Recent content by LurkLongandProsper

Off-topic, but if anyone recalls the story of that QB with gaudy passing stats from Georgia, K'Hari Lane, he signed with Arizona. Really interesting/odd recruiting cycle for that kid to still wind up at a P5 school.

Not to go at you personally, but does a Rutgers win, or simply having 20 wins, independent of the other factors of this season, really mean that much to you to be the difference? I've seen this sort of opinion in a few places and personally do not understand it.

That's just not the case at all. If that was true, we'd randomly seed the NCAAT because everyone made it and play from there. Getting to the NCAAT is a check box we should complete every season, but it is not the only evaluator we have. Getting in the first four annually as a conference 8 seed...

Thank you for making the bolded point, this element is often overlooked. Kipper's burst onto the scene game vs UM was in many ways attributable to this (not to take anything away from him, but we have seen a fairly noticeable dip from him offensively since, although he is of course still being...

Refer to my last post with some stats for the winning streak. But it's also worth mentioning in reference to your latter point that we've spent a solid 3.5 years where a lot of possessions for us were just dribbling at the top of the key until 12 seconds on the clock before realizing we had to...

Just to contextualize this point a little bit in the context of who we've played: Over this 4 game winning streak, we've played the KenPom 95th, 28th, 69th, and 41st ranked defenses. Against each we shot (PPP) 47% (.946), 40% (1.015), 48% (1.123), and 45% (1.09). It's been solid, but really not...

Melo Trimble was a McDonald's All-American, they were coming off 3 missed tournaments under Turgeon (not 4), and had won 25 games in Turgeon's second year. Turgeon's overall resume is also significantly better than Groce's to allow a little more leeway.

When did I say it was just people from IL making those arguments? C'mon now, at least humor the discussion. Are you legitimately arguing he didn't wait too long to play those dudes? The fact of the matter is that we're hinging on an offense under Groce that has never been above 47th in KenPom...

Well, evidence that exists is better evidence than evidence we're straining to create. Heck, one of the improvements people want to see is less dependence on seniors/reluctance to play/trust youth, and yet, rather than saying Groce will play his freshmen next year rather than ineffective...

There is more evidence to support the argument that he will not get better (especially considering the abundance of belief that he is 'stubborn'...) based on his D1 coaching career than there is that he will suddenly become a top level coach. Remember, his mediocrity in terms of conference...

There's really not much point for them to go all out for this event. It simply will not draw a large crowd. I will agree that putting it at like, 3pm, would likely be better for attendance with the hoops game at the same time.

This is just not true. If you really think this stretch of 4 wins cools Groce's seat entirely, you're just being crazy. The reality is that even if he is extended, he has another prove it year next year (it may not have to be an NCAAT, but it also better not be another "terrible until late...

California has the #10 defense on KenPom. We are at 45th on the year. I'm not a huge Cuonzo guy, but let's make sure we're picking nits on the right points. The major questions with Cal are on the offensive end.

Well, he's not coming off the bench for starters. The other thing is that Tracy was largely playing fine, just doing so while evidently frustrated because he wasn't knocking down easy looks. He's playing with more confidence of late and back to knocking down his clean looks. I think what...

There certainly are reasons to support the possibility/idea where retaining him could work out. I would personally still gamble on Keatts, but have come to terms with the likelihood Groce is retained simply because that's what I think happens at this point. Not in love with the thought, but the...