Myself and many others from Evanston, Wilmette, Etc, area have been die hard fans since young and still prefer NU sports over our college's teams. Guess were a unique crew
More people than ever are tuning in via free Streams on the internet, which isn't included in these viewership #s, another reason the ratings are "down".
Young's role is perfect around 12-18 MPG, to score with his back to the basket, body up opposing bigs, and provide lots of energy and hard earned buckets. Definitely looked like he was gassed at the end of the Pitt game when he played 20+ mins, so that's tough to bench Nance when he can provide...
His algorithim still heavily factors in past year's data on players until there is sufficient data for this season. So until there is like 15 games per team to evaluate, it is not quite as accurate on how good a team is this year. In a normal year, after a few big ten games, the model would be...
It should be of way more recognition that he is also finding way more success because he is being played at the 5, which fits much better to his skillset. CCC has finally allowed one of our highest rated recruits to play at his best position in the modern game. And credit to CCC even if it was a...
Just wanna bump this up. Kudos to CCC and staff for going away from "conventional" basketball thought, and recognizing how to get the most out of this roster.
Love the idea of Nance as a center in a "small ball" lineup like our guy Daryl Morey used as an equalizer down in Houston, embracing the triple on O and inviting the post up on D. This gives us versatility on both ends of the floor, especially in switching ball screens (as opposed to the drop...