Kentucky loses 3rd straight. This time to Georgia Tech.

[Orangezoo]

looks like UNC 2019 team.
Watch - they'll figure it out, come together, and make an NCAA Tourney run.

About that...

 

[Jake]

Kentucky stinks. I mean, stinks.

 

[edowd26]

Kentucky sucks so bad they're going to have to start paying players again.

 

[SWC75]

Please remember "1 and done" is caused by the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Players Assn. It's not an NCAA rule. They can try to "punish" leaving early by requiring the scholarship remain vacant for the 4 years, but that's about all they can do.

I still say that the NCAA could allow players who opted for the pros to come back as long as they were in good academic standing when they left and have some remaining eligibility. They would get their degree and play for the current team with the same benefits the current players get but no more. It would be a way of getting some of the lost talent back but with more maturity. if college ball is the 'minor' leagues of the NBA and NFL, why shouldn't a player be able to go back to the minor leagues and work on their game like they do in baseball and hockey to try to restart their career and get a degree in the process?

 

[syrBossHogg]

UK only down 3 now...

 

[orange79]

ND wins 64-63

 

[Hoo's That]

I still say that the NCAA could allow players who opted for the pros to come back as long as they were in good academic standing when they left and have some remaining eligibility. They would get their degree and play for the current team with the same benefits the current players get but no more. It would be a way of getting some of the lost talent back but with more maturity. if college ball is the 'minor' leagues of the NBA and NFL, why shouldn't a player be able to go back to the minor leagues and work on their game like they do in baseball and hockey to try to restart their career and get a degree in the process?

The NCAA doesn't want to be considered the NBA's or NFL's minor leagues and would greatly prefer that they start their own. They hate the idea that they are the de facto minor leagues (hence the "turn pro in other than sports" commercials). The thing that ends those players' college careers is hiring an agent. The baseball players that came back to play football negotiated their own contracts and didn't hire agents. If they had, they wouldn't have been allowed to return to play football.

And, to be totally frank and honest, I don't care one iota if those people ever come back. For starters, college basketball is bigger than any player who ever left early. And, more telling, those players only played college ball in the first place because of the "Stop us from drafting another Kwame Brown" "one-and-done" rule.

 

[Cusefan0307]

All the blue bloods stink except Kansas.

 

[SWC75]

The NCAA doesn't want to be considered the NBA's or NFL's minor leagues and would greatly prefer that they start their own. They hate the idea that they are the de facto minor leagues (hence the "turn pro in other than sports" commercials). The thing that ends those players' college careers is hiring an agent. The baseball players that came back to play football negotiated their own contracts and didn't hire agents. If they had, they wouldn't have been allowed to return to play football.

And, to be totally frank and honest, I don't care one iota if those people ever come back. For starters, college basketball is bigger than any player who ever left early. And, more telling, those players only played college ball in the first place because of the "Stop us from drafting another Kwame Brown" "one-and-done" rule.

I wouldn't mind it if the NFL and NBA set up a full scale minor league system to handle the guys who want to go straight to the pros and leave the colleges to the student-athletes. But I still think that guys who tried it in the pros ought to be able to come back, get their degrees and play for the college team.

 

[cuseinseattle]

We should update this subject line. 4 in a row now

 

[eatmatsroe]

teams like this are getting harder and harder to become cohesive. i like it. get a team full of blue chippers all playing for themselves, pay the price.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Be a real shame if some of those smoothbrains in Lexington started calling for Calipari job.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

They could reinstate the limit of 5 new players every year. This wouldn't eliminate the problem but it would help.

Umm, no, it wouldn't. One and done is the NBA rule, not NCAA. Nice that you want to make sure that the predominantly economically challenged and predominantly minority athletes are indentured for your viewing pleasure.
Would you make everyone go to college before the go on to their profession?
BTW, colleges and universities are not (supposed to be) in the business of building the best sports teams, especially by restricting the labor market.
They are supposed to be educating people so the can become gainfully employed in their chosen profession.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

teams like this are getting harder and harder to become cohesive. i like it. get a team full of blue chippers all playing for themselves, pay the price.

Odds that Cal will be calling off his season due to Covid.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Kentucky sucks so bad they're going to have to start paying players even more.

FIFY

 

[syrBossHogg]

 

[HOFCeluck]

Be a real shame if this thread was bumped throughout the year.

 

[Orangezoo]

So what are their T-shirts this year?

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Be a real shame if this thread was bumped throughout the year.

UK on their way to a loss tonight and a season record of 5-11. Soak that in any of you chicken littles out there.

 

[SWC75]

(1) A look at "The Streak" | Syracusefan.com

"The five teams ahead of us in the above list have had these seasons:
North Carolina 2001-02: 8-20, 2019-20: 14-19
Kentucky 1973-74: 13-13, 1988-89: 13-19; 1989-90: 14-14
Duke 1972-73: 12-14, 1973-74 10-16, 1974-75 13-13, 1975-76 13-14, 1981-82 10-17, 1982-83 11-17, 1994-95 13-18
Kansas 1971-72: 11-15, 1972-73: 8-18, 1975-76: 13-13, 1981-82: 13-14, 1982-83: 13-16
UCLA: 2002-03: 10-19, 2003-04: 11-17, 2009-10: 14-18"

There may be an addition to this list coming up.

 

[longtimefan]

(1) A look at "The Streak" | Syracusefan.com

"The five teams ahead of us in the above list have had these seasons:
North Carolina 2001-02: 8-20, 2019-20: 14-19
Kentucky 1973-74: 13-13, 1988-89: 13-19; 1989-90: 14-14
Duke 1972-73: 12-14, 1973-74 10-16, 1974-75 13-13, 1975-76 13-14, 1981-82 10-17, 1982-83 11-17, 1994-95 13-18
Kansas 1971-72: 11-15, 1972-73: 8-18, 1975-76: 13-13, 1981-82: 13-14, 1982-83: 13-16
UCLA: 2002-03: 10-19, 2003-04: 11-17, 2009-10: 14-18"

There may be an addition to this list coming up

Re: UNC

If you remember the end of last season, the Heels were playing better the last 2 weeks (including pounding us in the Dome). A lot of the talk as the ACCT approached was that they were a serious threat to win the tournament. The chatter increased after they clobbered VT in the first round.

Then they ran into the Orange. I'm glad we won that game, for the obvious reason, but also because UNC fans can't say "But for the virus, we would have swept into the NCAAT with a winning record".

 

[Orangello]

So what are their T-shirts this year?