23-24 General CBB Thread

Monbonthbump

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I seldom venture from the Red Sox forum but have to give a shout out to Nebraska basketball while there is a rare opportunity. Their game against Purdue was more of a beat-down than a fluke, and they do have the best Japanese player in college basketball (Tominaga) on their roster this year.
 

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Texas suuuuuuuuuuuucks. They’re not even a NIT level team.
We got sucker-punched by Beard and forced to hire Terry because the team got hot at the right time with Beard’s guys. Terry is a terrible coach but CDC was in a no-win situation. I think we take the L with Terry for another year and move on to the next one. But let’s face it: now that football is back, we’re never going to be good at men’s hoops.
 

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We got sucker-punched by Beard and forced to hire Terry because the team got hot at the right time with Beard’s guys. Terry is a terrible coach but CDC was in a no-win situation. I think we take the L with Terry for another year and move on to the next one. But let’s face it: now that football is back, we’re never going to be good at men’s hoops.
Yup, he'll get next year and that's it. Although if this season spirals and the team goes awol and fights and all then maybe they can cut bait in 2024. It was a no-win situation. Which sucks because Terry is a great man.
 

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The NCAA finally cleared 7'2" Zvonimir Ivisic for Kentucky today and he's 4-4 from the field (3-3 from 3) with three boards, two assists, two steals and two blocks against Georgia.
 

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Isn’t AZ missing like many many millions of dollars from its budget?
The university has a $240m budget hole in a $2.3b budget. Part of it is the post-pandemic budget bomb hitting almost every single university right now, but Arizona seems to have had a real lack of supervision and controls in place. They’re out of compliance with basic state laws like the required amount of cash hand. It’s really bad.

The university loaned the athletic dept $86m during the pandemic, $55m of which is still outstanding. And there doesn’t appear to be any workable plan to pay that off.

Heeke publicly floated the idea of privatizing
the football program, a tactic I love but that was not popular among boosters and alums. Or the coaches. There was no way Fisch was going to sign a new contract given the budget problems and uncertainty.

No idea who is going to step into that AD job. It’s going to be a nasty one.
 

Ale Xander

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Raise basketball and softball (and maybe baseball) (the sports with demand) ticket prices and sell more advertising? Get an alum to do some under market promos? (Elliott, Kerr etc.)
 

Ale Xander

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RJ Davis scored 36, a career high, for UNC in a 2nd half blowout of Wake Forest.

Harrison Ingram looking better and better.
Tyler Hansborough in attendance as commentator for ACCN.
 

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Well, Kansas shot 71% from the field in the first half. They're shooting the lights out. Unreal performance.
True, but Houston shot 31% and 23% from 3. They also only had 2 turnovers to Kansas’ 9. They took 7 more shots and are down 15.

This ain’t make or miss. Layups are easy shots.
 

Ale Xander

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Why are you calling a timeout with 44 seconds left down 15, Kelvin.
Ugggh
Loser team that sends its home games to Mexico since they have no fan
Edit: and another one. Unbelievable
 

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Bacot is 24. I don’t understand the point of college hoops. Tatum is 2 years older and has been in the NBA for seven years.
 

mauf

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Syracuse-UNC has been entertaining.
 

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Can’t believe neither @bsj nor @BaseballJones started an SU hoops thread. Congrats on the win over UNC, guys! With a relatively soft remaining schedule, SU is firmly on the bubble.