We picked a horrible time to be what we are. The top of cbb is really average to good, even Mack would’ve had us competing. There is no good excuse for us to be this bad.
Watching the top teams play today
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Yes. The ACC is weak as well and that makes us the worst of a bad lot. Once again lookIng at a hefty dose of March Sadness. At this point there’s not much to do but bide time until football practice begins.
And…does KP ever really accept responsibility for any of this mess? His post game comments, coach’s show comments and pressers all sound exactly the same. Tired of it.
Its not going to get any better.
Even if Payne brought in 10 new players.
I also contend , Payne couldnt coach Golden State to a Title.
HE CANT COACH.
I agree with you that college basketball overall is really bad. South Carolina beats sUcK in Lexington but looses by 41 to Texas A &M in South Carolina. sUcK beats #5 Tennessee in Knoxville in a close game which tells me Tennessee is way overrated. Ranked teams are falling to lesser teams every week. I agree this would be a great year to have a good team.
The slappies were beneficiaries of pity today. The Vols didn’t come to play.
If we weren’t so pitiful, we’d win a game here and there ourselves that way. But alas, we’re too bad for THAT to even work in our favor…
If we weren’t so pitiful, we’d win a game here and there ourselves that way. But alas, we’re too bad for THAT to even work in our favor…
SEC basketball blows.
Before Scar beat the kitties , they lost to Tennessee by 43.
Musical chairs finally catching up with college basketball. The OAD was the first strike the portal put it over the top, and the departure of legendary head coaches was probably the final hit. Very few programs have continuity so the entire landscape is full of inconsistency and parity. It all feels stitched together.
I agree. I have long said the one and done would kill college basketball. The whole marketing of it and your 2 blue bloods embracing it created a culture in grass roots that wasn’t sustainable. Add in that culture with NIL and transfer portal you have a revolving door.
Building a team is extremely hard in this environment. Individual pressures to reach the NBA kill college teams.
Coach K, Coach Williams and Coach Pitino ain’t walking thru that door! I guess the Fl. State and Miami coaches are now the deans of coaches in the ACC.
There are NBA scouts that these games Louisville has guys that still don’t play hard or compete. If a player doesn’t compete at this level what world do they live in where the NBA is even a thought.
Peyton and Russ are 10 times better than anyone on this roster plus they played extremely hard-competed neither made it in the NBA. A NBA scout has to laugh when watch these Louisville guys play a game.
There is a significant disconnect between kids coming through the AAU and reality.
Most aren’t ready for this level especially the big guys.
Peyton and Russ are 10 times better than anyone on this roster plus they played extremely hard-competed neither made it in the NBA. A NBA scout has to laugh when watch these Louisville guys play a game.
There is a significant disconnect between kids coming through the AAU and reality.
Most aren’t ready for this level especially the big guys.
Problem probably starts for 'em @ a young age even before AAU. Worshipped, just better than the kids they grew up with before you know it they are shopping for AAU teams and then you have all those agents and AAU connects etc in their ear just getting bad advice etc. If they are told how great they are and how their future is through the roof so many times it's understandable to see them believe it.
Not only are majority no shot NBA but they won't sniff overseas either. Some really good players playing overseas.
Things ain't what they used to be!
It's the fabric of society. Everything in the world has been dummied down to where mediocrity before has morphed into well qualified and achieving.
It's how Brad Brownell is running away with ACC basketball...
It's an industry that may be thriving financially overall through TV contracts but the actual product is dying. I think attendance across the board is showing how fans feel about it.
March Madness reels people in with the gambling on brackets. Now the powers that be risk impacting that by adding more teams to it which speaks directly to your point of mediocrity now being qualifying and achieving.
We really aren't yelling at the clouds. Maybe we are.
