College Bball Thread

[LamarCheeks]

Coppin State hits a 3 at the buzzer. Going to OT with Georgetown. 

83-all. 

[Hovadipo]

COPPIN STATE DELIVERS, AS DOES COLLEGE BASKETBALL

[Uspshoosier]

58 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Coppin st up 1 at Georgetown with 16:44 to go in the second half.  Ewing looking for his first win since Dec 15th of last year 

Coppin St sends it to OT 

[Uspshoosier]

Georgetown pulled away in OT 

[Hovadipo]

Did they just say Coppin’s coach is Juan Dixon? Gross. 

[J34]

2 hours ago, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

Sucks …Braden will Be a massive thorn in our side

I think we'll be just fine at the pg position. 

[IUc2016]

Purdue shot 37% from the field against Milwaukee (sub 300 in Kenpom).

And honestly, Edey was really bad. 4-13 with a lot of easy looks. 

[Stuhoo]

11 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Purdue looking good. Braden Smith running the offense very well. Active on defense. Newnan hitting shots. Edey just bring huge. 

Against one of the worst teams in D1 (Kenpom 330) Braden Smith was 1-6 fg, 4 assists, 3 turnovers, 7 steals.

He plays with confidence, but he’s also an undersized freshman who can’t get to the rim.

I’ll take my chances with X, JHS, or for that matter, Gabe Cupps over Braden Smith.

[Stuhoo]

31 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

Purdue shot 37% from the field against Milwaukee (sub 300 in Kenpom).

And honestly, Edey was really bad. 4-13 with a lot of easy looks. 

Edey can be unstoppable when he catches near the basket and he looks like he’s in better shape this year, but he still moves kinda stiffly.

 

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

6 hours ago, J34 said:

I think we'll be just fine at the pg position. 

Oh I don’t think we are in bad shape , hope you didn’t take it that way , but he’s a kid you’d love to have on your roster and he’s likely a four year ( or however many years kids will get for whatever reason) starter ….it’s early but I’m not positive we will get to keep ours for four 

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

51 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Against one of the worst teams in D1 (Kenpom 330) Braden Smith was 1-6 fg, 4 assists, 3 turnovers, 7 steals.

He plays with confidence, but he’s also an undersized freshman who can’t get to the rim.

I’ll take my chances with X, JHS, or for that matter, Gabe Cupps over Braden Smith.

Stu not sure if you watched or just saw the stat line …I’d you didn’t and you can stomach it try and catch their next game …watch smith run offense.  He’s very small which is tough to make up for in big ten play without being a freak athlete.  It was clear in high school I just wasn’t sure if it would translate to the big stage but he has that “it” factor , he sees things on the floor and can control the pace and flow of a game and he looks comfortable doing it at 19.  I’m sure he’ll take some lumps with bad shooting nights but if  not this year the next three he’s gonna be way worse than a Jordan bohannon to us 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

59 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Edey can be unstoppable when he catches near the basket and he looks like he’s in better shape this year, but he still moves kinda stiffly.

 

It's kind of a lost art nowadays, but teaching big men to pin a guy on the block on the weak side(and no one is just moving Edey outta the way) and for the team to notice, and actually swing the ball around for a post delivery... Purdue could get 30 ppg off just that because of how big he is. But for whatever reason, they liked throwing it to him in a lot of awkward situations. 

[Stuhoo]

2 hours ago, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

Stu not sure if you watched or just saw the stat line …I’d you didn’t and you can stomach it try and catch their next game …watch smith run offense.  He’s very small which is tough to make up for in big ten play without being a freak athlete.  It was clear in high school I just wasn’t sure if it would translate to the big stage but he has that “it” factor , he sees things on the floor and can control the pace and flow of a game and he looks comfortable doing it at 19.  I’m sure he’ll take some lumps with bad shooting nights but if  not this year the next three he’s gonna be way worse than a Jordan bohannon to us 

I watched.

Other than the visual and the competitiveness, I don’t see the comp.

Bohannon was an undersized two guard ala Hulls and Smith is an undersized point. That’s a very different proposition. 

 

[HoosierX]

59 minutes ago, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

Stu not sure if you watched or just saw the stat line …I’d you didn’t and you can stomach it try and catch their next game …watch smith run offense.  He’s very small which is tough to make up for in big ten play without being a freak athlete.  It was clear in high school I just wasn’t sure if it would translate to the big stage but he has that “it” factor , he sees things on the floor and can control the pace and flow of a game and he looks comfortable doing it at 19.  I’m sure he’ll take some lumps with bad shooting nights but if  not this year the next three he’s gonna be way worse than a Jordan bohannon to us 

I agree that he didn't look bad last night but let's see him play against a little better competition. I think he's going to get abused on defense in the Big Ten.

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Other than the visual and the competitiveness, I don’t see the comp.

Bohannon was an undersized two guard ala Hulls and Smith is an undersized point.

 

Hulls was an outstanding ball handler and would have been our primary pg if not for yogi I think that’s actually a better comp I was just trying to fit opponents mold ….those steals on the stat sheet aren’t athleticism they are from him knowing where the ball is and will go …I think as an upperclassmen he will be an aaron craft Jordan bohannon blend and he will be no fun to play against 

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

2 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

I agree that he didn't look bad last night but let's see him play against a little better competition. I think he's going to get abused on defense in the Big Ten.

I won’t bet my house on it yet …you’re right …part of why I watched last night was he captivated me in hs play and I wanted to see how that translates to a floor full of athletes …he will take some lumps but I think he will surprise a lot of people …painter starting him was something I certainly didn’t immediately expect 

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

Hulls was an outstanding ball handler and would have been our primary pg if not for yogi I think that’s actually a better comp I was just trying to fit opponents mold ….those steals on the stat sheet aren’t athleticism they are from him knowing where the ball is and will go …I think as an upperclassmen he will be an aaron craft Jordan bohannon blend and he will be no fun to play against 

Hulls was an outstanding ball handler who was 5’11 and not super quick. Therefore he couldn’t play the point nearly as successfully as he could play the SG role.

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

I won’t bet my house on it yet …you’re right …part of why I watched last night was he captivated me in hs play and I wanted to see how that translates to a floor full of athletes …he will take some lumps but I think he will surprise a lot of people …painter starting him was something I certainly didn’t immediately expect 

Painter has absolutely no choice but to start him.

His other opinions are Morton, who is not a ball handler in any way, or Jenkins, who is not a ball handler and has been erratic and not very good at bad programs.

[HoosierHoopster]

9 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Painter has absolutely no choice but to start him.

His other opinions are Morton, who is not a ball handler in any way, or Jenkins, who is not a ball handler and has been erratic and not very good at bad programs.

Gotta love Painter's opinions!

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Hulls was an outstanding ball handler who was 5’11 and not super quick. Therefore he couldn’t play the point nearly as successfully as he could play the SG role.

Agreed problem was he could defend the sg position