College Bball Thread

[Stuhoo 81,892]

Feels maybe like a Jay Wright “got a zillion dollars and don’t wanna do this no more” situation.

[AZ Hoosier 7,744]

7 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Feels maybe like a Jay Wright “got a zillion dollars and don’t wanna do this no more” situation.

That's pretty much where I'm at.

But the timing is bizarre... we're 3 weeks away from the start of the season. Did someone at UVA pee in his corn flakes? It's one thing to say "I'm out"... but this almost seems vengeful to some extent.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,764]

Hey Woody, my guy Chance Mallory might be open to portaling with Bennett retiring.

CORRECTION.  Mallory's a '25 commit so it would be a decommitment but regardless, I'd love to see him in Bloomington.

Edited October 17, 2024 by Class of '66 Old Fart
Decommitment not a Portal Entry

[Home Jersey 8,716]

2 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

That's pretty much where I'm at.

But the timing is bizarre... we're 3 weeks away from the start of the season. Did someone at UVA pee in his corn flakes? It's one thing to say "I'm out"... but this seems vengeful to some extent.

Right. Assume he had plenty of time to reflect on this very big important question last spring... during the summer even...

[go iu bb 6,591]

22 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/41852970/virginia-tony-bennett-retiring-ahead-basketball-season

I wonder if that question really got him thinking about it. Still, kind of odd to do it now rather than the end of the season. 

[sirhoosierlot 2,893]

1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

Maybe the staff takes a run at TJ Power in the portal, we were in on him last time around IIRC.

Don't see many other big men on their roster who seem like a plausible fit on next year's team. 

[Ryno6284 2,817]

Calhoun's health is the word.

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Trilly implying it's basically to make sure "his guy" gets the gig

[Demo 20,497]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Hey Woody, my guy Chance Mallory might be open to portaling with Bennett retiring.

CORRECTION.  Mallory's a '25 commit so it would be a decommitment but regardless, I'd love to see him in Bloomington.

Now that would be cool. If not Bloomington, not Maryland. Kid’s gonna win a lot of games in college. 

[Demo 20,497]

Man, Dylan Harper is already getting the superstar whistle. And Bailey’s been terrific. I imagine by the end of the year he’ll be in the 1st overall conversation for a least some teams. Even meaningless cbb games are awesome.

[OliviaPope40 6,638]

19 minutes ago, Demo said:

Man, Dylan Harper is already getting the superstar whistle. And Bailey’s been terrific. I imagine by the end of the year he’ll be in the 1st overall conversation for a least some teams. Even meaningless cbb games are awesome.

Can we not let another Harper beat us. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,718]

Man, Dylan Harper is already getting the superstar whistle. And Bailey’s been terrific. I imagine by the end of the year he’ll be in the 1st overall conversation for a least some teams. Even meaningless cbb games are awesome.

Those 2 are legit. Rutgers pulling Bailey is an AllTimer. Kid is phenomenal and will be a top 3 pick if not number 1. Luckily their supporting team is deficient but those 2 gonna put up numbers.


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[Kentuckysucks 2,420]

15 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

Trilly implying it's basically to make sure "his guy" gets the gig

If I'm the AD I tell Tony and "his guy" that I will be doing a full coaching search and will hire "my guy" in the Spring.

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Just now, Kentuckysucks said:

If I'm the AD I tell Tony and "his guy" that I will be doing a full coaching search and will hire "my guy" in the Spring.

It’s never a good thing when Head Coaches put themselves before/think they are bigger than the program and try to play kingmaker. People should focus more on their jobs and less on internal politics. But I suppose you could say that about every organization these days.

[Stuhoo 81,892]

11 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Those 2 are legit. Rutgers pulling Bailey is an AllTimer. Kid is phenomenal and will be a top 3 pick if not number 1. Luckily their supporting team is deficient but those 2 gonna put up numbers.


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Rutgers is already not a top half B1G team and they are a Bailey or Harper sprained ankle away from being a very bad team. Ballo and Malik are absolutely gonna destroy them. And I very much look forward to Gallo wearing Harper down - Gallo is a perfect matchup for Harper, and Carlyle, Leal, and maybe Newton and Rice aren't bad choices either.

https://rutgers.rivals.com/news/instant-recap-st-john-s-outlasts-no-25-rutgers-in-scrimmage

[DChoosier 8,768]

Am I the only one that thinks Dolson should give Woody a big raise and extension to prevent him from getting poached by UVA ?

[LamarCheeks 19,655]

Gave a quick listen to Tony Bennett's presser today. 

His health is fine. Apparently his decision had nothing to do with his parents' health, either. 

Seems as if he's had enough of the monsters that NIL and the portal have become. Said he thought about stepping down after last season, but decided to wait -- wanted to see how things played out, and wanted to have one of his staff take over. 

"I think it's right for student-athletes to receive revenue. Please don't mistake me. But the game -- college athletics -- is not in a healthy spot. It's not, and there needs to be change. 

"It's not gonna go back, and I think I was equipped to do this job the old way. That's who I am. 

"It's gonna be a culture -- to a professional model. There's gotta be collective bargaining. There has to be a restriction on the salary pool that teams can spend. There has to be transfer regulations. 

"... I worry about the mental health of the student-athletes as all this stuff comes down ..." 

 

[OliviaPope40 6,638]

6 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Gave a quick listen to Tony Bennett's presser today. 

His health is fine. Apparently his decision had nothing to do with his parents' health, either. 

Seems as if he's had enough of the monsters that NIL and the portal have become. Said he thought about stepping down after last season, but decided to wait -- wanted to see how things played out, and wanted to have one of his staff take over. 

"I think it's right for student-athletes to receive revenue. Please don't mistake me. But the game -- college athletics -- is not in a healthy spot. It's not, and there needs to be change. 

"It's not gonna go back, and I think I was equipped to do this job the old way. That's who I am. 

"It's gonna be a culture -- to a professional model. There's gotta be collective bargaining. There has to be a restriction on the salary pool that teams can spend. There has to be transfer regulations. 

"... I worry about the mental health of the student-athletes as all this stuff comes down ..." 

 

All valid points.

[Demo 20,497]

And in their 1st performance post-Bennett UVA loses their scrimmage to Virginia Commonwealth by 22. I think they were missing a couple of kids but that right there might telll the story.

[Demo 20,497]

In Dusty May’s Michigan debut they beat a really well-coached Oakland team by 44 and hit 15 3’s.

sigh