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I do agree on the first 3 - they were all fired (or forced to "retire") - a culling of the herd. But the last one was what the poster was specifically commenting on and that seems less clear to me - I don't think it was a downgrade, but just not an obvious upgrade given that MD was already...

Did you think Maryland wasn't tough this year?

I caught a couple minutes of the first half of Nebby and ASU. That’s all I could muster. They said Nebby hadn’t played since March 9 after falling to qualify for the BTT. This seems like a bad idea - no team wants to be there, tens of fans in the arena, and it couldn’t possibly be getting much...

it’s a little different if you have successful coaches leave when you’d rather they stay (think Lou Holtz). The one of us preference is a bit more understandable in that context.

He had a tremendous opportunity when Hepburn bolted and McGee the only true PG returning. Wisconsin has played freshmen PGs in the past, including Hepburn. Freitag just wasn’t ready to contribute more than the guys who did get on the court.

I was surprised Willard bolted the B10 for the BE, but upon reflection, there might be logic in it. The BE, unlike the ACC/B10/B12/SEC, doesn't have to rev share with football. I don't know how the math works out with the TV contracts, but it could be they get more dollars for hoops than the...

Some coach once said the best thing about freshmen is they become sophomores. Only 12 freshmen in the whole league were part of their team's regular rotation, so that is an accomplishment in and of itself. My judgement of Asuma is not based on production *for a freshman*, but production for a...

OK. I'll listen to well-reasoned arguments. What would be a better comparison? Even if you look at just the Gophers, he was 6th. He was bad. Does he have potential? Of course, but he did not fare well as a true frosh.

Maybe. It’s also possible he’s just a guy. There are portal players with much more *realized* potential. If he was from another state, this board would be looking to replace him.

Here's where Asuma ranked of all freshmen who played in the B10 (dead last, by a wide margin): Here's where he ranked among the 23 "Combo Guards": Yes, 3 Washington Huskies were objectively better. Now, if you make an argument that he was a true freshman that was deferring to teammates that...

Amen. He was actually pretty bad - people are projecting a best-case scenario for him based mostly on maroon-colored glasses rather than actual performance. It’d be better for the team to get players at his position that have *proven* they can produce.

Where does this less-talented narrative come from? MSU has had at least double the 4 and 5 star recruits than the second place team in the league over his tenure. This year they did well without all-conference players, but this is the exception, not the rule (and he still has more 4 and 5 stars...

I understand the point you're making, but I think Indiana has enough built-in advantages (money and a fertile local recruiting base) that it would be more the exception than the norm to not find some level of future glory. For several coaches' regimes now, they have seemed to be the epitome of...

What would you have said last year at this time when they lost Storr, Hepburn, Wahl, and Essegian? I don’t know if anything other than $$$ makes a difference in adding portal players, but Wisconsin can make a hell of a pitch to a high-usage wing based on the last two years with Storr and Tonje...

Don’t be. Medved has no relationship with them. If they decommit (or are let go, the result is the same), there are plenty of fish in the transfer portal which is a better source of known production anyway. Let him go after his own guys, not get stuck with the previous regime’s talent decisions.

I directly know of at least one case where the opposite is true. New coach comes in and recruit told his offer was rescinded. It got reported as the player decommitted. He found another school out of state to give him a scholarship and he was a low minutes rotational player his entire college...

I agree you don't know. Ann Arbor is the one example you should avoid when talking about the metro pro sports media bias (hint: AA is closer to the DTW airport than most of metro Detroit, which has the Lions, Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings).

First time seeing them and to say I’m unimpressed would be an understatement. It’s not that they’re getting drubbed (although that undoubtedly colors things), it’s that they play at a shockingly low basketball IQ. Not well coached in this game.

And whatever high-priced mercenaries who will be all about the name on the back of the jersey, per usual. Wonder where Storr will be next season.

They're literally the definition of what I mean - they lost Hepburn and Storr due to $$$, went shopping in the scratch and dent aisle and came up with Tonje - he was not a high-priced free agent. It occurs to me that "Moneyball" might be a confusing term if you don't know what it refers to - it...