kay wright is a bad coach!!!!

[mviale]

St johns is probably the best team in the BE right now.  Amazing what seniors can do to make a Putz like lavin look so go.

[77ncaachamps]

5 seniors. Enough said. Fat Pat would have had them dancing.

Yes and no.

I believe the fact that they're seniors who are hungry and experienced is a huge part of their success.
But Lavin's got them believing they're a Top 25 team and playing like a Top 25 team.

Great fit for the program.

Though I still maintain that one or two of next year's recruits will eventually transfer out for one reason or another, especially playing time.

[Dawson Rental]

How did Buzz miss on Dwight Hardy if he saw Dwight Buycks play?  Looked
like buzz picked the wrong player on that team.  Not saying DB being local
is not a good pick-up but boy DH is outstanding?

Hardy is having a hell of a year, and should be BE POY.  However, a big BUT is that that does not mean that he was the better player two years ago in JUCO.

Here is the comparison.  As sophomores, Hardy was a NJCAA All-Region 11 first team selection while Buycks was a First Team NJCAA All-America selection.  Buycks finished his career at Indian Hills third on the school's alltime scoring list with 1,254 points in two years, Hardy scored 1,163 points in his two years.  As a sophomore, Buycks ... led the team in scoring, assists and steals, and ... shot 50.8 percent from the field.  Meanwhile, Hardy finished his career as the school's single-season and career leader in 3-point field goals and 3-point attempts.  Pretty close, but Buycks edged out Hardy as the better player in JUCO.  Now if you want to consider whether Buzz should have offerred Hardy instead of DJO, that would be a more interesting discussion.