Jeff Capel’s Pitt Panthers are down 27-9 to The Citadel. This is not good. Jeff can’t have another year like last year. He just can’t.
Jeff Capel’s Pitt Panthers are down 27-9 to The Citadel. This is not good. Jeff can’t have another year like last year. He just can’t.
I was just about to start this thread. The Kansas-MSU game is pretty good. It feels like KU is better but the Spartans have competed well and stayed close behind better play inside and solid defense.
In a game featuring a future Duke opponent, Ohio State only leads Akron by 3 at home about midway through the second half.
Presbyterian leading Clemson by 8 at half. Really pathetic.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
It doesn't look good for Capel to last the entire year. Program in chaos. No recruits coming in, player getting arrested, not winning, and fans turning against the coach.
The entire ACC struggling in their games
Absolutely unimpressed with Kansas. First game is first game, but not seeing 3rd in the polls.
UVA, Pitt, and Georgia Tech all lost to "lesser" teams.
At home.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
I actually wasn't wildly impressed with Kansas, and tend to agree that #3 might be an overestimate. Agbaji was really excellent last night. But they were playing against what I expect to be a highly mediocre MSU team, and aside from Agbaji they didn't look great. They don't have any post depth, as Lightfoot and Clemence don't seem to add a lot of quality.
HOWEVER, they were also missing Jalen Wilson, who would have been their starting PF. So that definitely accentuated their lack of quality after McCormack and Agbaji in the frontcourt.
They don't have much frontcourt depth, you're right. Lightfoot has never met expectations despite him being there for what seems like about 7 years (the new Perry Ellis?) but I could see Clemence developing as he seemed to have a decent feel for the game and he'll get stronger and more confident. But yeah it's not much.
Nevertheless, with ASU transfer guard Remy Martin, who is really quick and can really score (albeit inefficiently sometimes) in the backcourt, plus Agbaji and Wilson on the wings, and McCormack down low, that's pretty good. Not #3 in the nation good, but still once all these transfers learn to play together, I expect Kansas to be a top-10 quality squad.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
I guess the East Coast bias has lessened. There was a lot of groaning on these boards about the late start time of our game against Kentucky. Try these on for size:
Friday - 11:30PM EST
2- UCLA vs 4- Villanova
Saturday- 10:30PM EST
1 - Gonzaga v 5 - Texas
NIL opportunities being offered by Sleepys.com and MyPillow and Red Bull
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
This game went into overtime, which means that Villanova fans in Philadelphia stayed up until about 1:52am to see their team lose.