IUJoe

Nah, I’m not blaming him for it, just passing along facts.

If someone is offering Essegian a starting spot, I’d bet money he’s taking it. That’s how he’s been since he chose his school as a high school freshman.

At the end of the day, the metrics measure what they measure. So, the way to improve your team's metrics is with on-the-court performance, no matter who you play. That being said, if you know your strengths and weakness as a coach, there are ways to cater your schedule a little to improve your team's performance measures. For instance, coaches who routinely blow out weak teams but often struggle against elite competition (e.g., Nate Oates, Bruce Pearl, Tommy Lloyd) should schedule more cupcakes, while coaches who find it difficult to get their team ready to play against weaker teams but excel against elite competition (e.g., Tom Izzo, Bill Self, John Calipari) should play more elite teams.

The efficiency rankings aren’t just raw rankings. Defensive efficiency metrics are adjusted for the strength and efficiency of offenses you face.

I heard talk earlier this year that if the Celtics win the championship he'll look to get back into coaching.

Show me a fan base that think titles don’t matter, and I’ll show you a fan base that doesn’t have any.

Right. It only happens *almost* every game.

You know we have 6 open scholarships, right? And we have probably 2 open starting positions at most, point guard and shooting guard. If you think we’re getting 6 “great” players to come in for 2 starting spots, you probably don’t understand this stuff very well.

If there is someone good available now, I want them to take them, rather than slow play a kid who would probably come now. That seems to be more productive than chasing someone “better” who they won’t get anyway.

In other words, the same method that got them a 1 man recruiting class and 6 open scholarships.

It’s funny, though, that the narrative when they started their search was, “Louisville has a great administration now and they’ll make a home run hire this time.”

Several, especially from NE Indiana where many are already Michigan fans

How about if Iowa women played Purdue men

Players improve from year to year in this program, so returning players will be better next year than they are this year.

While we’re certainly not overly athletic, it becomes a bigger weakness than it needs to be when combined with our lack of intensity.