2025-26 College Hoops Thread

[wadesworld]

Haha it's Groundhogs day. Every year they get a couple nice wins. Every time MU fans cry and say they're a top 4 team. Every year Gard's team is a Tourney team but not a threat to make a run.

[Zog from Margo]

Haha it's Groundhogs day. Every year they get a couple nice wins. Every time MU fans cry and say they're a top 4 team. Every year Gard's team is a Tourney team but not a threat to make a run.

IMO, the key to making a run is to keep getting to the tournament. Eventually, the cosmic tumblers fall into place. UW will get there again this year and MU crapped the bed. Shaka needs to right the ship that he foundered.

[Mutaman]

Not me.

I'll never forget an MU staff member telling me, "Buzz and his wife got so insufferable  we would have taken the Creans back in a second."

I'll never forget what an MU staff member told me about Billy Hoyle.

[Tarragona]

I often think about the people around here that are nostalgic for this guy.

Some people are nostalgic. Some fear abandonment. Some are neither. It often times has more to do with individual personal types of the MUBB fan than it does the coaches sometimes.

When Buzz left or when Crean left, my immediate feeling was indifference. It wasn't betrayal. It was thankful rainbows either. It was more of if he doesn't want to be here, okay, on to the next. At least for me.

More than the coach himself, I think what some of those people miss are 5 straight NCAA Tourneys, 2 Sweet 16's, an elite 8, and a league title. That's what some people miss as opposed to missing Buzz himself. The percentage of success, and depth of on court accomplishment.

With Crean, he stayed 9 years which was the longest since Al McGuire. People remember longevity. Good success with a Final Four, 5 NCAA Tourneys, and a league title.

Neither Buzz nor Crean were perfect on or off of the court. And for some maybe that could be said more strongly.

Many people want to win, and, they want sustained winning and success longer term. As much of it as they can get.

Shaka has a league title. He has a Sweet 16. If he can put up a few more stronger seasons at MUBB, some will be nostalgic for him down the road as well.

[tower912]

Tarranoga, I agree with you.  When Wojo left, I said the king is dead, long live the king.   Every coach has their idiosyncrasies that are accepted while they are at MU.  After they depart, parallel thoughts akin to ex-girlfriends and wives, both all of the things that led to the break up, and all of the things that ticked you off but weren't so bad in hindsight.   
Some people have sepia tinged memories, some people are eternally bitter.

[wadesworld]

IMO, the key to making a run is to keep getting to the tournament. Eventually, the cosmic tumblers fall into place. UW will get there again this year and MU crapped the bed. Shaka needs to right the ship that he foundered.

The first time Gard makes a Sweet 16 without a roster entirely put together by Bo Ryan I will start worrying about them making a deep run. Until then I am not going to freak out about John Tonje Johnny Davis AJ Storr Chucky Hepburn are Wisconsin's Dwyane Wade.

[Zog from Margo]

The first time Gard makes a Sweet 16 without a roster entirely put together by Bo Ryan I will start worrying about them making a deep run. Until then I am not going to freak out about John Tonje Johnny Davis AJ Storr Chucky Hepburn are Wisconsin's Dwyane Wade.

Who was the Dwyane Wade on Dick Bennett's FF team? I wouldn't freak out about it one way or another. Have a good team and get some breaks and you can advance.

[Billy Hoyle]

I'll never forget what an MU staff member told me about Billy Hoyle.

Hey now, I may be a chump but that's not my name