NCAA Hoops Thread '21-22

[MU82]

Buzz over Crean at the buzzer tonight

Crean's guys just kept backing up on the final play and gave up a wide-open, game-winning 3. Bad.

[Jockey]

Not sure what will happen to UW without Davis, but right now they are a one-man team.

Brew, I've read similar comments here on Scoop for years and years.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Crean's guys just kept backing up on the final play and gave up a wide-open, game-winning 3. Bad.

Sounds like the Stanford game

[MUfan12]

Brew, I've read similar comments here on Scoop for years and years.

Yes, but I don't know if they have ever been this reliant on one guy before.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Both Jake Laravia and Alondes Williams (Rufus King HS) @ Wake Forest are fun to watch IMO.

[JWags85]

Both Jake Laravia and Alondes Williams (Rufus King HS) @ Wake Forest are fun to watch IMO.

Alondes went to Riverside

[Billy Hoyle]

Sounds like the Stanford game

huh? Burke couldn't have played much better defense on Brook Lopez. Lopez was behind the backboard and falling out of bounds when he shot it over Burke. I've never been more upset after a MU game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFpROg5G_Jc

[Dr. Blackheart]

huh? Burke couldn't have played much better defense on Brook Lopez. Lopez was behind the backboard and falling out of bounds when he shot it over Burke. I've never been more upset after a MU game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFpROg5G_Jc

Crean chose not to pressure the two mediocre Stanford guards out of the time out even though he had three of the best defensive guards in MU history. He played hunker down defense with a 6'8" center to defend the AA center. Stupido.

[Billy Hoyle]

Crean chose not to pressure the two mediocre Stanford guards out of the time out even though he had three of the best defensive guards in MU history. He played hunker down defense with a 6'8" center to defend the AA center. Stupido.

six years ago I worked with Mitch Johnson (the PG who had 16 assists) and we talked about that game. The play was always going to Lopez, there was no second option. Unless we're talking about a previous play. DJ was on Johnson pretty closely, picking him up at mid-court. Ooze would have been better defensive option if he hadn't fouled out. Chalk that up to Crean's inability to bring in a strong defensive big, I guess.

[Hards Alumni]

Crean chose not to pressure the two mediocre Stanford guards out of the time out even though he had three of the best defensive guards in MU history. He played hunker down defense with a 6'8" center to defend the AA center. Stupido.

And he's about to get fired from Georgia.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Alondes went to Riverside

I stand by the rest of my post lol

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

New NBA mock draft from John Wasserman at Bleacher Report:

5. Johnny Davis
48. Justin Lewis

[The Sultan]

New NBA mock draft from John Wasserman at Bleacher Report:

5. Johnny Davis
48. Justin Lewis

Should someone let Billy's friend know?

[JWags85]

New NBA mock draft from John Wasserman at Bleacher Report:

5. Johnny Davis
48. Justin Lewis

Bleacher Report isn't exactly the height of sports journalism.  Its basically Buzzfeed for sports

Should someone let Billy's friend know?

Glad we're still manipulating a statement that likely had truth in it into some cheap laughs

[lawdog77]

Glad we're still manipulating a statement that likely had truth in it into some cheap laughs

Glad to see you're still fighting the good fight in defending him! It's one of those statements that didn't age well.

[JWags85]

Glad to see you're still fighting the good fight in defending him! It's one of those statements that didn't age well.

I'm not defending him. From the jump I saw it as an innocuous statement that everyone went after like the dude was either lying or the front office guy was an idiot.  And Davis going in the lottery does nothing to change it.

Plenty of front office statements or opinions don't age well.  That doesnt mean they were patently absurd when they were made.  Davis is really good, but I still don't think he's a "can't pass up" talent for a team that doesn't need an SG.

I still stand by its people having more of an issue with Billy's other posts and they wouldn't have went HAM on it if Dish or other pro sports connected posters said it

[MuggsyB]

Not that it matters but St. Bonny has gotten throttled their last two games.  I did warn their fans that they should wait for the season to play out before anointing them a F4 team.

[Billy Hoyle]

Should someone let Billy's friend know?

Not a need nor reasonable pick for them (and they'll be lower). But I'm flattered you remain obsessed. I'll pass on your thoughts to him.

He said he'll be checking out JLew soon with some other possible second rounders from the BE.mLikes his versatility and motor, hopes he can improve his range.

[The Sultan]

Not a need nor reasonable pick for them (and they'll be lower).  But I'm flattered you remain obsessed.

Portland didn't think Michael Jordan was a need for them. 

And I am obsessed because this entire story has been bullsh*t from the beginning.  Supposedly this friend wasn't considering him because they are only looking at the top 10, and now he's too high for them? 

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Not a need nor reasonable pick for them (and they'll be lower). But I'm flattered you remain obsessed. I'll pass on your thoughts to him.

He said he'll be checking out JLew soon with some other possible second rounders from the BE.mLikes his versatility and motor, hopes he can improve his range.

Thanks for the info, Billy.  Don't let the haters get you down.

I realize that you can't disclose too much about your friend's team.  I definitely don't have enough info to pass judgement on their team situation.

[MU82]

Ah, reliable Scoop bickering.

All that matters is that Davis is a stud, as a few of us said 2 months ago, and that Marquette won't have to deal with him again.

[The Sultan]

Thanks for the info, Billy.  Don't let the haters get you down.

What info?  The guy he claimed to be in a personnel department who said that Davis wasn't on their radar?  Gimme a break...

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

What info?  The guy he claimed to be in a personnel department who said that Davis wasn't on their radar?  Gimme a break...

If Billy's friend does work for Portland (as one Scooper surmised), then I understand why they wouldn't be in the market for a SG.

CJ McCollum, Norman Powell, and Anfernee Simmons are all good players.  Unless Portland became convinced Davis was a can't miss All-Star, then I can understand why they would target a different position, particularly forwards.

Maybe passing on Davis would be a mistake, but NBA teams make mistakes all the time.

PS- Davis has had such a meteoric rise this season, going from someone not expected to even enter the draft to a lottery projection.  I'm sure he was off the radar of most teams at the start of the year, but Davis played his way onto the radar.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

New 2 round mock draft from USA today has Johnny Davis at 5.  No Justin Lewis.

[Uncle Rico]

If Billy's friend does work for Portland (as one Scooper surmised), then I understand why they wouldn't be in the market for a SG.

CJ McCollum, Norman Powell, and Anfernee Simmons are all good players.  Unless Portland became convinced Davis was a can't miss All-Star, then I can understand why they would target a different position, particularly forwards.

Maybe passing on Davis would be a mistake, but NBA teams make mistakes all the time.

PS- Davis has had such a meteoric rise this season, going from someone not expected to even enter the draft to a lottery projection.  I'm sure he was off the radar of most teams at the start of the year, but Davis played his way onto the radar.

If you're picking in the top 5, you really should pick best available unless you have can't miss players and most of those teams don't.  Portland needs to be blown up anyway.  They're not close