College Bball Thread

[DChoosier]

5 hours ago, DWB said:

HH podcast with X is out.

https://podcastaddict.com/episode/144459442

X comes in at the 29 minute mark.

Appreciate you letting us know we need to fast forward 29 minutes. :)

Their previous interview, with Lawrence Frank, was very good. Highly recommend it but as always  you first need to fast forward past their two-man/boy “banter”.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Rothstein:  Ohio State's Seth Towns is stepping away from basketball and will not play during the upcoming season, per his Twitter page. Has battled multiple injuries the past few years. Transfer from Harvard.

[Demo]

IU fans again showing their discernment. Anyone who doesn’t respect the hell out of what that guy’s done just wasn’t paying attention.

[Uspshoosier]

one and done is about to go away 

[Uspshoosier]

 

[Hovadipo]

8 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

Seems bad!

 

Edit: Gun charges. Oof.

https://www.wxyz.com/sports/emu-basketball-star-former-top-recruit-emoni-bates-arrested-on-gun-charges

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

2 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

BTW, I hope this absolutely wrecks Cal & Duke's evil empires. Doubt it, but I sure hope so. 

Will not.  The top 10-15 or whatever will try to jump to the NBA like the old days.  The next 20 will Pick Duke, Kentucky, BlueBlood du jour.  The best recruiting schools will still get the next best players.  Maybe they stay in college an extra year or 2 and clog up the cycle just a tad.  

[Stuhoo]

10 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Will not.  The top 10-15 or whatever will try to jump to the NBA like the old days.  The next 20 will Pick Duke, Kentucky, BlueBlood du jour.  The best recruiting schools will still get the next best players.  Maybe they stay in college an extra year or 2 and clog up the cycle just a tad.  

Generally I agree, but this will upset the apple cart a little bit, and there is no telling how what the eventual consequences will be.

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Other thought: Does this mean that we're not getting Naas Cunningham at IU?

#disappointed

[Stuhoo]

All,

Just hid a few posts.

While it is only natural to want to comment on the state of Emoni Bates' arrest for gun charges, one of the things that makes this board a refuge for good discussion, separated from non-sports related vitriol, is because of our standard of not letting topics veer into political commentary. That may seem unnecessary at times, but we have found that in the long run, it keeps the board a better place.

Therefore, while the mods understand that it may be natural to have strong opinions generally about arrests and guns, we are not going to let the 'College Basketball' thread go there. Hova's "oof" says it well about Bates, without venturing into larger societal problems. BTW, any Bates-related updates are a-okay.

Thanks

 

[Brass Cannon]

I feel bad for Bates clearly he’s made his own decisions but I also think he’s got the wrong people giving him advice.  I am all for kids learning their own lessons but I feel better about it when they are clearly disregarding good advice.  Instead of probably being advised poorly by self interested people who don’t care about them 

[Stuhoo]

16 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I feel bad for Bates clearly he’s made his own decisions but I also think he’s got the wrong people giving him advice.  I am all for kids learning their own lessons but I feel better about it when they are clearly disregarding good advice.  Instead of probably being advised poorly by self interested people who don’t care about them 

Sure seems like Emoni returning to play in his home town was a terrible idea.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

 

 

[Hovadipo]

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

 

 

DANCING IN THE STREET

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

 

[HinnyHoosier]

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Ah. The NCAA’s signature public “shame on you, now move along” punitive action.

That being said, I haven’t looked into any details of their probation. No postseason ban was all I needed to see of the NCAA continuing to be the NCAA.


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[Rico]

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

 

Probation and Memphis go together like chocolate and peanut butter.

[DWB]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

 

Well that will sure stop them in their tracks from even thinking about doing anything like that again (and again, and again). 

[Demo]

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/college/xavier/xaviersports/2022/09/27/xaviers-zach-freemantle-suspended-indefinitely/69522940007/
 

For Sean Miller to indefinitely suspend a kid who was certainly gonna start for him, he may have actually shot a guy. We’ll see if he finds his way back before the IU game.

[vemmeistars]

Rumor on Xavier boards was that it is weed related. Regardless, I'd be surprised to see him miss the IU game.

[eddy4iu]

16 hours ago, vemmeistars said:

Rumor on Xavier boards was that it is weed related. Regardless, I'd be surprised to see him miss the IU game.

3 games and we are #4 for them.