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Is it more impressive to win in college basketball or college football?
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:19 pm
I wasn't so sure about this. Hard to compare college coaches from the biggest two sports, but there are a lot of similarities. Coach K = Saban, Bruce Pearl = Kirby, etc?
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Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:21 pm to lsudepression
football.
in basketball you can get 1 elite, "one of the best in the country" type of palyers and have success since there's only 5 dudes on the floor. You get a superstud and that 20% of your players automatically that's elite. Get 1 elite guy and a bunch of really good guys and you're a tourney team automatically.
In football you can't just have 1 elite guy and a bunch of pretty goods and make the playoffs or top 10, you need a whol ebunch of really good guys that are some of the best in the country, along with coaching.
in basketball you can get 1 elite, "one of the best in the country" type of palyers and have success since there's only 5 dudes on the floor. You get a superstud and that 20% of your players automatically that's elite. Get 1 elite guy and a bunch of really good guys and you're a tourney team automatically.
In football you can't just have 1 elite guy and a bunch of pretty goods and make the playoffs or top 10, you need a whol ebunch of really good guys that are some of the best in the country, along with coaching.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:21 pm to lsudepression
College basketball is harder in my opinion. There's way more parity and a deeper, more geographically dispersed talent pool for basketball than football.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:21 pm to lsudepression
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Bruce Pearl = Kirby
When did pearl win a ring?
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:22 pm to atlanta917
I guess Calipari would be a better comparison.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:23 pm to atlanta917
Bruce Pearl has been successful at Wisconsin-Milwaukee I believe, Tennessee, and Auburn. Pearl has built programs from the bottom up. Kirby has enhanced a successful program that was one step from the top.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:31 pm to Shaft Williams
One step away? UGA hadn’t won the conference in 11 years or been to a natty in 35 years when smart took over.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:33 pm to atlanta917
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One step away? UGA hadn’t won the conference in 11 years or been to a natty in 35 years when smart took over.
Richt had UGA ready to play for a natty if not for a CJ Mosley deflected pass. That's one step away.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:36 pm to Shaft Williams
Or if Terrance Edwards catches a wide open pass vs Florida in 2002….
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:36 pm to Shaft Williams
Also, the geographic notions of state and/or city pride is missing from college basketball which makes it harder to win. UGA or GA Tech basketball doesn't run Atlanta high school and AAU basketball. I can say the same about a school like Georgetown in DC, or DePaul or Illinois in Chicago. Coach K has for decades gotten some of the best players from his native Chicago more so than Illinois or DePaul.
This post was edited on 1/27/22 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:39 pm to Shaft Williams
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Richt had UGA ready to play for a natty if not for a CJ Mosley deflected pass. That's one step away.
That was in 2012 and he still didn’t win the conference or make the natty that year. The year before Smart took over UGA lost 27-3 to UF and was starting Faton Bauta at QB.
This post was edited on 1/27/22 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:41 pm to atlanta917
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That was in 2012 and he still didn’t win the conference or make the natty that year.
Of course. B/c he lost the SEC championship game that I mentioned to Bama. He would've accomplished those things had he won that game he lost at the last second. It's my firm contention that was the best UGA team I've seen in the last 20 years.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:41 pm to lsudepression
Basketball. More teams have a shot and you have to win many more times to pull it off.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 3:54 pm to lsudepression
March Madness is great for us but a single elimination tournament really is a dumb way to decide a champion in basketball.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 4:43 pm to lsudepression
It is more impressive to win in football because is is harder to build a national champion in that sport. One great player can carry a team in hoops.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 4:49 pm to aTm boy
Basketball is the much easier sport to build an elite team than football (at least temporarily).
But by the nature of the game and fact that it is a single elimination tournament... Trickier to win it all.
But by the nature of the game and fact that it is a single elimination tournament... Trickier to win it all.
This post was edited on 1/28/22 at 1:31 am
Posted on 1/27/22 at 4:51 pm to Shaft Williams
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College basketball is harder in my opinion. There's way more parity and a deeper, more geographically dispersed talent pool for basketball than football.
This
Posted on 1/27/22 at 4:51 pm to aTm boy
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One great player can carry a team in hoops.
Anthony Edwards agrees.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 4:56 pm to Gunga Din
Agree about the tournament. The basketball champion is usually the hottest team and not the best. If I was a coach, Id need some nerve pills to go through that.
Posted on 1/27/22 at 5:13 pm to WG_Dawg
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In football you can't just have 1 elite guy and a bunch of pretty goods and make the playoffs or top 10, you need a whol ebunch of really good guys that are some of the best in the country, along with coaching.
Cam Newton says hi!
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