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re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/31/24 at 2:22 pm
Well, yeah, that's kind of my point. We know that signing a bunch of top 10 prep recruits is pretty hit or miss generally and doesn't translate well to winning in the postseason anymore. Even Cal finally acknowledged it the other day. It just seems that Duke is using that exact same strategy (10 pre...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/31/24 at 1:45 pm
Yeah I just don't get the Duke love. Scheyer is basically trying to recreate the formula that eventually led to the breakdown of the Cal-UK marriage, but it's going to work this time because Duke? I'm not seeing the rationale there. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/31/24 at 8:29 am
No. We get to be a normal program now. No more shooting our own dicks. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/30/24 at 7:05 pm
Yeah we have 6 super seniors, all of whom are really good basketball players. You have to assume that there's going to be a lot of self policing when it comes to effort and focus. I expect them to be locked in all season. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/30/24 at 3:01 pm
If age isn't a factor we should bring in the Zen Master. He's only a bit older then Pop and Coach K. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/30/24 at 2:44 pm
Nah. He's going to develop Wemby and retire. Brad Stevens is the more realistic hire. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/30/24 at 9:45 am
#1 Alabama, top 20 Ole Miss, and unranked Kentucky. Welcome to 2024 SEC basketball. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/30/24 at 8:34 am
[quote]We'd need to have the NCAA go to 12-minute quarters[/quote] Don't tempt me with a good time. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/30/24 at 7:01 am
Won't matter. We're going to use hockey style line shifts. Oats is bringing a modified Grinnell system to major college basketball. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/29/24 at 6:16 pm
Your NCAA Division I men's basketball national champion, the Alabama Crimson Tide has a nice ring to it. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/27/24 at 1:14 pm
If he was 10-15 years older it would be poetic that he never has to experience the utter travesty of his beloved UCLA playing in the B1G, but he was only Saban's age. I will miss the late night, occasionally basketball themed journeys of self discovery. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/27/24 at 9:17 am
[quote]I also think it's funny how it went from civility after beating them in that shitty JQ/Love 4OT 3 point contest, to them straight up hating our asses.[/quote] It's all fun and games until you start stealing legacy recruits and winning head to head postseason games and signing portal player...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/25/24 at 2:07 pm
[quote]I’ll ask the question. Is Oats the greatest basketball coach in Bama’s history?[/quote] Yes. He has our only Final Four and it doesn't appear to be a flash in the pan. [quote]If not, what does he have to accomplish to become it. [/quote] Stay here for at least 5-7 more years and win...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/25/24 at 1:57 pm
[quote] Always thought it was crazy CM only had 1 tourney win.[/quote] A lot of his career coincided with the pre-at large bid era, so you either won your conference tournament or didn't get in. Even after the field expanded to begin accommodating at large bids there were still only a handful of...
Reminds me of my son when he doesn't want to get out of bed in the morning. His last day of 3rd grade was Wednesday. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/21/24 at 2:17 pm
Should have been there last year, but he finally seems to be getting some recognition for dragging an otherwise pitiful defensive lineup to being an overall good defensive team. Herb is flat out the best on ball defender in basketball right now. Not bad for someone who is mentally retarded. ...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/21/24 at 10:41 am
Yeah he's basically skinny Zion. When he's healthy you see a marketable player with a high ceiling, but availability is an ability and neither of them have shown much in that respect. It's a tough position for a FO to be in. Move him and watch him suddenly become consistently healthy and you get fir...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/21/24 at 9:38 am
Hard to sell high on a guy who has played less than 200 games in 4 years. ...
There's also all the reports that he only participated in school and football when and if he felt like it, got high around the clock, and was just kind of a dick in general. It's certainly possible that this is all overblown because Deion responded to him being unhappy at Colorado the way a malignan...

re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

Posted by Robot Santa on 5/21/24 at 8:25 am
Let me guess, they're loading up their schedule with major conference opponents, but it's going to end up being Stanford, Boston College, Georgetown, and Louisville. :lol:...