2023-2024 College Basketball general discussion

[Carthage World]

FAU just took one to the chops at the hands of a poor Temple squad, 74-73. Temple (16-19) will play UAB tomorrow for the AAC title, which is guaranteed to steal a bid.

FAU are now in shaky condition with regard to The Dance. Their record includes some decent Q1/Q2 wins, but they now have a Q3 loss to go with 2 versus Q4. They came in at #33 in NET. That's going to drop precipitously after losing to #198 Temple.,

NET #198 vs NET #107 for your conference championship game.

If that doesn't scream "1 bid league" then I don't know what does.

[GoBearcats31]

Five wins in five days - NC State is dancing, taking a spot from a bubble team

[sedz]

Five wins in five days - NC State is dancing, taking a spot from a bubble team

Temple will try to do the same thing tomorrow against the team they lost to by 28 points at home in the point shaving scandal.

NC St went into the tournament on a 4 game losing streak, and went 2-7 to close the regular season.

None of the top 4 seeds made it past the quarterfinals in the A10. Tournaments are crazy.

[GoBearcats31]

5 bid thieves and a few teams played their way in off the bubble.

Also Long Beach State is dancing after firing its coach on Monday but allowing him to coach in the league tournament.

[GoBearcats31]

CBS Sports All-American teams
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...ented-players/

I wanted to look at the players and see who was a transfer (at one point or another)

First
Zach Edey, Purdue
Dalton Knecht, Tennessee (via Northern Colorado via junior college)
R.J. Davis, North Carolina
Jamal Shead, Houston
Tristen Newton, UConn (second year at UConn after three at East Carolina)

Second
Terrence Shannon, Illinois (second year at Illinois after three at Texas Tech)
Mark Sears, Alabama (second year at Alabama after two at Ohio U)
Tyler Kolek, Marquette (third year at Marquette, after one at George Mason)
Jeedon LeDee, San Diego State (second year at SDSU after two at TCU and one at Ohio State)
Kyle Filipowski, Duke

Third
DaRon Holmes, Dayton
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas (via Michigan)
Baylor Scheierman, Creighton (second year at CU after three at South Dakota State)
Caleb Love, Arizona (via North Carolina)
Donovan Clingan, UConn

[sedz]

For comparison, here are the BPM All Americans:

First Team
Zach Edey, Purdue
Donovan Clingan, UConn
Johni Broome, Auburn (via Morehead St)
N'Faly Dante, Oregon
Jamal Shead, Houston

Second Team
DaRon Holmes, Dayton
Devin Carter, Providence (via South Carolina)
Cam Spencer, UConn (via Loyola MD & Rutgers)
Reed Sheppard, Kentucky
Terrence Shannon, Illinois (via Texas Tech)

Third Team
J'Wan Roberts, Houston
Jonathan Mogbo, San Francisco (via Missouri St)
Drew Pember, UNC Asheville (via Tennessee)
Shahada Wells, McNeese St (via TCU)
Mark Sears, Alabama (via Ohio)

All Defense
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa St
Donovan Clingan, UConn
Jamal Shead, Houston
Ja'Vier Francis, Houston
Cameron Matthews, Miss St

The stats-only method highlights some guys that weren't on top tier teams, including a trio on the third team from lower conferences.

[sedz]

Hurley looked to European basketball for inspiration. Many of his actions are standard. The innovative part is running them through a big on the wing. That's an unusual look that teams aren't used to defending. Handoffs and slips from there take completely different angles than from the top.

https://twitter.com/EricFawcett_/sta...99564740755554

[bearcatbret]

Hurley looked to European basketball for inspiration. Many of his actions are standard. The innovative part is running them through a big on the wing. That's an unusual look that teams aren't used to defending. Handoffs and slips from there take completely different angles than from the top.

https://twitter.com/EricFawcett_/sta...99564740755554

You still need shooters to pull this off.

[sedz]

You still need shooters to pull this off.

Of course. I wasn't making a point about UC here. I like to learn about what other teams are doing and how basketball evolves. Lots of teams have good players, but Hurley implemented some new concepts that we haven't seen much of in the NCAA. They weren't just a good offense, they were the best. Strategy had a lot to do with it, and other coaches are likely to start implementing what worked. Successful innovations spread quickly.