2018-19 College Hoops Thread

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 12:19 pm

--Look at the 4 teams left. What do they have in common? None are part of the one-and-done factory. All four teams are pretty well-experienced and have juniors and seniors that have been down these roads before. At first glimpse, I like Virginia vs. Sparty for the championship with Sparty winning but it's been a bunch of surprises these last 4 days so it wouldn't be too crazy to think Auburn and TTech will be seeing each other on Monday.

This is a good point. Generally speaking look at the champions of the "one-and-done" era. Kentucky 2012 and Duke 2015 are really the only true "one-and-done" teams on the list.

Postby **Nittany Ned** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 12:42 pm

--Look at the 4 teams left. What do they have in common? None are part of the one-and-done factory. All four teams are pretty well-experienced and have juniors and seniors that have been down these roads before. At first glimpse, I like Virginia vs. Sparty for the championship with Sparty winning but it's been a bunch of surprises these last 4 days so it wouldn't be too crazy to think Auburn and TTech will be seeing each other on Monday.
This is a good point. Generally speaking look at the champions of the "one-and-done" era. Kentucky 2012 and Duke 2015 are really the only true "one-and-done" teams on the list.

And those teams weren't purely freshmen one and dones - Quinn Cook was Duke's 2nd leading a scorer and a junior, and they had some non one-and-done contributors off the bench. And Doron Lamb/Terrence Jones (2nd/4th leading scorers) for Kentucky were soph's.

No doubt it's optimal to have a mix. It was primarily upperclassmen who made UNC tick in their last 3 championships.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:43 pm

Zero Top 50 2018 prospects will suit up in Minneapolis, and it's possible that zero Top 100 freshmen will play. Experience rules the Final Four -- again

https://twitter.com/YahooForde/status/1 ... 7129424898

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:52 pm

Looks like that bad basketball loving, don't run your offense until there's 10 left on the shot clock, perennial underachiever, "I'm leaving for the Pac-1012 unless you give me a raise", hack Jamie Dixon is the leading candidate for the UCLA job. Good luck with that one Jamie.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:56 pm

Looks like that bad basketball loving, don't run your offense until there's 10 left on the shot clock, perennial underachiever, "I'm leaving for the Pac-1012 unless you give me a raise", hack Jamie Dixon is the leading candidate for the UCLA job. Good luck with that one Jamie.

Hey, he has an NIT Championship and victory over a #1 team on his resume now.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:56 pm

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 12:58 pm

Omg it's real

https://twitter.com/MacEngelProf/status ... 56577?s=19

Postby **Nittany Ned** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:05 pm

Don't understand why you're all so bitter towards a guy that took your program to heights it's very likely not to achieve again. No wonder he wanted out.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:05 pm

Dude accepts another job while his team, who put up a classic 44 point Jamie Dixon performance, is flying back to campus. What a NTP66 nugget.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:36 pm

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:44 pm

hahaha

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 4:16 pm

Thanks UCLA for leaving Ed Cooley alone.

Postby **Orlando Penguin** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:42 pm

Buzz Williams, who went from Marquette to Virginia Tech a few years ago, now takes his talents to College Station to take over aTm. The king of the lateral moves (from a basketball standpoint) is gonna make a nice bit of coin with the Aggies at least.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:49 pm

I always thought Marquette to Va Tech was a step down.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:26 pm

I always thought Marquette to Va Tech was a step down.

Agreed. But he's from Texas and has a grad degree from A&M so this is understandable. Not to mention the coin he's getting now

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:47 am

Yeah, I agree that this makes sense.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 2:14 pm

Latest I've heard is that the Jamie Dixon buyout IS still an issue. TCU is resistant to lowering it and UCLA is hesitant to pay. And the TCU team meeting was scheduled last night, so there may not be anything to announce unless something happens in the next hour or so.

https://twitter.com/latbbolch/status/11 ... 6438166528

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:00 pm

This national anthem is terribad.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:09 pm

Absolutely disastrous foul to take. How stupid do you have to be to make ANY contact there.

Virginia is so goddamn lucky.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:14 pm

It seemed like auburn was getting away with a ton before that call they made

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:14 pm

Unfortunate

Postby **Orlando Penguin** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:25 pm

Auburn did everything right to win that game and it would have been such an impressive comeback from down 10 but you can't be that aggressive on a closeout in that situation. If the guy hits the shot, so be it. Absolutely the right call.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 9:09 pm

Yep.

Gene Steratore is worth every penny.

Postby **Tomas** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:06 pm

Unfortunate

I get rooting for the underdog, but I am happy Auburn did not make the finals (even though it would have generated extra respect for "my" conference).

Bruce Pearl, IMO, is simply a special kind of a despicable person, exponentially worse than popular punching bags like Cal, K, etc. And so I am kind of glad his career did not get rewarded...

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:21 pm

I don't really care about Pearl. Felt bad for the kid.