I really wanted to be wrong. They’ll beat up on the dregs of the conference and probably beat us once and find their way in the top 20. Pitino pulled a Hurley of last year and got too cute with roster construction. You need a lead guard. He’s not a magician
It's weird seeing a Pitino team that doesn't press. What's the point of getting all those athletes with very little three point shooting if you aren't going to amp it up and get them running/fast breaking?
Repole is gonna start asking for a refund. Their defense is lazy. Bryce Hopkins a weird fit for Pitino. He can put the ball in the bucket but exudes none of the intensity of a Pitino player.
All college refs suck. Try watching the women.
They've certainly given up a lot of points to the high major teams they've played. Defense isn't nearly as good as last season.
You probably need to reassess your take on UM.
Yea but that won’t do the conference any good. Who are the top 25 test in conference outside of UConn? I don’t think there is anything they can do until tournament time to make me a believer. At some point you have to collect big time OOC scalps or you’re not legit.
I only saw them play against Wake and they didn't look good in that one and should've lost.
😂 I'm assuming that was sarcasm.
Exactly. The refs don’t cause the other teams to shoot those numbers. St John’s defense has been terrible all season. You are correct, they look like they don’t care.
He's a cr@ppy human.
The Beli of college hoops.
This is the danger of these frankenstein rosters, pulling together a bunch of kids who have no rapport who are coming together for the $$. That's not necessarily what you would call the "glue" a culture is built on.
Maybe he meant they should be the "and 1", not #1.
That's what I've been saying. But @superjohn says he's the greatest coach of all time and would make it work. Pitino still has a few months to try but so far taking all these big name transfers hasn't worked out so well.
Michigan is monstrously big. They have natural physical advantages over any team they play. They beat an Auburn team by 30 that just beat StJ by 10 and are now dusting a team in Gonzaga that has been rolling teams this year thus far. I think it's safe to say they are going to be really good. The B10 feels like last year's SEC so far.
I was lambasted for the last 2 months and told Pitino the great was the fail safe.
The year before that it was they had no lateral quickness. You do wonder when these kids catch onto the shtick and it becomes white noise.
They’re definitely good. What I mean by sold is a legitimate final 4 contender. I need to see more.
Like Tark’s Fresno State squads with a bunch of former McD’s All Americans who were misfits off the court. They all had a lot of individual talent but also had no idea what it meant to play as a team.
Sometimes rosters just fit and sometimes they don't. Look at Kansas the past couple of years. All those expectations and veterans and they never really looked good. No hype this year other than Peterson who has been out and this group looks like a much better group.