East Carolina OOC Schedule

[ECU]

I just quoted your post man.



"Gone" as in gone to the NBA.



Gardner wasn't getting NBA looks last year. Was he in any mock drafts?

Sorry, thought you meant like transfer. I don't think either of them profile as NBA prospects not to the point they would be leaving early at least. There are plenty of great college players that the NBA passes over though. Heck Tacko Fall is 7-7 and he couldn't even get NBA draft attention as ridiculous as that was and he and Dawkins anchored a top 25 team with no real draft prospects. That's more the mold and path I see our guys if all works out best case scenario.

 

[Robertelamin]

I feel really bad for ECU real fans like this guy. It’s like encountering a UHart fan. We all know it won’t end well.

 

[ctchamps]

I feel really bad for ECU real fans like this guy. It’s like encountering a UHart fan. We all know it won’t end well.

Love his excitement. It brings me back to an earlier time.

 

[Robertelamin]

Love his excitement. It brings me back to an earlier time.

Me too. He’s all in. The results might not be what he wanted though.

 

[ctchamps]

Me too. He’s all in. The results might not be what he wanted though.

I have to say it was a great time when hope was strong and results had minimal affect. Favorite expression at that time was "Just wait until next year."

 

[ECU]

Me too. He’s all in. The results might not be what he wanted though.

I've been a fan and going to games since 1992. You don't have to tell me about this i've lived it continuously. It's certainly still a possibility all fails, but I also think it could work out this time and we at least get respectable. That alone would be a win.

 

[Robertelamin]

I've been a fan and going to games since 1992. You don't have to tell me about this i've lived it continuously. It's certainly still a possiblity all fails, but I also think it could work out this time and we at least get respectable.

Have they made the tournament since 1992?

 

[MattMang23]

The only problem with drawing that parallel is that we were playing in perhaps the top conference in the country at the time and had reason to think that if we could somehow find a way to finish in the top three in the Big East we could contend for Sweet Sixteens and beyond. If ECU finishes top three in the AAC, they will likely be rewarded with a 10 seed and a second round behind kicking by Michigan St.

 

[ctchamps]

I've been a fan and going to games since 1992. You don't have to tell me about this i've lived it continuously. It's certainly still a possibility all fails, but I also think it could work out this time and we at least get respectable. That alone would be a win.

Do you like Duke?

 

[ECU]

Do you like Duke?

No but I watched a lot of ACC basketball in the early and mid 90's. We didn't get cable until about 1994 so there weren't many veiwing options with 3 channels and no interent and they were always on. I grew up in near Greenville and ECU actually had a lot of football and basketball games on the Greenville CBS affiliate in those days locally and when my uncle who was an alum found out I was following them when I was about 12 would take me to football and basketball games so that's pretty much why I like ECU and eventually went there. The football and just a cool atmosphere hooked me. Basketball was pretty decent too when I first started following under Dooley.

 

[bendm]

I've been a fan and going to games since 1992.

Respect. If you were a fan of DePaul or St. Johns I’m guessing you would have been met with more positivity here as it’s in uconns best interests for the big east to succeed. Aresco and The aac, on the other hand, can get bent.

 

[kemba]

Sorry, thought you meant like transfer. I don't think either of them profile as NBA prospects not to the point they would be leaving early at least. There are plenty of great college players that the NBA passes over though. Heck Tacko Fall is 7-7 and he couldn't even get NBA draft attention as ridiculous as that was and he and Dawkins anchored a top 25 team with no real draft prospects. That's more the mold and path I see our guys if all works out best case scenario.

A Dwight Howard type who can consistently make step back nba 3's isn't leaving early?

 

[ECU]

A Dwight Howard type who can consistently make step back nba 3's isn't leaving early?

I said he was built like Dwight (even looks a little like him) He clearly doesn't have that athleticism though as few ever have. No way we get him if he was a plus athlete though so that's ok. There still tools to work with.

Basically every 18 year old 6-11+ guy I've ever seen here couldn't walk and chew gum, and many were about 200lbs as freshman so getting a well built 255lb freshman guy that can make 3's is vastly different.

 

[Guapo]

No but I watched a lot of ACC basketball in the early and mid 90's. We didn't get cable until about 1994 so there weren't many veiwing options with 3 channels and no interent and they were always on. I grew up in near Greenville and ECU actually had a lot of football and basketball games on the Greenville CBS affiliate in those days locally and when my uncle who was an alum found out I was following them when I was about 12 would take me to football and basketball games so that's pretty much why I like ECU and eventually went there. The football and just a cool atmosphere hooked me. Basketball was pretty decent too when I first started following under Dooley.

In all seriousness, despite how much we’re ragging on you here; the AAC is the perfect conference for ECU athletics to grow in.

It’s not for UConn, though.

Best of luck!

 

[ECU]

In all seriousness, despite how much we’re ragging on you here; the AAC is the perfect conference for ECU athletics to grow in.

It’s not for UConn, though.

Best of luck!

I don't really blame UConn for leaving, and if I were an UConn fan I'd probably support protecting basketball first as well. Honestly with all this CTE stuff I think football will eventually decline anyway as less parents already allowing their kids to play, and the trickle down eventually as there isn't as much of a connection with the fans since they never participated or just in general I think there will be more fans like I am now who have trouble supporting a sport that we now know breaks young peoples minds even having grown up loving it. I think it will take decades for it to decline enough not to control college athletics but I'd prefer ECU to start pushing our funds more towards basketball moving forward if they had any vision.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

The OOC is horrific yes, but I think you would have a hard time arguing we aren't trending in the right direction moving forward with Jayden Gardner for 3 more years, a staff of Dooley, Chillious, and Roccaforte, and an unprecedented 11 new player recruiting class.

Dooley had options, turned down Rhode Island after we paid him 200k more, Roccaforte left a top 25 Virginia Tech as their top assistant to be our 3rd assistant last summer. That's a really good staff and it seems to have paid off getting guys like Charles Coleman right in your back yard this spring who you guys, Duke and tons of other big schools wanted.

I don't think we are going to be a drag on the conference anymore and I expect we should be favored perhaps all of those games (#53 Liberty at home is the toss up I think), and possibly should win nearly all of them which will mitigate some of it's honorificness.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Get us out of this league! Thankfully we only play them once this year.

 

[UKemba15]

Get us out of this league! Thankfully we only play them once this year.

But they beat Evansville! That essentially means they beat Kentucky...r-r-right?

 

[Rocktheworld]

I haven’t read this thread

But seriously why are we still complaining about a southern football league, that never gave a crap about basketball (besides a token, reactionary addition of Wichita), being terrible at basketball? It’s like dating a rave girl and constantly complaining about her showing out in fishnet and neon paint all over IG.

Not to mention, you’ve broken up with her, and are but going through the process of moving out

 

[Stainmaster]

Coppin State.

Coppin.

State.

Wooooooooooow.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

How many points did David Robinson have in that Navy game?

 

[pepband99]

I haven’t read this thread

But seriously why are we still complaining about a southern football league, that never gave a crap about basketball (besides a token, reactionary addition of Wichita), being terrible at basketball? It’s like dating a rave girl and constantly complaining about her showing out in fishnet and neon paint all over IG.

Not to mention, you’ve broken up with her, and are but going through the process of moving out

We're complaining because they're not only bad, but also a serial terrible scheduler. That combination kills metrics, which impacts everyone. If Aresco pulled his head out of his P6, he could fix this.

 

[Inyatkin]

Coppin State.

Coppin.

State.

Wooooooooooow.

Hey they had a big win against South Carolina in the NCAAs, you know, two decades ago.

 

[Chief00]

In many ways the AAC long term has the wind to its back. They are big in metro areas, which are growing.
if you get a competent program builder in these places they can take off. What they are missing is basketball tradition and football is king in many of these locations. So basketball can have challenges due to geography, while football flourishes.

 

[UCDaveD]

@ECU lol