NCAA HOOP

karabanh mi

checking back, the sandwich is essentially a slightly fancy chicken bacon ranch, it sounds good

And the karaban is painted red and white
That means everybody's staying overnight

he probably wears his uniform and sings that at parties

Dan Hurley's wood bead bracelet lets us know he's not all business

i love the hurley cam hes funny

good game, alabama is totally respectable but it seems like uconn eventually just wears other teams out

congratulation to uconn the champ game will be a true battle of the big men

the men will be big and the effort will be big

lets go

i do not think the refs should be reviewing a play with 18 seconds left who cares

lol at hurley in the handshake line.. slapped hands w estrada & then said to whoever was next to him “this motherfucker..” complementing him

bama did play well, uconn can just execute their offense so effectively its fun to watch

folks...caitlyn clark is hooping

shes a hooper, bigtime

this is a tight game

yikes clark got her pocket picked then didnt get a shot off not good

that steal was out of middle school ball ouch

yeah it was bad feel like the offensive load mightve gotten to clark in the 2nd

Iowa came out hot as blazes, torched SC in the first quarter and built a 12 point lead, but since then it's been all SC pounding the boards and outscoring Iowa by about 16. I think that second quarter provides the better clue as to what the second half will look like. South Carolina's rebounding, bench depth and all around athleticism seems unbeatable unless Clark goes nuclear.

the whole nation is waiting for clark to drop the bomb

whatever else is going on Clark’s passing is a joy to watch

Well here we go

SC just too big, too deep

37-0 bench advantage my lord

aw coach is crying thats sweet

Clark’s passing is a joy to watch

hard agree.

and congrats to SC's women, who were perfect this season. as for Clark, she beat Maravich's record and is already a legend, so she has nothing to be down about.

Iowa made a run at it in the end there but I think they pressed too hard, had some dumb turnovers and Clark was just launching long range and badly contested shots. idk what they were supposed to do but you could tell they were mentally exhausted, kinda why you need a bench

great game

SC's depth really allowed them to overcome the inevitable foul trouble from playing tough D.

John Calipari to Arkansas! Crazy. They go to Lexington next season.

people like john calipari never actually 'fail' but in the grand scheme of college basketball . . . that's rough

calipari so outta here

guess its obvious tho i had not considered it since i dont really consider college ball but the ease of transferring these days makes it much easier to build good teams around upperclassmen

The NCAA tournament losses, one Big Dance win since 2019, refusing to embrace the transfer portal and continuing to build freshmen-focused rosters -- it all added up to a frustrated fan base.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39898367/what-means-kentucky-john-calipari-moving-arkansas-new-head-coach-whos-next

Frustrated fan-base member here. This is good for everyone involved ... Kentucky, which saves a $33 million buyout ... and even Cal, who lands at a top 10? 15? college basketball job at a school with national championship pedigree/aspirations and at least one booster (Cal's pal the Tyson chicken family) willing to pony up to get there. The past 5 years have been a failure at UK, but I don't think anyone could characterize his full run there as a failure.

One nitpick on lagoon's point: Yes, he has continued to recruit one and dones and he built this year's team around them ... but it's not like he has shunned the transfer portal. The team that lost to St. Peter's two years ago was the oldest team in the country and included transfers from Iowa, Georgia, Davidson, Rhode Island and Creighton ... and they flamed out, too.

It's very clear that roster construction has changed in college hoops and Cal didn't adjust enough. But there are other/bigger issues at play with regard to how they've ended their seasons since 2019.

US college sports 'boosters' are mostly very horrible people, and in their pursuit of winning teams they've dumped tons of money on some very horrible coaches with Bobby Knight being the poster child. It's hard to have any sympathy at all for the coaches who embrace the system and reap the biggest rewards.

i don't think arkansas is a top 10 or 15 cbb job

def a solid landing spot for him tho, he can still probably get a similar level of recruit

yeah he brings a top ten job with him, especially since hes got the chicken man in his pocket

right, i just wouldn't say arkansas is a top 15 job on its own, since the job only opened after eric musselman left to coach usc (the one in california)

Now there's trouble busin' in from outta state
And the AD can't get no relief

i wld rather go to usc but arkansas is nice too

Let's name jobs better than Arkansas, understanding this is of course subjective:

Kentucky
Carolina
Kansas
Duke
Arizona
UCONN
Michigan
Michigan State
Texas
UCLA
Southern Cal (I guess)
Villanova
Louisville and (especially) Indiana are like Marty McFly's siblings fading away in that photo at the end of Back To The Future

that's 14, but i'm not so sure a coach leaves Arkansas for Indiana.

we're talking history, of course, and resources, nearby recruits, etc. i don't have enough info on NIL programs to consider them.

Zags? Houston? Virginia? Maryland? Ohio State? we're getting into dicey territory.

In addition to the Tyson chicken family, Arkansas has a *ton* of money it can tap into, and it *cares* about being good at basketball.

Florida, maybe.
Syracuse? Not imo. But I suppose some people would think so.
Illinois if you can get Chicago kids.

I might've underrated Maryland and Ohio State.

Point is Arkansas is right near #15 ... maybe it's #14, maybe it's #17. I almost put "top 20" but got excited. :)

Arkansas is 52nd in most recent final four appearance. A good Jimbo retirement job for college basketball's Jimbo.

Cal is a great car salesman but pretty meh as a strategic in game coach.

Cal recruits big throws them out there and if their magnificence wins out good, but switch things up in game rare to never.

Dude made much of his rep as big fish small pond conferences.

da big game

clamps are down baby

^^

its true