If the rumors are true that Adrian Griffin wants the job that would be an incredible stroke of luck for WSU. Griffin isn’t a HC yet so you can’t necessarily call it an upgrade over Marshall, but a hometown guy with a long playing career and an exceptional NBA assistant coaching resume…sounds familiar and it has worked out well for Michigan so far.
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It is hard for me to believe that people like to be around people like this. I don’t know if he was always like this but if I was on that team, I can’t imagine wanting to play for that guy.
I know there’s power dynamics involved, and it’s not as easy as just wanting to transfer but wow.
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and it bears repeating that he may actually be the saner one in his marriage
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Pretty interesting list. Three Big Ten teams in the 50-26 list - 38 Iowa, 31 Maryland, 29 Purdue.
Where do you expect Michigan to land in the top 25 and where would we rank vs. the other Big Ten teams in the list? I think Michigan lands around 15 and will be behind IU, OSU and MSU, and ahead of Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin was already ranked in the 50s. I’d guess Michigan lands between 10-20
Thanks for that. I missed the prior segment and thought this was the first one.
Adding the link to the prior segment. Minnesota at 59 and Wisconsin at 55.
CBS ranking of the top 25 college basketball programs of all time. Michigan at 18, Illinois 15, Michigan State 14, Ohio State 12 and Indiana 7.
Illinois? With zero national championships and (unless I’m wrong) fewer Final Fours than Michigan. Makes little sense.
I would rank the top 15 as:
- UCLA
- Kentucky
- Duke
- North Carolina
- Kansas
- Indiana
- Louisville
- Villanova
- MSU
- Michigan
- UConn
- Arizona
- Ohio State
- Syracuse
- Georgetown
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Yeah, I had Illinois behind Michigan as well. They do have fewer Final Fours than Michigan - 4 to Michigan’s 8. The writer apparently weights Illinois’ better overall record since 1938 and 2 more regular season titles higher than Michigan’s better NCAA Tournament success.
If we’re going by iconic teams as opposed to traditions, I think of North Carolina with MJ, several Duke teams, MSU with Magic, the UM with the Fab V, and Georgetown. Tarkanian’s Runnin’ Rebels. Highly subjective, and from a casual fan. . . Who else?
How these things figure in the public mind may be a very different issue from how “great” some programs are.
I know some Kansas fans don’t like that list.
I had that exact thought (great teams vs.great programs) about Houston’s Phi Slamma Jamma teams (82-84). Olajuwan and Drexler were incredibly entertaining on those teams.
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Yea Illinois is a terrible take. Boo CBS
Looks like Alabama got their penalty today for the FBI college basketball corruption stuff… a hefty 3 years of… probation. LOL.
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Wow, almost as much punishment as UMass. 
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Anything other than Michigan’s game that you guys are especially looking forward to?
I’ll be tuned in to Arizona State/Baylor. Fascinated to see Christopher play after following him and thinking about his game for 7 or 8 months. Not sure they’ll get any stops but ASU should be fun to watch.
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UCLA-San Diego St. Though I’m not sure I’ll be able to stay up for it lol.
I’ll also be interested to see if teams are as rusty and chaotic as college football teams were to start the season. A lot of uneven performances week to week and only a few teams maintaining consistency.
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Northern Iowa vs. west Virginia should be a good game
MSU. I know it’s against Eastern, but I’m interested to see if Rocket can actually be a functional PG. If not, their ceiling crumbles a bit IMO (obviously it’ll take more than a single game to get a good read on that).
Does EMU still have the 2-3 zone guy? If so, I take that comment back. I can’t watch those games lol.
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