NCAA Hoops Thread '21-22

[MU82]

I'll only be worried/upset if second-year Marquette Shaka has anywhere near the record that second-year Texas Shaka had!

[JWags85]

Arkansas is so damn fun to watch

[MuggsyB]

James Madison just punked Virginia.

[JWags85]

James Madison just punked Virginia.

UVA scored 14 in the first half against a mid major.  They punked themselves.

He's a fantastic coach but I'm baffled how Tony Bennett gets any top tier talent that wants to play that system.

[Mr. Nielsen]

James Madison just punked Virginia.

I saw the end of the game on CBSSN. New building at JMU. Can't play for the auto-bid per CAA rules since they are leaving the league. Shame, since they might be good.

[Billy Hoyle]

UVA scored 14 in the first half against a mid major.  They punked themselves.

He's a fantastic coach but I'm baffled how Tony Bennett gets any top tier talent that wants to play that system.

The Athletic had an article about that and whether Tony can keep up. It's going to be very difficult for him to keep up with the top of the ACC, IMO.

[wadesworld]

The Athletic had an article about that and whether Tony can keep up. It's going to be very difficult for him to keep up with the top of the ACC, IMO.

He'll be fine.

[JWags85]

He'll be fine.

Define "fine".  Will they be a consistent winning team in the top half of the ACC? Probably.

Will they be a perennial top 10 team competing with Duke/UNC/etc? That I'm not sure on. He'll need more lottery picks

[The Sultan]

Define "fine".  Will they be a consistent winning team in the top half of the ACC? Probably.

Will they be a perennial top 10 team competing with Duke/UNC/etc? That I'm not sure on. He'll need more lottery picks

He will regularly, but not always, have a top 10 team and compete for ACC titles.  He's only 52 and will be a lifer at UVa if he wants to be.  His system isn't dependent on lottery picks. 

[wadesworld]

Define "fine".  Will they be a consistent winning team in the top half of the ACC? Probably.

Will they be a perennial top 10 team competing with Duke/UNC/etc? That I'm not sure on. He'll need more lottery picks

From what I can remember, he's had 2 lottery picks in his career.  One was while he was at Washington State.

He's won 4 of the last 7 ACC titles.  Bennett didn't somehow lose his ability to coach.

[brewcity77]

Before the game, Bennett reportedly said that when he was a player at UW-Green Bay that Marquette and Wisconsin wouldn't come play them and he thinks it's important to travel to teams in your state.

What a crock. He never played an in-state non-con road game when he was at Washington State aside from Gonzaga. He hadn't played a non-con road game in-state since 2017 and had only played 4 such games prior, two against VCU which is basically a home-and-home situation. So essentially, he's setting himself up as a paragon of road game virtue because he played at George Mason in 2012 and at James Madison in 2014?

To top that off, he said that he learned this practice from his Dad, who scheduled these types of games when he was at Wisconsin. Uhh...he did? Dick Bennett played at Milwaukee once when he was UW-M's coach (after 4 years at the helm) and NEVER coached UW-M at the school he came from, Green Bay, because he left the program 3 games into the 2000-01 season before they played UWGB.

I've always liked Bennett, but to act like you're some hero of the low-major because of 3 road games you've played in a 16-year career is beyond laughable.

[JWags85]

He will regularly, but not always, have a top 10 team and compete for ACC titles.  He's only 52 and will be a lifer at UVa if he wants to be.  His system isn't dependent on lottery picks.

They haven't been a top 10 team since they won the title.

From what I can remember, he's had 2 lottery picks in his career.  One was while he was at Washington State.

He's won 4 of the last 7 ACC titles.  Bennett didn't somehow lose his ability to coach.

I misspoke with lottery picks, I mistakenly thought Ty Jerome was picked around 15.  But every one of his good teams has had multiple NBA draft picks.  Harris, Brogdon, and Justin Anderson.  Then Hunter, Guy, Diakite, and Jerome.  And none of those guys were diamonds in the rough, except for maybe Hunter.

He's a fantastic coach, but without some exceptional players his teams struggle to score.  I disagree that his system doesn't need NBA talent to succeed.  It may not need one and done's but it needs significant talent otherwise its just a slog

[tower912]

All systems look better with NBA talent.

[Uncle Rico]

Possible RAC Attack in progress

[Mr. Nielsen]

Can Rutgers hold on?

[Mr. Nielsen]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh my! Half court to beat #1.

[Dish]

What a shot!

[rocky_warrior]

Of course Rutgers wins.

I still have some nightmarish memories of games at the RAC.

[Mr. Nielsen]

https://mobile.twitter.com/BigTenNetwork/status/1469130356339077123

[MuggsyB]

What a shot!

Incredible!

[tower912]

A worthy floor storming.

Every conference road game is tough.

[MuggsyB]

Iowa St. Is pummelling Iowa. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

A worthy floor storming.

Every conference road game is tough.

That might be the most worthy court storming ever

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Iowa St. Is pummelling Iowa.

Before he went to UNLV, I like TJO as a candidate to replace Wojo.

Then he went to UNLV and really underperformed and he wasn't on my radar when Wojo got canned.

There must be something about Ames!

[MuggsyB]

Before he went to UNLV, I like TJO as a candidate to replace Wojo.

Then he went to UNLV and really underperformed and he wasn't on my radar when Wojo got canned.

There must be something about Ames!

I know it's early but did anyone have Iowa St. doing anything this season?  That Racine Frosh is impressive.