Kenpom is out

[DRBackup]

SjU was still building

Clearly, you have no idea what the word "building" means. I know, for instance, if I was building a house, I'd start with an intact house with 4 walls and a roof, then tear off the roof and tear down three of the four walls and essentially start over again.

"bUiLdiNg"

 

[DRBackup]

sounds great but college ball has changed. Teams are rebuilding instantly.

Right! Which is why he used teams from the last 4 years as the examples. Last 4 champions had at least 50% of their minutes returning. And 13 of the 16 top seeds in the tournament. #14 was at 42%. Not one of those teams was "rebuilding instantly"

 

[DRBackup]

McNeeley was UConns best player? Not close. Most potential, yes. Best when healthy, arguable. Best actually on the court at end of year, nope.

To be fair, it was trending that way. He absolutely was the team's best player in December, especially against Gonzaga. By the time he got hurt, the team had won 8 straight and proceeded to go 7-6 in the next 13 games

 

[DRBackup]

Ejiofor's switching ability allows them to switch all ball screens, and their positional size and athletic ability at guard/wing is going to prevent any mismatches from being generated from the switches. Any team that relies on getting downhill from ball screens is toast, and it'll be very difficult for our off ball screening actions that they can switch at will also. That's all keyed by Ejiofor. He's a 1-man defensive scheme in a similar (but completely opposite) way that Kalkbrenner was.

Not sure who is going to defend Taris when Ejiofor switches off him

 

[RuffRuff]

Clearly, you have no idea what the word "building" means. I know, for instance, if I was building a house, I'd start with an intact house with 4 walls and a roof, then tear off the roof and tear down three of the four walls and essentially start over again.

"bUiLdiNg"

Reality right now is StJ landed a HOF coach because he was coming off reputational parole. Circumstantial as he was never going to intentionally take that job.

Right now their “building” is as good as they have Pitino. Any real “building” they do will be landing a coach post Pitino that can carry it forward and keep momentum. That won’t be easy as Pitino is one of a kind and will be hard to follow in what isn’t a destination job. Maybe that’s Junior, which rarely works.

Let them enjoy it while it lasts.

 

[Tiamat7]

Hard when your best players leave for other programs - Isiah Coleman of SHU went off for 28 against Auburn in a scrimmage and looks like their best player.

Seton Hall NIL is probably at the level of an A10 school. Perhaps they spent their money on the sparkling new practice facility.

 

[auror]

Not sure who is going to defend Taris when Ejiofor switches off him

Reed did have pretty strong games against them, especially on the offensive glass. One of the few bigs in the league that can punish that.

 

[RuffRuff]

Reed did have pretty strong games against them, especially on the offensive glass. One of the few bigs in the league that can punish that.

Outplayed him - Zubi can’t bully a bear.

 

[RuffRuff]

 

[ToolzieFan]

Here’s a new article on Ken Pomeroy’s coaching ratings. Basically, he looks at a coach’s career and quantifies how much their teams’ final rankings differ from his model’s preseason rankings. Hurley rates 7th overall, 21st on offense, and 12th on defense.

The coaching effect

And other preseason ratings nuggets

open.substack.com

 

[Lafayette]

Guessing a blend of years including, gulp, last year.

Still funny to see Brad Underwood at #1 Offensive as the coach we went on a 30-0 run on a couple years ago.