November General CBB Discussion Thread (Non-BE)

[jleves]

Is Michigan for real and a contender or is Auburn not so good? I'd lean toward Michigan being pretty solid.

 

[Marat]

Is Michigan for real and a contender or is Auburn not so good? I'd lean toward Michigan being pretty solid.

Looks like the case UM is good.

 

[UCFan1513]

Auburn has a fake coach, and Michigan is good. Both can be true

 

[aceboon]

If ever?

My UK fan friend said he heard a rumor Quaint is going to sit out the rest of the season and prep for the draft instead

Dude had ACL surgery in March, when it was first announced that he committed I posted on here that it would be crazy for him to rush back and I was surprised that teams were pursuing him hard given the timeline of his injury + recovery

Post in thread 'Transfer Portal Starting to Load'

Apr 8, 2025

I don't get allocating NIL funds to a player that had ACL surgery in March but I guess they really believe he's gonna be available to play next season. ACL recoveries/rehab are trending longer for basketball players the past few years and if you're a parent why would you rush someone back that young and projected lottery?

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[RuffRuff]

Dude had ACL surgery in March, when it was first announced that he committed I posted on here that it would be crazy for him to rush back and I was surprised that teams were pursuing him hard given the timeline of his injury + recovery

Post in thread 'Transfer Portal Starting to Load'

Apr 8, 2025

I don't get allocating NIL funds to a player that had ACL surgery in March but I guess they really believe he's gonna be available to play next season. ACL recoveries/rehab are trending longer for basketball players the past few years and if you're a parent why would you rush someone back that young and projected lottery?

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[RuffRuff]

@superjohn you might want to rethink your Michigan take.

 

[bendm]

I can’t believe Michigan starts 6’9 240 Yaxel at SF. A 6’9 250 guy at PF and 7’2 Mara in the middle. Easily the biggest starting frontcourt in the country.

 

[aceboon]

We shall see, still quite a ways to go to ramp up to 5 on 5 practice

 

[RitzLuce1]

Is Michigan for real and a contender or is Auburn not so good? I'd lean toward Michigan being pretty solid.

I still think it's way too early to tell. The only reason people thought Auburn was good was because they played Houston tough but it's possible it said more about Houston than Auburn.

 

[RitzLuce1]

I’m not sold on Houston after almost losing to the clemintines

Almost lost to Auburn too.

 

[RuffRuff]

I can’t believe Michigan starts 6’9 240 Yaxel at SF. A 6’9 250 guy at PF and 7’2 Mara in the middle. Easily the biggest starting frontcourt in the country.

And their 2G is 6'5". This is similar to Duke last year.

 

[aceboon]

Darius Adams found a nice spot for himself, gets to play a ton of minutes and play through mistakes.

Gonzaga looks like a well oiled OLD machine

 

[BigTenFan]

I can’t believe Michigan starts 6’9 240 Yaxel at SF. A 6’9 250 guy at PF and 7’2 Mara in the middle. Easily the biggest starting frontcourt in the country.

Purdue matches up well with TKR, Cluff and Jacobsen

 

[RuffRuff]

Darius Adams found a nice spot for himself, gets to play a ton of minutes and play through mistakes.

Gonzaga looks like a well oiled OLD machine

They are this year's Auburn.

 

[HuskyHawk]

@HuskyHawk is there a chance he doesn't play next week?

Yes. As far as I can tell nobody is sure if he’s truly still injured or just not that into being a college basketball player. But you can be damned sure a top 1-3 pick is going to be very cautious about returning.

 

[bendm]

And their 2G is 6'5". This is similar to Duke last year.

UM is even bigger Duke started Sion and Flagg at the forward sports and Yaxel is much bigger than both. Duke did have Ngongba and Brown off the bench tho

 

[Jay-Bone]

Yeah, Michigan is coming together nicely. We were concerned after almost losing to Wake, but now Wake almost beat TT and beat Memphis. Indiana also has a real coach now and looking pretty good in the majors with a mid-major team.

Gonzaga is cruising, is that European freshman pg gonna be enough?

Bobby Hurley's ASU team is plucky. cost me a bunch of money yesterday. A land of misfit toys. Pretty sure he's got his pg on amphetamines and the 2nd leading scorer is a 6th man microwave who he found under a rock.

 

[RuffRuff]

UM is even bigger Duke started Sion and Flagg at the forward sports and Yaxel is much bigger than both

Sion was at the 2G. Kneuppel played the 3 at 6'6". Their PG Proctor was 6'5". They were massive. Michigan is tiny at PG with Cadeua at 6'1".

 

[RuffRuff]

Yeah, Michigan is coming together nicely. We were concerned after almost losing to Wake, but now Wake almost beat TT and beat Memphis. Indiana also has a real coach now and looking pretty good in the majors with a mid-major team.

Gonzaga is cruising, is that European freshman pg gonna be enough?

Bobby Hurley's ASU team is plucky. cost me a bunch of money yesterday. A land of misfit toys. Pretty sure he's got his pg on amphetamines and the 2nd leading scorer is a 6th man microwave who he found under a rock.

Indiana finally aced their coaching hire. They'll be right back on the radar in the next year to two, top ten.

 

[bendm]

Sion was at the 2G. Kneuppel played the 3 at 6'6". Their PG Proctor was 6'5". They were massive. Michigan is tiny at PG with Cadeua at 6'1".

I was talking about frontcourts but ok

 

[HuskyHawk]

I was talking about frontcourts but ok

UNC this year is also huge. Wilson is a near 6’10” small forward.

 

[KingAG]

Michigan deserves credit. But Auburn isn’t good. Houston being overrated at the moment made Auburn look decent.

 

[bendm]

Michigan v Gonzaga could be a good one if that’s how it shakes out

 

[Gurleyman]

Darius Adams found a nice spot for himself, gets to play a ton of minutes and play through mistakes.

Gonzaga looks like a well oiled OLD machine

He’s played the most minutes - 18. He was the last guy to sub out (after a bad stretch with two turnovers) and almost went right back in.

He’s not shooting well - hasn’t all year - but he seems to have earned Buzz’s trust. And he has 7 more FTA after getting a friendly call getting fouled on a three, so he has 10 at the half (2-6 FG, 5-7 FT).

He seems like he has a pretty high ceiling if he can find his shooting touch. Has a lot of length for a combo guard.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Bobby Hurley's ASU team is plucky. cost me a bunch of money yesterday. A land of misfit toys. Pretty sure he's got his pg on amphetamines and the 2nd leading scorer is a 6th man microwave who he found under a rock.

But they made up for it today. Normally I get burned by those last second meaningless free throws. Not today. Incredibly lucky. The luck of the Irish owed me.