Something that bothers me.....

[CajunHusky]

Never understood the appeal of the baggy shorts.

Actually - and someone please chime in if I am wrong - I think the women at least do wear a type of mid thigh length compression shorts that is also padded at certain spots (coccyx). The baggy shorts are essentially a variation on a hockey player's trousers by covering up these undergarments.

 

[CL82]

I hate it as well. I also hate players who roll their jerseys around the shoulders - as if they are wearing mink stoles that somehow need to be tucked in as they get in the way of actual play.

I'm not a fan of the waste band roll especially at the college level. Just ask the kids how long they want their shorts to be and get them a pair that fits.

(Excuse me, I have to go, those dang kids are back in my yard...)

 

[augustaTC]

Seems to me if you're given a uniform, you wear it the way it was designed. You don't like it, take it up with the coach or Nike or whoever.

 

[Millenial23]

Do we really need a thread for this? You may not like it, but who cares? It's their choice, if their coaches allow it. This is as bad as those threads last summer of some players posing, which are inappropriate especially given the general demographics of this board. I usually ignore these threads, but seriously, can we just stop commenting on people's clothing/appearance?

 

[IWearShoes]

This just falls under "bigger fish to fry" for me. Besides, these types of fashion "adjustments" are how fashion changes over time.

That said, Sophie Cunningham looked a a tad bit ridiculous last night with the shortness of her shorts.

 

[j66kicker]

At the game I’m at right now Michaela Onyenwere has on very short shorts. But they’re not rolled and they’re not tucked. They’re just cut that way and they look good - very athletic, and just fine alongside some of her teammates’ baggier shorts (unlike Sophie or Onyenwere’s last year’s teammate Monique Billings’ “diaper” look).

 

[CajunHusky]

At the game I’m at right now Michaela Onyenwere has on very short shorts. But they’re not rolled and they’re not tucked. They’re just cut that way and they look good - very athletic, and just fine alongside some of her teammates’ baggier shorts (unlike Sophie or Onyenwere’s last year’s teammate Monique Billings’ “diaper” look).

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looks to me that there is a tuck in there. but probably just a bad photo...

here is another one of the whole team from another game.

some teams don't go with the really big shorts look. Stanford goes with the more moderate look.

 

[Monte]

Same way the refs can make the players tuck their shirt tails in when shooting free throws, they should do the same for tucked in shorts. It's a team sport so in my opinion, what ever one person wears they all should wear in the same way. If they all want to tuck in that would be one thing...

I agree. The same with baseball; some players wear their pants as low as the top of their shoes, or lower.
Others wear them the traditional way(jusr below the knees)....BUT, management does not want to upset anyone!.......I was never a fan of George Steinbrenner, with the Yankees, but he made everyone look like a member of a TEAM.

 

[JavaMan]

I just read this entire thread and I can come to only one conclusion. They'll be no Pulitzer Prize for The Boneyard again this year.
.

 

[j66kicker]

looks to me that there is a tuck in there. but probably just a bad photo...

here is another one of the whole team from another game.

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some teams don't go with the really big shorts look. Stanford goes with the more moderate look.

No you’re right - about the bad photo (phone zoomed all the way, sorry), and the shorts. Full tuck mode now. She tucks them half way up in front - not the bottoms, at least avoiding the diaper look.

And now, in BASKETBALL-related news, this game is coming down to the wire: 58-57 UCLA, ASU getting the ball after a TO with 43 seconds left.

 

[Monte]

I just read this entire thread and I can come to only one conclusion. They'll be no Pulitzer Prize for The Boneyard again this year.
.

How about CDFA Fashion Awards?

 

[Puppy Love]

Do we really need a thread for this? You may not like it, but who cares? It's their choice, if their coaches allow it. This is as bad as those threads last summer of some players posing, which are inappropriate especially given the general demographics of this board. I usually ignore these threads, but seriously, can we just stop commenting on people's clothing/appearance?

Thank you for posting a much tamer version of what I’ve been thinking. I doubt you’ll find this kind of discussion about men.

 

[DefenseBB]

OMG on this thread or let me put it in a term most of you can understand:

“Hey kid! Get off my lawn!”

First, the NCAA (and NBA, WNBA) mandate that the uniform be the same for all players, meaning the length has to be the same for each of them, if the team deigned it to be long, then all of them need to be long.
Second, the NCAA allows players to wear T-shirt’s under their jersey on an individual basis (whereas the NBA does not)

I understand the look is not a good fashion statement but this isn’t a fashion show, it’s a competition and I am fine with however they want to wear them. It’s no worse than Chennedy Carter and her Pippy Longstocking look with one leg sleeve and one arm sleeve.

My gosh, belbottoms were Gawd awful look as well....

 

[Carnac]

They're less baggy and probably more comfortable than wearing them as longer, baggier shorts.

Some players don't like the long or baggy type shorts. If you remember A'ja Wilson had shorts modified for her at South Carolina. Her shorts where always shorter and a little more snug than her teammates.

She wears her shorts the same way now for the Aces. Player preference. I played when the shorts were just that, SHORT. I hated it. I was long gone by the time the baggy style shorts became popular. The baggy shorts are less restrictive.

That said, I do agree with the OP. I think each player should be allowed to select the type of shorts they wear. Short and snug, or long and baggy. I don't care for the "tuck" look, but I can live with it.

 

[Carnac]

No problem from me
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Tucking these would be difficult.

 

[VA Huskie]

Yup..An amazing guy.
He started B,S&T and then quit just before they became a super group.

Google or rock afficoando?

I loved the original BS&T. Not so much the one that became popular after Al left.

 

[Carnac]

I've heard Delle Donne give the explanation that she considers her eye makeup to be her "war paint". I guess if it's part of your pre-game routine and it's something that gives you confidence, go for it.

That said, I personally do think some people take it so far they look a little silly.

You have players on both sides of the fence on this issue. Some players NEVER wear make up during a game.
They don't care what they look like on the court. That's not their concern.

We can all name players that never wore/wear makeup, and we can name some who did/do. While other players would not dream of taking the court in anything less that FULL makeup, with their hair and nails done. Vanity comes in different forms.

 

[Rocket009]

But I guess I'm just a fuddy duddy because I also don't get players getting all dolled up for games - makeup, lipstick, huge false eyelashes, etc. I just look at the TV like WTF???

A big difference between TN and UCONN. I guess a Southern girl needs to look her best at all times

 

[tomcat]

Kooper fan from Dylan days, and B,S And T, Super Session and his other collaborations. He also "discovered" Lynyrd Skynyrd. Quite a storied career, with influence on many other acts. First B, S ,and T album , Child Is Father to The Man, is one of my favorites. While other people wanted to become stars, he just wanted to play great music. Good question by the way.

Now that's something I haven't thought about in years, if not decades. I loved Child is Father to the Man and can still picture the album cover

 

[Bama fan]

OMG on this thread or let me put it in a term most of you can understand:

“Hey kid! Get off my lawn!”

First, the NCAA (and NBA, WNBA) mandate that the uniform be the same for all players, meaning the length has to be the same for each of them, if the team deigned it to be long, then all of them need to be long.
Second, the NCAA allows players to wear T-shirt’s under their jersey on an individual basis (whereas the NBA does not)

I understand the look is not a good fashion statement but this isn’t a fashion show, it’s a competition and I am fine with however they want to wear them. It’s no worse than Chennedy Carter and her Pippy Longstocking look with one leg sleeve and one arm sleeve.

My gosh, belbottoms were Gawd awful look as well....

I liked the bellbottoms with Dingo boots and a Levis jacket. In 1968, they were "outta sight".

 

[Bama fan]

Now that's something I haven't thought about in years, if not decades. I loved Child is Father to the Man and can still picture the album cover

Good memory, better taste! "Sometimes in Winter" is one of my favorite songs ever. I also liked the Erik Satie variations.

 

[MD#12Fan]

Never understood the appeal of the baggy shorts.

Because you did not play basketball in the 60's and 70's like I did. Maybe you can get an old Celtics clip on YouTube. Those little shorts were DAMN uncomfortable. The whole time, you're tugging at them so they weren't like speedos. The best players were often guards and they confiscated the bigger shorts that were meant for the forwards and centers.

Answer to this thread: because girls want to look cute and appealing. Is that PC?

 

[MD#12Fan]

I liked the bellbottoms with Dingo boots and a Levis jacket. In 1968, they were "outta sight".

One old fart to another- of these 3, the sexiest garment: hip-hugger bell bottoms, hot pants, or mini skirts? I vote hip-huggers.

 

[DaddyChoc]

wow I'm surprised the make-up, lashes etc on these ladies is frowned upon

 

[Vowelguy]

Because you did not play basketball in the 60's and 70's like I did.

Uhh do you know me? Do you know anything about me?

I played basketball and other sports in the 70s and 80s. Having lots of extra fabric flopping around while I'm running does not appeal to me.

 

[MD#12Fan]

Uhh do you know me? Do you know anything about me?

I played basketball and other sports in the 70s and 80s. Having lots of extra fabric flopping around while I'm running does not appeal to me.

My bad, for assuming. (It makes an ass out of u and me)
Holy crap! You liked those shorts!!!!
Do you still wear speedos? Check out jammers, they're better!
5" running shorts or 9". I switched to 9 and it's not just because I'm not as cute as I used to be.

 

[MD#12Fan]

Wow, interesting take on the origins of modern basketball uniforms.
Not sure baggy describes them. Maybe just longer.
Origins- I remember Bo Ellis at Marquette with Al McGuire. He was a designer of sorts.
NBA- Michael Jordan and the Bulls.
Could be a thread in itself.
(I’m an inner-city school teacher, so I have a bit of a feel for the prison fashion influence. Not sure it applies to basketball uni’s. More to long pants hanging low, exposing underwear.)

 

[uconnell]

I really don’t care what they put on their bodies (makeup etc, but I don’t like it when a player has altered her uniform to be different from the rest of the team. I think it makes them different from their teammates as a look at me statement and sometimes they carry it to extremes. I have a particular player from ND in mind when I posted this, as carrying it a little too far.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Wow, interesting take on the origins of modern basketball uniforms.
Not sure baggy describes them. Maybe just longer.
Origins- I remember Bo Ellis at Marquette with Al McGuire. He was a designer of sorts.
NBA- Michael Jordan and the Bulls.
Could be a thread in itself.
(I’m an inner-city school teacher, so I have a bit of a feel for the prison fashion influence. Not sure it applies to basketball uni’s. More to long pants hanging low, exposing underwear.)

hahahahaha inner-city, urban = jail. what a joke hahahaha we are getting carried away in this thread

 

[Reypl21]

I really don’t care what they put on their bodies (makeup etc, but I don’t like it when a player has altered her uniform to be different from the rest of the team. I think it makes them different from their teammates as a look at me statement and sometimes they carry it to extremes. I have a particular player from ND in mind when I posted this, as carrying it a little too far.

Curious at to which one? I cant think of one that stands out off the top of my head.