General College Basketball Thread 2020-2021

[muwarrior69]

Top 16 seeds are out just now on CBS

Top 16 is below:

1. Gonzaga
2. Baylor
3. Michigan
4. Ohio State
5. Illinois
6. Villanova
7. Alabama
8. Houston
9. Virginia
10. West Virginia
11. Tennessee
12. Oklahoma
13. Iowa
14. Texas Tech
15. Texas
16. Missouri

Wow! No PAC12 team.

[MuggsyB]

Top 16 seeds are out just now on CBS

Top 16 is below:

1. Gonzaga
2. Baylor
3. Michigan
4. Ohio State
5. Illinois
6. Villanova
7. Alabama
8. Houston
9. Virginia
10. West Virginia
11. Tennessee
12. Oklahoma
13. Iowa
14. Texas Tech
15. Texas
16. Missouri

Who would be your top 5 college players?  Garza appears to be a lock as POY.  I'll tell you who has really impressed me:  EJ Liddell.  Every time I've seen that team he's shredding dudes. Excellent player. 

[4everwarriors]

Sew, tOSU musta recruited write over Carton, hey?

[Dr. Blackheart]

Soft rims at Drake.

Drake is playing well, given that they are missing one of their top players. I like their quickness.

A guy who wasn't good enough to play at Seton Hall is one of Drake's better players.

Really bad 'stache on the Loyola center who shot an airball on a 3-foot hook shot.

Both teams seem well-enough coached so far. Some sloppy turnovers, but that happens.

Who is winning the cuddles?

[MuggsyB]

Loyola is fundamentally sound on both ends of the floor.  It's too bad Robbins left Drake.  Anyhow, for those hoping Moser to MU?  His team is impressive.

[JWags85]

Who would be your top 5 college players?  Garza appears to be a lock as POY.  I'll tell you who has really impressed me:  EJ Liddell.  Every time I've seen that team he's shredding dudes. Excellent player.

Suggs from Gonzaga is special.

[MuggsyB]

Suggs from Gonzaga is special.

Absolutely.  I think Garza,  Butler, and Suggs would be there.  Not sure about spots 4 and 5.

[MuggsyB]

Iowa up 17 at Mich St. in East Lansing.  I'm not impressed by Joey's defense.

[JWags85]

Iowa up 17 at Mich St. in East Lansing.  I'm not impressed by Joey's defense.

If it wasn’t obvious earlier in the year, MSU STINKS

[tower912]

Iowa up 17 at Mich St. in East Lansing.  I'm not impressed by Joey's defense.

Were you ever?

[MuggsyB]

Were you ever?

Touche Tower..

Slightly better than a 6'9  chair?

[MU82]

Joey had 2 points before extended garbage time began. Finished with 9 in 24 mins.

Hard to say his college career has been anything short of a major disappointment so far. Obviously, he'll have another year at Michigan State to prove otherwise. Offensively, at least, he still has a chance to be an impact player.

Amazing that Michigan State is so bad this season, though it fits right into the this year's Blueblood Blowage theme.

[tower912]

Need a PG.

[Billy Hoyle]

Loyola is fundamentally sound on both ends of the floor.  It's too bad Robbins left Drake.  Anyhow, for those hoping Moser to MU?  His team is impressive.

Get ready for lots more of that with immediate eligibility. Mid majors who fund an under the radar guy, develop him into a top flight player, just to see him poached by a high major.

I would be disappointed if we hired Moser,

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Get ready for lots more of that with immediate eligibility. Mid majors who fund an under the radar guy, develop him into a top flight player, just to see him poached by a high major.

I would be disappointed if we hired Moser,

And more guys from high majors will be able to got to mid majors to be stars there. The mid-major star gets a chance at the big leagues and the high major benchwarmers gets a chance for stardom. Both schools get quality players. Sounds like wins all around!

[Billy Hoyle]

And more guys from high majors will be able to got to mid majors to be stars there. The mid-major star gets a chance at the big leagues and the high major benchwarmers gets a chance for stardom. Both schools get quality players. Sounds like wins all around!

A lot of those guys stopping down won’t be doing so willingly. They are signing four year agreements the being told to hit the road. Yeah, that’s the same. We take your best, you get our scraps.

[wadesworld]

A lot of those guys stopping down won’t be doing so willingly. They are signing four year agreements the being told to hit the road. Yeah, that’s the same. We take your best, you get our scraps.

Yeah, the only reason that ever happens is because kids are allowed to transfer without having to sit out a year.

Oh wait.

[MU82]

Just saw that MSU managed to lose at home to Iowa by 10,000 points even though Garza only scored 8.

Joey’s better than Garza!!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

A lot of those guys stopping down won’t be doing so willingly. They are signing four year agreements the being told to hit the road. Yeah, that’s the same. We take your best, you get our scraps.

If a coach is truly taking their scholarship away that is wrong and shouldn't happen. If the coach is being honest about their future playing time and encouraging them to transfer, there's nothing wrong with that.

Having tracked transfers for the past 6 or 7 years I've found that the high major scraps who transfer down often end up as good and often better than the mid-major stars who transfer up. A lot more players transferring down or laterally than players moving up. Plenty of opportunity for mid-majors to have success on the transfer market.

[MuggsyB]

Just saw that MSU managed to lose at home to Iowa by 10,000 points even though Garza only scored 8.

Joey’s better than Garza!!

That game was over within the first 8 mins.  Izzo looked distraught. 

[Lennys Tap]

And more guys from high majors will be able to got to mid majors to be stars there. The mid-major star gets a chance at the big leagues and the high major benchwarmers gets a chance for stardom. Both schools get quality players. Sounds like wins all around!

TAMU

Do you really think this will be a “push” where both high and mid majors benefit? I think there will be anecdotal evidence of that, but overall the rich will get richer.

[Bo Ryan's Massage Therapist]

That game was over within the first 8 mins.  Izzo looked distraught.

I believe that was Izzo's worst home loss of his career... complete beatdown.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

TAMU

Do you really think this will be a “push” where both high and mid majors benefit? I think there will be anecdotal evidence of that, but overall the rich will get richer.

I think coaches at both the high and mid-major level who adapt quickly to the new world order will thrive. Those that don't will be a step behind. The high majors will remain just as dominate as they have always been and the mid-majors will be in the same place they were before. What will change is more freedom for the student-athletes, which I think is a good thing.

[Scoop Snoop]

In addition to more freedom for the players, I think the overall quality of college basketball will improve as teams will have more balanced rosters. Teams will not be so vulnerable on both offense and defense due to holes in their rosters. This should translate into better b ball.

So many transferred under the about-to-be old system. I think there will be a tidal wave under the new system. I am not so sure that the mid majors really gain much though (maybe losing their top talent), but maybe TAMU is right. Time will tell.   

[MU82]

That game was over within the first 8 mins.  Izzo looked distraught.

I don't go to other fanboards, but I wonder if MSUScoopers are saying that Izzo's players have quit on him, he's mailing it in, etc.