****Official 2023-24 College Hoops Thread ****

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

I was thinking somewhere between the '14 and '16 team. Not as good as '14 but potentially better than '16.

2014-2015 had a mix of experienced players and talented freshmen (Booker was coming off the bench).

This team isn’t that good, but it should hold its weight against 2016-2017 depending on how Bradshaw develops. This team may be even better than that depending on how Dillingham, Sheppard, and Wagner develop as well. I’d take all of them over Briscoe offensively now and TBD if any of them can be as good as Fox. They don’t need to be as natural of a shooter as Monk (who was streaky as hell), but if they can defend they’ll be better than him overall if they can replicate even 70-80% of what he was offensively.

Need to see how they play defensively.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

I'm feeling better about them than the last few years. Still a problem in these kind of games where guys want to play hero ball at the end. If they had stuck to what they were doing the entire game, that's a W. When they get an inside presence, they should be tough.

Gotta learn from it and move on.

That’s a Calipari thing. He won’t ramp down the hero ball because he thinks it will hurt recruiting (IMO). And he’s right I think. He needs to recruit well enough that coaching doesn’t matter. And with this class he may have. But yeah, hero ball isn’t going away.

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

I think Dillingham and Reeves being streaky compounds with Edwards and Wagner doing dog shit exacerbated the volume misses. I don’t think Reeves should be the main shooter, but if no one else is making a shot, might as well let him rip it.

Reeves did nothing vs Kansas St., but so did Toppin and no one else would take 3s. Gotta live with both the good and bad on volume shooters.

Reeves took a good look at the end from 3 that I no problem with. It just didn’t go in.



Precisely. Dillingham got killed on screens and Sheppard took a dumb 3 at the end.

Learn and move on. Miami in two weeks will be a nice shot at redemption.

Sheppard took a dumb shot but he needs more minutes. He’s a better pure shooter with a tighter more reproducible stroke. He can really create space on the lanes for the athletes. That kid isn’t the flashy player the other guys are but he brings a lot to the table.

[Mr. Plow]

That was a fun game to watch. At least the good guys ended up winning. 1 game closer to being the all time leader again.

[Pablo]

Thank you for showing up immediately after losing and sharing your frustrations for us all to enjoy Sucky fans.

You’re not as entertaining as rupp rafters folks though

[BWillie]

Missouri loses to 0-5 Jackson State. In basketballs

[Pablo]

Purdue with a 3/4 court shot to take it to half 45-42

Good game so far. First one in this tourney I've been able to sit and watch completely so far.

[rfaulk34]

UK with their 4th straight game making 12+ threes. First time since 1989.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

UK with their 4th straight game making 12+ threes. First time since 1989.

Cal embracing the way if the 3 now? I feel like Self and Cals teams don't typically shoot near as much as other coaches teams

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Cal embracing the way if the 3 now? I feel like Self and Cals teams don't typically shoot near as much as other coaches teams

Seems like it. Cal's first couple teams were in the mid 100s (in all of D1) in atts per game but from then it's been more often than not in the 300s. This year they're 12th in att and 4th (before tonights game, i believe) in makes and they hit 16 tonight, so they could be a bit higher than that. It helps when you have several guys that can/have been hitting them pretty consistently.

Big test coming up against Miami on Tuesday.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

Seems like it. Cal's first couple teams were in the mid 100s (in all of D1) in atts per game but from then it's been more often than not in the 300s. This year they're 12th in att and 4th (before tonights game, i believe) in makes and they hit 16 tonight, so they could be a bit higher than that. It helps when you have several guys that can/have been hitting them pretty consistently.

Big test coming up against Miami on Tuesday.

Need Bradshaw back so bad.

This team with a legit 5 can do some serious damage. The guards are insane.

[displacedinMN]

Juwan Howard was just ejected from the game at the end of the first half. Howard isn’t the acting head coach today for Michigan but is on the bench with the team. Had some words for the refs at the end of the half.

Texas Tech leads 35-21 at the half.

— Austin Massey (@austinmassey247) November 25, 2023

[Demonpenz]

Sports radio 810 used to have this commercial for hoops called "are you a hoops a holic" and I felt bad because I really do miss work and isolate to watch college basketball. I have gotten better though since I because a son

[George Liquor]

I wasn't able to tune into the KU game til halftime, but there isn't much to talk about with this one.

[BWillie]

Did Musselman get on top of the press box and take his shirt off again after the victory over Duke?

[KC_Connection]

UK going down at Rupp to UNC Wilmington

Their "record" will be gone sooner than expected, it appears.