College Bball Thread

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

8 hours ago, Leo said:

@Uspshoosier says amateur!

[RaceToTheTop]

Almost every winner of the NCAA tournament has finished with a POM offensive and defensive rating in the top 25.....very few exceptions to this rule.

By that rule, there are only six serious contenders for the title this year:

Gonzaga (offense 1, defense 7)

Arizona (offense 5, defense 20)

Houston (offense 10, defense 11)

Baylor (offense 9, defense 14)

UCLA (offense 15, defense 12)

Auburn (offense 24, defense 8)

[IUFAN1976]

3 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

Almost every winner of the NCAA tournament has finished with a POM offensive and defensive rating in the top 25.....very few exceptions to this rule.

By that rule, there are only six serious contenders for the title this year:

Gonzaga (offense 1, defense 7)

Arizona (offense 5, defense 20)

Houston (offense 10, defense 11)

Baylor (offense 9, defense 14)

UCLA (offense 15, defense 12)

Auburn (offense 24, defense 8)

That’s good info to know when I fill out my bracket 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

South Carolina has parted ways with Frank Martin.  Seems like yesterday he was a hot commodity for coaching vacancies.

[LIHoosier]

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

South Carolina has parted ways with Frank Martin.  Seems like yesterday he was a hot commodity for coaching vacancies.

The hotel rooms the teams don't use in Greenville SC are gonna be filled by $EC athletic directors running interviews.

 

[TheWatShot]

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

South Carolina has parted ways with Frank Martin.  Seems like yesterday he was a hot commodity for coaching vacancies.

It's crazy how a coach will come out of nowhere to take a team to the Final Four, he's a hot commodity, provides memorable, inspiring quotes about teaching today's youth, then you don't hear about him for a few years, and suddenly, he's out of a job. 

 

I'm sure his name came up at some point last year in our coaching search. 

[str8baller]

12 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

It's crazy how a coach will come out of nowhere to take a team to the Final Four, he's a hot commodity, provides memorable, inspiring quotes about teaching today's youth, then you don't hear about him for a few years, and suddenly, he's out of a job. 

 

I'm sure his name came up at some point last year in our coaching search. 

He strikes me as a guy who can come in and have success but wears out his welcome pretty quickly. 

[RaceToTheTop]

8 hours ago, str8baller said:

He strikes me as a guy who can come in and have success but wears out his welcome pretty quickly. 

He's a good X and O guy.  South Carolina certainly isn't an easy place to win.  He's averaged 17-15 and 8-10 in the conference over 10 years there but only made the tournament once.

That said, he seems like a very blunt guy and that probably doesn't help on the recruiting trail.  But put him at a place where he gets talent equal to the rest of the conference and he would thrive.

 

[iubb]

Ncaa has some explaining to do.

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[iubb]

 

NCAA needs to publicly explain how this happened and compensate CSU accordingly. And if they don’t I would fully support CSU going scorched earth on the NCAA and I bet they would have a bunch of other schools in their corner fighting with them. 

 

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[LamarCheeks]

Archie and Sean Miller -- along with our good friend, Jeff Goodman -- break down the East.

Archie doesn't hate us -- even picks us to win two games -- but Sean does. Probably protecting little brother a little from our awful fans, and his son is on staff at St. Mary's. Sean has us losing to Wyoming.

Archie throws a little dirt at Purdue -- says they have a tough matchup against Yale and will lose to Texas/Virginia Tech. Geez, Arch -- where was that dislike of PU when you were in B-town? LOL. 

Not surprisingly, both Millers pick Kentucky out of the region -- the family is tight with Cal. 
 

 

[schoosier]

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

South Carolina has parted ways with Frank Martin.  Seems like yesterday he was a hot commodity for coaching vacancies.

He’s well liked here in SC but couldn’t keep up the momentum after his final four run. He took the ***** to only one NCAA tournament during his tenure. As Indiana has said since 99, next man up.

[RaceToTheTop]

Jaelin Llewellyn (Princeton) enters the transfer portal.  Combo guard, averaged 16 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists.  Was a top 100 recruit out of high school.

 

[HoosierX]

23 hours ago, brumdog45 said:

Almost every winner of the NCAA tournament has finished with a POM offensive and defensive rating in the top 25.....very few exceptions to this rule.

By that rule, there are only six serious contenders for the title this year:

Gonzaga (offense 1, defense 7)

Arizona (offense 5, defense 20)

Houston (offense 10, defense 11)

Baylor (offense 9, defense 14)

UCLA (offense 15, defense 12)

Auburn (offense 24, defense 8)

I'd add Kentucky to that mix, at 4 and 27 you're basically splitting hairs.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

1978 Illinois class AA Boy's Basketball All State team. It includes a few players who made their mark on College Basketball and played in the NBA or became a College Coach. Isiah Thomas is on this team.

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[LamarCheeks]

Three B1G players are first-team AP All-Americans ... 
 

 

[RaceToTheTop]

Interesting stats from Pom:

1.  Division 1 teams shot a combined 71.7% from the free throw line this season.  This is the highest percentage in NCAA history.

2.  Home winning percentage of games this season was 57.5%.  This matches last year's home winning percentage of 57.5% with no fans in the stands.  Both these marks are the lowest since Pom has tracked it (1997 on).

3.  Three point percentage nationwide was at 33.7%.  This is the second lowest mark.  Lowest was 33.3% in 2020, which I believe coincides with moving the line back.

4.  While free throw percentage was at an all time high, the rate at which free throws were shot was at an the lowest point it has been since Pom has tracked it (1987).

5.  Two point field goal percentage was at 49.7%.  Since the advent of the three point shot, two point percentages for the season have been between 47.3% (2000) and 50.1% (2019).  Prior to the advent of the three point shot, field goal percentage peaked at 48.1% (no threes, obviously, all twos).

6.  Average player height was up 1/10th of an inch to 6'5.0".  This is the tallest since Pom has tracked it (2007).  Average height in 2007 was 6'4.5".....basically a half increase over the past 15 years.

7.  Percentage of made shots that were assisted was at 50.8%.  This is the lowest mark since it has been tracked (1994).  Highest mark was 55.7% in 2006.

8.  Offensive rebounds continue to drop -- at 28.1% of all rebounds.  Lowest was in 2020 and 2021 at 28.0%.  It has been tracked since 1997;  highest mark was in 1997 when it was 35.6%.

9.  Tempo was down 1.1 possessions per team this year from last but offensive efficiency went up slightly.

10.  Percentage of possessions resulting in turnovers tied for the second lowest mark since its been tracked.  Turnovers are currently 15% less than in 1997 when it was first tracked.

 

[LamarCheeks]

Chris Collins returning to NW ... 
 

 

[HoosierX]

9 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Three B1G players are first-team AP All-Americans ... 
 

 

TJD apparently not even an honorable mention.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33510053/big-ten-lands-three-players-ap-all-america-first-team

[IU - Kaulie]

9 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

TJD apparently not even an honorable mention.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33510053/big-ten-lands-three-players-ap-all-america-first-team

I would have to agree with him not being included.