Ostensibly Hoops

[DooKSucks]

Coach Smith made a statement along the lines of "I love my son, but I don't know if I love him that much." when asked what he (Coach Smith) thought about Driessell drawing up a play for Lefty's son (Chuck), a seldom used reserve, to take the final shot against a Jordan and Perkins led Carolina squad.

Driessell despised Smith because Coach Smith constantly had the upper hand on Coach Smith, but as in many things, the two made peace in old age. Driessell had a very touching story he shared when Coach Smith passed:

Once, during a coaches meeting, Dean Smith made Lefty Driesell so angry the old Maryland coach wrote Smith a letter telling him he'd never shake his hand again.

True to his word, the next time Maryland and North Carolina played, Driesell turned away the man he liked to call "a hook-nosed, little sucker."

Yet years later, when Driesell's son, Chuck, came to him for advice about coaching, Driesell had just one tip.

"I told him, 'Don't model yourself after me; model yourself after Dean,'" Driesell recalled Sunday while driving home from Duke's game against Notre Dame. "Dean always said the right thing, did the right thing. He was a true gentleman."

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... played-him

[innocentbystander]

And Purdue goes down to a team coached by a temp.

[The Anti k*]

Coach Smith made a statement along the lines of "I love my son, but I don't know if I love him that much." when asked what he (Coach Smith) thought about Driessell drawing up a play for Lefty's son (Chuck), a seldom used reserve, to take the final shot against a Jordan and Perkins led Carolina squad.

Driessell despised Smith because Coach Smith constantly had the upper hand on Coach Smith, but as in many things, the two made peace in old age. Driessell had a very touching story he shared when Coach Smith passed:

Once, during a coaches meeting, Dean Smith made Lefty Driesell so angry the old Maryland coach wrote Smith a letter telling him he'd never shake his hand again.

True to his word, the next time Maryland and North Carolina played, Driesell turned away the man he liked to call "a hook-nosed, little sucker."

Yet years later, when Driesell's son, Chuck, came to him for advice about coaching, Driesell had just one tip.

"I told him, 'Don't model yourself after me; model yourself after Dean,'" Driesell recalled Sunday while driving home from Duke's game against Notre Dame. "Dean always said the right thing, did the right thing. He was a true gentleman."

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-baske ... played-him

DS — Here’s video of Jordan pinning Chuck Driesell.

[eCat]

more announcing like this pls

[innocentbystander]

Houston looked marvelous last night. Granted, game was at home. Still, it was Iowa State.

[Tree]

She's black so she won't be fired.














(says any self respecting Republican)

[DooKSucks]

Houston looked marvelous last night. Granted, game was at home. Still, it was Iowa State.

Kelvin Sampson is still the coach.

[The Anti k*]

Is this BYU-Baylor game the audition for Cal’s replacement at Kentucky?

[innocentbystander]

Houston looked marvelous last night. Granted, game was at home. Still, it was Iowa State.

Kelvin Sampson is still the coach.

that's correct

Oh and UConn, WTF guys!

Huge wins for BYU and Utah State tonight. Monster wins.

[DooKSucks]

Is this BYU-Baylor game the audition for Cal’s replacement at Kentucky?

I know ego's and competitive desire make elite people take risks, but Drew may be at the age where he says "I'm a hero at Baylor for life absent a dead hooker or live boy I can't get rid of with Baylor booster money before I'm caught" and say that the UK pressure cooker isn't worth it. He has a sweet gig, but then again, who knows?

Mark Pope is Mormon, from the West Coast, married to a Utah native and in Mormon paradise, but he could be the one who would say yes given his given the ties. Still, I bet it would be hard to pry him away because of the Mormon thing.

[hedge]

Just like it's hard to pry IB's lips away from cock down at the local bus stop because of the pervy gay thing...

[eCat]

Is this BYU-Baylor game the audition for Cal’s replacement at Kentucky?

I know ego's and competitive desire make elite people take risks, but Drew may be at the age where he says "I'm a hero at Baylor for life absent a dead hooker or live boy I can't get rid of with Baylor booster money before I'm caught" and say that the UK pressure cooker isn't worth it. He has a sweet gig, but then again, who knows?

Mark Pope is Mormon, from the West Coast, married to a Utah native and in Mormon paradise, but he could be the one who would say yes given his given the ties. Still, I bet it would be hard to pry him away because of the Mormon thing.

Drew is #1 on our AD's list

Pope would not get any consideration, he just hasn't had the success to be considered, plus the Mormon thing you are right about. He's very serious about it.

I don't like any of the coaches out there but Drew is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

plus its not enough to be a coach anymore, its like being in the house of representatives. Day 2 on the job you have to start fund raising - in this case its not for re-election , its for NIL.

You're heading up a blue blood program in a cash poor state with little industry outside of bourbon. Cal leaves and he's taking the NBA pipeline with him (and good riddance at this point).

I don't know who the coach is but some coach is going to come in and use the transfer portal like Cal did with one and done, except he is going to do it with players other teams currently have.

You are good at Illinois right now, you will be better at UK next year, Go into the transfer portal.

tampering, poaching, whatever you want to call it, its going to happen and someone will be brash enough about it to have a $7m NIL nestegg set aside each year for the best players and let them know its a blank check waiting to have their name signed to it. Will it be Kentucky? depends on who the AD hires.

Barnhart is conservative. He did not want Calipari, hates Calipari now, prioritizes football over basketball and is a throw back to the 1950's mentality where NIL, alcohol sales and celebrity status are all ideas that don't belong in college athletics.

So he'd probably go with whatever coach shares those values but at the same time, will be someone who he will not give any leash to.

UK's next coach will probably fail miserably after Calipari

[innocentbystander]

here you go eCat. 20 seconds left. You have the ball. You are down by a point on the road.

it all comes to this.

[innocentbystander]

holy fuck

[aTm]

I think Drew will be the next coach at UK, assuming thats who they want to offer the job to (ie he would take the job). Last year Texas Tech hired Grant McCasland from North Texas. McCasland was rumored to have taken the job, but then it was reported that it wasn’t a done deal and that McCasland would not agree until Texas filled its job and he eventually accepted once Texas announced that Rodney Terry was given the job permanently. Texas would not be interested in McCasland, but I think what was really going on is as follows.

Grant McCasland played at Baylor in the late 90s, and also was an assistant there under Drew. He wants the Baylor job. He was expecting a potential cascade leading to Baylor being open if Texas had hired John Calipari.

[innocentbystander]

I wonder....



I wonder if Sydney Sweeney knows (or even cares) that every member of the Gonzaga basketball team has pictures of her full frontal nude, taped in their lockers?

[Jungle Rat]

ESPN #1 Play Of The Day

[Jungle Rat]

Jizzle James. Remember the name.

[aTm]

Talking about basketball right now is exasperating. You'd think A&M was currently the worst team in the history of college basketball based on our boards.

[Jungle Rat]

Bearcats twitter is a mess. They've lost 7 Big12 games by 5 or less. I think they're on schedule for next year but I ain't getting in the middle of it.