College Bball Thread

[Uspshoosier 45,695]

The Journey started back up.   One of my favorite things to watch during the season 

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10 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I suppose he should but they upgraded their roster over him and are winning basketball games this year. Team is better. Great coaching to identify a weakness and upgrade.


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Oh, I understand.  Just saying that he has shown he can be a starter at the Big Ten level and there are power five teams he would start or get good minutes at (IU included).

Also don't think that Greg Gard has helped the situation.  He's been very negative about him in the press instead of keeping it in house.

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5 hours ago, Muskie for three said:

High school board  chatter is Connor has a nagging lower back injury going on . Could just be local fans making excuses for a hometown boy. . 

He hurt his back in the opener.  

Gard recently said this to the press after a game:

"A year ago he played on a team that's okay. We're a much better team," Gard stated. "We've got more depth. The scouting reports are out on him. You've gotta add layers to your game. You've got to grow your game. They've got all the freshman film where you banged 3's. They're not letting you get loose as much.  Continue to grow your game and accept the challenge. We know he can do it, but it's not one of those things we can afford to let him play through. The stakes are too high in terms of what this team wants to accomplish."

To me, this reeks of throwing a kid under the bus.  Rather than saying 'there are some things we need to work with him and make him get better to get more minutes', he's basically saying 'yeah, Connor played last year because we sucked but not that we're good we can't afford to let him hold us back'.  That's a terrible look for a coach, IMO.  I have zero problem with a coach recruiting over a player -- none at all -- but on its surface Gard doesn't seem to be honest with his players.  Remember that last season Wisky hosted Noah Reynolds who was transferring from Wyoming.  Reynolds committed -- I assume on Gard's word of where he stood in his position of the team -- than Gard went out and within two weeks had recruited over Reynolds a couple of times and Reynolds decommited and transferred to Wisconsin Green-Bay (so it wasn't a location issue).  And while its a small major, Reynolds is tearing it up there -- 18.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists and shooting 51% and 38% from three.  

[tkbbn 489]

10 min to go in first half a Michigan is leading Maryland 10 to 6.

[Uspshoosier 45,695]

Michigan on a 8-0 run over 6 mins.  lol.  
 

10-6 with 10 min to go in first half 

[tkbbn 489]

Maryland with a 6pt run to take the lead 12 to 19 now.

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12 to 10

[Uspshoosier 45,695]

Geronimo with a terrible pass 

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Geronimo with a wide open three with 3 on the shot clock...dribbles a little, gives it up to another player who also dribbles and doesn't shoot.

Michigan ball down 3, about 30 seconds left.

[Rico 3,056]

Wild finish going on in the FAU/Tulane game.

[str8baller 5,256]

Fl Atlantic may escape on a pretty iffy call late.

[Rico 3,056]

1 minute ago, str8baller said:

Fl Atlantic may escape on a pretty iffy call late.

Helluva finish!

[southsidehoosier 5,027]

3 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Fl Atlantic may escape on a pretty iffy call late.

Very iffy. First win for FAU against Tulane

[Hovadipo 56,256]

First time watching Illinois this year I think. Did Dainja put on a ton of weight? He is huge. I remember him being a little less…round.

[Rico 3,056]

6 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

First time watching Illinois this year I think. Did Dainja put on a ton of weight? He is huge. I remember him being a little less…round.

[johnsoniu 6,423]

UCLAs nightmare season continues, getting absolutely ran at Utah 68-35 deep into 2nd half

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17 minutes ago, johnsoniu said:

UCLAs nightmare season continues, getting absolutely ran at Utah 68-35 deep into 2nd half

Fighting tooth and nail to not get 50-pieced. Unreal. 

[Uspshoosier 45,695]

Zags/Santa Clara tied with 4 min to go 

[johnsoniu 6,423]

Santa Clara knocks off the Zags.

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1 hour ago, johnsoniu said:

UCLAs nightmare season continues, getting absolutely ran at Utah 68-35 deep into 2nd half

Down 68-35, Utah outscores UCLA the rest of the way 22-9 to beat the Bruins 90-44.  UCLA is now 6-10.

From 31-6 to 6-10?  And it's not just that UCLA is 6-10.....they are getting beat down by the mid and bottom teams in the Pac 12.