Mid 30s. Dad is John Lucas if you're an older NBA guy.
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Mid 30s. Dad is John Lucas if you're an older NBA guy.
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Maybe Golden shouldn't have pissed off Drake.
Whats interesting about the tourney this year is that while many are talking about how NIL has hurt the small teams and there is a lack of cinderellas, it has also hurt the blue bloods
UNC, Florida, Kansas and Kentucky all out in the opening weekend.
It’s not about history and past championships. It’s about “how good is your coach in identifying talent and putting his NIL resources to work”
Same thing is happening in football. The past means nothing.
UNC, Florida, Kansas and Kentucky all out in the opening weekend.
It’s not about history and past championships. It’s about “how good is your coach in identifying talent and putting his NIL resources to work”
Same thing is happening in football. The past means nothing.
Here is how Drake 2.0 made it to the Sweet 16:
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If you watch Nebraska or Iowa play, I think it's about team chemistry and team effort and intelligence on defense. Teams that have equal talent or usually not equal. There is more to it than just getting talent.
Since when did they remove 3 seconds and offensive fouls from the rule book and add the hop as a legal move?
Honestly, ignore the coach calling timeout and it getting ignored FL guard catches going downhill as well - as if they had choice with minimal time but same concept applies it opens up the court and lets these guys make a play.
Struts is cerebral - he makes the right play 9 times out of 10 and he’s steady. Nothing phases him. Go find a fucking PG that embodies the same qualities and stop over thinking it. That sort of kid has always thrived in March. Michigan State has an elite PG many other teams with a chance - go get you a serviceable PG.
I miss you Julian Larry. God forgive me.
I believe Garry Trudeau, aka Mr. Mr. Jane Pauley captured the reality of the collegiate sports landscape:
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15 years ago
As a side point, and maybe a hot take...
That arena is ugly and sterile as hell. I don't want my college basketball arena to look like a lame megachurch.
LarryJoe
The Recruit Level
100%. This is the problem in college athletics right now; how do you keep your talented group intact for multiple years?
Case in point:
Kentucky President: “Expenses can’t continue to outpace [athletic’s] revenues.” Also states they're taking a $30M loan for operational expenses. The professional athlete model is not sustainable.
How many of this year's players can come back better next year and form a unified unit with enough talent and can mesh with some new guys and elevate our play?
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LarryJoe
The Recruit Level
I was just speaking in generalities, wasn't directed at this years squad, but it's a fair question. All those variables are on the coaching staff...finding fit vs talent, getting players better, etc,.
UConn women were up 65-12 at halftime against 9 seed Syracuse. At one point the announcer said "does it still count as a steal if the other team wasn't planning on using the ball anyway?"
IMO there are 3 main ways....
1) Have the budget to afford to keep whomever you want, and can bring in whomever you want. Or at the very least have a budget on equal footing as your peers and your realistic competition for most players.
2) Recruit and develop players that will either give you a discount, or won't be as desirable to other programs. Maybe it's an in-state kid who wants to stay in state and will take the "home town discount". Maybe it's the guy who is an amazing shooter but isn't physical enough to make the jump to a big time program.
3) Develop a system that isn't as reliant on individual players, but one that you can plug and play specific player types into. Moneyball it. Don't worry about going out to find some 3 level scorer that can give you 20 points per game, develop a system where you just need a guy that can shoot 35%+ from 3 while playing passable defense and plug and play that type of player year in and year out, regardless of what the name on the jersey says. Or maybe you can't get the best athletes but you can get a bunch of high Basketball IQ guys every year so you develop a system that takes more processing and relies less on pure athleticism. Or maybe you don't have the money for a bunch of great shooters every year, so you put together a system that feeds off of high tempo, high energy, high intensity sets.
So Reink Mast has to finally be done after his 11th season, right?