NCAA Hoops 2018-2019

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— Mark Strotman (@markstrot) November 15, 2018

If coach k can just get this scrappy bunch to buy in

sure, they possess the raw ability -- they can jump over the backboard and make every shot. but are they willing to be molded, by careful application of polish discipline, into champions?

i still wonder about zion size wise for the NBA but his athleticism and playmaking skill are reminiscent of ben simmons, but he's far more polished of a player

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, November 7, 2018 11:54 AM (one week ago)

yeah simmons is his best modern comp but style wise and even moreso attitude wise he's got a lot of barkley in him. insane

he's now 32-for-39 from the field in three games ffs

I just did the math and turns out that's really good

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— Mark Strotman (@markstrot) November 15, 2018

wtf is this reaaaaal

i still wonder about zion size wise for the NBA but his athleticism and playmaking skill are reminiscent of ben simmons, but he's far more polished of a player

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, November 7, 2018 11:54 AM (one week ago)

yeah simmons is his best modern comp but style wise and even moreso attitude wise he's got a lot of barkley in him. insane

― k3vin k., Wednesday, November 14, 2018 9:30 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

simmons cant get to the rim zion is a fn genius at it

his touch around the basket creativity etc is mega elite

I mean simmons could get to the rack in college

simmons was being compared to lebron man he had the creativity stuff going too

pll are still doing that its called not watching the plays or something

hes also not tall and simmons is very tall

zion only 5-for-11 today

learn some shot selection already

Got lots of rest for tomorrow.

lol this whole thread so far and not a mention yet of Duke's best player, R.J. Barrett

granted, Zion is much better than i realized. it's insane that if he were in the NBA today, he'd be the second heaviest-listed player (behind Boban) at 6'7".

(my two posts at top of thread didn't age well.)

RJ really shit the bed on the last three Duke possessions last night.

will be cool if the top three players in the draft are all from duke, cool as in a scifi futuristic dystopia

It will definitely be cool if they squander the talent in March

true ^

also true, re: RJ shitting the bed ^^^

idk, i could be wrong, maybe Zion's better. but RJ looks smoothly unstoppable most of the time. (except not at the end of the Gonzaga game.)

small sample size, but 41% shooting on 21 shots a game on an insanely stacked team is not great. idk, i haven't watched enough to have a real opinion on his game.

https://www.theringer.com/college-basketball/2018/11/29/18116769/rj-barrett-duke-zion-williamson

All of this.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/zion-williamson-is-the-best-college-basketball-player-in-at-least-a-decade

Better than AD? We will see.

https://twitter.com/KentSterling/status/1074077806273929216/photo/1

i grew up in the heart of acc country and have a deep seeded hatred for both unc and duke but coby white is so much more fun than zion or any other freshman i've seen this year. i'm glad this freshman class is so stack so that he can just do his thing without receiving the tray young treatment from espn

lol college basketball is regressive

Zion fouls out late in the 2nd half on this drive to the basket. pic.twitter.com/iVNIXoptIm

— ESPN (@espn) December 21, 2018

always a good call to make coach k's face do that

good night to the steve alford era

fire geno auriemma

weird to hear fox using "roundball rock" for college games

post modernism man

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-northwestern-silences-shrieking-fan-20190110-story.html

People hate that we talk about Zion Williamson so much & I don’t get it. His PER is 43.1. Let me say that again. It’s 43.1. 👀. The avg PER is 15. Zion’s PER is the highest in recorded history of college basketball. #Facts @GetUpESPN

— Jay Williams (@RealJayWilliams) January 10, 2019

dece lol

Fan near me at this Knicks game just tried to start the following chant:

"Z-I-O-N!
Let's hope we never win again!
Zion, Zion!
Let's get Zion!"

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 13, 2019

haha

dude got poked in the eye pretty bad yesterday

lol, burn the ncaa to the ground

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25902687/ncaa-rules-silvio-de-sousa-kansas-jayhawks-ineligible-2019-20-season

(he's ineligible for two full seasons b/c someone else got paid $2,500)

There's a term in basketball called a "grown man rebound," but this is so far beyond a grown man rebound I dont even know what to call it. MERCY ZION pic.twitter.com/32jZEgp3Ni

— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) February 2, 2019

good lord

#23 nc state just lost, at home, 47-24

they shot 9-54 (16.7%) overall, 2-28 (7.1%) from three

va tech shot 16-45 (35.6%) and won by 23

gimme all the zion highlights

Wow. 6’8 280 pounds with an inside-out crossover and finish in traffic.

Zion shows you something new every game pic.twitter.com/tKrNBkjkPC

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) February 2, 2019

an athlete like weve never seen before and a naturally baller my god

Zion build reminds me of Larry Johnson.

larry johnson body w gerald greene hops

want to see clips of people trying to take charges from zion

if anyone dared

I dislike that he goes to duke. that's about all I can say against him

feel like w duke becoming just another one and done mill theyve lost their insufferable ~basketball the right way~ hatefulness

Zion Williamson’s mom just now on ESPN: “When he comes home, we watch the cartoon called Naruto. I don’t really know what that is, but we watch it”

— Connor Wroe Southard (@ConnorSouthard) February 2, 2019

This could be the most athletic thing I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/DjaSyNGykl

— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) February 10, 2019

what...

welp

Oh so this is how you defend against drive n kick offense. Baylor closeouts are ridic.

boring outcome, the mitchell dude on baylor looks legit tho

man baylor plays hard

baylor came out loose and confident. gonzaga came out flat and were a bit tight and tentative all game. zags catch and shoot players caught, started their motion, saw pressure coming, brought the ball back down, and looked to pass, over and over. drives got smothered. baylor allowed the zags no rhythm at all. great defensive game by baylor.

also baylor made all their threes

they are a weird mix of things old grumpy sports columnists love with 3 point ball which they hate