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5 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said:

That’s asinine. Would he prefer someone like Huggins, the king of the one word answers?

Or perhaps Crean, the king of 500 word answers that mean nothing.

Illinois would be up by 30 points right now if they just fed Cockburn down low all night. Nebraska has no size or depth on the interior.

Can’t wait for next year when Illinois loses both Cockburn and Ayo.

Nebraska has em on the ropes. Would be the upset of the year in the league!

And 16 points at the half for Purdue, down 15.... love to see it.

Maryland reminds me a lot of Penn State. No interior presence or defense but a ton of shooters. Hopefully we’re more prepared defensively for them then we were PSU.

Yeah, I think its fair to say at this point that NW is legit.

52 minutes ago, bluegrassIU said:

Memphis loses again.  This time to Tulsa. Oh, and Hardaway gets a 5 year extension......seriously.  

Only a matter of time until (more) recruiting controversies/NCAA infractions and his eventual departure to the NBA as an assistant. If I could wager money on that exact scenario, I would.

Wonder if K Brooks regrets his decision yet.

Illinois looks legitimately good.. like Final 4 potential good. Big Ten is going to be absolutely brutal this year. Even Penn State, who was supposed to be worse this year, looks really good.

Anyone remember Matthew Hurt? Was AAU teammates with Race Thompson in HS and considered IU for a brief minute. Ended up picking Duke. From watching him twice this season as a Sophmore he seems like he was pretty overrated. Seems like a selfish player and really hasn't shown anything special besides maybe a decent mid range jumper.

56 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Purdue was up 18 at the half and lost by 4...to a team that had 3 scholarship guards available. 

 

If Archie Miller still can't beat that team this year, he should resign. Good lord, that was pitiful. 

Ehh.. This seems like a pretty normal Painter team which seem to always struggle early in the year. Plays overall good D, has some dead eye shooters, and is dominant inside. Going to be streaky, no doubt, but Edey and Williams are two handfuls and if the 3's are dropping can be really dangerous.

4 hours ago, FKIM01 said:

The redshirt contract is $77K?  That's more than I expected and at least gives players a number they can cover expenses with.  That makes the G league more attractive than the old NBADL by a long shot.

This was intentional. The NBA has spent some time trying to figure out what exactly it wants the "G League"/NBDL to be. The way I see it, there is really no downside to the league investing more money into the G League. If they could get it to a point where the salaries were respectable, maybe it could offer a solution to the one and done model? I know NBA folks were at least partially against the straight to the NBA out of high school rule because it meant larger risk for NBA teams. High school prospects are the definition of hit and miss.  For every  Lebron or Garnett there are 10 Kwame Brown's.

If the G League pay was respectable, and the age rule was removed, teams could simply draft players and stash them in the G League where they would have time to develop and improve prior to playing with the big boys. This is already happening to some degree. Just my .02