Recent content by Zerosumgame

I still think 2014 is the best coaching job in UCONN history. Took over after one of the greatest coaches, ever, had to deal with the ban, genuinely was working with a talent disadvantage not present for the other titles. I love Bazz, but he's a level below Kemba in terms of Kemba. To win a...

As a Marylander, can't wait to stroll around head to toe in Huskies gear after we beat them down on Saturday. They're are a pretty talented team and generally always are. Ayala and Wiggins can really score, and Morsell, the local B-more kid is a really tough defender, but Turgeon is a very bad...

I think the 2011 team works the 2014 team. 2011 had more size and athleticism and also the best player in that matchup. The toughness of AO and Roscoe inside and defensively would be a big factor, imo.

Tanking is a legitimate strategy in every sport with a draft and revenue sharing (so all American sports) , but the scope of what is going on in the NBA the last few seasons is just bad for the game. Teams like Memphis, Chicago, and Atlanta are just blatantly and actively trying to prevent...

I always somewhat liked the Huskies growing up because they sent some real nice players to the NBA and had some great teams (as a Nigerian and a B-more kid, loved Okafor and Gay), but didn't really follow them until I got to campus. Growing up in Maryland in the 2000's it was all about Gary...

Baltimore County is completely separate from the city of Baltimore. There is actually an entirely different school named "University of Maryland-Baltimore" (UMB) I transferred from UMBC to UCONN and have spent most of my life pretty much down the street from the campus. The idea of that little...

Shabazz Napier 2011.

Who is blaming anyone other than maybe the NCAA? This is big time ball and things happen. We had three talented players for what was really 1.5 positions and it didn't work. Napier and Lamb as the top guys didn't really work either. A lot of things went wrong in 2012, it was a pretty miserable...

Roscoe would have been a candidate to transfer regardless of the ban, imo. The Drummond thing messed up the chemistry of the front line. Both AO and Roscoe saw their minutes and role significantly reduced in 11-12. Given that both players started on a nat'l title team extremely early in their...

According to several reports, he is meant to sign back with his boyhood club, Alba Berlin, but cannot sign anything yet (amateur status and all of that).

I just posted about roscoe in the other thread and DeAndre is similar in my opinion. Both of them are about half way there to being legitimate NBA-type players. Roscoe has the physicality, but not enough skill right now and I feel as though Daniels is the opposite. A player his size that can...

'Scoe has a shot. The way the NBA is played now, he is definitely more of a 4 than a 3. Something Calhoun was very right about. The lineup that saw the majority of minutes in 2010-2011, Kemba-Bazz-Lamb-'Scoe-Oriakhi is exactly what most team are turning to. Only one true big man. It's been this...

Creighton is terrible 2 through 10. People act like Bazz doesn't have much help, but UCONN has 3-4 dudes that would easily be the second best player on their team. Outside of Dougie, it is a bunch of low level players with one skill and little to no athleticism. Coach did a good job finding a...

The guy is 19. He didn't reclassify himself as a year older, either, so he's literally just out of high school. Just compare him to someone like Kemba, who was nowhere near as good as a freshman. If he stayed 3-4 years he would probabl be the best player in college basketball, but there isn't...

It is sad that the game is now reffed in a way that people expect incidents like the Napier one tonight and the Brimah one last night to end in anything other than few harsh words and everybody playing on.