ahoelsken
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Going tourney bubble/nit lock until after I see the Tennessee game.
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Expectations For This Year
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ahoelsken
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Fall and Diop are both at the new all basketball school right?
Luke
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Yes, Denver Prep Academy-in old ABA Rockets practice gym. Diop (Pronounced "Jiop") 6'10 point guard w/ multiple quadruple doubles may be higher need than Fall?
ahoelsken
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You'd know better than I would. I don't get to watch much CBB because I'll be refereeing high school right after Thanksgiving through the end of February.
Hmmm, there's a word I'm looking for to describe DPA. It's right on the tip of my tongue. Got it!
DIRTY
Lunardi has us as an 11 seed playing St. Bonaventure in Pittsburgh.
Men's Bracketology: Gonzaga is a 1-seed again ... as you were
It's been one day of 2024-25 play and we already have a new 1-seed. The Zags aren't new to the top line, though.
www.espn.com
I disagree.
Tourney, baby!
I think we're only tourney capable if we win the P12 tourney. Otherwise, we would have to stack some good wins out of conference, say winning 2 of CSU, Tenn, and Kansas. Don't think we'll be good enough for that early on.
I am excited for this team and feel they will be very entertaining to follow this year, but lets put last night into context, they beat a Big Sky team in overtime. Not quite ready to claim them as a Tourney team now.
other hope would be the P12 balling out OOC and us coming on real strong in conference season. Which seems unlikely.
I think that's what we'd need to get a 6- or better seed. If we're talking about just making the Dance as an 11, the bar is lower.
I guess I'd admit to having trouble envisioning what we'll be (ie do we protect the keg like past tourney teams?). And that's to say nothing of how the PAC will fare in OOC.
Just booked my flights for the Steel City! Let’s go, baby!Lunardi has us as an 11 seed playing St. Bonaventure in Pittsburgh.
Men's Bracketology: Gonzaga is a 1-seed again ... as you were
It's been one day of 2024-25 play and we already have a new 1-seed. The Zags aren't new to the top line, though.www.espn.com
Falconetti
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Way too early to have a clue really. Lot of talent, no doubt. Yday for me, lacked a lot of flow, but guard play was maybe a bit of a positive. Kind of a strange game ref wise so hard to gauge. Ebbs and whatever for sure this season…who shows up down the stretch!
Pueblo?
You’re ****ed.
Some positives to report on guys we've not seen:
Kee looked more confident as the game went on and has some athleticism.
Simpson also showed some explosiveness off the dribble and ability to create.
Lovering is a bit raw, and too skinny, but has a high ceiling here.
Clifford looked like a rising star. Very impressed with all phases. He got some minutes because Da Silva was in foul trouble, but I'd expect he will get minutes going forward.
Some of our vets struggled and I was disappointed in Battey. A foul a minute, and when he did get some P.T. late in the game, he ends up tangling with their big under the basket at the student section and could easily have been ejected for what I saw. Not good. I expect more. He can't do that!
Walker was invisible (which I had hoped would be a problem of the past) and while O'Brien looks like Hondo Havlicek when moving on the court, when he touches the ball, the comparison ends. I hope first game jitters.
Kee looked more confident as the game went on and has some athleticism.
Simpson also showed some explosiveness off the dribble and ability to create.
Lovering is a bit raw, and too skinny, but has a high ceiling here.
Clifford looked like a rising star. Very impressed with all phases. He got some minutes because Da Silva was in foul trouble, but I'd expect he will get minutes going forward.
Some of our vets struggled and I was disappointed in Battey. A foul a minute, and when he did get some P.T. late in the game, he ends up tangling with their big under the basket at the student section and could easily have been ejected for what I saw. Not good. I expect more. He can't do that!
Walker was invisible (which I had hoped would be a problem of the past) and while O'Brien looks like Hondo Havlicek when moving on the court, when he touches the ball, the comparison ends. I hope first game jitters.
Talent and depth.
Amirite?
Agree Battey still needs to work on foul trouble and Bari had too many turnovers, but these are some effective stat lines for a couple of guys you think were struggling or invisible.
Agreed, but JFC, six turnovers!
I think 4 or 5 were in the first half, and maybe all 3 steals came in the second half.
He started off listless and sloppy with the ball, then played intense for most of the second half. Will be interesting (occasionally infuriating?) to see if he's a guy who just kind of starts off slow before getting a rhythm.
I think having the ball in your hands off the dribble is a really hard skill to master for players who weren't guards growing up. Jabari had that great drive and kick to tie it at the end of regulation, but he blew by a close out in the first half and plowed squarely through a defender like he didn't even see him. I think the ball handling/turnovers could be a bigger challenge for him than foul trouble.
