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I have similar concerns to an earlier post about this model for Pitino feeling unsustainable but in a year where he needed to get a lot done, he added pieces to form a roster that might be good enough to save his job. There is definitely a benefit to using the transfer market so as to not have...

What about Leonard Hamilton? Awfully good resume and he's the best looking 70-something year old out there. Didn't Boeheim get dinged for something not too many years ago? I feel like I remember Cuse having to vacate like 100 wins but I could be misremembering that. If Williams and K are...

He probably isn't less versatile than Gabe. But Gabe is a long ways away from versatile in his own right. He's a '3-and-D guy' in the truest form (assuming his '3' part of the equation returns). That's not versatility. Ihnen took 17 (9 for 17 which is solid for a big) 2-point shots in 240...

Those are fair points. It's all subjective at this point. I guess (and I'm not exactly sure the exact percentages) it's in some part based on accomplishments, some part based on projection going forward (especially for Howard who most feel will succeed or Pikell who looks to have perhaps turned...

I'd have Hoiberg, Underwood and Painter higher, and Turgeon lower but that could be because Turgeon annoys me. Everyone is going to have their different rankings, but I didn't find that list to be awful. If ranking them in tiers Tier 1: Izzo Painter Holtmann Gard Tier 2: Hoiberg Howard...

I like the work Pitino has done in this spring recruiting period. That doesn't mean he's done a good job managing the roster to this point. It's more of a feeling that he's flying by the seat of his pants and won some big recruiting battles this spring. He still signed Greenlee and Freeman a...

How is Ihnen versatile? He shoots 3s on offense while doing little else and he's shown some potential as a defender because of his length and activity. But that seems like like guard and variety profile of a power forward nowadays.

This is a huge if, but if Robbins does get a waiver (I'm going to proceed with caution but also assume Gach does get one given Juzang got one for UCLA), this would be the deepest team Pitino has had. Not the most talented at the top, but there's an actual 8.5 man rotation of (presumably)...

Holmgren is closer to a center than a pure wing while Durant - when he was in college - was closer to a shooting guard. That comp is silly. The Porzingis one makes sense given both guys are rim-protectors and shooters. My question about Holmgren - his height and length on defense is a great...

If the reason Gach doesn't choose Minnesota is because he won't be labeled as a point guard, he (or his handlers) didn't do their homework and are lacking nuance. He won't be the "point guard" in the sense that he'll bring the ball up the floor and make the first pass like a typical point...

The debate over which conference is the best is always an annoying one. So we decide which one is the best...then what? For what it's worth, I don't see how anybody could consider the Big 10 the dominant conference in college basketball. It might have been the most competitive league last year...

Agreed. He's excellent. Best QB we've had around here in quite some time. Question isn't weather or not he's the best guy for this team or if he's an elite QB. It's can he do what he did last year again? I wouldn't be surprised if his numbers aren't as good as they were a year ago. That...

I think most people that aren't slobbering over QBs recognize that it's a total team thing. For Hurts, clearly the system was magic, Tua undoubtedly benefitted in a big way from having essentially a 4x100 relay set of WRs, Fields was heavily insulated at Ohio State (which he'll be again)...

I'm torn on the hype train. I like the team getting hype and attention. But I also don't because it sets up potential disappointment. It's a heck of a lot nicer when you surprise people by being better than expected, than letting prognosticators down. How they handle this different kind of...

Didn't realize there was a way that what I said could be construed that way but I guess you can never overestimate reading comprehension. No, I don't think he's going to pull a leidballs. He's light year's better than Leidball(s?). I'm simply saying I think it's fair for opposing journalists...

As a Georgia fan, I'm shocked at how the Dawgs are ranked 5th in that poll. They lost their QB, RB and four OL. Bringing in a grad transfer QB - but does that factor into the equation? Surprised Penn State isn't higher given they return a lot of the skill guys aside from Hamler. Otherwise, a...

That feels like a fair question for folks covering outside teams to ask. A year ago at this time, Morgan wasn't highly-heralded (around the country) and while we liked what he did as a RS Frosh, it wasn't as if he'd set the world on fire. Fast forward to the season and he was terrific. But he...

Those ones probably will want him too, yes.

He might be 6-foot-1 at this point, which means he probably finishes somewhere in the 6'2/6'3 range which is a big PG. And this is based on nothing aside from me looking at him but I'd bet his wingspan is quite a bit longer than his height. He's got a big frame for a 15-year-old as well. I'd bet...

Agree with Parcival on this. It just makes no sense to me that when the basketball world is finding ways to put less big guys on the floor, we are going to potentially allocate more than half the available scholarships of our team to bigs. We complain about lack of perimeter depth every year...