NCAA Hoops Thread '21-22

[MuggsyB]

I know the kiddos do it, but it's literally not sarcasm, it's just incorrect.  -signed x-er, geezer apparently.

Ha!!  Fair enough.

[MuggsyB]

Wasn't Michigan preseason top 5?  Whoops.

[rocky_warrior]

Premature, but WKU looks like a better team than Ole Miss on a neutral court.

[rocky_warrior]

71-48 WKU over Ole Miss.  Watched the first half without sound, was Mississippi missing anyone? Or is this foreshadowing on Marquette's  night?

[GB Warrior]

Wow, hell of a finish in the Bama-Houston game. And preemptively, it was absolutely not goaltend.

If you're going to change a rule for that to be reviewed, they should have a physicist in the Command Center to tell you that there is a precisely 0% chance  that ball is going in.

[MU82]

Wow, hell of a finish in the Bama-Houston game. And preemptively, it was absolutely not goaltend.

If you're going to change a rule for that to be reviewed, they should have a physicist in the Command Center to tell you that there is a precisely 0% chance  that ball is going in.

Totally agree.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Davis looks a little like Devin Booker to me. I think he ends up a lottery pick. #HeGowne

[wadesworld]

I have yet to see a single mock draft with Davis in it, let alone a first round pick, let alone a lottery pick.

[GB Warrior]

I have yet to see a single mock draft with Davis in it, let alone a first round pick, let alone a lottery pick.

It's cuz all the mock sites know how much he loves college

[MU82]

I have yet to see a single mock draft with Davis in it, let alone a first round pick, let alone a lottery pick.

Most of the mocks haven't been updated. Lottery pick ... I don't know about that, but I'll be surprised if he's not a first-rounder unless he gets hurt or really hits the skids.

[The Sultan]

Some updated draft scouting sites have him listed as late first, early second.  We will see how the conference season goes.

[JWags85]

He's a very good player and probably a first round pick, but talk of him being a lottery pick is a bit hysteric.  He's got decent size, but not great size at the 2.  He's not an exceptional 3 pt shooter.  He's athletic enough but not an athletic freak.  You need one of those 3 to be a lottery pick at the 2 IMO.

He's a scoring machine and definitely a pro, but I think he's probably a 25-30 range guy, which still means he should leave after this year

[Mr. Nielsen]

Monmouth just won at Pitt. 

[MuggsyB]

Monmouth just won at Pitt. 

Awesome!!

[rocky_warrior]

I mean, Monmouth has a better NET ranking than Marquette ... 45.  They're a decent team.

[MuggsyB]

I mean, Monmouth has a better NET ranking than Marquette ... 45.  They're a decent team.

That's not the point.

[Billy Hoyle]

Monmouth just won at Pitt. 

Monmouth was favored. Stallings really bottomed out the Pitt program.

[JWags85]

That's not the point.

What's the point then?  Monmouth is a very solid mid major lead by an accomplished and respect coach and a guard who got decent minutes for SHU last year

....and Pitt is the DePaul of the ACC who hasn't had a winning season or made any postseason tourney in over 5 years and has only finished above 9th in the ACC once since joining the conference.

[Mr. Nielsen]

That's not the point.

Correct, anytime Pitt & Syracuse goes down is a good day.

[BrewCity83]

Major props to Jeff Capel for scheduling Monmouth, hey?

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I have yet to see a single mock draft with Davis in it, let alone a first round pick, let alone a lottery pick.

It's still early and Davis is just getting on the mock draft radar.  If he sustains this level of play, Davis will start appearing as a first round pick by the end of January.

Davis is playing a lot better than guys like Max Christie and Trevor Keels.  I've seen both mocked in the late lottery.   I think Davis passes them in the mock drafts sooner than later.

[JWags85]

Speaking of lottery picks, Patrick Baldwin Jr should just pack it in.  UWM is horrible and will be lucky to win 10 games this year.  And he's not even lighting it up in spite of them cause there is nobody else to worry about. Currently scoreless with 2 fouls in the first against URI

[Uncle Rico]

Speaking of lottery picks, Patrick Baldwin Jr should just pack it in.  UWM is horrible and will be lucky to win 10 games this year.  And he's not even lighting it up in spite of them cause there is nobody else to worry about. Currently scoreless with 2 fouls in the first against URI

I admire his decision to play for his old man but he did himself a disservice when it comes to developing his game.  I doubt it'll hurt his draft status but he'd be better off playing with better talent

[JWags85]

I admire his decision to play for his old man but he did himself a disservice when it comes to developing his game.  I doubt it'll hurt his draft status but he'd be better off playing with better talent

Yea it's just kind of odd.  I mean, it's not a traditional college campus or experience.  It's not even the fun college game day experience cause they have only had 1 game where they drew more than 2500 fans.

So sure you get a few months playing for Dad but you're getting your head bashed in playing with bum teammates in empty gyms.

He'll still be a top 20 pick, but inauspicious start to his "adult" career

[MU82]

He'd have been way better off doing one of those "straight to the G League" deals, or doing what LaMelo did.