March General CBB Discussion Thread

[Kolumbo]

Watch the German company sue the Big XII. Trashing your product in the middle of a major tournament can't be good pub.



“This partnership with the Big 12 is a major milestone for ASB GlassFloor and for basketball in the United States,” said Chris Thornton, CEO of ASB GlassFloor America. “ASB GlassFloor is engineered to enhance athlete safety while delivering the elite performance standards players demand. Through ASB Arena and Event Services (AES) we’re helping teams and conferences unlock new revenue generation and fan engagement. The Big 12 is setting the standard for innovation, making them the perfect partner to bring this platform to elite competition and shape the future of college sports.”

Big 12 Conference on ASB GlassFloor

Big 12 Tournaments mark first time ASB GlassFloor is utilized for official competition in the United States

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[7774]

He may be the most unlikable coach of them all. I guess he doesn't consider the Big East an actual conference. I hate the early games, I don't think the players are as loose and ready to play.

“We have to recover quickly. We’re not playing the noon game this year. We’re the only one seed not to be playing early in the country,” Scheyer shared (scared).

Duke HC Jon Scheyer takes dig at ACC over conference tournament scheduling

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer got his team to avoid the upset against Florida State. Then took a swipe at the ACC.

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Why again doesn't he consider the Big East an actual conference?

 

[RuffRuff]

I wonder how long long term means. Maybe he's waiting to see if the Billikens get invited to another conference, or for the St. John's job, or knows his limits.

Could be - hard to know. Coaches at these mid majors tend to strike while the iron is hot, you never know when you fall from grace. St John's in waiting sounds unlikely.

 

[aceboon]

Always a personal choice and many factors, but he will never win a title there so I guess he's not that interested in advancing his career.

Its one year where he's not in the cycle, maybe the potential landscape doesn't appeal to him and he's not just jumping into any job just because it's a power 5 job. Dude is only 50 he has time to wait.

 

[Mr. French]

Always a personal choice and many factors, but he will never win a title there so I guess he's not that interested in advancing his career.

Or just not this year.

Everything doesn’t need to be a hot take.

 

[DRBackup]

Had a long recruitment - Tenn made a lot of sense because they could feature him and pony up.

Yeah, I was going to say one of the primary drivers was probably NIL money. Like the real answer to "What do you want to do ?" was "GET PAID"

 

[DRBackup]

@imno1 what's your question? Ok so here is where I stand on this.

Was there any chatter of Miami of Ohio not getting in before Bruce Pearls comments? I doubt it if there was show me. Pearl has created a narrative that MOH had to win their conference tourney to get in.

It's a dangerous precedent he has set, and showed his bias on Auburn who doesn't deserve to get in. Having an opinion is one thing, showing bias and having a wild and dangerous narrative that has now carried weight is another and believe me being being a main stream media member does have influence on the committee.

Ok a lawsuit maybe too much but people sue over everything. Remember the Utah Attorney general wanted to sue the BCS for not letting an undefeated Utah team in the national championship, now they have the college football playoffs. So while they didn't win the lawsuit there was enough PR pressure on the committee to eventually make change.

After all we're talking top 68 teams here so this narrative that MOH shouldn't get in is stupid. People are too ignorant to see the bigger picture.

Blah blah blah. There was almost no media narrative at all until Bruce Pearl spoke up. So, in fact, if he had said nothing, I find it FAR more likely that at 28-1 and sitting in the 90s in KenPom, they'd have been out, and FAR more likely that they're getting in as one of the worst ever at large teams than if he'd said nothing.

 

[DRBackup]

I coached Durant for 5 months and couldn’t even make the sweet 16, but here’s a bag of cash!

Exactly. Sure, he coached Durant. And likely had absolutely nothing to do with his development from HS to the NBA. LOL

 

[RuffRuff]

Or just not this year.

Everything doesn’t need to be a hot take.

Why would you sit put at your peak?

 

[thekollieman]

Or just not this year.

Everything doesn’t need to be a hot take.

Exactly. Correct me if I’m wrong but Dusty May didn’t jump ship until a full season AFTER making the final four with FAU. Long term contract by no means actually indicates he’ll be there long term.

 

[HCCForever]

Why would you sit put at your peak?

Perhaps some extenuating issues not related to basketball. He’s only fifty so who knows but him?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

This is the first time UMass has been even tangentially relevant to the national basketball scene since Bruiser Flint was coach

Edit: Apparently they made the tournament in 2014? No memory of that whatsoever

We were too busy focusing on other tournament schools that year.

 

[Inyatkin]

Or just not this year.

Everything doesn’t need to be a hot take.

Nope, he's not interested in advancing his career or winning a title. Thus spoketh the master

 

[HuskyHawk]

I know we beat KU but why are we rooting against Houston? We want them on the 2 line as opposed to Illinois or Nebraska and then being ahead of us on the s curve could also help us get the east
Edit- unless 1 in the south is still in play

We want to be the top #2 if not a #1. So we get placed in the East.

 

[aceboon]

Exactly. Correct me if I’m wrong but Dusty May didn’t jump ship until a full season AFTER making the final four with FAU. Long term contract by no means actually indicates he’ll be there long term.

Correct, he's the perfect example to cite, now he's at at the perfect spot for him. Jobs like Syracuse and Providence aren't jobs that you have to uproot your life for, he can afford to wait.

 

[aceboon]

Starting to feel that Michigan is probably looking forward to playing non B10 teams

 

[RuffRuff]

Nope, he's not interested in advancing his career or winning a title. Thus spoketh the master

Ah, there he is. Lurking, waiting, contributing nothing but this.

 

[Inyatkin]

Ah, there he is. Lurking, waiting, contributing nothing but this.

In fact, most of my posts are delightful.

 

[superjohn]

Starting to feel that Michigan is probably looking forward to playing non B10 teams

How did the refs miss Mara shoving him in the back?

 

[aceboon]

Tied at 62-62 with about 4 minutes left and Bruce Thornton had a wide open 3 from the top of the arc go in and out on him, the putback attempt gets blocked by Mara and it leads to a Mich layup on the other end. I figured that sequence was going to swing and end the game for Mich.

 

[superjohn]

Dusty May looks and sounds like a horse jockey and his name sounds like a 70's era adult film actress.

 

[JVN]

 

[alexd]

Michigan looked very average.

 

[aceboon]

Sky high buyout gets Capel another year and Pitt another year of basketball purgatory, I don't understand why these schools structure these contracts like this

 

[gsmooth]

Sky high buyout gets Capel another year and Pitt another year of basketball purgatory, I don't understand why these schools structure these contracts like this

I just don't understand why these athletic directors get snookered and fooled into these long term contracts and/or big buyouts with coaches that have not proven a whole lot. It boggles my mind. Kim English has a large buyout from PC.

I have never negotiated a million dollar salary contract with anyone. Pretending for a moment athletic directors would read this post, they would most likely respond by saying "stay in your lane bro". I just don't get it.