💀 2023-2024 UVA men's basketball post-mortem

[WFS_HOO]

@AnonymooseHoo

UVA basketball is more Kafka than Camus

feels increasingly like Cormac McCarthy

[73CAV]

@Kamikaze_Hoo

Of the (many) mid-range jumpers taken by this team, the pull-up jumpers by Groves were easily among the most efficient.

He was efficient, but only when uncontested, and rarely, if ever, off the dribble. And, a few too many of his mid-range attempts were contested. McKneely was easily the best in the mid-range, IMO.

[wahoo19]

We’ve turned this into the Yale basketball forum (aside from them being happy that they won a game)

[WFS_HOO]

@73CAV

On the upside, I will never again have to watch Jacob Groves put the ball on the floor and attack the basket.

[Kamikaze_Hoo]

“The Rains of New York” is a great short essay by Camus. If you’re curious, here’s a link:

The Rains of New York

[AdventiveQuasar]

They can never take this moment away from us

[BDragon]

That was my highlight of the season. The look on Groves face when he picked up his dribble. Grim determination

[Jerome]

If that doesn’t get blocked by one of the 3 Gt defenders in the area it’s getting blocked by the bottom of the rim lol.

I mean props for trying though

[BDragon]

Fact he was gonna bite it so bad if he doesn’t get propped up by the army of GT defenders.

[AdventiveQuasar]

All I see in that pic is a guy who’s got that dawg in him

[GulfCoastHoo]

Pitt bull or a big goofy Labradoodle?

[WFS_HOO]

Say what you will about ole grover, but I’m a fan. Was he the best basketball player ever? No. But he seems like a good dude, he filled a need even if not ideally, he seems like a good dude, he helped the team, he seems like a good dude, and now he’s gone. and that’s how i’ll always remember him until i don’t.

[HoosGotYourBack]

@WFS_HOO

@AnonymooseHoo

UVA basketball is more Kafka than Camus

feels increasingly like Cormac McCarthy

The off-season may be more “Sometimes a Great Notion”

[AdventiveQuasar]

I’m a fan of the Groovin Groves too (obviously). Given that the offseason discussion on the board had a heavy dose of “I hope we don’t play Groves much,” him shooting 46% on 3s and giving us some memes is a 95th percentile outcome (99th would have required him to land that poster dunk).

[zh00s]

@AdventiveQuasar

that poster dunk

which one?!

[pingsc]

@AdventiveQuasar

I’m a fan of the Groovin Groves too (obviously). Given that the offseason discussion on the board had a heavy dose of “I hope we don’t play Groves much,” him shooting 46% on 3s and giving us some memes is a 95th percentile outcome (99th would have required him to land that poster dunk).

Of the three transfers from this year, Groves is the only one who really met or exceeded expectations. Maybe that just means that he’s the only one that we had realistic expectations for? In either case, we definitely won a handful of games because of his shooting; it’s hard for me to be mad at that.

[salty]

It seemed like our rebounders were only using their fingernails; a lot of volleyball happening beneath the rims.

I think Groves must have had a lot of success going to the rim against our bigs in practice. That’s what encouraged him to do it in games. Different results.

[ElliottHoo]

I did not know Orangina was Algerian. Nice work!

[DFresh11]

No chance it is. True made that up

[Hooandtrue]

Jean-Claude Beton