February General CBB Discussion Thread

[RuffRuff]

He said Houston over UM. final 4 for UConn Zona and Purdue even tho that’s 5. elite 8 for Duke. I’ll take it. the nobody said elite 8 for UConn

If the bracket played out per the way some are scoping it right now, chalk, our path:

Navy
UCF
BYU
IOWA ST
MICHIGAN
ARIZONA

That is a guantlet right there. UCF isn't a bad team, just beat TT at home and have been ranked.

Rick was respectful, but if you read between the lines, he's calling out certain Big East programs. He said that the status of the Big East would be a factor in his decision whether to keep coaching at St. John's. He said that every school should commit to $9-$11mm in NIL. He also called out a few programs, including Providence and Georgetown needing to get better (he added that Cooley could do it, but didn't say the same about English).

I didn't take issue with anything he said, including his comments about UConn not being as good as our recent Championship seasons.

He was really complimentary of UConn. Rick is almost transparent to a fault. Not sure why he talked openly about Jackson thinking about his NBA career in season.

 

[Kolumbo]

MACtion Baby! Eastern Mich which just lost to UMass is beating Akron 52-48 with under 8 to play. will they hold on

 

[Inyatkin]

MACtion Baby! Easter Mich which just lost to UMass is beating Akron 52-48 with under 8 to play. will they hold on

Good sign our game is going well if we’re checking out UMass’ conference

 

[Kolumbo]

Talks Uconn towards back end.

At 14:30 he starts talking UConn. Jim Calhoun, Tarkanien at UNLV and Calipari at UMass are the 3 greatest coaching resurrections.

 

[superjohn]

DePaul's court is fire with the skyline and their half court logo. Someday soon games will matter there.

 

[RuffRuff]

DePaul's court is fire with the skyline and their half court logo. Someday soon games will matter there.

It wouldn't be a bad thing for Chicago to have a legit CBB team - issue is the inertia is so heavy to them stinking.

 

[uconngb]

I don’t gamble

I got hit in this one too….,absolute lock at 76-45. They had to be 99% plus to cover at that point

 

[uconngb]

If the bracket played out per the way some are scoping it right now, chalk, our path:

Navy
UCF
BYU
IOWA ST
MICHIGAN
ARIZONA

That is a guantlet right there. UCF isn't a bad team, just beat TT at home and have been ranked.

He was really complimentary of UConn. Rick is almost transparent to a fault. Not sure why he talked openly about Jackson thinking about his NBA career in season.

He didn’t say NBA, he said pro….Ian Jackson is no NBA player

 

[Kolumbo]

DePaul's court is fire with the skyline and their half court logo. Someday soon games will matter there.

I thought you literally meant fire as in flames, and a cow.

Good to see DePaul showing life.

 

[FightOnCT]

It wouldn't be a bad thing for Chicago to have a legit CBB team - issue is the inertia is so heavy to them stinking.

I mean Illinois counts, right?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I thought you literally meant fire as in flames, and a cow.

Good to see DePaul showing life.

That was my first thought as well.

That would be awesome by the way.

 

[RuffRuff]

That was my first thought as well.

That would be awesome by the way.

StJ ratcheting up the D when it matters. StJ is going to roll out a big lineup as they're playing Zubi/Mitchell/Hopkins. Then they play Sellers & Jackson/Darling at the point.

Mitchell will be the best athlete on the floor and he'll probably be chasing Mullins around and making it really difficult for him. AK is going to be able space out Hopkins. I might work the ball into Tarris early to see if he can draw some fouls on Zubi.

This may be a game we really need Solo to step up. I'm expecting Mullins to have a really hard time. They're an interesting matchup, awkward. I'm honestly wondering on defense if we put Silas on Sellers. If we can stunt him, and Tarris can stifle Zubi, they may have a really hard time scoring. I can see them trying to use the Hopkins/AK matchup.

 

[gsmooth]

Depaul showing some fight have cut the deficit to 6 with 3:30 left forcing Pitino to call a timeout.

 

[uconngb]

What the hrll happened to Bryce Hopkins?? Guy used to be a beast. He’s awful now. He just missed an uncontested layup at the hoop then got stripped on a drive.

 

[auror]

Is Layden Blocker just wearing regular glasses lol.

 

[aceboon]

Was hoping DePaul could catch them slipping, need some more breathing room. I blame Seton Hall and Xavier for this.