College Bball Thread

[RaceToTheTop]

https://twitter.com/CoachDaneFife/status/1543375420648816640?s=20&t=creLUhWNV3IONKXVbC8U7g

hmmm...not sure why the tweet isn't embedding.

 

[Demo]

Imagine this is mostly accurate. But, VCU being more popular than UVA or Va Tech seems pretty far off.

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Demo said:

Imagine this is mostly accurate. But, VCU being more popular than UVA or Va Tech seems pretty far off.

Franimal is gonna be pissed.

[LamarCheeks]

17 minutes ago, Demo said:

Imagine this is mostly accurate. But, VCU being more popular than UVA or Va Tech seems pretty far off.

I live in Virginia and can say -- U.Va. is the choice here. I found Dayton to be a pretty perplexing choice, too. 

[HoosierHoopster]

1 hour ago, LamarCheeks said:

I live in Virginia and can say -- U.Va. is the choice here. I found Dayton to be a pretty perplexing choice, too. 

And TT over UT in Texas? Naahh

[Stromboli]

That whole account just posts whatever it wants to stir the pot, then gets posted and shared like there’s been work out in beyond decent graphics work. 
 

Also, a little arbitrary, especially when teams like UofL and Duke aren’t represented. It has repeatedly been great publicity for Indiana though. 

[Hovadipo]

Well this is pretty interesting. Would present a lot of layers to scheduling at the high major level, if implemented.

[HoosierX]

11 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

And TT over UT in Texas? Naahh

I don't know, I went to UT for grad school and went to a few basketball games. If they weren't playing a big-name team, the stands were laughably empty.

[HoosierHoopster]

50 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

I don't know, I went to UT for grad school and went to a few basketball games. If they weren't playing a big-name team, the stands were laughably empty.

I’m in TX, have been to games, that’s unusual 

[HoosierX]

8 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

I’m in TX, have been to games, that’s unusual 

To be fair, I went to grad school from '13 to '15, maybe it's improved. One game I distinctly remember was against UT Arlington and I swear the stands were ~15% full.

[HoosierHoopster]

51 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

To be fair, I went to grad school from '13 to '15, maybe it's improved. One game I distinctly remember was against UT Arlington and I swear the stands were ~15% full.

Yeah and TX is of course a football state, but UT is bigger than TT basketball, though it hasn't been great lately

[Demo]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/wac-altering-basketball-tournament-formats-by-introducing-bold-new-seeding-concept-based-on-advanced-analytics/

Surprised it took this long.

[Brass Cannon]

9 minutes ago, Demo said:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/wac-altering-basketball-tournament-formats-by-introducing-bold-new-seeding-concept-based-on-advanced-analytics/

Surprised it took this long.

If support this for Big Ten as well especially as schedule are about to get even more unbalanced. 

[Rico]

2 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

If support this for Big Ten as well especially as schedule are about to get even more unbalanced. 

I can see it now.  We win the regular season title and get seeded #3 in the BTT.

[Stuhoo]

Purdue takes a homegrown unrated SG for 2024. His first Power 5 offer and the young man jumped on it:

 

 

[Hovadipo]

Crean being on the illustration for this article is hilariously on-point. The college athletics mindset behind working hours is nuts and not conducive to being productive at all.

[mamasa]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Purdue takes a homegrown unrated SG for 2024. His first Power 5 offer and the young man jumped on it:

 

 

Purdue beat out the Mighty Falwells of Liberty for him!  

[Stuhoo]

18 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Purdue beat out the Might Falwells of Liberty for him!  

I think it’s fine, maybe even a plus to take a home grown low ceiling kid. But taking too many of them at once can really water down a roster.

Purdue will have Waddell, Brandon Smith, and Benter at the same time for three years. That’s a lot of low ceiling players to float.

 

[RaceToTheTop]

8 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

I think it’s fine, maybe even a plus to take a home grown low ceiling kid. But taking too many of them at once can really water down a roster.

Purdue will have Waddell, Brandon Smith, and Benter at the same time for three years. That’s a lot of low ceiling players to float.

 

With so many low ceilings, they need to stop recruiting seven footers.

[Demo]

Interesting little poll for the more……uh, sophisticated, ok, old, around here:  How far down the list do you get before you hit that 1st “who”?  I’ve got nothin’ on Frantz Volcy or Bob Erbst, other than feeling fairly certain they probably weren’t as good as Kendall Gill.