General College Basketball Thread 2020-2021

[Mr. Nielsen]

Richmond leads #10 Kentucky by 12. 4:26 left on ESPN.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Not the reason I dislike him. Those were two separate thoughts. The headbands are everywhere in this Kentucky/Richmond game. There were a bunch in the Baylor/Kansas game. Another game I was watching had a bunch as well (can’t remember who, though). I just can’t remember there being headbands like this in basketball for decades.

MOAR HEADBANDS!!!

[PGsHeroes32]

Coach Cal getting rolled is always a good thing

[withoutbias]

Cal taking timeouts and having his team continue to foul down 14 under 30 seconds left  . Kentucky kid chirping at the Richmond guard that’s been lighting them up all day at the free throw line.

Loved that Askew was a Youtube sensation with all his videos flexing on and trash talking kids whose basketball careers were ending at the high school level and he played terrible today. Welcome to college ball kid.

[Uncle Rico]

Kentucky dominated the boards but didn’t make a single 3 and missed 13 free throws, shooting 61% from the line

[PGsHeroes32]

Kentucky dominated the boards but didn’t make a single 3 and missed 13 free throws, shooting 61% from the line

LOL plus 23 in rebounds. Crazy

[MU82]

Wow. In this era, it's hard to go an entire game without making a single 3.

[Jockey]

A team of 1-and dones is not the answer unless you have a true superstar among them. An AD or Zion type player.

No lottery pick for Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, or Arizona in the just completed draft. These teams need superstars to win it all - even with a roster full of McD players. Veteran teams with better x-and-o coaches can handle them.

Kentucky will finish above .500 in the SEC, but are no threat to advance far in the tournament. They just are not that good.

[tower912]

A-10 will have good teams again this year.  Veterans with size who have been through the wars.

[GooooMarquette]

Coach Cal getting rolled is always a good thing

+1

[Galway Eagle]

Cal taking timeouts and having his team continue to foul down 14 under 30 seconds left  . Kentucky kid chirping at the Richmond guard that’s been lighting them up all day at the free throw line.

Loved that Askew was a Youtube sensation with all his videos flexing on and trash talking kids whose basketball careers were ending at the high school level and he played terrible today. Welcome to college ball kid.

Was he really? That's amazing. That's how I feel about Mikey Williams. Dudes not even rated the top player in his class and he's already sitting on a throne like he's the next greatest sensation.

[tower912]

+1

Turned it on just to watch and revel in the last 3 minutes.

[PGsHeroes32]

A team of 1-and dones is not the answer unless you have a true superstar among them. An AD or Zion type player.

No lottery pick for Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, or Arizona in the just completed draft. These teams need superstars to win it all - even with a roster full of McD players. Veteran teams with better x-and-o coaches can handle them.

Kentucky will finish above .500 in the SEC, but are no threat to advance far in the tournament. They just are not that good.

Boston is pretty damn legit for UK. But yeah, overall this is not on paper as strong as most of UK's rosters. Same can be said for a lot of the blue bloods this year.

[brewcity77]

I think Kentucky will be fine. They lost to a senior-laden team that won 24 games a year ago. Cal has taken these kinds of losses before and tends to have his teams playing their best basketball in February and March. No reason to think they aren't still a top team in the SEC and legit Final Four contender.

[tower912]

Probably.   Still fun.

[Galway Eagle]

I think Kentucky will be fine. They lost to a senior-laden team that won 24 games a year ago. Cal has taken these kinds of losses before and tends to have his teams playing their best basketball in February and March. No reason to think they aren't still a top team in the SEC and legit Final Four contender.

Is this a deep class? I mean we've also seen his entire team of future draft picks go to the NIT or get bounced as a 4 seed in the second round.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Richmond is better than Kentucky this season

[Scoop Snoop]

Turned it on just to watch and revel in the last 3 minutes.

Cal + UK fans= an absolutely insufferable combo. Bonus points for them losing at Rupp.  I lived in Richmond for 21 years so add another "love it!" to the pile.

[brewcity77]

Is this a deep class? I mean we've also seen his entire team of future draft picks go to the NIT or get bounced as a 4 seed in the second round.

The NIT team was because of Nerlens Noel getting hurt, they were top-20 and 17-6 before his injury. And 4-seeds getting bounced in the second round by 5-seeds isn't hugely newsworthy.

In the last 10 NCAA tournaments, Kentucky has 1 Championship, 1 Runner-up, 2 Final Fours, 3 Elite Eights, 1 Sweet Sixteen, 1 Second Round, & 1 miss. I think just about any program would take 90% seasons with a tourney win and 70% seasons with an Elite Eight, but maybe that's just me.

Safe to say, Cal is one of the best in the business at peaking in March and has earned the occasional November disappointment.

[Galway Eagle]

The NIT team was because of Nerlens Noel getting hurt, they were top-20 and 17-6 before his injury. And 4-seeds getting bounced in the second round by 5-seeds isn't hugely newsworthy.

In the last 10 NCAA tournaments, Kentucky has 1 Championship, 1 Runner-up, 2 Final Fours, 3 Elite Eights, 1 Sweet Sixteen, 1 Second Round, & 1 miss. I think just about any program would take 90% seasons with a tourney win and 70% seasons with an Elite Eight, but maybe that's just me.

Safe to say, Cal is one of the best in the business at peaking in March and has earned the occasional November disappointment.

Didn't realize they were that good before Noel nor that Indiana was a 5 was probably too focused on UK getting bounced.

I agree that anyone would take UK's status in a heartbeat except for maybe Nova that's won twice. Just thought Cal had a couple seasons where the players didn't mesh.

[shoothoops]

A-10 will have good teams again this year.  Veterans with size who have been through the wars.

This week:

Richmond over Kentucky.
SLU over LSU
VCU over Memphis and Utah State

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

The NIT team was because of Nerlens Noel getting hurt, they were top-20 and 17-6 before his injury. And 4-seeds getting bounced in the second round by 5-seeds isn't hugely newsworthy.

In the last 10 NCAA tournaments, Kentucky has 1 Championship, 1 Runner-up, 2 Final Fours, 3 Elite Eights, 1 Sweet Sixteen, 1 Second Round, & 1 miss. I think just about any program would take 90% seasons with a tourney win and 70% seasons with an Elite Eight, but maybe that's just me.

Safe to say, Cal is one of the best in the business at peaking in March and has earned the occasional November disappointment.

And I'd argue Kentucky underachieved.  Cal was great at accumulating talent, but only one title to show for it.

Not sure how much he coached them up.

[Oldgym]

In other news, Murray State is up 173-96 on Greenville with a couple seconds left to play.

This appears to be a real score.  I don't know who Greenville is.

[shoothoops]

In other news, Murray State is up 173-96 on Greenville with a couple seconds left to play.

This appears to be a real score.  I don't know who Greenville is.

Gtreenville, IL is a small D-3 school in Southern Illinois. They do this every game.

https://www.thetelegraph.com/sports/article/200-POINTS-Plenty-of-NCAA-records-fall-in-13588064.php

[Viper]

Being on either side of this..."debate"...is not a great look.

Here's hoping the Hausers walking the tightrope between average and very good so that they we don't have to get constant updates all season from either side about how they are doing

Malcontent Sam and Joey Turnover?