College Bball Thread

[Demo 20,472]

RIP to Pete Carril. Incredible Coach. Princeton offense is the basis for so much modern offensive basketball. Jay Wright, John Beilein, Randy Bennett, Nate Oats, all of their structures germinated from Princeton. 

[IU Scott 2,375]

12 minutes ago, Demo said:

RIP to Pete Carril. Incredible Coach. Princeton offense is the basis for so much modern offensive basketball. Jay Wright, John Beilein, Randy Bennett, Nate Oats, all of their structures germinated from Princeton. 

Loved that I was able to be there in person when he finally was able to win a tournament game against UCLA

[Uspshoosier 46,397]

 

[Hardwood83 4,774]

4 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

NCAA made a couple of good decisions....I'm speechless. 

[DWB 1,098]

HH podcast with X is out.

https://podcastaddict.com/episode/144459442

X comes in at the 29 minute mark.

[DChoosier 8,732]

5 hours ago, DWB said:

HH podcast with X is out.

https://podcastaddict.com/episode/144459442

X comes in at the 29 minute mark.

Appreciate you letting us know we need to fast forward 29 minutes. :)

Their previous interview, with Lawrence Frank, was very good. Highly recommend it but as always  you first need to fast forward past their two-man/boy “banter”.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,674]

Rothstein:  Ohio State's Seth Towns is stepping away from basketball and will not play during the upcoming season, per his Twitter page. Has battled multiple injuries the past few years. Transfer from Harvard.

[Demo 20,472]

IU fans again showing their discernment. Anyone who doesn’t respect the hell out of what that guy’s done just wasn’t paying attention.

[Uspshoosier 46,397]

one and done is about to go away 

[Uspshoosier 46,397]

 

[Hardwood83 4,774]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

one and done is about to go away 

Excellent news, IMO. For the very few able to go directly to the NBA, why the facade of college for a year? For the vast majority that aren't NBA ready, there are still professional options if they don't want to go to school. 

[Hardwood83 4,774]

7 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

one and done is about to go away 

BTW, I hope this absolutely wrecks Cal & Duke's evil empires. Doubt it, but I sure hope so. 

[Hovadipo 56,820]

8 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

Seems bad!

 

Edit: Gun charges. Oof.

https://www.wxyz.com/sports/emu-basketball-star-former-top-recruit-emoni-bates-arrested-on-gun-charges

 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,688]

2 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

BTW, I hope this absolutely wrecks Cal & Duke's evil empires. Doubt it, but I sure hope so. 

Will not.  The top 10-15 or whatever will try to jump to the NBA like the old days.  The next 20 will Pick Duke, Kentucky, BlueBlood du jour.  The best recruiting schools will still get the next best players.  Maybe they stay in college an extra year or 2 and clog up the cycle just a tad.  

[Stuhoo 81,822]

10 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Will not.  The top 10-15 or whatever will try to jump to the NBA like the old days.  The next 20 will Pick Duke, Kentucky, BlueBlood du jour.  The best recruiting schools will still get the next best players.  Maybe they stay in college an extra year or 2 and clog up the cycle just a tad.  

Generally I agree, but this will upset the apple cart a little bit, and there is no telling how what the eventual consequences will be.

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Other thought: Does this mean that we're not getting Naas Cunningham at IU?

#disappointed

[Stuhoo 81,822]

All,

Just hid a few posts.

While it is only natural to want to comment on the state of Emoni Bates' arrest for gun charges, one of the things that makes this board a refuge for good discussion, separated from non-sports related vitriol, is because of our standard of not letting topics veer into political commentary. That may seem unnecessary at times, but we have found that in the long run, it keeps the board a better place.

Therefore, while the mods understand that it may be natural to have strong opinions generally about arrests and guns, we are not going to let the 'College Basketball' thread go there. Hova's "oof" says it well about Bates, without venturing into larger societal problems. BTW, any Bates-related updates are a-okay.

Thanks

 

[Brass Cannon 24,913]

I feel bad for Bates clearly he’s made his own decisions but I also think he’s got the wrong people giving him advice.  I am all for kids learning their own lessons but I feel better about it when they are clearly disregarding good advice.  Instead of probably being advised poorly by self interested people who don’t care about them 

[Stuhoo 81,822]

16 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I feel bad for Bates clearly he’s made his own decisions but I also think he’s got the wrong people giving him advice.  I am all for kids learning their own lessons but I feel better about it when they are clearly disregarding good advice.  Instead of probably being advised poorly by self interested people who don’t care about them 

Sure seems like Emoni returning to play in his home town was a terrible idea.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,674]

 

 

[Hovadipo 56,820]

10 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

 

 

DANCING IN THE STREET