2022-23 Men's College Basketball general discussion thread
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He choked someone. Obviously need to wait for the facts to come out but no chance he survives this (nor should he) if the initial facts are confirmed.
If he choked someone and it wasn't out of self-defense or whatever, I hope he is fired as soon as possible.
We’ll see. Hope Texas does the right thing here, if the facts are what they seem. But, they’re also on their way to their best season since TJ Ford so the cynic in me isn’t 100% sure that happens.
Sounds like UT coaching contracts account for this so you’ll likely be right.
When he’s fired in a few weeks I wonder who Texas goes after next. It really sucks he couldn’t control his temper - Texas is loaded (well, was). What an absolute idiot and piece of garbage.
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Tonight’s Texas A&M game being delayed bc someone forgot the teams uniforms at the hotel.
You had one job!
You had one job!
I think that person was busy trying to source a neck brace for the college’s new football OC
Matter of time before someone hired him. Being in football country in Texas makes sense to slide him through.
Georgetown breaks the Big East record for losing consecutive regular season conferences games. How much longer can Georgetown stick with Ewing?
The rumor is that the boosters have put together the money for his buyout but that the school president (DeGioia) is worried about blowback given Ewing’s legacy.
The reality is that the program is holding on too tightly to the memories of the glory years under Big John. The progression of the coaching job going first to Thompson’s longtime assistant, then his son, and finally to his greatest player is indicative of that. One of his other sons, Ronny, has the vague title of “chief of staff”.
The only way for the program to make a clean break is to bring in a huge name (like somehow convincing Brad Stevens to abandon the NBA) with the mandate to tear it all down but I’m not sure the school is willing to make that kind of commitment.
There's also Rick Pitino, who is basically the meme pick for any Big East fanbase that wants a coaching change. I'm not saying that will necessarily be a good decision, but I have to wonder if someone's going to try it.
Has any coach ever jumped into a big job in their 70’s? Pitino will be 71 in August.
I'm just a neutral DC-area observer of Georgetown basketball, but beyond the coaching situation, the program desperately needs a better arena. Having to play their home games halfway across town in an NBA arena just destroys any possible fan enthusiasm for the team. I understand that parking for a bigger arena on campus would be a nonstarter, but building a 10,000ish seat arena just across the bridge in Arlington would be a vast improvement.
I think most people will understand at this point.
Hiring a guy who would never be considered if he wasn't a legendary ex-player with the team is never a good idea. Georgetown needs a 100% break form the glory days.
Only one that comes to mind is when Larry Brown took the SMU job. He turned the program around too.
Dream job making millions and you do that. UT and Beard were going to make some serious noise. UT handled this as well as you could have.
Watching the Hogs at Vandy, the Hogs are shooting SEVEN free throws in a row due to a scuffle and flagrants. Never seen that before.
Typical dirty play by UNC
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35498900/nc-state-terquavion-smith-stretchered-unc-foul
They have picked up a few tricks from their NC STATE brethren
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35498900/nc-state-terquavion-smith-stretchered-unc-foul
They have picked up a few tricks from their NC STATE brethren
This isn’t a game thread. The story is worth discussing, but your post needed to be better.
(For those who didn’t read, an NCST player suffered a scary injury on a foul that was ruled a Flagrant 2.)
Possibly thread worthy, but RIP Billy Packer. He declined as an announcer in his final years (as all announcers do), but during his peak big game meant Billy Packer. Or maybe, Billy Packer meant big game.
View: https://twitter.com/markpacker/status/1618810076533243904?s=46&t=lemivvIA6CL9eG70G0jTbA
View: https://twitter.com/markpacker/status/1618810076533243904?s=46&t=lemivvIA6CL9eG70G0jTbA
And he helped take Wake to it's one Final Four -- something Tim Duncan, Chris Paul, , Randolph Childress, Josh Howard etc could not do.
Lost to Ohio State, with Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek and a guy off the bench named Knight.
If Rick Pitino had any aspirations of returning to a major program his Iona team isn’t doing him any favors. They are discombobulating in front of our very eyes this with each game this month.
Edit: Pitino must have used this thread to motivate the kids at halftime. Iona outscores Quinnipiac 50-27 to come back from their 40-22 deficit for the win.
Edit: Pitino must have used this thread to motivate the kids at halftime. Iona outscores Quinnipiac 50-27 to come back from their 40-22 deficit for the win.
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This is the job Porter Moser wants. That's the word through my brother-in-law who grew up with the Moser boys.
Not sure ND would have him high on their list today, but Oklahoma just blew out Alabama and packed over 11,000 into the arena for the game. And Moser's buyout drops from $9m to $6m on April 1.
Duke-UNC coming up on Saturday with very little hype, for good reason: it will be only the 3rd matchup this century with both teams unranked.
Wake has been fantastic against UNC, holding a lead in the high teens most of the way, but they’re making me nervous in the last couple minutes…. They can’t stop fouling.
Love Tyree Appleby.
Love Tyree Appleby.
The Hogs are reminding me of the Richardson teams with the defense they are playing against Kentucky tonight.
I watched the end of that game on a plane while landing in turbulence — neither helped my nerves.
The fouling was ridiculous.
New Mexico State just shut down their program and put all coaches on leave.
No reason given but not tied to the murder that was related to a player earlier this year.
https://www.koat.com/article/nmsu-mens-basketball-program-suspended/42831804
No reason given but not tied to the murder that was related to a player earlier this year.
https://www.koat.com/article/nmsu-mens-basketball-program-suspended/42831804
Still no detail, but it sounds like the decision to suspend play was related to allegations of hazing.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35633413/nmsu-men-hoops-season-halted-indefinitely-amid-new-allegations
Duke has gotten their fair share of calls historically (duh) but man they got boned tonight at UVA
Edit: and the ACC admits they fucked up.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35642530/officials-made-incorrect-adjudication-duke-virginia-game
Edit: and the ACC admits they fucked up.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35642530/officials-made-incorrect-adjudication-duke-virginia-game
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Yeah obviously no one really cares. I do wonder though if the teams were reversed. Or if it was some other random game.
It’s not that no one cares. It’s that no one disagrees.
It was an inexplicably awful, logically incoherent call. Duke got screwed.