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What you haven't said is that the NC schedule would be ranked dead last - at least so far. Current last place (of only 31 teams) is at a NET average of 234.9. This seems familiar somehow...

Thought this was gonna be a thread on the first guys off the bench....

Mostly I agree, but... Guys who aren't in the rotation will leave - that's pretty much a given. Guys who see that you're shopping for a transfer who plays your role will leave. Guys who demonstrate some value will bolt for more money elsewhere. The realistic strategy is to try to keep a core 3...

There's a level between "loading up the NC schedule with tough opponents" and mostly avoiding them altogether. It is in every P5's interest to schedule tough because if you're hoping to make the tourney, you can't get a resume-building win if it's not on your schedule. Going 1-3 against 4...

I stand corrected. The teams in the Gophers' bracket are not exactly resume "scalps" (surefire tourney teams), but they're not Cal Baptist either. The schedule is still quite pitiful.

Same old cowardly scheduling. The Mizzou game was “owed” and the Acrisure tournament previously scheduled. At least he didn’t back out of it. USF in SoDak is the marquee scheduling coup of this regime. Not impressed. If the last slot is another cupcake, nothing has changed.

I think putting yourself out there is commendable, of course, so kudos for that. With all the roster turmoil for almost every team, the confidence interval is so much wider than it used to be.

The more impressive thing about this schedule to me is there's only one real cupcake (the fightin' Gottliebs). NC State is another quality opponent if you count P5s, but is outside the top 122, too.

Lather, rinse, repeat. Someday it'll happen. But that's a program that everyone says this same thing literally every year. Tonje was nobody noteworthy. Before that, Storr was nobody noteworthy.

This is oh-so-correct. There was a last-season B10 preview from a Hoosiers perspective I revisited recently, and there were some big misses. For example, the Wisconsin preview talked about replacing Hepburn with Freitag and barely mentioned John Tonje at all. Not picking on the Indiana guy -...

Personnel does matter, but even the best college basketball mid-rangers still shoot those at a lower make percentage than the average for close 2s. Purdue was high-volume mid-range and had some of the best make percentages, but TKR and Loyer were still only around 50% (Braden Smith was much...

I tried to look up the ratio of close 2s/far 2s/3s (both offense and defense) for CSU vs. MN, but it's more work than I have time for today. This would give you a clue about both offense and defensive style, as well as whether analytics is understood and incorporated. The simplistic idea is to...

I agree that the struggle is a struggle (I kid - I’ve done a similar thing many times). Having a competent coach is > talent. Who would you rather be a team with boatloads of talent with a terrible coach like Indiana under Woodson or a team of players who fit each others’ talents with a coach...

There seems to be a trend of P5 teams scheduling games at pseudo-neutral sites. For example, last year, Wake Forest played Michigan in Greensboro instead of at their home floor in Winston-Salem. MSU & Michigan seem to routinely schedule games in Detroit, Illinois in Chicago, etc. etc. I'm not...

If a player is not currently in the portal, they can’t transfer. They missed the window. Players in the portal just need to find a place before the fall semester.