I hate posting on osu sites. Too many damn homers. Now I understand why people hate us. A lot of them need some humble pie.
Some fans feel like we would out rebound Kentucky, UNC and UCONN with a front line of Thomas and Sully. Their reasoning is because we out rebounded them last year. mfw
Every fan base has them. It does seem like Ohio State has more though...
I'm STILL hearing about how if Diebler had taken that last shot (An off balance 3, that was well guarded) that he would have made it to beat us last year.
Quote: Every fan base has them. It does seem like Ohio State has more though...
I'm STILL hearing about how if Diebler had taken that last shot (An off balance 3, that was well guarded) that he would have made it to beat us last year.
I wanted the ball in Buffords hands. He had the best look.
Quote: South Carolina has the most brutal schedule I've ever seen.
North Carolina Kentucky OSU Vandy Florida
For the record I expect the SEC to get exposed bad. OSU should handle florida pretty easy.
We'll see. I think your starting 5 might be the best in the country. I am just not sure what you have behind them. Motta is going to have to find a rotation that works and you will need to stay out of foul trouble.
Craft is a shutdown type defender...he's good no doubt.
The Gators have the best backcourt in the country with Erving Walker, Kenny Boynton, Rutgers transfer Mike Rosario, and fab frosh Bradley Beal.
There should be enough firepower back there to drain some buckets, and enough to cover for a bad night by one of them.
The key for the Gators IMO is if power forward Pat Young has improved as much as the early word. If he can crash the hoop both on O and D, the Gators have as good a shot as anybody.
As for the SEC, Kentucky, Florida, Alabama and Vandy can play with anybody....don't boo hoo Vandy, they might be the deepest team in the country. Vandy has 5 returning starters, 3-4 guys who averaged over 15 minutes a game, and a pretty solid recruiting class. You also have to consider their homecourt advantage with the benches under the goals....that requires some adjustments.
Also keep a eye on Miss St and Arkansas....both have pretty good clubs
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
I am envious of the Gators having Bradley Beal. That kid is going to be a freaking stud. I want him on the Cavs. Incase you're wondering, I'm not being sarcastic. Him or Jeremy Lamb would be filthy with Kyrie Irving.
This year has the same questions as always. Bench and rotation. Our starting 5 is national championship caliber. I just pray we get productivity from the young bloods.
Motta always has the players in great shape. 2 years ago they didn't have the size to beat the vols. last year, they ran into a team that had the length to matchup with our guards. Kentucky out of all the teams in last yrs field, matched up against us the best. That one is still frustrating to get over. I still believe we had the best team in the country.
I don't think I would call that unique. I don't know of any coach who want a fat and flabby team.
As for D....some stress it more than others, but it isn't like Motta is the only, or even one of a handful of coaches who stress D.
Good coaches are good at identifying their teams strengths and weakness. If you sense you are going to have a hard time scoring, you better work on limiting the points the other team scores.
Not to say the Bucks will have a hard time putting up 80+ points a game....I'm just saying.
I like this NBA lockout thing.....puts more eyes on the college game....a way better brand of basketball IMO.
The NBA has become a match-up, one on one league played by 1-2 players on a team while the college game is much more about team play.
You still have go to guys no doubt, but by and large the ball works around the court more and coaching plays a much larger role.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Quote: The Gators have the best backcourt in the country with Erving Walker, Kenny Boynton, Rutgers transfer Mike Rosario, and fab frosh Bradley Beal.
Deep, sure. But best backcourt? You're not even the best backcourt in the SEC. Kentucky has 3 guys (Teague, Lamb, Gilchrist) *I consider Gilchrist backcourt due to Cal's offense*
Quote: don't boo hoo Vandy, they might be the deepest team in the country.
Depth doesn't mean much come tourney time. With all the TV timeouts, and the schedule of the NCAA tournament, depth becomes less important.
They looked good last night, regardless of competition. They even showed Calipari on the bench a few times with a look on his face like, "OMG, I can't believe this team is this good."
Quote: lol and ESPN Sports Nation Poll was, "How interested are you in the start of College Basketball?"
Overall results -
47% - Very Interested 33% - Somewhat Interested 20% - Not Interested
In Kentucky -
89% - Very Interested 9% - Somewhat Interested 2% - Not Interested
Well that would be like taking a poll of Africa and the Middle East such as "How excited would you be to find clean drinking water?" When you have nothing else to get excited about, that's what you do.
Alex Poythress is deciding at 2:30pm today. He's kept his decision quiet, and here we are 3 and a half hours til the announcement and still no one knows for sure.
Down to Memphis, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and Florida. Though most agree that Florida is out of the race. Early reports had him to Memphis, recent reports to Kentucky.
Who knows, but I'd love to land this kid. Outside of Shabazz Muhammad, I think Poythress is the best player in the 2012 class. (Currently ranked #8, but I think he moves up)
Forgot to post this earlier. Kudos to the Zips for knocking off MissSt. They may not be a great team, but always good for Akron to start working on it's tourney credentials.
And, I turned off the St. John's vs. Lehigh game too early apparently. They had the Storm on the ropes and there did not look to be any sign that they would let up (other than their shooting wasn't scorching hot anymore like it was in the 1st half).
Good for Lavin on his return from cancer (though I was still cheering for the underdog).
The way I look at it, if you're going to cheat, do it big
Everyone is doing it. Why do it and be "out-cheated" by someone else?
Calipari doesn't sign every recruit he wants. Logic says that if he misses on a kid, and he was offering payments to the kid, then the school the kid eventually chose at least matched the payment, right?
well, I just hope that they figure a way of putting an end to the 'AAU' football system that is getting setup now (7on7 leagues as well as some flag football leagues trying to model basketball)
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