General College Basketball Thread 2020-2021

[Uncle Rico]

With Illinois coming on I've added them to my Baylor and Gonzaga grouping.

But I really think it'll be one of those 3.

Baylor is down to 44th in adjusted defensive efficiency in KenPom.  They might make a Final 4 but winning it all would be a remarkable outlier

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I never realized how tiny St Bonaventure was.  I will say, I wonder if their gym is a barrier for A10 admission. It only seats about 2500.  Davidson and St B both have arenas double that size.  Duquesne and Fordham have the smallest gyms at 3500, but one is a founding member and the other is a historic gym and a school that gave stability and a NYC presence when Rutgers left the conference in 1995.

One of my good friends from high school went to St. Bonnie's.  Needless to say he is a big college basketball fan.

[The Sultan]

Not that I think he would be a good fit for Marquette, but I think Bryce Drew is a much better coach than his tenure at Vandy indicated.

Back in the Dance with Grand Canyon U.

[MU82]

Not that I think he would be a good fit for Marquette, but I think Bryce Drew is a much better coach than his tenure at Vandy indicated.

Back in the Dance with Grand Canyon U.

If nothing else, we'd have good end-of-game-situation plays!

Seriously, why wouldn't he be "a good fit for Marquette"?

[The Sultan]

If nothing else, we'd have good end-of-game-situation plays!

Seriously, why wouldn't he be "a good fit for Marquette"?

I just mean that I think he would need another step in between.  Maybe I'm wrong.

[jesmu84]

Congrats to Traci Carter for making the tourney

[shoothoops]

Not that I think he would be a good fit for Marquette, but I think Bryce Drew is a much better coach than his tenure at Vandy indicated.

Back in the Dance with Grand Canyon U.

If you took Bryce Drew's recruiting, combined with Jerry Stackhouse player development/offensive sets, throw in an additional defensive assistant. That would be a staff right there.

Drew recruited Darius Garland, Aaron Nesmith, Saben Lee, Scotty Pippen, Dylan Disu, Simi S-h-i-t-t-u to Vandy. Stack did the bulk of player development with many of them.

Drew couldn't overcome the early, season ending injury, of Darius Garland in his 3rd season there. And Simi wasn't physically ready to play at a high level that year after his injury prior to Vandy. New AD came in that season and he didn't meet with Drew after the season. He made a change. (That AD was gone a year later)

Drew had success at Valpo, and now Grand Canyon.

[MU82]

I just mean that I think he would need another step in between.  Maybe I'm wrong.

Ah. Thanks for the explanation.

If you took Bryce Drew's recruiting, combined with Jerry Stackhouse played development/offensive sets, throw in an additional defensive assistant. That would be a staff right there.

Drew recruited Darius Garland, Aaron Nesmith, Saben Lee, Scotty Pippen, Dylan Disu, Simi craptu to Vandy.

Drew couldn't overcome the early, season ending injury, of Darius Garland in his 3rd season there. And Simi wasn't physically ready to play at a high level that year after his injury prior to Vandy. New AD came in that season and he didn't meet with Drew after the season. He made a change. (That AD was gone a year later)

Drew had success at Valpo, and now Grand Canyon.

If MU sucks next season and Wojo gets the heave-ho, Drew would be an interesting candidate for our job.

[Dish]

The 13 and 14 seeds are going to be loaded this year. Even without an official bracket yet, there will be a number of 13-14 seeds winning outright.

It'll be interesting to see what the lines look like for these particular games.

[shoothoops]

Ah. Thanks for the explanation.

If MU sucks next season and Wojo gets the heave-ho, Drew would be an interesting candidate for our job.

Jamall Walker, Ed Schilling, and Casey Shaw are on his current staff. He had Roger Powell Jr. at Vandy as well.

[Billy Hoyle]

One of my good friends from high school went to St. Bonnie's.  Needless to say he is a big college basketball fan.

Looked at it upon the recommendation of a member of my childhood church. Small and middle of nowhere. Cold as hell winters too. But they do love their hoops.  I remember us beating them in the NIT my freshman year.

What Schmidt has done there is amazing. That program was devastated after the Welding Certificate scandal in 2003.  I doubt he'd leave the East Coast, but if he did we should back up the Brinks truck for him. BC would be beyond foolish to not offer him.

[JWags85]

Ah. Thanks for the explanation.

If MU sucks next season and Wojo gets the heave-ho, Drew would be an interesting candidate for our job.

That would be a bit premature. The new age WAC is AWFUL. Props for winning the conference and making it to the tourney but they had 3 losses to teams in the 215-250 range in the NET in the last 3 weeks. 2 of them at home where they were double digit favorites. Yikes.  Still needs to prove some consistency cause regardless of the myriad factors, that Vandy stretch was rough.

[The Sultan]

I love watching Alabama play. Interview Oats at halftime and he says they have to run even more. 

[panda]

I love watching Alabama play. Interview Oats at halftime and he says they have to run even more.

He's absolutely awesome. Herb Jones reminds me of Crowder a ton. He makes that team go. Quinnerly is coming into his own too.

[Nukem2]

I love watching Alabama play. Interview Oats at halftime and he says they have to run even more.

Just like he did at Buffalo with grat success.

[MuggsyB]

This is a fun game minus Vitale and ESPN's camera angles. 

[rocky_warrior]

ESPN's camera angles.

Whoa, yeah.  Are they just using a floating camera (skycam)?  it's bad.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Simi craptu to Vandy.

This is one of my favorite Scoop Autocorrects. Came up a lot when we were recruiting shi-ttu

[shoothoops]

This is one of my favorite Scoop Autocorrects. Came up a lot when we were recruiting shi-ttu

Yep. I changed it to Simi after seeing it. I could have also done S-h-i-t-t-u.

[MuggsyB]

Wow.  Watford is an absolute stud for LSU.

[PGsHeroes32]

Wow.  Watford is an absolute stud for LSU.

LSU has 3 guys that can really get buckets. Not a lot of defense though.

Fun game.

[MuggsyB]

LSU has 3 guys that can really get buckets. Not a lot of defense though.

Fun game.

No.... but that guy isn't a 1st raft pick in the mocks?  I have a hard time believing that.

[PGsHeroes32]

Great ending

[MuggsyB]

Oats is really good and extremely likeable.  Dangerous team for sure. 

[Nukem2]

Oats is really good and extremely likeable.  Dangerous team for sure.

Amazing rise in coaching ranks.  Was a HS coach in MI for 11 years before becoming an assistant at Buffalo in2013-2015.  Then HC at Buffalo for several seasons before signing with  AL last year.