For those craving some college basketball in early August
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Travis is a helluva piece to take out, wouldn't you agree? Also, we return 3 starters off of last year's team.
this years team has a little more experience, but not much more
experience is overrated, these kids today play so much basketball before they ever make it to college
this is not your grandpa's freshmen
the biggest thing is your key players picking up what a coach wants, after that the game slows down for them
They just showed a live (dim) feed, I'd be ok not having commentating or highlights, just that live feed angle.
Meh...Not really. Look at Nova. Junior/Senior laden teams; Jenkins, Brunson, Booth, Archie, etc, etc...Same with Carolina. And though vacated, UL. Heck your 2012 team had solid experience, returmee's. It's not a must. But it's certainly played a role in the past 4-5 title winners.
Last years team returned 672 minutes played in the form of Wenyen Gabriel. This team has...543 from nick Richards, 869 from Quade Green, 1012 from PJ Washington, and 2911 from Reid Travis.
Plus all they’re all gonna get some competition and extra practice thanks to the summer trip.
Almost 10x more minutes played returning. They’re still young sure. But still way more experienced than last years team. Last years team was a cluster **** at times. It was awful basketball. Should have beat K State. But only because K State is a bad team with a mediocre coach.
Also, props to anyone that got in on that +300 moneyline.
I didn’t have the balls.
I didn’t have the balls.
Herro looks like the real deal
Richards is looking like a new man
this team this early is playing very unselfish
overall i am loving this team
Richards is looking like a new man
this team this early is playing very unselfish
overall i am loving this team
Would've been all over it had I known about it. Whoever set that line for Bovada needs to be fired. I am guessing UK was supposed to be a 9-point favorite (not underdog). I have burned Bovada on bets like that before, them setting the wrong line.
Solid, quiet game for Quickley. Didn't realize he played 31 mins; 6 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, 0 turnovers. A little bit of everything, that is exactly what they need from him.
How can you possibly say experience is overrated when the last 3 titles have gone to teams with veterans and loads of experience? Lol
Scheduled for tomorrow at 1pm EST on SEC network.
Probably be 10 pages after they win them talking about how they should just be handed the trophy and cancel the season
Great game and a lot of positives tonight. Wished we saw more of it. 
They're really fun to watch.
They're really fun to watch.
Saturday will be really telling. This team looked much much better tonight than last night. Obviously knocking down a few threes makes a big difference but they looked much more comfortable overall on the floor.
Ah look a Loserville fan has to stick his bloody nose in. You trying to help another little brother out?
how many teams in the NCAAT every year have experience and how many do not
the odds are very great that a team with experience will win simply because of the numbers
give me talent any day of the week
The teams that were playing the best at that time won the title.
I think experience helps with that, but you have to have talent.
Not to mention, there are only a couple of schools that roll the dice each year with talented young teams. The odds heavily favor experienced rosters
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I still think that one Saturday will be close.
Will say, something I wasn’t thinking about, these games are being played in the middle of the offseason for the pro guys, so I don’t think their conditioning is what it would be otherwise. Ends of games have been pretty sloppy.
are you suggesting that the veterans don't have talent? I mean you pretty much proved my point with your post.
I'm curious to see how playing four games in five days will play out for UK's team.
