Disappointing years can be salvaged by winning a few games in March ...
A good year can be disappointing by blowing a game in March that you're supposed to win. Jay Wright says "you say goodbye, and I say hello ... hello goodbye hello goodbye ..."
NCSU was incredibly fortunate to beat LSU, just proving even more that it's all about survive and advance. I should've stuck with my UNI over nova pick
I'm quite sure Romar is a much better guy than either Wright or Barnes. Sure, they consistently have their teams in the Dance (9 out of last 10 years), but I bet they're ass holes and cheat in recruiting. We should all hold our heads high. Success is right around the corner for UW basketball.
I was at the Louisville Kentucky game this year, and I didn't walk away impressed with Kentucky by any means. Compared to the UNLV team, I just don't see it. If they go all the way I will be shocked. I could see Wisconsin or Arizona giving them a run
"Calipari isn't going to want to hear it, but this argument is something that's going to come up quite often this season due to multiple factors. First off, Kentucky's unusually loaded with talent this season. With nine McDonald's All-Americans, there are going to be guys on this team who have NBA potential and will still be riding the pine in important moments. It's Calipari's deepest Kentucky team ever, and that's something that college basketball truthers will mention as they make this argument.
While Kentucky has potentially one of the best college basketball teams ever, the NBA features one of its potential worst teams ever in the Philadelphia 76ers. It's a squad full of young draft picks, undrafted lottery tickets and cast-offs that might struggle to reach 10 wins. With Nerlens Noel featuring as their best player until last season's rookie of the year Michael Carter-Williams returns from injury this week, the Sixers are playing guys who honestly probably wouldn't start for this Kentucky team right now.
It's a perfect storm of potential greatness and historic awfulness that could make this topic come up often as the season progresses. However, it's also a ridiculous argument that isn't particularly worth having.
The problems with this comparison are numerous. Just generally, NBA players are professionals who are more fully committed to basketball than NCAA players are simply due to collegiate obligations. And I know there will be some sort of argument to this that college players don't do their own work, and that's fine. But even if you want to go down that route, simply keeping up the appearance of doing college work takes up time and energy that isn't being devoted to basketball. There are also practice limits in college that don't exist in the NBA, and that allows coaches to implement more complicated schemes that take time to learn. For instance, if you thought Andrew Harrison struggled at times last season trying to adjust to the speed of the college game, imagine him being immediately thrust into a whole new ballgame of well-coached and hard-working defensive players.
Even if you think the talent levels are close on these teams -- which, with the injuries the 76ers currently have right now to Carter-Williams and third overall pick Joel Embiid, I might follow along with while not agreeing totally -- it's just not plausible that Kentucky would win.
Calipari is one of the biggest promoters of his own players in the sport, and he's even telling you to not entertain it."
Iowa fooled me on Thursday. I guess Davidson was just fucking horrible. Way too many easy layups for Gonzaga. I agree about the zags likely beating UCLA, although it's Gonzaga so you never know and UCLA has some pieces. They won't shoot 9-15 from 3 again
If gonzaga manages not to choke it all away tomorrow I give them a zero percent chance of beating ucla. Another classic gonzaga choke job is on the horizon, welcome to the elite 8, ucla
iowa is beating gonzaga. cook it
Gonzaga already dropped UCLA big this year in Pauley.
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A good year can be disappointing by blowing a game in March that you're supposed to win. Jay Wright says "you say goodbye, and I say hello ... hello goodbye hello goodbye ..."
I should've stuck with my UNI over nova pick
He's the new Rick Barnes.
no offense, lazy defense
can't shoot
The only NBA teams Kentucky might beat on occasion are the Knicks and the Timberwolves. And that just once in a while, not every time.
A 4 or 5 seed - good Christ, go look at the standings and you tell me Kentucky can beat Dallas.
I was at the Louisville Kentucky game this year, and I didn't walk away impressed with Kentucky by any means. Compared to the UNLV team, I just don't see it. If they go all the way I will be shocked. I could see Wisconsin or Arizona giving them a run
"Calipari isn't going to want to hear it, but this argument is something that's going to come up quite often this season due to multiple factors. First off, Kentucky's unusually loaded with talent this season. With nine McDonald's All-Americans, there are going to be guys on this team who have NBA potential and will still be riding the pine in important moments. It's Calipari's deepest Kentucky team ever, and that's something that college basketball truthers will mention as they make this argument.
While Kentucky has potentially one of the best college basketball teams ever, the NBA features one of its potential worst teams ever in the Philadelphia 76ers. It's a squad full of young draft picks, undrafted lottery tickets and cast-offs that might struggle to reach 10 wins. With Nerlens Noel featuring as their best player until last season's rookie of the year Michael Carter-Williams returns from injury this week, the Sixers are playing guys who honestly probably wouldn't start for this Kentucky team right now.
It's a perfect storm of potential greatness and historic awfulness that could make this topic come up often as the season progresses. However, it's also a ridiculous argument that isn't particularly worth having.
The problems with this comparison are numerous. Just generally, NBA players are professionals who are more fully committed to basketball than NCAA players are simply due to collegiate obligations. And I know there will be some sort of argument to this that college players don't do their own work, and that's fine. But even if you want to go down that route, simply keeping up the appearance of doing college work takes up time and energy that isn't being devoted to basketball. There are also practice limits in college that don't exist in the NBA, and that allows coaches to implement more complicated schemes that take time to learn. For instance, if you thought Andrew Harrison struggled at times last season trying to adjust to the speed of the college game, imagine him being immediately thrust into a whole new ballgame of well-coached and hard-working defensive players.
Even if you think the talent levels are close on these teams -- which, with the injuries the 76ers currently have right now to Carter-Williams and third overall pick Joel Embiid, I might follow along with while not agreeing totally -- it's just not plausible that Kentucky would win.
Calipari is one of the biggest promoters of his own players in the sport, and he's even telling you to not entertain it."
I agree about the zags likely beating UCLA, although it's Gonzaga so you never know and UCLA has some pieces.
They won't shoot 9-15 from 3 again