Creighton is absolutely demolishing Butler right now. Up 30 with two minutes to go.
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To be fair Kamar Baldwin went out with an injury early during the game. But yeah it was a killing
Lots of discussion on the wetzel and thamel podcast about how college basketball needs to go to the nhl draft rules. Basically everyone is eligible for the draft at 18 (if the nba didn’t want to scout high schools they could keep the 1 year out of high school rule) and after your drafted the team retains your right for 4 years but you are still eligible to play college basketball. The nhl team can then sign you at any time. Personally I have been shocked there has not been more of a movement for this. IMO this is by far the best solution for the players, college basketball and the nba.
Does this mean between seasons or even in the middle of a season? The distinction probably matters very little but curious.
Also, I would bet you see a lot of tampering from the NBA into what is occurring in college basketball if this were the case. They will have a vested interest in what and how their players are being handled. It will very much resemble a disjointed minor league
Not sure if it is at any time, I do know ether are several college hockey players that sign for stretch runs after their college season end. I do agree the nba obviously would like to handle prospects development the most they can but the nba also values the marketability the ncaa gives their young players. Nba could also have off season camps and prospects could play in the summer league. Its also not like the coaching in college stinks, in fact for the most part the coaching and strength and conditioning programs are much better than the g league.
For all the bagging we’ve done on UCLA during the Christopher recruitment, they’ve played their way onto the bubble with four straight Ws. I’m skeptical they can get the job done, but they’ll have opportunity, closing with home games against ASU and Arizona and “on the road” against USC.
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Yeah, you can’t argue that Cronin isn’t at the very least a solid coach if not a horrible fit for UCLA
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I haven’t kept up with overall college hoops as well this year now that I have a little one. Was shocked this morning when I opened bracketology and saw UCLA as the second team out per Lunardi (caveats about Lunardi aside).
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Cronin is a good coach. They’ll make the tourney most every year if they let him do what he does. I’m not really buying any P12 teams though.
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More of a variation, but I liked the MLB system where you either go after HS or wait 3 more years. I do think that the NBA needs, and this need will only get larger if they drop the one-and-done, to bolster the G-League and gear it more towards a youth development league than an island of misfit toys. Ie, more 18-20 year olds getting reps and less 26 year olds aspiring to be the Hornets’ third point guard.
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He’s definitely turning things around quickly in year one. I think at UCLA, “winning” is the best fit. Style-wise, Ben Howland was probably a bad fit there but he won big for a pretty long time and got elite players.
Not that it matters but Michigan checks in at 19 in the AP poll this week
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AP rankings are so often biased and ridiculously bad!
Get these rankings of Michigan vs Auburn:
AP: Michigan #19 and Auburn #15.
Kenpom: Michigan #11 and Auburn #38.
Torvik: Michigan #12 and Auburn #45.
Sagarin: Michigan #8 and Auburn #37.
NET R: Michigan #22 and Auburn #28.
Given all these rankings, how can Auburn be ranked by AP as #15 vs Michigan as #19?
RIDICULOUS AND BIASED!!!
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Dylan, I really would love to get your response on this.
In the grand scheme of things, AP/coaches poll rankings don’t matter so it’s not worth getting worked up about. Committee doesn’t use them to evaluate for seeding in the NCAA tournament. They mean nothing besides just being a number to put next to a team name when their game is on TV.
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I dunno, in my head I can rationalize it pretty easily to why Auburn is ranked higher by non-analytics services (ie by people).
- They only have 4 losses and play in one of the power 5/6 conferences. It isnt like they are in the MAC or Sun Belt - there are some other legit teams in their conference.
- Teams only go down when they lose - if you look at the number of losses of the teams around Auburn already, most have 2 to 3 more (indicating that Auburn is already getting dinged for not having the quality).
- There are only so many hours in the week that folks have to watch basketball and the easiest way to evaluate whether you think a team is good is to look at their wins and loss record, look what conference they are in then rank them. It’s a really inexact method but I gotta believe this is mostly how it is done.
Note: I am not saying that Auburn should be ranked higher, it just is easy to see why they are IMO.
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The AP poll is all about when you lose and how you’re playing at the time. It’s 100% meaningless. You can’t lose 5 of 6 conference games and expect to stick around or be in the conversation as a team that’s been spacing their losses out more consistently.
The AP or USA Today Polls mean absolutely nothing. I don’t think they are biased in any way, incompetent is probably a better word to use.
Earlier this year I think you were saying that KenPom was biased! Now you want to use it to say that the polls are biased! 
Just take solace in the fact that polls mean absolutely nothing in college basketball.
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Looking at the resume metrics like Torviks Wins Above Bubble, Auburn is 12, Michigan is 18, pretty close to the AP poll
Is it true that UNC is allowing athlete-scholars to participate in a fake basketball team, and justifying it by saying the team is also open to real scholar-athletes?
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