Recent content by boog204

If I'm Bill Self, I tell Bidunga to play goalie and let the freshmen prove he can hit 3's on the road in a chaotic environment. Reibe's got a nice-looking jumper, but he is 2-7 on the year and shot 33% in the FIBA tourney. So it's not like he's lit it up or anything. And, I mentioned this in...

Is it me, or are there more big-time OOC power battles this year than in previous years? Feel like every day there is a huge game between major teams.

Oh, I agree... That was my original point when someone posted that bringing in Pierce wouldn't make sense since we'll have Stew at the 4. I don't think we'll ever see the potential and talent totally click. But, he's a very useful player off the bench and has been much less of a defensive...

He's a very good passer, and there's much more to passing than assists. But if we're going there, he's averaging 2.5 assists/gm. That's more than Liam and almost as much as Castle in fewer minutes. He consistently makes the extra pass, and you can see the brain working. I said he has his moments...

Pure talent and ability? I'd say so. He's an excellent passer, has a really good basketball IQ, is probably our 2nd/3rd most athletic player, has moments where he can really shoot it, and has had moments where he looks like a major, major player. Does he put all of these things together...

If they're playing man, though, you are going to create spacing issues and still have a 5 at the top of the key, unguarded. He's gotta hit them though. He's 2-7 on the year, and while he's capable, if you're the opposing coach, that's the shot you want us to be taking. I'd much rather have our...

100%. We are doing a little less of having our "5" at the three-point line, holding the ball as we run our motion that we did constantly last year, but we still have that as part of our sets. If Kansas drops their 5 and uses him as a pure rim-protector (which is his strength), it can absolutely...

I haven't seen Kansas play, but I'm going to assume they are athletically superior in some key spots, and we tend to struggle with defensive-minded athletic teams. As someone mentioned above, having players who can switch and guard multiple spots takes away some of our offense. Obviously...

I never said Painter wasn’t a good coach. In fact, I said he was “obviously a very good coach.” Second, are you implying Purdue doesn’t have NIL funds? There are multiple articles stating the contrary, and Purdue has as much NIL as anyone. They spend most of it on retention as opposed to buying...

I'm wayyyyy too lazy to look, but my observation is that he's taken lots of contested 3's. Obviously, he's a focal point for defenses as he was such a good shooter last year. I don't remember many players getting fouled or almost fouled as much as Solo does on 3's, and I think it's because he's...

I remember being really bummed that we lost Enoch and Juwan Durham, as I thought both had tons of talent. Enoch turned into a 9-5 guy for pretty good Louisville teams and even showed a decent 3-point touch. A guy like him would be a good player in our system under Dan Hurley. Durham became a solid...

I don't really get it. He seems like a good guy and is obviously a very good coach. He's been to one final four, been upset early in the tourney a few times, and hasn't really had consistent "dominance." Meaning he'll have three or four 25 win years in a row, then have double digit losses for...

I know most people here dislike Pitino (and for good reason), but denying him as one of the best coaches, ever, is asinine... Painter hasn't accomplished remote close to what Pitino already has, and I'd in no way count out him making St. John's really, really good this year, too. And Self, too...

Huh? I’m not saying he should leave. He’s a useful player. But there’s this forever sentiment that we have to be mindful of him as we recruit. This place said he’d be a lottery pick at the beginning of his soph year and Liam should be a bench guy, this year Mullins wouldn’t/couldnt be a starter...

That roster screams for the need of a big-time, three-level scorer.