Recent content by topos

I remember Pitino was hired in what? March or April? He gave Mo Walker an ultimatum, and Big Mo was Skinny Mo by the start of that season—just an insane transformation in 7/8 months. There's really just no excuse when you're playing ball daily, have a state-of-the-art fitness center, and...

It's so nice to have some easy buckets sometimes and/or wide-open looks. It felt like whenever we played road games against ranked teams the past few years, we had to work so damn hard for every point. Even the makes felt lucky.

That Ijeboi wasn't as good as Ky? Look at their stats...

I didn't think Ijeboi was anywhere near Ky. Ky outperformed Bucky when they were playing together. The run blocking was insane that year. Some of us posters could have had a few 100-yard games, lol.

If this is truly a business decision, Drake is getting $1 million (maybe more), and you are allocating the other $2 million to the OL and defense. It's a no-brainer.

Coaches don't like doing this anymore, as showcasing younger, less-known talent creates a market for them, making them more expensive (or potentially too expensive at middling NIL programs).

He’d be mentoring Reynolds.

Obvs Pharrel is the most Payneful departure. But man, Frank Mitchell hit the portal immediately after Ben got fired. It took him a while, but he really found his groove down the stretch last year. I wonder if he could have fit into Niko's system. He was an underrated passer and just a beast on...

I think they said last night he was out with a "shin." He missed summer workouts due to a stress fracture in his shin. It seems that it acted up as soon as he started playing on it again this fall. Not ideal, as I counted on him to be the "X factor. I don't expect he'll be back, although that...

Man can we talk about the huge roles Grove and Turner played when we needed them the most!? I thinks that what I’m most excited about!

That back door was there tho 😂.

Honestly, this is the year for this to happen. No real expectations; it allows younger, potentially longer-term players to get more reps, and hopefully Niko will have a stronger foundation built in Year 2. It’s just laughable at this point how snake-bitten we’ve been. The paragraph above is...

Are you Roland Brooks Jr.?

I know the tourney was always a long shot, but with the pedestrian non-con schedule, I really wanted to get into the Big 10 season with some hope we could play our way into a bid with a .500 or better record. Just like last year, we were all but eliminated from a shot at MM before the calendar...

Grove is literally never in position to get a rebound, block a shot, or do anything worthwhile.