The Offense and Recruiting

[Walker11]

This poster is funny in how he trivializes the college-impact of guys who aren't awesome in the NBA, when the best player in the country that year, who happened to play for UCONN, isn't doing jack in the NBA.

 

[tzznandrew]

Florida had horrible guard play, led by SEC player of the year Scottie Wilbekin

http://www.secsports.com/article/11041438/2014-sec-men-basketball-awards-announced

 

[tzznandrew]

This poster is funny in how he trivializes the college-impact of guys who aren't awesome in the NBA, when the best player in the country that year, who happened to play for UCONN, isn't doing jack in the NBA.

As if a player like Khalid El-Amin was worthless.

 

[bmayuc]

This poster is funny in how he trivializes the college-impact of guys who aren't awesome in the NBA, when the best player in the country that year, who happened to play for UCONN, isn't doing jack in the NBA.

who was the best player we faced during this run?

 

[Hi-Low]

who was the best player we faced during this run?

AAAAHHHHH.....Stop! Best player in terms of what....how big a superstar they are in the NBA? Go back and look at the history of CBB players of the year & NCAA Tourney MVP's....not loads of NBA superstars on those lists.

Almost any championship run in any sport involves some amount luck & good fortune....just let it go.

 

[Walker11]

who was the best player we faced during this run?

You aren't getting it. Please, since I don't have the time, can you scour the rosters of all teams we played in that tournament run, list all the All-Conference players and then argue that we didn't face any talent?

 

[bmayuc]

AAAAHHHHH.....Stop! Best player in terms of what....how big a superstar they are in the NBA? Go back and look at the history of CBB players of the year & NCAA Tourney MVP's....not loads of NBA superstars on those lists.

Almost any championship run in any sport involves some amount luck & good fortune....just let it go.

Compare to 2011


2011
derrick williams, 1st team AA and top 3 pick. decent NBA player
Terrence Jones - solid NBA starter
Brandin Knight - borderline All-star
Kawhi Leonard All-America, NBA defensive player of the year, MVP candidate

 

[Hi-Low]

Compare to 2011


2011
derrick williams, 1st team AA and top 3 pick. decent NBA player
Terrence Jones - solid NBA starter
Brandin Knight - borderline All-star
Kawhi Leonard All-America, NBA defensive player of the year, MVP candidate

Who cares....the NBA & CBB are totally different games....up until very recently the best HS basketball players skipped college all together and went straight to the NBA, even now the "best" college players leave after 1 year.

You can't judge College basketball teams just on NBA talent on the roster....experience, coaching, systems are huge in CBB.

 

[tcf15]

You aren't getting it. Please, since I don't have the time, can you scour the rosters of all teams we played in that tournament run, list all the All-Conference players and then argue that we didn't face any talent?

Yeah, was just gonna say each team we went up against had at least one player on their league's first team rosters.

St. Joe's - Langston Galloway
Villanova - James Bell
Iowa State - Melvin Ejim & DeAndre Kane (Ejim was Big 12 POTY & Kane was Newcomer of the Year)
Michigan State - Gary Harris
Florida - Casey Prather & Scottie Wilbekin (Wilbekin was SEC POTY)
Kentucky - Julius Randle

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Compare to 2011


2011
derrick williams, 1st team AA and top 3 pick. decent NBA player
Terrence Jones - solid NBA starter
Brandin Knight - borderline All-star
Kawhi Leonard All-America, NBA defensive player of the year, MVP candidate

You're making it worse. Future NBA success has absolutely nothing to do with this argument.

By your logic, our 2009 team was nothing special (other than freshman year Kemba, I guess).

 

[Tommyboy]

Ok I'll play. Look at their record. 40 games, only 7 against ranked teams and they went 4-3. The lost to teams with good guards, period. They played in the SEC, they had 1 shooter and won with physicality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013–14_Florida_Gators_men's_basketball_team

Ok, so we were 2 of the three losses. The other was @Wisconsin who is very good at home and one of ours was a buzzer beater. So basically if we didn't exist they are most likely 38-1 and national champions. How can they possibly be marginalized even while playing in the SEC?

While I agree our 2014 run was unexpected, it certainly wasn't fluky.