Paralysis by analysis. So much of basketball (and any sport) is just playing the game and not analyzing the game while you play. Watching Durkins, the kid has a really nice, soft, shot. He just has to get out of his head, trust all these years of shooting a basketball, and just play the game. In...
Nothing shared, other than Pharrel will not be playing in this next game.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/maryland-to-face-mount-st-marys-without-star-pharrel-payne/
In this present era of D1 basketball you don't build, you just out bid for the best players. Everyone under that is picking up scraps from the table. The Gophers are scrap pickers, not out bidders.
I had my wife, who is a physical therapist, watch the injury. Her immediate reaction was, "He may have broke his femur." I am waiting to hear what Maryland shares about Pharrel's injury. This incident shows how quickly life can turn without any warning.
Last night's game was a classic case of young kids thinking they were so much better than their opponent that they thought they could just show up and destroy their opponent. Watching the game it looked like kids were sleep walking and being terribly lazy (especially mentally lazy). They never...