Otz has an assistant MU is interested in to replace Shaka?

Quote from: K1 Lover on January 12, 2026, 03:14:39 PMMeanwhile in the Big 12, the top four teams have a combined record of 62-2...

Arizona (16-0)
Iowa State (16-0)
BYU (15-1)
Houston (15-1)

over there in Ames, our next coach knows ball!

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on January 12, 2026, 08:32:26 AMHe took over a program with no history of success and was still playing in the dilapidated Fieldhouse. They hadn't finished with a winning record in the Big Ten in 23 years.  He ushered in the modern era of Badger hoops, which is why I put him at #2. It did seem like he coached longer than six years at Madison.

I remember going to my first game at the Kohl Center in 1998 and laughing about the complete lack of banners in the rafters.  Forget titles, they had only been to the tourny once since 1947.

I'd give turnaround credit to Stu Jackson over Bennett. When he arrived at Wisconsin, they hadn't been to the NCAA tournament 47 years.

When Bennett arrived, the tournament-free drought was 1 year.

I wouldn't necessarily say Jackson was a better coach than Bennett, but it was his accomplishment that got Wisconsin back to the tournament, and back to a winning Big Ten record.

Quote from: MU82 on January 12, 2026, 05:33:30 PMNone of us is Goose; none of us is claiming that Gold is NBA-bound.

Ben's a decent role player who plays sound interior defense, grabs some boards and, when he's hitting his shot, adds a dimension to the offense. I hope he gets healthy soon because this team needs those contributions (and lots of other things).

It sucks that his shot isn't going in at last season's 37% rate. I'm sure he's more frustrated about that than Scoopers are. But to say he's "bad" or that he hasn't improved most facets of his game, it's just sh!tting on a guy for the sake of it.

I don't dislike Gold. He plays hard. As are most incoming players, he was overhyped, which isn't his fault. 7th man talent on good teams. Unfortunately we need him to be our top 2 or 3 guy.

Quote from: cheebs09 on January 12, 2026, 03:50:56 PMNice middle finger to Reed and Phil. Seems like it only applies to Koepka, Rahm, Bryson, and Cam Smith.

It's always a good time to give those guys the finger - especially Phil.

None of us is Goose; none of us is claiming that Gold is NBA-bound.

Ben's a decent role player who plays sound interior defense, grabs some boards and, when he's hitting his shot, adds a dimension to the offense. I hope he gets healthy soon because this team needs those contributions (and lots of other things).

It sucks that his shot isn't going in at last season's 37% rate. I'm sure he's more frustrated about that than Scoopers are. But to say he's "bad" or that he hasn't improved most facets of his game, it's just sh!tting on a guy for the sake of it.

Quote from: Newsdreams on January 12, 2026, 10:34:12 AMCorrect, but those who don't know ball probably think that is a bad stat.

me bad. Gold goin' to the Association, right 'Dreams?

Quote from: LAZER on January 12, 2026, 02:19:48 PMIf UC makes a move, I wonder if Travis Steele will get a look.

Most likely Jerrod Calhoun. The Utah State coach is a Cincinnati alum.

I heard on an Astros broadcast that Bregman chose his uniform number because he thought he would be motivated by the "constant reminder he was picked second- not first- in the MLB draft." The first pick in '15 was Dansby Swanson; pick 9 that year was Ian Happ, and Kyle Tucker was taken fifth. Herr Ricketts and brass seem to really like that draft class.

Quote from: Jay Bee on January 12, 2026, 04:48:02 PM#FakeNews #Lies

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As compared to last season, with increased usage we've also seen a dramatic decrease in turnovers. His turnover rate of 8.7% puts him  at 7 of 70 BEast players (min 40% of team's minutes - we'll call those players 'regulars' the rest of the way). That's down from 13.3% a year ago.

His 3-point shooting has been brutally awful, but I think a lot of that is due to injury. Even a hobbled Ben, though, is a good option for THIS squad. He's shooting 2FGAs more often and doing so well (61.7%, up from last year's 60.0% mark) and a long with that is a hefty rise in FTrate (29.9 vs. last year's 16.7, which was a career high).

Impressively, and importantly, he's defending without fouling. Just 2.2 FC/40 minutes down from 3.4 last season (also was a career mark for him.. in the mid-4's in his first two seasons). That ranks him 10th in the BEast of regulars.

The defensive rebounding has been very good - over 20%. Ranks 8th out of the BEast regulars.

Thankful we have Ben this season.

Now, go clean some bedpans, Nurse Danielle.

Oh what's up nazi boy.