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We're seeing a lot of top 10 freshman doing incredibly well this year. But that's rare. Mullins was a top 20 freshman. I'd argue that for the vast majority of freshman in that 5-25 range, it takes a year or them to become forces in college. We have seen this over and over and over at UConn...

Wondering about your experiences in terms of... 1. Campus culture 2. Overall strength of the school in terms of administration (i.e. not academics). Is it a well run place? Student satisfaction?

Xavier as a university is experiencing some extreme pressures. I'm not sure they have the ability to do well in this environment. Their discounts for students at this point are among the steepest in the nation and their admission rate is sky high. 89%. This means they have one of the lowest...

I believe that Hurley believes our guys are playing very tight. They are hyped and in a panic. I caught onto this after the Marquette game when he said he told the team from now on, it's just another game. BE regular season championship at stake? They came in hyped and ended up playing tight. BE...

Duke doesn't play any defense whatsoever. You can shoot outside all day on them. No ball pressure, always going under screens. They do not look particularly well coached. They aren't very tough.

Interesting comments from some UCLA fans. They think they play better without Bilodeau. Don't really know why. The comment is that they are playing much tougher defense and that he's soft.

I thought it was a natural movement with barely any contact.

You play all year, you make the 2nd round of the tournament, and then some arbitrary bullc--- decisions take you out of the game early. Louisville's best player picked up his second foul just minutes into the game on 2 offensive charging calls. If you can watch a replay, take a look at those...

I wasn't comparing them physically at all.

If this is his system, he should keep to it, because he's a top level coach and it has worked for him before. BUT, there's no use in criticizing a system that prioritizes shooters when the shooters can't shoot well. It makes no sense. There may very well be no problem with the system at all...

He's a freshman so he should improve a lot. On the other hand, he is noted in the Southern conference as being a turnover machine. And he shoots 31% from 3. One might look at a player like Tom House and say, sharpshooting heady guard, let's get him. But he never found time to play at Florida...

Yep. Brainfart

Furman's starters shot 9 for 20 from 3. They had one bench guy who went 0 for 4.

He does foul a lot. Of course, he got 2 phantom fouls last night. Announcers noted it, replay showed it.

This is going to be a mucky game against Cronin's UCLA. Haven't watched much of them this year, but man they play like his old Cincy teams. This shakes up to be a game very similar to our BE games. Hurley and Cronin are going to blow their stacks.