NCAA Elite Eight Games for Sat March 30

[PauliePeppas]

I would personally prefer he was at Pitt by a factor of a million.

Uconn was and is ahead of us by a mile. Would not want Pitt to join that list as well. Could not stand playing against him twice a year eithr

 

[SWC75]

I’m baffled how a program whose athletic department is struggling so much financially can do much when it comes to NIL.

They stopped spending money on football.

 

[690West]

Can someone tell me that UConn is losing all their good players after this year?

And if not could you lie to me?

All joking aside, they do lose every starter which is nice

 

[PauliePeppas]

All joking aside, they do lose every starter which is nice

And will reload as usual

 

[Eric15]

UConn is the first reigning champion to make the Final Four the next season since Florida in 2007. That is incredible.

 

[DilemaCuse]

#3 for Illinois is trash. Gifted UConn four points to start half and extended their deficit

Ty Rodgers a former SU recruit was awful, too

 

[DilemaCuse]

But why? JB practically discovered him. Yeah, there was the story about his mother. I think he just didn’t want to play for JB. Hurley abused JB on the trail those last few years.

Im old enough to remember people would call Hurley a clown. Now, if you told me 5 years ago that Hurley would build a Dynasty I would have laughed but I saw him outworking JB and then he started to win some head to head battles, didnt make the mistake of playing daddy ball, changed his staff, just more motivated and now we see the results.

 

[DilemaCuse]

Edney vs Clingan could be interesting.

I think Tyus Edney would get blocked like Illinois tonight

 

[hoopsupstate]

Red has his second opportunity to help shape his team with another new assistant coach. This next hire could tell us a great deal.

 

[DilemaCuse]

Starting lineup also was abusing JB… apparently Brian Scalabrine tried to hand deliver Cooper Flagg to JB, but boeheim didn’t believe him about how good he was.

What???

 

[OrangeFoo]

What???

Yeap… It was either Thursday or Fridays nba starting lineup on Sirius. They were talking about how Flagg won Gatorade PoY and how Scalabrine “discovered” him and bas been training him.

 

[Eric15]

What makes UConn so incredible is that they can shoot miserably from three (3-17) and still completely murder a very good team.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Did somebody say Illinois got boat raced...

 

[DilemaCuse]

They stopped spending money on football.

Jim Mora Jr, a former NFL coach and UCLA coach with a winning record, is going to be worth a few bucks

 

[DilemaCuse]

Yeap… It was either Thursday or Fridays nba starting lineup on Sirius. They were talking about how Flagg won Gatorade PoY and how Scalabrine “discovered” him and bas been training him.

But why would Scalabrine steer him to SU and not Enfield and USC his alma mater?

 

[PauliePeppas]

Hunter has been unreal

 

[Cusefan0307]

Nate Oats refuses to adjust when teams take away 3’s and the rim.

 

[djcon57]

1-11 from 3. Many wide open

 

[OrlandoCuse]

16 wins in 2018
19 wins in 2019
15 wins in 2020 - tourney
23 wins in 2021 - tourney
31 wins in 2022 - national champ
35 wins so far in 2023

UConn was able to regain their national standing, winning championships and making final fours based on these factors:
1. Landing a couple of solid HS recruiting classes
2. Landed key transfers from the portal to fill their weaknesses
3. Their recruits developed/exceeded their original expectations (Clingan especially)
4. No notable “busts” with the players they brought in

I’m not sure what Hurley’s system was to identify, recruit and develop players, but it’s clearly working. They’re a significantly better program right now, dominating Northeast basketball. Red really needs to close the gap.

It sucks, because years ago UConn was pretty much left in the dust as program when they moved to the AAC. They abandoned football (even though it’s still there) in favor of basketball. I know we’re not going to do that, especially with Fran at the helm as head coach.

But if the ACC collapses and Fran takes his talents elsewhere, I wouldn’t be against a return to the BE for sports and independent in football.

 

[Cusefan0307]

UConn was able to regain their national standing, winning championships and making final fours based on these factors:
1. Landing a couple of solid HS recruiting classes
2. Landed key transfers from the portal to fill their weaknesses
3. Their recruits developed/exceeded their original expectations (Clingan especially)
4. No notable “busts” with the players they brought in

I’m not sure what Hurley’s system was to identify, recruit and develop players, but it’s clearly working. They’re a significantly better program right now, dominating Northeast basketball. Red really needs to close the gap.

It sucks, because years ago UConn was pretty much left in the dust as program when they moved to the AAC. They abandoned football (even though it’s still there) in favor of basketball. I know we’re not going to do that, especially with Fran at the helm as head coach.

But if the ACC collapses and Fran takes his talents elsewhere, I wouldn’t be against a return to the BE for sports and independent in football.

Their offensive sets are in a different league outside of everyone except maybe Purdue. They have talent, but the coaching is on another level.

 

[PauliePeppas]

Schefllin flops non stop

 

[DilemaCuse]

UConn was able to regain their national standing, winning championships and making final fours based on these factors:
1. Landing a couple of solid HS recruiting classes
2. Landed key transfers from the portal to fill their weaknesses
3. Their recruits developed/exceeded their original expectations (Clingan especially)
4. No notable “busts” with the players they brought in

I’m not sure what Hurley’s system was to identify, recruit and develop players, but it’s clearly working. They’re a significantly better program right now, dominating Northeast basketball. Red really needs to close the gap.

It sucks, because years ago UConn was pretty much left in the dust as program when they moved to the AAC. They abandoned football (even though it’s still there) in favor of basketball. I know we’re not going to do that, especially with Fran at the helm as head coach.

But if the ACC collapses and Fran takes his talents elsewhere, I wouldn’t be against a return to the BE for sports and independent in football.

Yeah they were an afterthought and a shell of themselves at the end of the Ollie era.

Great point on the busts, what hurt SU too were too many defections like after the 21 season, we stopped hitting homeruns with guys exceeding their recruiting ranking, think Tyler Ennis, Oshae etc. And then guys we banked on were busts, Jalen Carey, Benny, etc.

 

[Cusefan0307]

 

[orange79]

When you're right, you're right. Even if you are a douche.

 

[djcon57]

1-11 from 3. Many wide open

Yep. Started hitting them