth year.  

Part of it. Everyone knew what could happen. People needed to plan accordingly.