College Bball Thread

[str8baller]

22 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

How in the world did Archie Miller win so many games at Dayton?

A better question is how did Oliver Purnell? He’s the one that turned them around. Gregory and Archie more or less kept that going.  
 

None of those guys have done anything outside of Dayton. But Purnell did most of the heavy lifting there. 

[str8baller]

1 minute ago, DChoosier said:

Crean was up and down at IU.

Archie was just down. 

I was talking about their pre-IU record. Deane had nearly identical winning percentage to Crean. If it weren’t for that FF run on the back of Wade, nobody would’ve considered Crean. 

[DChoosier]

3 hours ago, Hornsby said:

I see archie is about to lose his sixth in a row and drop to 5-7. He is just a really bad coach.

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I have a niece that enrolled at RI so a week ago, out of curiosity,  I wasted 15 minutes reading their forum. It was deja vu all over again.

“wait until he gets his guys in”, “the Packline is great but takes a few years to incorporate”, “not sure why they didn’t show up tonight but Arch will turn that around” “he is a no-nonsense guy”, “must know what he is doing, look at Dayton” etc etc.  

They also have some questions but no one asked the most important question which is….”how much is the buyout” 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Imagine if Antonio Reeves to IU had happened? 

Yep, Knecht, Love, Spencer. 1 of Those 4 would have had a huge on this team. Something was going on with Reeves. Love was interesting. Seems we backed off. Knecht said no thanks. Spencer was just high on my wish list.


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[Demo]

8 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Yep, Knecht, Love, Spencer. 1 of Those 4 would have had a huge on this team. Something was going on with Reeves. Love was interesting. Seems we backed off. Knecht said no thanks. Spencer was just high on my wish list.


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Apparently, Mick Cronin's little rant the other night about NIL was in reference to getting outbid by UConn for Spencer.

[lillurk]

15 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

I'm gonna go ahead and predict (maybe not boldly) that Kenny Payne gets let go about 5pm tomorrow 

They don’t play again until 1/3…I kinda assume they wait until after Christmas for his sake and the players’, letting them enjoy the break. You’d still have about a week of practice with the interim if you did that.

[Rico]

31 minutes ago, lillurk said:

They don’t play again until 1/3…I kinda assume they wait until after Christmas for his sake and the players’, letting them enjoy the break. You’d still have about a week of practice with the interim if you did that.

Nolan Smith interim coach?

[lillurk]

28 minutes ago, Rico said:

Nolan Smith interim coach?

There was some reporting over the weekend that he and another candidate not currently on staff had been asked to consider it. I believe WDRB or the athletic had it

[Hoosierfan1901]

32 minutes ago, Rico said:

Nolan Smith interim coach?

I believe there was a conversation a couple of weeks ago with some boosters trying to push him to become the interim. But he said no thanks to it

[Hornsby]

Crean was up and down at IU.
Archie was just down. 

Archie is 14-29 at Rhode island. Once they fire him in a few years I would guess his career is over unless he wants to coach at like north Alabama. All the so called experts claimed he was a home run hire. He is more like a triple play. Just awful.

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[Hornsby]

They don’t play again until 1/3…I kinda assume they wait until after Christmas for his sake and the players’, letting them enjoy the break. You’d still have about a week of practice with the interim if you did that.

Why would they fire him everytime iu hires a coach I am told you have to give them four years minimum to get their guys in here. It is only his second year. What happened to you have to give a new coach time?

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[Stuhoo]

9 minutes ago, Hornsby said:

Why would they fire him everytime iu hires a coach I am told you have to give them four years minimum to get their guys in here. It is only his second year. What happened to you have to give a new coach time?

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Passive-aggressive posting may be my least favorite style of posting.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

13 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Yep, Knecht, Love, Spencer. 1 of Those 4 would have had a huge on this team. Something was going on with Reeves. Love was interesting. Seems we backed off. Knecht said no thanks. Spencer was just high on my wish list.


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Love would have been a great one. Can defend but most importantly is a better playmaker than anyone we have right now. That's the one I really wanted. But I guess maybe we don't get Mgbako.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Trilly tweeted a source told him Louisville is swimming in debt.  On the hook for multiple buyouts and money spent on facility upgrades

[Stuhoo]

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

Trilly tweeted a source told him Louisville is swimming in debt.  On the hook for multiple buyouts and money spent on facility upgrades

Well then, as an actuarial exercise Payne's buyout is even more of a no-brainer.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

R Bozich indicates Louisville AD has publicly said Paynes’ job is safe

[tkbbn]

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

R Bozich indicates Louisville AD has publicly said Paynes’ job is safe

What else is he supposed to say.

[Stuhoo]

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

R Bozich indicates Louisville AD has publicly said Paynes’ job is safe

Oh no! The dreaded 'vote of confidence' statement.

[Demo]

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

R Bozich indicates Louisville AD has publicly said Paynes’ job is safe

https://www.wdrb.com/sports/crawford-amid-struggles-louisville-ad-heird-says-payne-will-continue-as-coach/article_3740d3da-a0e9-11ee-afd9-2b45694ccb8c.html
 

Article on the Payne situation with thoughts from the AD. 
Interesting tidbit, at least to me: A quote supportive of Payne from Skyy Clark in which he refers to Payne as “KP.” Maybe I’m old, but if the players think of the HC as 1 of the guys, that’s a problem.

[Rico]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

https://www.wdrb.com/sports/crawford-amid-struggles-louisville-ad-heird-says-payne-will-continue-as-coach/article_3740d3da-a0e9-11ee-afd9-2b45694ccb8c.html
 

Article on the Payne situation with thoughts from the AD. 
Interesting tidbit, at least to me: A quote supportive of Payne from Skyy Clark in which he refers to Payne as “KP.” Maybe I’m old, but if the players think of the HC as 1 of the guys, that’s a problem.

I can't fathom anyone really listening to what Skyy Clark has to say but that is just me.