College Bball Thread

[Stuhoo]

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

Not being taken well by a lot of pUKe fans that he publicly threw a player under the bus.

 

John Calipari @UKCoachCalipari

We have asked Cam Fletcher to take some time and step away from the team. He needs to reflect and do some soul searching to get his priorities in order. Any attitude or actions that are detrimental to this team will not be tolerated – and that goes for everyone on the team.

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

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

Not being taken well by a lot of pUKe fans that he publicly threw a player under the bus.

 

John Calipari @UKCoachCalipari

We have asked Cam Fletcher to take some time and step away from the team. He needs to reflect and do some soul searching to get his priorities in order. Any attitude or actions that are detrimental to this team will not be tolerated – and that goes for everyone on the team.

Oof.  Don't see this everyday and this publicly hardly ever.  

[Stuhoo]

If you believe message boards and a retweet by Matt Jones, after apologizing to the team Fletcher was trashing Calipari later that day, and other players are feeling the same.

 

[TheWatShot]

I think the John Calipari era is coming to an end. I wouldn't be surprised if he's done after this season. 

[Stuhoo]

5 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

I think the John Calipari era is coming to an end. I wouldn't be surprised if he's done after this season. 

Agreed.

When word starts to spread that a program is not a happy place, things can snowball quickly.

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

7 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

I think the John Calipari era is coming to an end. I wouldn't be surprised if he's done after this season. 

Wouldn’t be surprised. Just when free market recruiting is taking effect.  Crazy.  
 

I also think we will see much more of this type of stuff and the transfer rates will be bananas. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Yet another AP Poll... Yet another Indiana is not in. We are 30th in the AP. 

[Honkyman]

IU is ranked 16 in Kenpom.

[Stuhoo]

27 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Yet another AP Poll... Yet another Indiana is not in. We are 30th in the AP. 

 

Your five most recent posts--and these are during and after a solid win:

1. Yet another AP Poll... Yet another Indiana is not in. We are 30th in the AP.
2. Kinda disappointing actually.
3. Why can't Durham make smart passes? He doesn't swing when he should and swings when he shouldn't
4. Hunter needs pulled and sat for the day.
5. Missed out on 33 straight AP polls. Haven't been ranked since the week of January 14-20, 2019. During that week, we lost 51-66 to Nebraska at home and 55-70 at Purdue.

This board is for IU fans, including those who are critical of the team. However, I've seen threads on rival boards that are a holding place for anti-IU comments. We will not have a exclusively anti-IU basketball mantra being splattered all over this board.

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

The same about Calipari or that Fletcher should step away? I think you are saying the former, correct?

 

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Yup—the former.

 Of course, when a team with high expectations is 1-5 and one 18 in the group starts venting, it is only natural for others to join in.

 

[Stuhoo]

 

https://theathletic.com/news/kentucky-basketball-john-calipari-camron-fletcher/kTAsa8SZL2j3

How deep do problems run at UK?

Tucker: Pretty damn deep. Off to the program's worst start in almost 100 years, the Wildcats are in full-blown meltdown mode. None of the players wanted to speak to the media after Saturday's loss to North Carolina, so injured sophomore Keion Brooks did it. Not a great sign. And sources close to the program indicate Calipari is currently in a power struggle with multiple other key players on this roster.

Can they turn it around?

Tucker: The hunch here is no. Lose Saturday at rival Louisville and the season is close to officially being a wash, and Calipari knows it. For the first time since the 2013 NIT season, and just the second time in his dozen years at Kentucky, he's losing the battle to stamp out ego and create a cohesive team out of a bunch of former five-star recruits. There might be more departures, and Calipari might welcome that at this point.

[HinnyHoosier]

 
https://theathletic.com/news/kentucky-basketball-john-calipari-camron-fletcher/kTAsa8SZL2j3

How deep do problems run at UK?

Tucker: Pretty damn deep. Off to the program's worst start in almost 100 years, the Wildcats are in full-blown meltdown mode. None of the players wanted to speak to the media after Saturday's loss to North Carolina, so injured sophomore Keion Brooks did it. Not a great sign. And sources close to the program indicate Calipari is currently in a power struggle with multiple other key players on this roster.

Can they turn it around?

Tucker: The hunch here is no. Lose Saturday at rival Louisville and the season is close to officially being a wash, and Calipari knows it. For the first time since the 2013 NIT season, and just the second time in his dozen years at Kentucky, he's losing the battle to stamp out ego and create a cohesive team out of a bunch of former five-star recruits. There might be more departures, and Calipari might welcome that at this point.

When you recruit and sign a large number of 5 star kids you’d better darn well have a solid Diva radar.


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[Stuhoo]

UK better not lose too many more players. Without Brooks they are down to nine scholly players on their roster. Lose two or three more and don't get Brooks back and things could get super-duper fun.

[Demo]

27 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

 

When you recruit and sign a large number of 5 star kids you’d better darn well have a solid Diva radar.


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You’ve got that right. I find it curious that Fletcher would be the kid to publicly blow up. He’s from my neck of the woods, have seen him a few times and never thought he was anything but a a solid 3-4 year kid. Was really surprised when Cal offered him. Is he actually allowing kids at Fletcher’s level to believe they’re gonna come in and play from the jump and he’s gonna turn them into pros overnight? Always thought Cal was smarter than that.

[Stuhoo]

 

I do know that Keion Brooks would be a hell of a fit for IU next year. And I also know that he's a bright kid, a good student, and is close with Armaan and TJD. If our truly high-character kids who know him well like him? That should be a plenty good enough endorsement.

If anyone is else is leaving UK it'll likely come just after their UL game tomorrow.

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

22 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

I do know that Keion Brooks would be a hell of a fit for IU next year. And I also know that he's a bright kid, a good student, and is close with Armaan and TJD. If our truly high-character kids who know him well like him? That should be a plenty good enough endorsement.

If anyone is else is leaving UK it'll likely come just after their UL game tomorrow.

 

I’d welcome it. 

[Brass Cannon]

Man if I’m Brooks I get the heck out of dodge and make a case for leaving for fear for his safety and just show the NCAA some of the comments in Rupps rafters. Yeesh. Can’t believe people tried to say IU fans were what frightened him off coming here 

[zsmithey4]

On a lighter note, if anyone is interested in sports betting and a little humor added in I found an Instagram account through a buddy of mine with some Hoosier fans that post their picks every day with some funny captions and show a lot of welcome bias towards the Hoosiers. The account is @hoosier_prophets on Instagram if anyone wants to take look. I got a really good laugh out of their video post for the IU-Butler game

[Uspshoosier]

FSU up 3 at half on Gardner-Webb.   Sleepwalking.   
Southern Illinois on a 14-0 run.  They are up 6 at butler with 6:20 left in first half 

 

[TheWatShot]

Butler is getting run. Amazing how teams always start sucking after we beat them.