22-23 NCAA Basketball Season

[pdub]

UNC gon make the tourney.
I hope they are our 12 and meet us in the e8.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

… "Before I get started on the game, it was brought to my attention after the game about our pregame introductions," Oats said to opening his postgame press conference. "Think that's something that's been going on all year. I don't really know. I don't watch our introductions, I'm drawing up plays during that time...”

hmmm…

I am NOT defending Oats by stating this,
you didn't add the rest of what he said.

"Regardless, it's not appropriate, it's been addressed and I can assure you it will not happen again the remainder of this year."

i left it out intentionally, because that is what i’d think that’s what one would expect him to say

i found he part that i quoted to be odd, to say the least

I agree.

[pdub]

If Bama takes a preferable one seed region spot from us with a dude leading them you know would be suspended if he were playing for KU, how angry will you be 1-10.

( ie KU looses to Texas and shares and Bama takes the 1 seed Midwest and KU gets sent West )

[hoopla]

1 maybe? I wouldn’t be able to make any of the games anyways unless they moved them to DC...

[TDub]

i won't be angry. Get a 1 seed, hope for fair seeding through your bracket. Go to work and do what we've been doing all year.

This team functions maybe better with a chip on its shoulder anyway so.....find one to use.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

5 thoughts for the last Sunday before March.

1. In terms of rankings, yesterday #2 won by 3, #3 won by 2, #5 lost by 8, #6 lost by 8, #7 lost by 1, #8 lost by 9.
#11 won by 40 .
Is #11 as good as #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, and #8? If not, why not?

2. To me, Fran McCaffery is the most unlikable coach in college basketball.

3. I'll say it, BJ/Illini is probably right and Creighton never really was a "contender". Now that I said that, god forbid watch those fuckers play KU in the tournament and beat us. I'll blame it on BJ/Illini if it happens.

4. While highly doubtful, Northwestern still has a chance to win the Big 10.
In November Sports Illustrated had them ranked #127 and predicted they finish 13th in the Big 10.
https://www.si.com/college/2022/11/02/r ... nc-gonzaga

5. Scott Drew sucks.

[Deleted User 863]

LOL @ 3.

You and twocoach were more right than you were wrong about Creighton. They've ended up better than I expected. But not 1 of the 6 to 8 team that I consider a true contender.

But if you have 20 you consider contenders then they might be in. Just depends on your criteria for contender.

[Mjl]

With 5, 6, 7, and 8 losing yesterday... A 1 seed is probably a lock with just one more win

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Today's edition of college basketball makes little sense.....

UNranked Pittsburgh is in first place in the ACC.

[jfish26]

… "Before I get started on the game, it was brought to my attention after the game about our pregame introductions," Oats said to opening his postgame press conference. "Think that's something that's been going on all year. I don't really know. I don't watch our introductions, I'm drawing up plays during that time...”

hmmm…

Honestly, how Oats has handled all this has him off my "Bill gets hit by a truck tomorrow" list. It's just been a very gross combination of careless, foolhardy, tone-deaf and insecure. And that's before you get into the underlying, substantive issues!

[pdub]

He, like Beard, quickly dropped from Jay Wright comes out of retirement down to scott drew.

[jfish26]

This is just such a good example of how broken our collective brains are on gun control/gun rights.

https://theathletic.com/4253763/2023/02 ... mccaffery/

The public finally learned of Miller and Bradley’s involvement Tuesday during a preliminary hearing. That proceeding also revealed something Alabama did not know, according to Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne — that at 1:40 a.m., Miles sent Miller a text message that read “I need my joint.” Prosecutors said the word “joint” referred to Miles’ gun. A few minutes after Miles sent that text, Miller and the gun showed up outside Twelve25.

Coming a day before Alabama’s game at South Carolina, the revelation sent the school scrambling as it sought to learn more context. Whether through information from law enforcement or Miller’s attorney or both, Alabama officials learned enough to decide that Miller could continue to play.

On Wednesday, Miller’s lawyer, Jim Standridge, said in a statement that Miller “never touched the gun” and “never knew that illegal activity involving the gun would occur.”

Did Miller read the text message? Did he send a reply? Did he understand what Miles meant? Did he comprehend what was happening? Or was he simply on his way to pick up Miles and head back to campus? We don’t know those answers. What we do know is that if law enforcement had any reason to believe that Miller delivered the weapon with the knowledge of what it was going to be used for, then he would be the subject of a criminal investigation. He is not.

Should Alabama have sat Miller on Wednesday in light of the new information? Again, I think it should have. But I acknowledge that doing so would have assigned Miller an appearance of guilt that law enforcement has said he should not have. Would that have been fair to Miller? What about his rights?

Playing college basketball is a privilege. It is not a right. There is no "fair" or "unfair" to be considered here, nor should there be any remote discussion of his "rights."

Oats is beclowning himself in 48-hour cycles here, and Alabama is going all Faustian in service of...what exactly? Talk about tainted wins, my god.

Miller played something like an Uber Guns role in a murder. Should he be in jail? Dunno - that is a question where his rights are fairly implicated. But should he be playing college basketball? No.

Of course, in this country our aspiring Rittenhouses can end up landing NIL deals that shame those newly-available to college athletes.

[ousdahl]

"Rittenhouse's can end up landing NIL deals"

wait Brandon Miller announce his new partnership with Glock

then Oats playing more dumb like, "I couldn't have possibly have imagined this would be received so critically"

[twocoach]

Today's edition of college basketball makes little sense.....

UNranked Pittsburgh is in first place in the ACC.

Such a strange season. Pitt opened the year losing to West Virginia 81-56 and Michigan 91-60. They also lost @Vanderbilt and at home to Florida State, who are terrible. But they managed to pull off a pair of 3 point wins vs. Virginia (who recently dropped back to back clunkers on the road @Carolina and @Boston College) and Miami (who lost lost at home to Florida State).

Virginia and Miami seem to be the best teams in the ACC but both can struggle at times. Crazy season.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

This is just such a good example of how broken our collective brains are on gun control/gun rights.

https://theathletic.com/4253763/2023/02 ... mccaffery/

The public finally learned of Miller and Bradley’s involvement Tuesday during a preliminary hearing. That proceeding also revealed something Alabama did not know, according to Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne — that at 1:40 a.m., Miles sent Miller a text message that read “I need my joint.” Prosecutors said the word “joint” referred to Miles’ gun. A few minutes after Miles sent that text, Miller and the gun showed up outside Twelve25.

Coming a day before Alabama’s game at South Carolina, the revelation sent the school scrambling as it sought to learn more context. Whether through information from law enforcement or Miller’s attorney or both, Alabama officials learned enough to decide that Miller could continue to play.

On Wednesday, Miller’s lawyer, Jim Standridge, said in a statement that Miller “never touched the gun” and “never knew that illegal activity involving the gun would occur.”

Did Miller read the text message? Did he send a reply? Did he understand what Miles meant? Did he comprehend what was happening? Or was he simply on his way to pick up Miles and head back to campus? We don’t know those answers. What we do know is that if law enforcement had any reason to believe that Miller delivered the weapon with the knowledge of what it was going to be used for, then he would be the subject of a criminal investigation. He is not.

Should Alabama have sat Miller on Wednesday in light of the new information? Again, I think it should have. But I acknowledge that doing so would have assigned Miller an appearance of guilt that law enforcement has said he should not have. Would that have been fair to Miller? What about his rights?

Playing college basketball is a privilege. It is not a right. There is no "fair" or "unfair" to be considered here, nor should there be any remote discussion of his "rights."

Oats is beclowning himself in 48-hour cycles here, and Alabama is going all Faustian in service of...what exactly? Talk about tainted wins, my god.

Miller played something like an Uber Guns role in a murder. Should he be in jail? Dunno - that is a question where his rights are fairly implicated. But should he be playing college basketball? No.

Of course, in this country our aspiring Rittenhouses can end up landing NIL deals that shame those newly-available to college athletes.

Jay Bilas feels Miller does have rights. Is he wrong?

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/espns-ja ... oting-link

[pdub]

I think he is wrong -- in regards to what he believes said rights are when playing college basketball.

[jfish26]

I think he is wrong -- in regards to what he believes said rights are when playing college basketball.

I agree that Miller has rights.

I do not think that Alabama would be failing to protect those rights, or compromising those rights, by holding Miller apart from the team.

[Deleted User 863]

I'd have kicked him off the team immediately after the pat down pregame fiasco.

Aside from the other shit, that'd be enough for me.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I'd have kicked him off the team immediately after the pat down pregame fiasco.

Aside from the other shit, that'd be enough for me.

You would kick him off the team for something they have been doing all season and he's simply the recipient of - but not for being a possible accomplice to a shooting?

[jfish26]

I'd have kicked him off the team immediately after the pat down pregame fiasco.

Aside from the other shit, that'd be enough for me.

You would kick him off the team for something they have been doing all season and he's simply the recipient of - but not for being a possible accomplice to a shooting?

I don't think that's what Illy said.