Doesn’t seem to be looking good for Matthews returning, beilein is just snake bit when it comes to early entries.
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How many early entrants does the rest of the conference have since 2013? Michigan has 8 if Matthews leaves right? That’s nuts.
If that was what you got from that post then you are literally too dumb to argue with. Read it again.
What I got from the post is the same thing I got from Indiana fans last year. It’s pointless to discuss that point because even if you end up wrong about everything you’re touting, a year from now you’ll pretend it never happened just say “but THIS year it’s different”.
And yes, when you close with “he killed it” that is going to get questioned.
"He killed it" relative to expectations by most on this board and by the sports media. I had them finishing 4-6 in conference before the injuries and was called an idiot, homer ect.. He has also killed it on the recruiting trail so far with a top 10 class and a lot of talent on the radar for next year. I literally just said the same da*n thing in my post if you would learn to read, but that must not be your strong suit.
You got that last year because Crean constantly left us with a shit unbalanced roster.
Considering the level he recruits at it is absolutely nuts, hard to plan for this type of attrition when most all of these guys(sans griii and McGary) were thought to be 4 year guys.
If that's killing it, then your bar is set too low. Indiana is a top 10 all time program so killing it should be reserved at the very least for season where IU makes the tournament.
Well then Indiana fans like SLHoosier and IUFanBorden should have said that Indiana could struggle because of a shit unbalanced roster. Nope. Full steam ahead.
Zeller
Oladipo
T. Williams
Bryant
JBJ
OG
Morgan-maybe, probably not, hopefully not, but maybe.
Dude what are you talking about? Archie met my expectations last year even with the injuries. I didn't even have them in the tourney.
That’s better than the gold standard Iowa. Should be considered a success finishing above a team full of 4 star players and guys that lost stars due to biased rankings.
The IU/PU arguments get stale. Need Iowa player star ratings every now and then to keep things interesting. You forget how much talent Iowa has when it's not posted every day.
Pretty solid analysis here:
https://collegebasketball.nbcsports...conference-be-better-top-to-bottom-this-year/
https://collegebasketball.nbcsports...conference-be-better-top-to-bottom-this-year/
Yeah, the analysis isn't bad, but the rankings are.
We'll finish better than 12th, barring injuries of course.
Damn, that's a big get. Almost averaged 2ppg last year.
We had to replace recent lost 7 footers at the end of the bench I guess.
Wow lol Owned tiebreaker for the 6th seed in the BTT. They finished 6th even with the injuries. At the very least you would say tied for 6th.
The least you could do is admit that some Indiana fans were a bit overly optimistic about year 1.
16-15 and missing the NCAAT and NIT is not really "killing it", either.
I admit it but I can't speak for everyone. My expectations weren't far off and nobody can foresee injuries, they just happen.
I don't know enough about Minnesota to agree or disagree but I'm guessing fan bases of at least 10 of 14 B1G teams feel they will finish higher than projected.Yeah, the analysis isn't bad, but the rankings are.
We'll finish better than 12th, barring injuries of course.
Isaiah Washington
Dupree McBrayer
Amir Coffey
Jordan Murphy
Daniel Oturu- Top 50 Frosh
PF/C- Eric Curry
SG/SF- Brock Stull
Bench
SF- Michael Hurt
C- Matz Stockman- Louisville transfer
SG- Gabe Kalscheur
PF- Jarvis Omersa
That's a pretty talented 7 man rotation with the other 4 guys sprinkled in as necessary. Isaiah Washington averaged 12 and 3 over the last 10 games of the season. McBrayer struggled with a leg injury most of the year but still managed to average almost 10 ppg. Coffey averaged 14 ppg and 3 pg before he went down. Murphy is a candidate for BTPotY. Oturu should provide us with some good rebounding and rim protection that we missed after Lynch got kicked off the team. Curry had a very nice Freshman season before missing all last year due to injury. Stull averaged 13.4ppg, 4.8rpg, and 3.1 rpg last season at UW-M. We have plenty of talent, just need to avoid injuries.
I don't know enough about Matthews' personal circumstances, but if he stays in the draft, what seems to be the motivation? Is this a guy whose family needs a paycheck or just a former top-50 recruit who's already been in school two years longer than he expected and is ready to be a pro regardless of the circumstances?
I didn't even include Heights, Weights, Star Ratings, Favorite Food etc.
I think it’s number 2, all the highly rated Chicago kids generally think they are better than are and he has said publicly he went to uk because he thought he was a one and done
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