HoosMeanGreen

Cal tired of Kentucky fan base. The other moves seem location related. Definitely Arkansas to USC.

Lost 3 starters in Kai, TP, and Abou last year. Returned 2 starters Scott and Jones, and a significant role player in Sissoko. Losing 2 starters in Jones and Scott this year and a significant role player in Edwards. Returning 3 starters in Buggs, Nolan, and Sissoko. On paper, the team is in better shape going into the offseason than last year if you look at lost & returning year over year.

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If it were only that simple. Virginia won a National Title and saw ZERO uptick in recruiting. We have won a grand total of 0 NCAA games since winning it all. Most think it is due to our slow pace & a defense 1st, 2nd, and 3rd focus with offense being an afterthought. The talent required to make a final four run does not desire to play at a snails pace and to put their offensive skillsets on the back burner. Virginia proved you can win that way, but it truly was an outlier. Losing to a 16 seed as the overall #1 seed and having zero wins since 2019 prove this style to be an outlier to winning a MNC and extremely hard to recruit players to commit to it.

20 to 19 Halftime #Wahoowa

Fact - the players select the jersey color. I asked “a dumb question” and was told that they select the jersey color.

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Buggs is from LA. Sort of a homecoming for him. I’ve seen a large following for him at a few games.

A little “slimy”, but a great coach.

Unfortunately the answer is yes. But upsets happen. The proverbial “if X played Y 10 times, then they would win 9” is always in play. The loss by the better team can happen at anytime during the “10 games”. It could happen on Friday.

Hoos feelings? What are you talking about? A cool handshake?? They barely acknowledged each other - after a WIN. Dig? It was on the broadcast. I have stated all season that they do not like each other. I saw it in their body language early in the season. This is not a Rubin doesn’t like Jason thing or a Jason doesn’t like Rubin thing. It is clear as day that they do not like each other. CRH knows it too. I only went back to watch the end because a poster stated how the announcer sucked at the end. Another poster stated that the play by play guys said something about the last possession. If the posters never mentioned the end of the broadcast then I miss it. The conspiracy theories are too much. How about you dig (too funny) into CRH’s rotations. When one sits, the other subs him. I give CRH credit for attempting to manage it by giving each “his time on the floor alone”. Am I the only person that wonders why this team is not as good as expected? This team was losing games before conference play. I wanted to know, so I paid attention to what I was watching. It was evident early in the season and it is on full display at the end. Impossible for this team to have any success when guys don’t like playing together. And as a former player, we “see” the game differently. A player (former player) will see things that the average (never played before) person doesn’t see. It’s not a “I’m better” spiel, we just know that there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes and right in front of you that the normal person doesn’t see. I actually thought I was providing insight. I value being shown things that I don’t know. Maybe, the next time you watch this team play, you will pick up on it. If nothing else, it may explain why the results are what they are.