I need to look this up but Bill Zimmerman claimed that Mark Few’s Zags teams have underperformed (based on their seed) 14 of the last 17 years
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Lol. Look who the preseason #1 is already:
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BSPN was/is similar with fUCLA in 2nd.
Gonzaga, UCLA 1-2 in Way-Too-Early Top 25 college basketball rankings for 2021-22 (espn.com)
With a long missed three, the offense has a greater than 50% chance of getting the rebound because they’re facing the basket, they see which way the shot is off before defenders and the bounce off the rim is long enough that defensive position doesn’t matter. Mid range jumpers are almost always rebounded by the defense. Huge difference.
There’s really no reason to ever take a two point shot other than a dunk or layup.
This somehow wasn’t discovered until recently, by stats geeks rather than basketball coaches.
This is why I laugh when people say Majerus was a basketball savant. No. Majerus was really good at motivating.
I’m quite happy with both polls having a certain SEC school at #8 and also ranked ahead of UK.
With the portal full, and the cupboards bare, it’s all speculation right now.
This is pretty damn cool.
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This is how you reward and keep a coach. Stellar results = 2 tear extension, bump in pay but not crazy.
CBS Sports released their early preseason 2021-2 College Hoops Top 25 and the #1 team is…UCLA. Hard to argue, considering they’re expected to get pretty much everyone back. USC and Oregon are 20 and 22, respectively.
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I would think that’s Alabama’s highest ranking since the Maurice Williams team we beat in the Huntsman Center.
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They were #1 that night as I recall.
2006-2007 they were ranked higher but yeah. The 2000s have not been kind to Bama Hoops.
That’s actually very good, better than I thought.
Jim Farmer, Latrell Sprewell, Robert Horry, Antonio McDyess, Derrick McKey…those guys ain’t walking through that door.
You’re right. We’ve gotten better players than those guys recently. We just probably had our best two classes back to back and this guy was one of the recruits that started that trend a few years ago:
This is our next PG:
I’ve never heard of any of those new guys. I prefer stick to the 80s and early 90s. I doubt they’re even better than Jim Farmer. Jim Farmer had some special moments with the Jazz.
USC escapes! 2 years probation and some fines, but no post-season ban.
The fines were $5,000 and a 1% temporary reduction of their basketball budget. So literally almost nothing.
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