The College Basketball Post

[outkast9984]

I'd agree with Staten and Niang. Not Petteway though. I think he has been a disappointment to the fans in Lincoln this year.

Man, definition of heartbreaking loss for UNC last night. Being a fan of the Heels late last night and today has to be rough. Roy saving all those TOs 

What are you guys thinking of CBB this year in terms of teams that can realistically win the title? (Gotta take this with a grain of salt b/c no one saw UCONN winning it last year)...I'd think it's something like...

Tier 1 - UK
Tier 2 - UVA, Wisky, Duke, Gonzaga
Tier 3 - Arizona, Nova, Kansas, L'Ville, UNC ('Ville and UNC based off talent/coaching)
Tier 4/Wild Cards - Utah, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Ohio State...?

id move wisky and duke in tier 1 and completely take off louisville...i dont like that team this year...super suspect guard play

 

[captainsneakerhead23]

Louisville is horrible, that offense is food now and will continue to be food come March

 

[woody2626]

Just know I may be hardly home... BUT ALWAYS REPPIN'!!!

 

[seymore cake]

Just know I may be hardly home... BUT ALWAYS REPPIN'!!!

Woody,

What's shakin?

 

[アミーゴ]

There's my Duke fam

I think the Duke fans aren't like some guys in here who ONLY talk about their teams. That's why we are harder to spot.

 

[tvobach]

 

 

id move wisky and duke in tier 1 and completely take off louisville...i dont like that team this year...super suspect guard play

Fair. If Wisky and UK play each other, I'd like Wisky a lot due to the match-up.

 

[captainsneakerhead23]

There's my Duke fam

I think the Duke fans aren't like some guys in here who ONLY talk about their teams. That's why we are harder to spot.

shots fired E?

F___ Duke

 

 

id move wisky and duke in tier 1 and completely take off louisville...i dont like that team this year...super suspect guard play

Fair. If Wisky and UK play each other, I'd like Wisky a lot due to the match-up.

Wisky is fools gold, again. They may have the size but we have too many bodies in the paint for them to hang with us this year.

As crazy as it may sound, as of now, the only team that worries me is Gonzaga. Granted, they're usually fraud come tourney time but this squad has a different feel to it. They get hot from behind the arc, along with their size, I can see that being a really tough matchup.

 

[アミーゴ]

shots fired E?

F___ Duke
Wisky is fools gold, again. They may have the size but we have too many bodies in the paint for them to hang with us this year.

As crazy as it may sound, as of now, the only team that worries me is Gonzaga. Granted, they're usually fraud come tourney time but this squad has a different feel to it. They get hot from behind the arc, along with their size, I can see that being a really tough matchup.

Lol not at you homie

 

[captainsneakerhead23]

it's all good my Vegas brotha from another

 

[mr marcus]

**** cake

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

Louisville has reinstated senior guard Chris Jones. Slick Rick has no principals, I wish Billy D was more like him

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

I haven't seen Hammons play since he was at Oak Hill, he is playing well in this game

 

[wavycrocket]

Bob Knight wilding on a fan.

Hilarious. "Sit down boy". Could hear the old slave master in his voice [emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[worldbeefreeg]

What a **** *** loss at home, just as I convince myself that maybe this team can exceed my expectations they lay the egg at home

 

[trueprada]

trimble 

 

[worldbeefreeg]

Terran Petteway 2-14, best player in the nation though...

CampCruMyDck

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

The Pac 12 is a joke

 

[アミーゴ]

AMP you did not go there hahahahahahahahaha.

 

[woody2626]

Woody,

What's shakin?

You went ghost like Jereme Richmond, fam

The Good Guys will be back around soon

Feel like Scott Hall announcing a new NWO member

 

[dacomeup]

Yall will go ghost after that 2nd round loss again

 

[jpzx]

I would love for some CBB heads to weigh in on where they believe the Minnesota Gophers basketball program is headed under head coach Richard Pitino.

That's the expected roster for the 2015-16 season, year three under Pitino.

His 2015 recruiting class -- Jarvis Johnson, Kevin Dorsey, Jonathan Nwankwo and Dupree McBrayer -- is ranked as the 35th overall recruiting class in the country, according to ESPN.

2013-14: 25-13, 8-10 B1G, Best wins: WISC, OSU. Worst losses: @PUR and at home to N'Western. (Season end: NIT Championship)
2014-15: 16-11, 5-9 B1G, 0-5 in-conference to start and 5-4 since, losses @PSU and at home to N'Western (Season end: NIT/CBI?)

Main concerns for the short-term:

- I don't know who's going to start at center next year. Konate is not even close to being ready to accept a role like that. Eliason/M.Walker both graduate after this season.

- A King/Konate front court could be one of the worst big man duos in the Big Ten.

- FT% of those with key roles this year that are returning in 2015-16: Mason: .634, Morris: .711, Buggs: .500, King: .771, Konate: .531

Main concerns for the long-term:

- What's the plan at power forward after King? The sense I have is Pitino is going to count on Buggs excelling in a stretch-4 role. In Pitino's up-tempo system spearheaded by several talented guards (his recruiting instincts tell us this is how he sees his ideal team shaping up position-wise). Buggs has the Durant-like body frame -- too much arms and legs. Thing is, he doesn't know how to use his body yet. The Gopher with the most to gain over the upcoming summer is that man, Charles Buggs. If he learns how to use his body, it will allow him to be a physical force/matchup problem for just about everybody.

- Zach Lofton was kicked off the team. Daequan McNeil was proven to be a horrible human being. The Josh Martin situation was perplexing -- it's disconcerting to see how early Martin decided he wanted out. Story is, he expected to play much earlier than he did, and when he came out of the gate in non-conference play not receiving many minutes, he transferred to Cal Poly. Maybe it was a really quick decision to make on an important matter, reflecting on Martin's maturity level -- but how exactly was there a riff in communication this early on between Pitino and a player on their role?

- I think Dorsey is going to be very good, but where does he fit in as a PG next to Mason? Jarvis a PG as well, what if all three are good? That's a good problem to have, but it's one thing to play three guards in a guard heavy lineup. It's a whole separate thing to play a guard heavy lineup with three point guards, which Mason-Dorsey-Jarvis all are. I think Dupree McBrayer is a prospect who will rise up and grow into a very good player. I'm only going off of his highlights, but man -- what a crafty game. Left-handed. Unique.

I'm going to let the process play out, because it's one of the more impressive class in the program's recent history. I just have some concerns about Pitino's relationship/communication with his players. Is it genuine? Players can sense that sort of thing, and if he's putting the carriage before the horse (wanting to become a coach that the national media respects without actually getting the wins that lead to that), then that's a problem.

We'll see.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Wiltjer putting in 45 last night, granted it was against Pacific, but damb

 

[tvobach]

As crazy as it may sound, as of now, the only team that worries me is Gonzaga. Granted, they're usually fraud come tourney time but this squad has a different feel to it. They get hot from behind the arc, along with their size, I can see that being a really tough matchup.

Wisky would be throwing UK something they haven't seen all year. Stretch 4 combined with athletics guards and shooters...would love to see the matchup.

Not sold on Gonzaga at all.

 

[seymore cake]

**** cake

There's my Duke fam

I think the Duke fans aren't like some guys in here who ONLY talk about their teams. That's why we are harder to spot.

shots fired E?

F___ Duke

Woody,

What's shakin?

You went ghost like Jereme Richmond, fam

The Good Guys will be back around soon

Feel like Scott Hall announcing a new NWO member

Had to take a sabbatical bro. But I'm still here

Yall will go ghost after that 2nd round loss again

We just MIGHT be the only group that all post after a huge L. Not just when we're looking down on everyone. Just Sayin'

 

[stephenb]

Omari Spellman to Nova,good pick up..