Search results

Creative option that hasn't been mentioned before. Not sure on Will Wade, I'm thinking that's not a direction Coyle would go. There will be a bunch of others. I recall when Todd Golden made the jump from USF to Florida, I wasn't sure he was the best fit. Other than his off-the-court noise, he...

Michigan State-UCLA should be a good battle.

Missouri with a big road win at Mississippi State yesterday. Impressive turnaround for Dennis Gates after going 8-24 last year.

I've wanted it to work out for Ben Johnson. My main thing is, whatever the NIL situation, he's been in as good a position as lots of other coaches. Every school loses a player or three via the portal (ie. JT Toppin bailing on New Mexico). So far, he hasn't been able to pull in high quality...

Great update as always!

Friday eve’s this time of year serve up some off the radar Ivy, MAAC and Patriot League-type hoops for those who just cant get enough college action. Columbia-Harvard starting shortly on ESPNU

Added to your comment is. . .suddenly Ben Johnson is going to start pulling in higher level players from the portal that he has not for the past 2 seasons?

Illinois made them earn it that's for sure. Jakucionis is terrific.

Maryland is starting to look tough, with their inside game and guard play

Houston plays some serious ball in a tough road win at Kansas. That is a physical roster.

I see where you're coming from, but like it or not, adapting to and working in/with the NIL era is part of the coaches job. You are hoping for a diminished role for NIL, rather than thinking about fact Gophers lost their talented PG to Texas Tech, as if there will never be any way the Gophers...

Thanks for keeping us up-to-date, lot of work here I'm guessing. Santa Clara caught my eye after beating Gonzaga last night. I didn't realize Herb Sendek has been there 8 years now. Some tough losses this season, but has some talent. . .

Nebraska handling Iowa so far. They are starting to look like a team to be dealt with.

I agree with most of your posts. BYU you are wrong (and I wasn't aware people keep bringing up BYU). If you haven't seen what Kelvin Sampson recently said regarding BYU's roster and how they are coached, please do find that article. The guy didn't get hired on some whim. And no matter how he's...

Wes Miller in year 4 at Cincinnati also is doing well.

I'm probably in the camp of thinking Mark Coyle is capable and will make a strong hire this time around. A home run would be strike gold with a guy similar to Kevin Young at BYU. Put aside AJ Dybantsa and look at the roster Young has built in short order, a mix of international and a ton of...

Washington is bad this year, but Danny Sprinkle has a strong recruiting class for next year, so in their case, the future looks somewhat bright.

Too much complaining about NIL, other teams buying players, etc. NIL has not been a surprise that just hit the college game. Gophers and Ben Johnson have the same opportunity to retain their top players, and leverage the portal and it feels like they are too often having to settle. Example is...

Both teams have a different look vs one year ago, and still came out just fine including via portal. Myles Rice was a great pick up for Indiana from Washington State, and the Huskers filled some needs and held on to a few key players (!), and have size to make up for the injury to Reink Mast...

And this is where it's going to be interesting in terms of limiting the pool of candidates (at least those that are acceptable here). You're going to have guys like Kevin Kruger, who I haven't seen mentioned, but is now in his 4th year at UNLV? Is that enough experience? It tends to be group...