February General CBB Discussion Thread

[Dove]

TCU should win. At line. Kid hits both.

11 ticks

 

[aboogieee]

UConn just has to take care of business. It’s about to be absolute chaos in the B1G and Big 12 over the next few weeks.

 

[bendm]

Illinois and Nebraska losing cements the gap between #1-6 and everybody else.

The problem is that we're currently at the bottom of that #1-6 and a matchup with #3 is looking like a road game.

1-5*

 

[Hurleyman216]

I watched Iowa St earlier this year against Iowa and was completely unimpressed. They’re an easy pick for an early upset from a higher seed and they just lost to TCU

 

[Dove]

TCU 62-55

We have half of a court stormin'.

 

[aboogieee]

This freshman class is great in tiers. Speaking of Lewis, he and Nigel are at the top of the conference in this stat.

That Solo guy for UConn should drive to the cup more.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Iowa St now has Kansas, Houston, BYU, Texas Tech, and Arizona.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Good night for us overall.

 

[caw]

The start to this week has been something. 1, 5, 7, 8 and 11 all already losing.

 

[Mr. French]

Iowa State went up 4 after being down 9 then lost by 7. What a collapse in every way.

 

[RuffRuff]

I dislike Calipari more than maybe anyone in the sport, but Arkansas is dangerous.

They play no defense

 

[Kolumbo]

conspiracy theories!!

 

[HCCForever]

I kinda miss those Pitt battles with Jamie Dixon as the coach.

I remember thinking that Jamie made a bad decision when he left Pitt for TCU. How wrong I was. He returned to TCU where he played and the Big12 is better league than Big East or ACC.

 

[storrsroars]

I remember thinking that Jamie made a bad decision when he left Pitt for TCU. How wrong I was. He returned to TCU where he played and the Big12 is better league than Big East or ACC.

Jamie didn't want to play ACC-style hoops. He enjoyed BE play.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

I remember thinking that Jamie made a bad decision when he left Pitt for TCU. How wrong I was. He returned to TCU where he played and the Big12 is better league than Big East or ACC.

Back in the late 00s I thought Dixon would end up as one of the next big time coaches. He’s done a good job but doesn’t seem interested in aiming for a more prestigious opportunity.

 

[HCCForever]

Back in the late 00s I thought Dixon would end up as one of the next big time coaches. He’s done a good job but doesn’t seem interested in aiming for a more prestigious opportunity.

I always liked Dixon, certainly more than Evans and Howland. Perhaps the death of his sister Maggie at a young age changed his perspective about high pressure opportunities. Aside from that tragedy he appears to have a good life. But I do miss playing Pitt in the Big East.

 

[Tenspro2002]

1-5*

Yes, we should be ahead of ISU now.

The problem is that if Houston is a #1 seed, they can't be with a Big XII #2 seed anyway.

Whatever the S Curve says, we're looking at #2 in the South with Houston (true road game) or #2 in the East with Duke (top 3 team).

 

[Lafayette]

Yes, we should be ahead of ISU now.

The problem is that if Houston is a #1 seed, they can't be with a Big XII #2 seed anyway.

Whatever the S Curve says, we're looking at #2 in the South with Houston (true road game) or #2 in the East with Duke (top 3 team).

I wouldn't expect Houston to be a #1 with their remaining schedule.

 

[RuffRuff]

I wouldn't expect Houston to be a #1 with their remaining schedule.

If they win a bulk, they’re fine with a loss or two. Just as easy to make it work for them as against them.

 

[Lafayette]

If they win a bulk, they’re fine with a loss or two. Just as easy to make it work for them as against them.

Depends on exactly how their 3 games vs Iowa St, Arizona, and Kansas pan out - worst thing would be they all beat up each other a little while we have to beat Villanova and St. John's else be punished in the rankings.

 

[RuffRuff]

Depends on exactly how their 3 games vs Iowa St, Arizona, and Kansas pan out - worst thing would be they all beat up each other a little while we have to beat Villanova and St. John's else be punished in the rankings.

If we win out like we should we’ll be fine. Control of destiny.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Back in the late 00s I thought Dixon would end up as one of the next big time coaches. He’s done a good job but doesn’t seem interested in aiming for a more prestigious opportunity.

Pitt was finished when they left the Big East. They had a heavy NYC pipeline, which vanished when they were not playing New York area teams. They became just another program trying to recruit New York/New Jersey, and Pittsburgh was not exactly a premier destination. Pittsburgh high schools don't produce a lot of basketball talent, and west of Pittsburgh is Big 10 country and a lot of competition for even second and third tier players.

I thought that Pitt could make a bit of a comeback in the NIL/House era given that they are in a city with lots of corporate sponsors and wealthy individuals, and Pitt has a big endowment. Maybe the next coach will be more successful.

 

[RuffRuff]

Pitt was finished when they left the Big East. They had a heavy NYC pipeline, which vanished when they were not playing New York area teams. They became just another program trying to recruit New York/New Jersey, and Pittsburgh was not exactly a premier destination. Pittsburgh high schools don't produce a lot of basketball talent, and west of Pittsburgh is Big 10 country and a lot of competition for even second and third tier players.

I thought that Pitt could make a bit of a comeback in the NIL/House era given that they are in a city with lots of corporate sponsors and wealthy individuals, and Pitt has a big endowment. Maybe the next coach will be more successful.

They can't even keep top kids in their backyard at this point (Meleek T), nevermind NYC. They feel like a program that has hit the abyss with no return.

 

[RuffRuff]

That Solo guy for UConn should drive to the cup more.

Interesting stat - James is basically 4x what our top guy is. This is the exact stat that supports our lack of getting to the line, and the constant FT disparity.

 

[RuffRuff]