College Bball Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,147]

14th ranked five-star power forward Reggie Perry has decommitted from Arkansas.

[Brass Cannon 24,301]

16 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

14th ranked five-star power forward Reggie Perry has decommitted from Arkansas.

Sounds like he's going to stay close to home to be with his father. 

[LIHoosier 25,981]

The NCAA has granted a 6th year for Peter Jurkin. What a relief.

[HoosierAloha 30,036]

The NCAA has granted a 6th year for Peter Jurkin. What a relief.

Peter is a good kid. I really wanted to see him develop and be healthy. I hope he makes the most out of his 6th year.

[Uspshoosier 45,345]

John Calipari is about to become the first coach of a USA Basketball squad to lose a game since Paul Hewitt (now a NBA scout) in 2011.

@draftexpress

 

Rj Barrett put on a clinic for Canada until he fouled out. 38 pts 13 reb 5 assists

 

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[HoosierAloha 30,036]

Hate seeing the US lose anything but couldn't have happened to a better coach!

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,147]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

John Calipari is about to become the first coach of a USA Basketball squad to lose a game since Paul Hewitt (now a NBA scout) in 2011.

@draftexpress

 

Rj Barrett put on a clinic for Canada until he fouled out. 38 pts 13 reb 5 assists

 

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Maybe this will cause a change in how the coach and players are selected in the future.  Have already seen multiple comments about Slimeball not necessarily taking the best players but rather his own recruits or kids he's trying hard to recruit.  Hopefully the backlash is strong enough to bring about a genuine change in the process.

[HoosierAloha 30,036]

Maybe this will cause a change in how the coach and players are selected in the future.  Have already seen multiple comments about Slimeball not necessarily taking the best players but rather his own recruits or kids he's trying hard to recruit.  Hopefully the backlash is strong enough to bring about a genuine change in the process.

Just a few tweets I saw and I'm sure there are hundreds more. I would hope it would impact recruiting but we all know it's about connections.

[mdn82 25,510]

Just a few tweets I saw and I'm sure there are hundreds more. I would hope it would impact recruiting but we all know it's about connections.

 

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Fortunately or unfortunately most every player has a mentality they aren't concerned with the stopgap to the NBA. Of course they want to win but that isn't the most important aspect of that one year. I truly do think Calipari does good with all of the egos he encounters. That aspect along with the handlers can't be easy. But those players are there to improve connections, maintain visibility, and become part of a brand expected to go to the NBA after one year. Calipari was no different coaching these kids. He used it to his advantage. He could care less if he wins it is how you market yourself. Tubby Smith had a title within a couple of years in Kentucky and he was fired. Calipari has won a title and they throw money at him to keep him there and act like he is an innovator. Dude is the best con artist of our generation and gets paid close to $10 million a year to be that con.

 

 

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[HoosierAloha 30,036]

Completely agree. It's a great situation for those kids who are truly one and done. They go to Lexington where they live in top notch dorms, have great publicity from ESPN, play against other kids who are interested in the same path, schoolwork is tertiary to basketball and other interest, etc.

Cal is a perfect fit for that school as both are conning the system. It will be interesting to see if the G League develops into a true farm system for the NBA. If they start paying more than they can get in Lexington Cal might be running to something new.

[OliviaPope40 6,474]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/19796751/cases-louisville-cardinals-north-carolina-tar-heels-involving-rick-pitino-roy-williams-shape-power-ncaa

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

22 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/19796751/cases-louisville-cardinals-north-carolina-tar-heels-involving-rick-pitino-roy-williams-shape-power-ncaa

Should have ripped their banners down immediately.

[MikeRoberts 6,943]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/19796751/cases-louisville-cardinals-north-carolina-tar-heels-involving-rick-pitino-roy-williams-shape-power-ncaa

The whole thing pisses me off. Boeiheim, Williams, Calipari, Pitino, all have this too big too fail, untouchable air about them and it's disgusting. They should all be barred from coaching and have everything they've accomplished wiped from the books. They have completely ruined the game we all love and the worthless NCAA has allowed them to do it


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[schoosier 3,462]

Very few things sports related could please me more than Louisville losing 1 and UNC up to 3 banners. Esp after Brand decimating our program after too many phone calls.

[Dalton26 16,892]

If they don't lose their banners then college sports will become open season for pay to play. Even more so than it is now. The NCAA will lose all of its power.


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[OliviaPope40 6,474]

8 hours ago, schoosier said:

Very few things sports related could please me more than Louisville losing 1 and UNC up to 3 banners. Esp after Brand decimating our program after too many phone calls.

Our problem was we self reported the phone calls and got more than Louisville did. 

[bigrod 2,864]

2 hours ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Our problem was we self reported the phone calls and got more than Louisville did. 

The NCAA is sending a clear message... Lie, deny, plead ignorance, and look the other way is better than coming clean and fixing your mess. Well, as long as you're making them a lot of $$.

[HoosierAloha 30,036]

The NCAA is sending a clear message... Lie, deny, plead ignorance, and look the other way is better than coming clean and fixing your mess. Well, as long as you're making them a lot of $$.

The Size of the Pot
Basically, March Madness is the NCAA’s bread and butter. College athletics’ governing body will earn somewhere around $900 million in revenue from the tournament, representing about 90% of its annual revenue. On the surface that seems like cause for outrage, especially in light of how much the players earn: nothing.

This was from an article this March. Why would the NCAA punish the big dogs that pay their salaries.

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/031516/how-much-does-ncaa-make-march-madness.asp

[Hoosierfan2017 21,064]

1 hour ago, bigrod said:

The NCAA is sending a clear message... Lie, deny, plead ignorance, and look the other way is better than coming clean and fixing your mess. Well, as long as you're making them a lot of $$.

The NCAA lacks subpoena power so if you don't snitch on yourself it's a lot harder for them to punish you. Unfortunately lying pays off.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,147]

NCAA clears Texas’ Mohamed Bamba

 

Incoming Texas big man Mohamed Bambawas cleared again by the NCAA after allegations surfaced from his half-brother Ibrahim “Abe” Johnson that Mohamed accepted cash and gifts from a financial adviser.

“After evaluating all available information, the NCAA determined the assistance Greer Love provides to Mohamed Bamba does not violate rules,” the NCAA said. “Bamba remains certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center.”

In a recent Facebook video, Johnson accused Love of providing Bamba money, vacations, and other extra benefits while steering him toward certain colleges with the aim of working with him later. (Bamba in May chose Texas over Kentucky, Duke and Michigan.)

Johnson said that he hoped to become an NBA agent himself, and that he had intended to pursue graduate studies at Texas to that end while Bamba was in school. He said that while Bamba initially supported the idea of his brother joining him, he eventually told Johnson not to come to Texas. Johnson then apparently went public with the video as an act of retribution.

“He’s not going to play this year in the NCAA because I already reported him to the NCAA and I’m already going to meet with the NCAA,” said Johnson, a former basketball player at Division II University of Montevallo. “He’s not going to play this year. I’m not going to lie to you. I exposed that kid.”

The 6-foot-11 Bamba is projected as the No. 4 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by DraftExpress.com.