College Bball Thread

[WayneFleekHoosier 52,322]

17 minutes ago, Demo said:

 

Strikes me as kind of an interesting question. My 1st blush is Buzz Williams, but he moves too much and hasn’t really had the success to be comped that way. Maybe Sean Miller? Thoughts?

Izzo since the national championship.  

[WayneFleekHoosier 52,322]

18 minutes ago, Demo said:

 

Strikes me as kind of an interesting question. My 1st blush is Buzz Williams, but he moves too much and hasn’t really had the success to be comped that way. Maybe Sean Miller? Thoughts?

Sean Miller is a good answer.  Crean would have been a good example but Franklin was better and more consistent than Crean. 

[Uspshoosier 55,366]

23 minutes ago, Demo said:

Strikes me as kind of an interesting question. My 1st blush is Buzz Williams, but he moves too much and hasn’t really had the success to be comped that way. Maybe Sean Miller? Thoughts?

 Brad Brownwell but probably not enough ncaa tourney appearances 

[Uspshoosier 55,366]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 Brad Brownwell but probably not enough ncaa tourney appearances 

Randy Bennett but his resources at St Mary’s compared to what Franklin got at Penn St are not comparable 

[Pagoda 6,757]

I like Sean Miller.  Arizona MBB feels like a PSU FB level program.

Bruce Pearl?  Tennessee and Auburn aren't quite Penn State level programs with really high expectations, but he went 20 years with a lot of good teams flaming out in the tourney and he never made it past the F4.

[Scotty R 3,865]

18 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Izzo since the national championship.  

Izzo still gets past the sweet 16 on many occasions 

[Scotty R 3,865]

How about Rick Barnes as a comparison 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,935]

51 minutes ago, Demo said:

 

Strikes me as kind of an interesting question. My 1st blush is Buzz Williams, but he moves too much and hasn’t really had the success to be comped that way. Maybe Sean Miller? Thoughts?

Forget recency bias.  Matt Painter

[AZ Hoosier 11,584]

48 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

I like Sean Miller.  Arizona MBB feels like a PSU FB level program.

Bruce Pearl?  Tennessee and Auburn aren't quite Penn State level programs with really high expectations, but he went 20 years with a lot of good teams flaming out in the tourney and he never made it past the F4.

Calipari at Kentucky... (not a large enough body of work at Arkansas yet)

[Hovadipo 63,664]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

 Brad Brownwell but probably not enough ncaa tourney appearances 

And always escaping the hot seat. 

Until, well…

[HoosierHoopster 9,478]

1 hour ago, Scotty R said:

How about Rick Barnes as a comparison 

Good pick

[Pagoda 6,757]

Off the court trouble at Iowa.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/13/sports/iowa-guard-tavion-banks-arrested-for-alleged-role-in-drunken-bar-fight/

[AZ Hoosier 11,584]

39 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Off the court trouble at Iowa.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/13/sports/iowa-guard-tavion-banks-arrested-for-alleged-role-in-drunken-bar-fight/

Welcome to the B1G, coach McCollum.

[HoosierCoop 4,226]

Alford would have already posted bail and put him in the starting line up.

[Brass Cannon 26,756]

15 minutes ago, HoosierCoop said:

Alford would have already posted bail and put him in the starting line up.

 

[Demo 25,914]

KU just announced that they’re giving Jeremy Case the title of Associate HC. Interesting. He wasn’t Self’s lead Assistant and once Jacques Vaughn got there if they were gonna give that title to anyone you would just assume it would have been him. 

[Uspshoosier 55,366]

Exhibition game 

[Stuhoo 93,378]

10 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Exhibition game 

[Uspshoosier 55,366]

Delivering on a Wednesday.  Heading to OT. Nov 3rd can’t get here soon enough.    Freeman for Auburn looks legit.   Nice scout by the new staff on evaluating talent.  Would of been a nice pickup 

[Demo 25,914]

https://x.com/ClifMarshall/status/1978633414531027403
 

This does the old heart good. The kid Newton stuffed is Kareem Stagg, who’s a 6’9” athlete. Really hope Jakai can get back to some facsimile of the player he might  have been.