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To be fair, early in his career and in college he he came across as charming. The stories you hear from, say, Bob Knight with the 1984 Olympic team give you an impression of who he was before fame made him more reserved. But for people like me, who was a superfan in the 1990s...by that point...

It's up there, and off the top of my head I can't think of a worse one. Anthony Davis trade was steep for the Lakers but...they got a title. The Clippers got a Western Conference Finals in which Kawhi didn't play. It was their first and only Conference Finals appearance, but...yeah. What trades...

It's not just the money. They had SGA and they traded him to get Paul George.

Florida missed the NCAAT the two years after their back-to-back. They weren't ranked in the preseason poll the next year, and basically skirted the fringe of the poll for two years, topping out at #18 in 2009, but being ranked a total of 7 weeks out of the potential 38. Florida had little...

I really like Kim English. I hate that I like PC's coach, but, yeah, I said it. Hope the rumors are false.

Pay attention to who said what you dope. I hadn't posted anything begging for Brea, and then the dude you quoted said:

Davis was ranked 1 in the class Drummond transferred into. But I believe Drummond was ranked 1 in the class he transferred out of. Davis is and was a generational talent. Anyone who watched Kentucky and UConn in 2012 and thought Drummond was his equal would have been crazy. But if Drummond...

Ball and Stewart making the jumps they are capable of makes this team a real threat to win again. That's with or without Karaban. Both are going to see the floor a lot, and you have to hope they've learned a great deal from players who have won back-to-back. The fact that they—and Ross—have...

The last program that was close to a dynasty was the late 1980s to early 1990s Duke. 1986: Finals loss to Louisville 1987: Sweet 16 loss to eventual champion Indiana 1988: Final Four loss to eventual champion Kansas 1989: Final Four los to runner-up (ROBBED!) Seton hall 1990: Finals loss to...

The 3-point shooting from Brea is fantastic, but I do feel like it is a splashy number that made people overlook some flaws. This isn't sour grapes. He'd be a fantastic piece. But he's more of a Brian Fair type dude than a Rashad Anderson, and in either case, the team needed someone who could...

Seriously. My "want" list of the players we were associated with was: 1. McNeeley (tough, talented, great shooter) 2. Reed (former Top 100 big who gives us interior depth with some great rebounding and offensive talent) 3. Mahaney (shooter, experienced ball handler with a little size) 4. Brea...

And they were a millimeter or so of Kevin Durant's big toe away from losing to a Brooklyn team that was KD, no Kyrie, injured Harden. Bud needed to go. Griffin sucked. Doc has been terrible, too, though.

For context, Karaban is only unranked because he joined midseason. Most services had him 65-75 range before that.

Young team if Hass and Karaban don't come back, and we don't get Mahaney & Brea. A team with them is much more experienced on the court.

You'll see most people stick Kansas there based on the fact that they have a potential all-conference player at every position. But...I think you're absolutely right that the team won't gel in the locker room whereas the Duke team doesn't yet gel logically on the court (and is frankly far too...

Jordan

Funny to hear LeBron and Embiid both complain about the refs in their pressers. Their teams and them (in that order) just rely on being reffed a certain way sometimes to the great frustration of everyone except their fans. . . But instead of complaining about the refs, LeBron missed a wide open...

Given what they put together in the portal, he's exactly the sort of player they need to be a threat to make the second weekend. Except, I don't think Mike Woodson is it, and he must have realized there'd be better options. For his offensive game, there's no doubt that UConn would maximize...

Wasn't my take, but go ahead. My take was that they will "be a threat to us." Which they will be. They are going to compete with—and beat—UConn for recruits.

I mean, yes, they robbed Seton Hall. They also were in the Finals in 2013 and 2018. It's not all that distant. Dusty May is a mid-major coach who took Florida Atlantic to the Final Four. It took UConn some time to overtake Michigan in basketball. But to pretend this isn't a real program that...

Football will always be king, but Michigan has an incredibly rich basketball heritage. They have more Final Fours, more weeks ranked, etc. They're not as good a program as UConn, but they're good enough that with the massive financial disparity they have in their favor, they will always pose a...

Indeed, this particular plumber did win the 1947 championship as a member of Holy Cross. An 8-team tournament in which he beat Oklahoma in the title game. I'm sure Bill Simmons has a book on it.

I wish Louisville far worse than I wish Kentucky.

Right. Duke might hang a banner, cry a little, and go into the offseason happy. Much happier for them to lose in the first round to a 16 or something. I was worried this year we were going to get Duke in the title game after they beat the injured Houston team. Not because I was worried they'd...

Wiggins... among other things.

I love how the title misspells both his last and his first name. Like, who TF spells Greg with two g's?

Right. Same here. It's why I was never able to make it to that level. Well, that...and I'm 5'7", relatively unathletic, and it took until adulthood for me coach my left thumb out of my jumpshot. It's a damn good shot now, but, you know. . .

They're going to be Top 10 all year and dominating the news. Will that lead to a Final Four or Title? Probably not a title. Maybe Final Four, but even with Zion they had a ton of close games in the tournament before losing to MSU in the E8.

Fair. I meant more breaks in the bracket that we could take advantage of. Like, in 1994, BC upset UNC as the 1-seed in our bracket and made the E8. But we, as a 2-seed, missed FTs to win the game to Florida in Florida. In 2004, our 1 seed lost and we got an 8 in the E8 and a 3 in the Finals...

It's sort of the same with Doron. He came in and was awesome, but we also had a junior Kevin Ollie. Just as KEA was a better offensive player than Ricky, but the duo complemented each other well, so Doron to KO.

It's exactly the sort of thing that never broke for us from 1990-2003 that began to from 2004-2023.

I deleted my account some years ago because I love my family and wanted to continue to. But I've thought about re-signing up for subgroups on AP classes I teach and other hobbies where a space like reddit doesn't really fully scratch that itch or provide as many helpful resources. I think many...

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That's a braindead take. I must either have them blocked literally or have decided to just scroll past their posts long ago because they are worthless.