College Bball Thread

[HoosierAloha]

I believe foreign "professionals" were approved by the NCAA because it was more of a club system than them truly being professional athletes. Their club systems are similar to how we do some club soccer systems we do in the US now.

[mike vannice]

Dave, A Firesign Theatre reference!!!

[Uspshoosier]

https://x.com/nicoleauerbach/status/1788586398942917027?s=46

[Muskie for three]

4 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/nicoleauerbach/status/1788586398942917027?s=46

Nice 

[Demo]

Interesting. Since there’s zero chance this is compensation-related, got to assume 1 of 2 things: : 1) Wyoming’s NIL is for $hit, or 2) I seem to vaguely recall player allegations of mistreatment and maybe any investigation there wasn’t gonna end well and ol’ Jeff found a life raft.

[go iu bb]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

Interesting. Since there’s zero chance this is compensation-related, got to assume 1 of 2 things: : 1) Wyoming’s NIL is for $hit, or 2) I seem to vaguely recall player allegations of mistreatment and maybe any investigation there wasn’t gonna end well and ol’ Jeff found a life raft.

https://www.wyomingnews.com/is-jeff-linder-still-the-guy-for-the-university-of-wyoming/article_10b29d64-c450-11ed-a977-fb55dfddacf3.html

That article from a year ago touches on #2 but it sounds like speculation on social media due to 3 players transferring midseason and 3 more right after the season ended. Not surprising with a bad team, which that was. Unless things have changed since then, it doesn't sound like the fans will miss him.

[Demo]

Grand Canyon is a really nice add. Seattle is gonna be overmatched, at least early on.

[RaceToTheTop]

On 5/10/2024 at 3:39 PM, Demo said:

Grand Canyon is a really nice add. Seattle is gonna be overmatched, at least early on.

Seattle has been 141, 139, and 107 in Pom the last three years.  That would have put them 6th out of 11 three years ago, 7th out 11 two years ago, and 4th out of 10 last year.  They should be a middle of the pack in the WCC.  

[LamarCheeks]

Doug Gottleib to Green Bay? 

Seems as if the guy's been pushing for HC job -- though he has very little actual coaching experience. 

Maybe this will be the one. 

https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/1790401783929385023

[Kentuckysucks]

1 hour ago, LamarCheeks said:

Doug Gottleib to Green Bay? 

Seems as if the guy's been pushing for HC job -- though he has very little actual coaching experience. 

Maybe this will be the one. 

https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/1790401783929385023

 

 

[Demo]

15 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

 

 

Wait a minute, he’s gonna continue to do his daily radio show? What?

[Hovadipo]

Not sure why it's so hard to just...hire a basketball coach.

[Scotty R]

2 hours ago, Kentuckysucks said:

 

 

He wasn't a standout at ND. He got into trouble at ND and left. He then went to OK St and had a good career there

[cybergates]

44 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

He wasn't a standout at ND. He got into trouble at ND and left. He then went to OK St and had a good career there

Not even really a good career at OkSt either...

Good assist #'s but not much else. 45% from the FT line is atrocious. 

[Demo]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Not sure why it's so hard to just...hire a basketball coach.

I’ve never been able to figure what makes people think, even guys like Gottlieb who should know better, that just anyone can walk in and coach if they’ve been around the game. And apparently dude thinks it’s a part-time job.

[ebridges24]

24 minutes ago, cybergates said:

Not even really a good career at OkSt either...

Good assist #'s but not much else. 45% from the FT line is atrocious. 

Hardly stellar

[IUHoosierJoe]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Not sure why it's so hard to just...hire a basketball coach.

Because a lot of folks want a big name instead of a good coach.

[TTT]

Speaking of men’s programs only in major college sports….It’s time to do a behavioral science study on 1 year and 2 year NIL players (coaches could be included in their own study) who actually develop any kind of love other than self and money towards respective college / university….other than fake things coming out of a player/s (and coach/es) mouth/s.

No connection like it used to be.

[LamarCheeks]

Tates Locke died today. He was 87. 

Was head coach at Army in the mid-1960s when he hired a young up-and-comer named Bob Knight to join his staff. Years later, he was RMK's assistant in Bloomington before leaving to take over in Terre Haute. 

Also was a head coach at Miami (Ohio), Clemson, Jacksonville University -- as well as ISU. And spent a little over a half-season as head coach of the NBA's Buffalo Braves (now the L.A. Clippers.) 

RIP

[Demo]

https://c510383.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/ath/mbasket/images/up3.pdf
 

This is great. The HC at DePauw on fouling up 3.