SC just too big, too deep
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 April 2024 21:09 (two months ago) link
37-0 bench advantage my lord
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 April 2024 21:10 (two months ago) link
aw coach is crying thats sweet
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 April 2024 21:13 (two months ago) link
Clark’s passing is a joy to watch
hard agree.
and congrats to SC's women, who were perfect this season. as for Clark, she beat Maravich's record and is already a legend, so she has nothing to be down about.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 7 April 2024 21:16 (two months ago) link
Iowa made a run at it in the end there but I think they pressed too hard, had some dumb turnovers and Clark was just launching long range and badly contested shots. idk what they were supposed to do but you could tell they were mentally exhausted, kinda why you need a bench
― frogbs, Sunday, 7 April 2024 21:39 (two months ago) link
great game
― symsymsym, Sunday, 7 April 2024 21:40 (two months ago) link
SC's depth really allowed them to overcome the inevitable foul trouble from playing tough D.
― symsymsym, Sunday, 7 April 2024 21:41 (two months ago) link
John Calipari to Arkansas! Crazy. They go to Lexington next season.
― alpine static, Monday, 8 April 2024 05:20 (two months ago) link
people like john calipari never actually 'fail' but in the grand scheme of college basketball . . . that's rough
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 April 2024 05:57 (two months ago) link
calipari so outta here
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 April 2024 12:20 (two months ago) link
guess its obvious tho i had not considered it since i dont really consider college ball but the ease of transferring these days makes it much easier to build good teams around upperclassmen
The NCAA tournament losses, one Big Dance win since 2019, refusing to embrace the transfer portal and continuing to build freshmen-focused rosters -- it all added up to a frustrated fan base.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39898367/what-means-kentucky-john-calipari-moving-arkansas-new-head-coach-whos-next
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 April 2024 15:04 (two months ago) link
Frustrated fan-base member here. This is good for everyone involved ... Kentucky, which saves a $33 million buyout ... and even Cal, who lands at a top 10? 15? college basketball job at a school with national championship pedigree/aspirations and at least one booster (Cal's pal the Tyson chicken family) willing to pony up to get there. The past 5 years have been a failure at UK, but I don't think anyone could characterize his full run there as a failure.
One nitpick on lagoon's point: Yes, he has continued to recruit one and dones and he built this year's team around them ... but it's not like he has shunned the transfer portal. The team that lost to St. Peter's two years ago was the oldest team in the country and included transfers from Iowa, Georgia, Davidson, Rhode Island and Creighton ... and they flamed out, too.
It's very clear that roster construction has changed in college hoops and Cal didn't adjust enough. But there are other/bigger issues at play with regard to how they've ended their seasons since 2019.
― alpine static, Monday, 8 April 2024 17:10 (two months ago) link
US college sports 'boosters' are mostly very horrible people, and in their pursuit of winning teams they've dumped tons of money on some very horrible coaches with Bobby Knight being the poster child. It's hard to have any sympathy at all for the coaches who embrace the system and reap the biggest rewards.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 8 April 2024 17:11 (two months ago) link
i don't think arkansas is a top 10 or 15 cbb job
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 8 April 2024 17:16 (two months ago) link
def a solid landing spot for him tho, he can still probably get a similar level of recruit
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 8 April 2024 17:22 (two months ago) link
yeah he brings a top ten job with him, especially since hes got the chicken man in his pocket
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 April 2024 17:34 (two months ago) link
right, i just wouldn't say arkansas is a top 15 job on its own, since the job only opened after eric musselman left to coach usc (the one in california)
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 8 April 2024 17:45 (two months ago) link
Now there's trouble busin' in from outta stateAnd the AD can't get no relief
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 April 2024 17:46 (two months ago) link
i wld rather go to usc but arkansas is nice too
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 April 2024 17:48 (two months ago) link
Let's name jobs better than Arkansas, understanding this is of course subjective:
KentuckyCarolinaKansasDukeArizonaUCONNMichiganMichigan StateTexasUCLASouthern Cal (I guess)VillanovaLouisville and (especially) Indiana are like Marty McFly's siblings fading away in that photo at the end of Back To The Future
that's 14, but i'm not so sure a coach leaves Arkansas for Indiana.
we're talking history, of course, and resources, nearby recruits, etc. i don't have enough info on NIL programs to consider them.
Zags? Houston? Virginia? Maryland? Ohio State? we're getting into dicey territory.
In addition to the Tyson chicken family, Arkansas has a *ton* of money it can tap into, and it *cares* about being good at basketball.
― alpine static, Monday, 8 April 2024 19:16 (two months ago) link
Florida, maybe.Syracuse? Not imo. But I suppose some people would think so.Illinois if you can get Chicago kids.
I might've underrated Maryland and Ohio State.
― alpine static, Monday, 8 April 2024 19:20 (two months ago) link
Point is Arkansas is right near #15 ... maybe it's #14, maybe it's #17. I almost put "top 20" but got excited. :)
― alpine static, Monday, 8 April 2024 19:21 (two months ago) link
Arkansas is 52nd in most recent final four appearance. A good Jimbo retirement job for college basketball's Jimbo.
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 April 2024 19:52 (two months ago) link
Cal is a great car salesman but pretty meh as a strategic in game coach.
Cal recruits big throws them out there and if their magnificence wins out good, but switch things up in game rare to never.
Dude made much of his rep as big fish small pond conferences.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:42 (two months ago) link
da big game
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 02:28 (two months ago) link
clamps are down baby
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 02:58 (two months ago) link
^^
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:00 (two months ago) link
its true
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:02 (two months ago) link
Heading into commercial...shot of Hurley losing his shit.
Announcers: "The coaches are into to it"
Cut to shot of Painter, slowly receding into the hedges.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:04 (two months ago) link
I follow like 2 or 3 co-nuggets fans/uconn alums and they are loving the malone-like rage timeouts
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:07 (two months ago) link
uconn’s playbook and execution are just on another level. they look like an NBA team
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:08 (two months ago) link
Edey doesn't seem like someone who will make it in the NBA except maybe as one of those weird end-of-game bench guys who you can occassionally gamble on
― frogbs, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:09 (two months ago) link
yeah hurleys lapping the rest of college
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:09 (two months ago) link
they fuckin pass and cut so well
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:10 (two months ago) link
it’s so funny when you watch a lot of NBA and then watch a little college and even the best teams struggle to do things like get the ball over half under pressure, make a secondary read, rotate correctly on defense… and then you watch uconn and they’re on a string
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:12 (two months ago) link
Part of Edey's incredible value is that he's one of the rare 7-footers that can play 40 minutes. Clingan can't.— Ken Pomeroy (@kenpomeroy) April 9, 2024
not my king…
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:13 (two months ago) link
hurley’s such a clown lol
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:22 (two months ago) link
highest point differential in tournament history I believe a chyron just said
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:32 (two months ago) link
helluva run
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:33 (two months ago) link
12 straight tourney games won, zero close ones
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:35 (two months ago) link
first back to back champs since al horford was in college
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:45 (two months ago) link
my oldest sister did undergrad at purdue and post grad at iowa. ooof.
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 03:51 (two months ago) link
Kentucky’s AD at Dan Hurley’s house pic.twitter.com/qi9STXKNvn— Pregame Empire (@PregameEmpire) April 8, 2024
― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 04:27 (two months ago) link