1 minute ago, 9068 said:

Unless you are a UK fan...then basketball recruiting season is a separate season lol.

Touche. Although the changing landscape has rendered basketball recruiting kind of meaningless these days.

1 minute ago, bugatti said:

Touche. Although the changing landscape has rendered basketball recruiting kind of meaningless these days.

Don't tell the UK faithful.  Now they'll all be on that transfer portal site that a basketball coaching staff checks every day..... usually am and pm.

1 hour ago, bugatti said:

Who knows if Duke will end up cutting down the nets, but this is easily one of Duke's most talented teams ever... no doubt the most talented in the country. They've "struggled" all season to win games they should clearly win, but they have a chance to erase all that the next two weeks.

 

1 hour ago, TheDeuce said:

I feel like they have several dudes that can take any game over, and I don’t think they necessarily play that way. Banchero and Keels can easily take over any game, especially down the stretch.

Mock drafts have 4, maybe 5 first rounders on Duke's roster. One of the most talented rosters ever.

On 3/14/2022 at 2:06 PM, Randy Parker said:

I know most of you remember this, but:

2018 Virginia loses as the first #1 seed ever to a #16 seed, Maryland-Baltimore County.  And they lose by 20.

2019 Virginia wins the National Championship.

That has to be one of the most mind-boggling NCAA Tournament factoids.

More mind boggling to me is Iowa St 2 wins in 2020-21 then 20+ wins and sweet 16 this year.

4 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

More mind boggling to me is Iowa St 2 wins in 2020-21 then 20+ wins and sweet 16 this year.

Different players from the transfer portal. Will become the norm. Couple that with some big NIL money......SHAZAM!!!!!

6 hours ago, bugatti said:

Who knows if Duke will end up cutting down the nets, but this is easily one of Duke's most talented teams ever... no doubt the most talented in the country. They've "struggled" all season to win games they should clearly win, but they have a chance to erase all that the next two weeks.

Well, I certainly hope they don’t. ?

I spent a good portion of Friday, Saturday and Sunday traveling, so I didn't get to watch a lot of games like I'd normally be able to.  So, I was dependent on the halftime shows of the games I did see, to catch me up on those that I had missed.

One thing that I've come to recognize is this...having announcers proficient with the "game" of basketball, is different than having announcers proficient with college basketball players.  Ernie, Chuck, Kenny, etc. do a whale of a job with the NBA.  But, they are not who I'd want giving a recap of the college games.

I long for the days of Greg Gumble, Clark Kellogg, Wally Szczerbiak, and (later) Seth Davis.  That was a well-oiled machine.  You could tell they not only knew the sport, but they knew the kids.

Hey CBS/TBS/TNT...more isn't necessarily better.

11 minutes ago, CincySportsFan said:

I spent a good portion of Friday, Saturday and Sunday traveling, so I didn't get to watch a lot of games like I'd normally be able to.  So, I was dependent on the halftime shows of the games I did see, to catch me up on those that I had missed.

One thing that I've come to recognize is this...having announcers proficient with the "game" of basketball, is different than having announcers proficient with college basketball players.  Ernie, Chuck, Kenny, etc. do a whale of a job with the NBA.  But, they are not who I'd want giving a recap of the college games.

I long for the days of Greg Gumble, Clark Kellogg, Wally Szczerbiak, and (later) Seth Davis.  That was a well-oiled machine.  You could tell they not only knew the sport, but they knew the kids.

Hey CBS/TBS/TNT...more isn't necessarily better.

Greg, Clark, Wally are still doing it on CBS.

3 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Greg, Clark, Wally are still doing it on CBS.

Put Seth back in with them, and let them do everything.  Give everybody else the month off.

2 hours ago, CincySportsFan said:

Put Seth back in with them, and let them do everything.  Give everybody else the month off.

I think Seth is still with them. I didn't watch much either so not sure.