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re: 2014-2015 Basketball season outlook
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:45 am to Ash'sProstheticHand
Posted on 1/27/15 at 9:45 am to Ash'sProstheticHand
I'm not sold on BK, but his MO at every stop has been significant progress after 4 years. Perhaps it's purely coincidental, but there's no denying his history is that it takes a while to turn things around. With this year and the incoming recruits, it appears he is right on course to replicate what's happened elsewhere. At least that's what I'm allowing myself to hope for.....
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Posted on 1/27/15 at 11:07 am to Projectpat
Rice 67-60
Southern 53-51
UNT 61-41
SHSU was almost #4
Southern 53-51
UNT 61-41
SHSU was almost #4
Posted on 1/27/15 at 11:19 am to Intheheartoftexas
Impatient Duke fans once wanted Mike Krzyzewski fired
1981-82 Duke Basketball results
12/5 Appalachian State Durham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium) L 70-75
1982-83 Duke Basketball results
1/5 Wagner Durham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium) L 77-84
Am I saying BK is going to be Coach K? No. But I do think it's funny that if a coach's tenure comes off to a slow start and has a few bad losses that everyone is tossing him off the boat. Everyone points to the best case scenarios, aka coaches in win big in year 2 or 3, and says see! It's possible so why don't we have that? We're such a great school, we should be winning in year 2 too! But it's the exception to the rule.
Don't be that spoiled fanbase. I still think Turgeon's tenure hurt more than anyone realizes and we're obviously making progress. We have the #2 recruiting class in the COUNTRY with recruits in that class that have specifically pointed to Kennedy as their reason for coming, and it's still not enough for some.
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Three years into his tenure at Duke, the man now known as his era's most successful coach didn't appear to be on the road to shattering records or hoisting championship trophies.
In fact, a vocal segment of the Blue Devils fan base wanted Mike Krzyzewski out.
One of Duke's Tobacco Road rivals had just completed a stunning championship run under beloved coach Jim Valvano. The other was at the apex of its power under legendary coach Dean Smith. The Blue Devils on the other hand had just concluded back-to-back 17-loss seasons under Krzyzewski culminating with a 43-point shellacking in the 1983 ACC quarterfinals against Virginia.
"Durham was not a pleasant place to be in 1983," said former Duke forward Jay Bilas, a freshman on the 1982-83 team. "There was a lot of discontentment around the program, and it was vocal. Heck, there was a petition circling around calling for Mike to be fired. I saw it. One of the Iron Dukes showed it to me, which I thought was kind of a classless move. But there were a lot of people who were really unhappy."
1981-82 Duke Basketball results
12/5 Appalachian State Durham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium) L 70-75
1982-83 Duke Basketball results
1/5 Wagner Durham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium) L 77-84
Am I saying BK is going to be Coach K? No. But I do think it's funny that if a coach's tenure comes off to a slow start and has a few bad losses that everyone is tossing him off the boat. Everyone points to the best case scenarios, aka coaches in win big in year 2 or 3, and says see! It's possible so why don't we have that? We're such a great school, we should be winning in year 2 too! But it's the exception to the rule.
Don't be that spoiled fanbase. I still think Turgeon's tenure hurt more than anyone realizes and we're obviously making progress. We have the #2 recruiting class in the COUNTRY with recruits in that class that have specifically pointed to Kennedy as their reason for coming, and it's still not enough for some.
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 11:36 am
Posted on 1/27/15 at 11:30 am to Projectpat
Turgeon left the cupboard absolutely bare. This is the first season, going into it, since Kennedy has been here where I said, "We have talent." It wasn't for lack of recruiting. It was for all this weird crap (Trocha, Reese, etc.) that resulted in recruiting "wins" not translating into talent on the court.
I have grade school sons who are now pumped for Aggie basketball, and we are trying to see how we can get more trips to Reed in the family schedule. That alone means this year has been a success.
I have grade school sons who are now pumped for Aggie basketball, and we are trying to see how we can get more trips to Reed in the family schedule. That alone means this year has been a success.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 11:36 am to Intheheartoftexas
there's a lot of reasons to be upbeat about where we are heading. I get that many (most?) don't like Kennedy but we're a decent squad that revolves around JRs (Caruso, House, Jones) and we have an absolutely loaded freshman class next year (with one more player to come). Add to that that the guys that have really made a difference of late with the light coming on are all really young - ARob, Miller, TTM
Whether you like the coach or not (and I don't), you have to try incredibly hard not to be pumped about the direction of Aggie basketball.
Whether you like the coach or not (and I don't), you have to try incredibly hard not to be pumped about the direction of Aggie basketball.
Posted on 1/27/15 at 3:54 pm to Intheheartoftexas
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Turgeon left the cupboard absolutely bare.
This is total garbage. Turgeon didn't leave a loaded program behind, and the injuries in year 1 made it worse, but to say that we were absolutely devoid of talent is horribly inaccurate. That was easily an NIT team Kennedy's first year and he took it to 4-14 (with two of the Ws coming over a historically bad tech team).
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Posted on 1/27/15 at 5:15 pm to Ash'sProstheticHand
Middleton never bought in, and I don't hold that against Kennedy if he didn't want to be a team player. Let's just agree that Turgeon left the program with a LOT less talent than he inherited. Didn't help that he was bad-mouthing A&M for not being the basketball school he wanted it to be. At least Kennedy isn't spending his time bashing the fanbase. Gillespie seemed to be able to fill up Reed once he had us rolling.....
Posted on 1/28/15 at 12:16 am to CGSC Lobotomy
Fortunately it wasn't #4. SHSU isn't a bad team either. 3 of their 5 losses are close ones on the road to UNLV, LSU and A&M.
It's looking more and more like the Stansbury hire is what is leading to the current run of success.
It's looking more and more like the Stansbury hire is what is leading to the current run of success.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 8:18 am to Slotback
Warren Nolan shows 32 in RPI this morning so it doesn't look like much movement. Going from 0-3 to 3-3 in road games is really going to go a long way in trying to make the dance.
Posted on 1/28/15 at 10:20 am to Farmer1906
yeah getting the peripherals looking better is important. Our resume is going to be more about who we didn't lose to than who we beat (we're 11-0 vs 100+ RPI teams). That's okay but it will help to keep all the other factors relatively clean.
The other thing I notice is that our projected RPI moved from 38 to 31 so that's something. Guess the possibility of losing to Auburn held us back.
The other thing I notice is that our projected RPI moved from 38 to 31 so that's something. Guess the possibility of losing to Auburn held us back.
This post was edited on 1/28/15 at 10:21 am
Posted on 1/28/15 at 5:02 pm to tmc94
seen on the Texags bball board
"Let's give Kennedy some credit here too. He recognized that his weakness was coaching and recruiting so he brought in someone to help him out in those areas. It's majorly paying off. "
"Let's give Kennedy some credit here too. He recognized that his weakness was coaching and recruiting so he brought in someone to help him out in those areas. It's majorly paying off. "
Posted on 1/29/15 at 10:07 am to Ash'sProstheticHand
It's Thursday January 29th. And our Fightin' Texas Aggies are currently projected to make the NCAA tournament!
LINK
12th seed play-in is still in
LINK
12th seed play-in is still in
Posted on 1/29/15 at 10:15 am to tmc94
btw Lunardi also has 6 SEC schools making the field.
Posted on 1/29/15 at 10:28 am to tmc94
Posted on 1/29/15 at 10:50 am to tmc94
Posted on 1/29/15 at 10:55 am to Houston Summit
A&M's current RPI: 34
1/31 vs. 107. Vanderbilt
2/4 @ 44. Ole Miss
2/7 @ 147. Missouri
2/11 vs. 21. Georgia
2/14 vs. 66. Florida
2/17 vs. 36. LSU
2/21 @ 113. South Carolina
2/24 @ 16. Arkansas
2/28 vs. 146. Auburn
3/3 @ 66. Florida
3/7 vs. 59. Alabama
That mid-February week with three straight games at home is huge.
1/31 vs. 107. Vanderbilt
2/4 @ 44. Ole Miss
2/7 @ 147. Missouri
2/11 vs. 21. Georgia
2/14 vs. 66. Florida
2/17 vs. 36. LSU
2/21 @ 113. South Carolina
2/24 @ 16. Arkansas
2/28 vs. 146. Auburn
3/3 @ 66. Florida
3/7 vs. 59. Alabama
That mid-February week with three straight games at home is huge.
This post was edited on 1/29/15 at 10:56 am
Posted on 1/29/15 at 10:30 pm to Projectpat
Yep. If we beat win at home against Vanderbilt and then on the road at Missouri, we'll be in position to basically punch our ticket to the dance with a if we defend our court on that homestand (which is doable).
This post was edited on 1/29/15 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 1/29/15 at 10:35 pm to Ash'sProstheticHand
Can't lose in Columbia though (either one)
Posted on 1/31/15 at 5:26 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
We officially cannot hit my worst case scenario.
I put Vanderbilt as a tossup because of the 3 previous meetings.
I put Vanderbilt as a tossup because of the 3 previous meetings.
Posted on 1/31/15 at 5:48 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
I am pleased that we can not hit the worst case scenario! I'll admit to that. I think that the offense has Stansbury's fingerprints all over it for sure. So props to Kennedy for that hire.
Props to the players for making it work and getting the defensive stops.
Props to the players for making it work and getting the defensive stops.
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