Tournament Thread tOfficial NCAA Tournament thread

[The Q]

Anyone that knows Coach JB will tell you to never get in that dog house. And Joseph didn't listen. It's all about defense with Boeheim. If kids are not where they are supposed to be, he puts the hook on em quick. Kaleb got his chances pre-season where he got ok minutes but once conference play starts, JB doesn't play. Here are Joseph's minutes this year after conference play.....

01/02 - Miami - 6 Min
01/05 - Clemson - 5 Min
01/09 - NC State - 2 Min
01/16 - Wake - 4 Min
01/28 - ND - 1 Min

02/27 - NC State - sniffed the court for one possession.

Joseph will see the court when he listen to Coach about where is ass is supposed to be. He'll play preseason, but better be in his spot or he'll not see the court again. Obokoh is another one I thought would do great at SU but isn't getting any PT. He should make a decent 5 in the SU zone, but just doesn't listen. So Lydon get's the 5 spot minutes even though he's a skinny true freshman.

Cooney's a great example that if a person is good on D, they can chuck up anything on the offensive end and rarely get yanked. That's JB.

I don't want to wax on poetically too much on my love of basketball defensive concepts, but:

If you can't play man you can't play zone. While there are some slight differences, both are based on the same defensive shell principles that are basically written in stone like basic laws of science or math.

But, the good news is once you get them, it's pretty easy to use them. But most coaches don't teach them t the level of detail needed to get kids ready for the highest levels of basketball.

Myself, I was incredibly fortunate to have a HS coach who was mentored by one of UConn's former asst. coaches back in the 90s. So I had UConn style defense beaten into me starting when I was 14 years old. Most guys don't have that. And I can tell just watching games how easy guys get lost.

USC the other night, they lost cause half the team was the playing man and the other half was playing zone.

 

[The Q]

Nova and Kansas would be a hell of a game assuming 1 team doesn't forget to show up.

They are so similar. Nova would hold a heavy free throw edge. While KU is more consistent shooting 3s.

I wish they were the 2 in Oregon's region, where they should be.

That region is so weak Nova would've moonwalked through it.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Iowa getting bitched!

 

[mr.hockey4242]

I wish they were the 2 in Oregon's region, where they should be.

That region is so weak Nova would've moonwalked through it.

They shoulda really been anywhere but Kansas region. Both teams got screwed with that.

Coulda been with UNC but God forbid if UNC had to play them in Philly.

 

[DJ Fieri]

On the plus side both teams should combine to cover the over 140.5.

 

[HammerDown]

Iowa

 

[jonvi]

Uhl....wtf. First you knock the ball away from your own guard, then dribble the ball off your foot the next possession. Nova's in this kids head.

 

[jonvi]

On the plus side both teams should combine to cover the over 140.5.

Nova's trying to get there on their own.

 

[The Q]

They shoulda really been anywhere but Kansas region. Both teams got screwed with that.

Coulda been with UNC but God forbid if UNC had to play them in Philly.

But they had non issue sending Virginia to Chicago for (potentially) Iowa state/Purdue and Michigan state....

The selection committee is a wacky bunch.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Iowa

They are copying Utah from the other night....

 

[mr.hockey4242]

13-2 run.

Nova getting sloppy.

 

[jontaejones]

13-2 run.

Nova getting sloppy.

13-2 run to get it within 23. Simply amazing. Never expected this.

 

[HammerDown]

Where's @rmilia1

 

[ckhokie]

Where's @rmilia1

Reviewing the CFB schedule to legitimize why Iowa should be ranked next year?

 

[ckhokie]

Uthoff is a terrible last name.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Nova dominates shocker

 

[rmilia1]

Where's @rmilia1

I've been here. Nova played the best first half of CBB I've seen in probably 5 years or more. Not much you can do when a team plays that well.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

I've been here. Nova played the best first half of CBB I've seen in probably 5 years or more. Not much you can do when a team plays that well.

I fee like whenever I watch CNN all the good stuff is always in the 1st half.

 

[romeo212000]

They're a totally different team without Walkup on the floor.

 

[jonvi]

This ND/SFA game is up tempo. Both teams are playing hard.