2018-19 NCAA Basketball Season

[Goo Punch 4275]

KenPom Top 10 for next year:

 

 

 

 

[Machinator 32097]

 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Great coach, sketchy character- will win wherever he goes, but good luck expecting him to see his contract out.

[Horny Bull 2743]

Don't know where else to put this, but it seems like Beilein is garnering some serious interest from the Pistons for their head coaching job. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Wish we’d grab his ear, tell him that he doesn’t want to live in Detroit, and offer him a few million a year to year to come live in Austin. He’d be great at Texas.

[Underdog 27966]

Yeah, I was slow to hop on the Beilein wagon but would hate to see him leave the college game for the NBA. 

[Underdog 27966]

RIP, CM.  Helluva career. 

[Machinator 32097]

 

[Machinator 32097]

 

[Machinator 32097]

 

[Machinator 32097]

 

[Goo Punch 4275]

if i could only put money on two teams i'd take duke and nevada. duke will be closer to even money come tourney time, and at 60/1 Nevada is way too tempting to pass up with their talent, guard play, and nba offense.

[pigmeat markham 135]

On 7/24/2018 at 2:31 PM, Machinator said:

 

Tech will also play Duke on Dec. 20 in Madison Square Garden.

[Goo Punch 4275]

ESPN BPI is out.

 

 

 

Texas is #25

[A-Tex Devil 2406]

Aren't we all just waiting for Pitino's book to come out?  I imagine that is going to drop some bombs on Louisville, AAU, and perhaps a few other programs.

 

Edited to add:  ...meaning things we do not already know.  Obviously enough bombs have been dropped by the Feds the past 18 months.

Edited July 30, 2018 by A-Tex Devil

[ClubWhatever 12066]

Wake Forest coach charged in tourist death

Edited August 9, 2018 by ClubWhatever

[Machinator 32097]

 

[Machinator 32097]

 

[kopp0e 1135]

On 7/24/2018 at 2:30 PM, Machinator said:

 

I will be most interested in seeing the Wildcats vs the Cyclones...

[Underdog 27966]

1 hour ago, Machinator said:

 

11/6 can’t get here fast enough. 

[Guest Lobo]

^
Did they say what time on 11/6?  It's election night and I got machines to corrupt.  

[Underdog 27966]

I'm hoping the early game as I have to be up @4 for work the next day.  

[Guest Lobo]

Early game?  WOn't it it just be on LHN?  Earliest it would start would be 6:00p-CST.  Most likely, 7:00p-CST.  

[Underdog 27966]

Think we're talking 2 different games.  I'm talking UK/Duke on 11/6, no idea when Texas plays. 

[Guest Lobo]

I see.  Texas also tips off on 11/6, which is a week earlier than usual.  Eastern Illinois.  Should be just as much of a scorcher as Duke/Kentucky.  In that, both games will be decided by less than 5 points.  

[Bartles 769]

Can't imagine ESPN not making Duke-KY the 9 pm game, with MSU-KU earlier

[Underdog 27966]

Not sure K is allowed up past 9. And most likely the game won't start til about 9:30/9:45.  

Edited August 15, 2018 by Underdog

[BigOrange1 6352]

zion williamson is going to be appointment viewing. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

we've never seen an athlete like him. he's nearly 300 lbs.

 

[Underdog 27966]

Big Baby, Oliver Miller or Dametri Hill never did any of that? 

[Jhawk 1075]

We thought ESPN was bad with trey young... just wait until they make zion the most hated guy in the sport.

[RockyMountainHighHorn 886]

Zion just dropped 36 tonight against something called McGill. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

I believe their mascot is the Slipping Jimmies.

[Dewey 3266]

When do they play the Globetrotters?

[Jhawk 1075]

Zion is going to get his a lot this year then he is going to run into a big versatile 4 and a rim protector and come away with 8 points or something. It would have been awesome to see him go at the rim against bamba or to see him go at konate. 

[A-Tex Devil 2406]

I think everyone is going to find Zion will be the third (maybe fourth) best player on the Duke team by the time we are in conference season,

[Goo Punch 4275]

Nevada is going to be awesome this year. MWC should be pretty good at the top with them and New Mexico as well as SDSU.

[Js1 82365]

RIP RPI.

Welcome our new basketball overlord, NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool).

-Result
-SOS
-Game location
-Scoring margin
-Net offensive and defensive efficiency
-Quality of W/L

[Jhawk 1075]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

RIP RPI.

Welcome our new basketball overlord, NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool).

-Result
-SOS
-Game location
-Scoring margin
-Net offensive and defensive efficiency
-Quality of W/L

Just like BPI they'll try and kill the RPI but the basketball overlords and media won't let it die.  Everyone knows the RPI so going away from it is painful for too many people.  They've tried to kill it for years without success.

[Jhawk 1075]

22 hours ago, A-Tex Devil said:

I think everyone is going to find Zion will be the third (maybe fourth) best player on the Duke team by the time we are in conference season,

I think he'll be the 2nd or 3rd best on his team.  He's huge and athletic but he isn't some world beater as a shooter.  There are going to be a lot of landmines sitting on the court waiting for a charge with him.  If he decides to play stiff defense though he will be a great college player with plenty of highlights.

Seems to me his problem will probably be fundamentals.  He has the size and athleticism to never have worried about fundamentals before.  When he plays like sized people he might have some tough games.  That being said, I wish he was making back door cuts for KU.

[SurlyBDR 22349]

Just saw this video and didn't see it posted yet. SIAP

 

[usmc0331horn 919]

On 8/15/2018 at 10:03 PM, BigOrange1 said:

zion williamson is going to be appointment viewing. 

College basketball itself will handicap him as usual. He'll probably be in foul trouble constantly just for being huge.

[Underdog 27966]

LMAO @ a Duke player getting into foul trouble. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Jim Calhoun hired by St.Josephs:

 

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Jim-Calhoun-Named-Head-Coach-of-Mens-Basketball-at-University-of-Saint-Joseph-493630531.html

[Machinator 32097]

To be clear, it's the D3 program USJ in Connecticut, not St. Joseph's in the A-10. I was thrown for a second.

Edited September 19, 2018 by Machinator

[Underdog 27966]

Not a dime back!

[WJC88 97]

49 minutes ago, Machinator said:

To be clear, it's the D3 program USJ in Connecticut, not St. Joseph's in the A-10. I was thrown for a second.

Me too.  

[Js1 82365]

 Wow, damn.

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_a5d572a4-c306-11e8-93da-ffee7f12c848.html

[UTDD 362]

Zion has a better handle than I thought after watching him.  I think his immediate NBA skill that will translate well is rebounding -- he looks very quick off the ground and his vertical is obviously elite to say the least.  His athleticism and unusual height/weight combo doesn't really garner many good NBA comparisons, but maybe guys like Larry Johnson and Charles Barkley are somewhat in the neighborhood.  I think he's the best pure athlete I can recall since LeBron although I am sure I am forgetting somebody.  Lot of good NBA talent on Duke this year...as usual I suppose.   

[Underdog 27966]

Terrible news on the LSU player, also saw on ESPN site that Shaq’s boy is going to miss the season at UCLA due to a hear ailment that will require surgery. 

While the football kitties are doing well at the moment, can’t wait for the tipoff of college basketball.