College Bball Thread

[Uspshoosier]

Toledo on the ropes to Kent St. 1 seed about to go down.   Richmond up 3 with 4:16 to go.   

[Home Jersey]

St Joes up 2 on #1 Richmond 1 min left on USA

[Demo]

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

Matt Norlander  --  Between Boynton's guaranteed money for getting sacked and the hiring of a new staff, sources in the industry speculated Oklahoma State will need to inject at least $12 million in this hiring cycle. And that is before NIL fundraising. OSU ranks near the bottom in the Big 12.

T Boone Pickens dying just killed their athletic programs. You’d always hear about how that program had unlimited funds when in reality what they had was 1 very old dude willing to give them unlimited funds. 

[LamarCheeks]

These buyouts continue to flummox me. 

Stackhouse will get over $15M to go away from Vanderbilt. 

He was 70-92 (38-60 SEC) in five years there, and was making just over $3M a year. 

If you have that kind of record at a P5 school after five seasons, you should be fired. He got paid for doing a crappy job and now he'll get paid for not even doing the job. 

There oughta be a universal coaching clause -- if you don't go at least .500 and have been there more than four years, you don't get a buyout. LOL! 

[Uspshoosier]

12 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

St Joes up 2 on #1 Richmond 1 min left on USA

St joes wins it 

[Rico]

Where can I get a Dawson Garcia headband?  I need one for when I drink out of control.  

[Sandman]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

T Boone Pickens dying just killed their athletic programs. You’d always hear about how that program had unlimited funds when in reality what they had was 1 very old dude willing to give them unlimited funds. 

This is incredibly false. OSU sucks @$$ at basketball and has for several years. But they're currently in the top ten in 7 sports, men & women combined. Just won the men's cross country NC (4th time since 2009). Top 15-20 in football every year. Wrestling, golf, softball, etc. are all really good.

Is the NIL program up to snuff? I don't think so. But to say the athletic programs were killed is ridiculous.

[LIHoosier]

Tulsa/E Carolina tied 45 seconds left ESPNU

[Uspshoosier]

1 minute ago, LIHoosier said:

Tulsa/E Carolina tied 45 seconds left ESPNU

E Carolina up 3 with 11 to to.  Tulsa ball 

[Demo]

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2024/03/14/alabama-basketball-nate-oats-ryan-pannone-adam-bauman-offense-march-madness-ncaa-tournament/72803786007/
 

This is a great freaking article. Everyone needs to read. Dusty May talks about a lot of the same ideas.

[LIHoosier]

E Carolina is taking 'fouling up 3' to the extreme

[SamIam]

4 minutes ago, Demo said:

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2024/03/14/alabama-basketball-nate-oats-ryan-pannone-adam-bauman-offense-march-madness-ncaa-tournament/72803786007/
 

This is a great freaking article. Everyone needs to read. Dusty May talks about a lot of the same ideas.

You hear so much of the same stuff about Dusty - he's freakishly obsessed with basketball, constantly learning, similar offensive philosophy. I just think Bama plays too fast for my liking. Oats' teams have been top 16 in the nation in pace for the past 7 years. In a tournament setting it only takes one disciplined defensive team to take you out of that. I'm a firm believer that you can't have a gimmick in a tournament setting - can't be too reliant on any one thing. Playing too fast (Bama) or too slow (UVA) leaves you susceptible to running into one team that can expose that. Sh*t, that's been Purdue's problem as they have been over-reliant on the post. Dusty's pace hovers right around 150, a perfect sweet spot. Game to game they can play fast or slow depending on what beats you. 

[Demo]

I suppose if this is the direction things are going then I hope he’s right.

[JF87]

7 minutes ago, Demo said:

I suppose if this is the direction things are going then I hope he’s right.

Could the Dusty talk derail FAU's season? 

[LamarCheeks]

12 minutes ago, Demo said:

I suppose if this is the direction things are going then I hope he’s right.

You gotta read between the lines ...

An owl is a bird!

He's staying put until next year, when Woody takes a walk. Then Dusty makes a triumphant return to B-town!!!

 

[Hovadipo]

Maryland has seemingly given up on Willard. This is fugly.

[str8baller]

Wisconsin seems to have shaken their February slump. 

[Uspshoosier]

5 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Maryland has seemingly given up on Willard. This is fugly.

 

[Demo]

6 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Maryland has seemingly given up on Willard. This is fugly.

Ugly as it gets. A team that’s quit meeting a team that’s making everything.

[Hovadipo]

Houston has TCU in hell. 11:37 remaining in the first half and the Frogs haven't scored lol.

Edit: TCU on the board after over 9.5 minutes of getting blanked.