Recent content by formerlybis

SS put'em in a 50-50 bucket, but unlike SanFran, this would be considered a bad loss - it's likely going to be a Quad 3 game by the end of the year.

A clear-eyed assessment. The analytics are not good, and weren't good last year either. someone said it before - if he were from Cherry, Illinois, people would be much more critical. He is well below average for a B10 scoring PG, currently 13th of the 15 (he'd be dead last as a "pure PG" and...

FTR, Tonje left for Mizzou

I think the skepticism stems from every school being able to do that, and there being a cap. Probably still on the low end of payroll compared to schools with outside big bucks donors, and probably always will be (under the current system).

Tonje was hurt at Mizzou, after he left CSU. I went and looked him up - he really didn't do much until his 4th year at CSU, and even then, he was good but not even in honorable mention in the MWC all conference selections. The reason I mention it is that he became an all-American second-teamer...

I'm just not a fan of using assist percentage as anything meaningful as a team stat. Does it describe how you run offense? Yes. If you have a high rate, does that mean you are a good offensive team? No - it does not answer that question at all. Put another way, what's more valuable, a basket...

They're all playing in a new system (except JCJ). It takes repetitions to get to the point where you are reacting rather than thinking. The typical arc of Medved's teams have been to get better as the calendar turns to the new year, so this little stretch isn't particularly out of character...

Agree. What is happening everywhere in P4 programs is that players who aren’t getting major minutes look to transfer, mostly down a level. They need to pay market value for their core starters or they leave, too. If a player gets too good, you may not be able to afford them. I am describing...

None of the next 3 opponents (regardless of who the 3rd one is) are currently rated higher than the 15th B10 team. I agree that 3-0 should be the expectation for a tournament team. 2-1 is still a good start on the 50/50 category, though (where you need 4-2 - the Mizzou game was in a different...

Assist percentage is a poor stat to judge whether an offense is "working". The only thing that matters is how many points are scored per possession. Currently, the most efficient offense in the conference is Illinois at #4 in the country - and they're #325 in assist percentage. 18 assists on 19...

I may have missed it - is there a basketball GM for the Gophers? Lots of schools have'em these days. Take the money part of the equation of roster construction off the sole responsibility of the coach. A GM must know the market value of their own players (which will fluctuate based on...

They’ll practice when they have time after Christmas…

That’s right, although 30-27 at Milw would have been considered wildly successful - I looked up his predecessor who had fewer total wins in 4 seasons (28-81). Did you know that Bruce Pearl took over for Ryan at Milw? Anyway, the point is no one knows. I’m sure everyone thought Lickliter was a...

Yeah, I was thinking similar thoughts. Mentally, they weren’t expecting any resistance from one of the worst teams in D1. Lesson hopefully learned, and without having to take the L. A lot of good teams have games like this. As to whether Medved can coach at this level, we’ll see. The level of...

This is the bottom line. I hadn't considered whether this team is more or less talented than last year - I think you can make a reasonable argument either way. There is no one as good as Garcia on this squad, but they didn't win all that much with him as the alpha anyway. The rest of the talent...