2023 Off-Season Basketball - Outside UVa

Before he committed to Louisville, I only knew Flowers from this lol

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I expect Tahaad to become some reality TV star. The dude is something else

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If I ruled basketball, staring someone down after a dunk like that would be a technical foul before hanging on the rim would.

And get off my lawn.

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Wow… those guys both got up there. Nothing to be ashamed of though, he was right there.

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I have always loved that slogan. It’s so weirdly bitter. Feels very on brand.

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Eh. Staring down pissed me off only when it was Tauntay Jones mean-mugging.

The too-small thing is much worse.

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Wait is this real lol?

Good rule of thumb with any picture I post is…no.

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever posted a real picture. But I’m still blaming Smith.

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My early NYC years I played for the Trenton Flames of the USBL. Dude we had so much fun down there and I shot like my name was Kon

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That time he dunked on Vanderlaan and started doing push-ups, I would have been totally ok with Nick stomping him in the back of the head.

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Miami at 37 on 3MW preseason rankings. If they are this low I assume we are not going to be included

https://twitter.com/3mw_cbb/status/1692170941189804512?s=46

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I still think we show up late 20s to mid 30s or so. They seem pretty down on Miami compared to other rankers, and tbh, I tend to agree. I think Wong really made the offense work, last year. Plus Miller was also super efficient. The defense was poor, and I don’t see anything that will make them better. They will still be very small in the post. The last time they broke the top 100 in D was 6 years ago.

I also think the 3MW guys basically think our backcourt was mediocre for 3 straight years, and Jim even straight up said last year he might’ve ranked us higher last year if Kihei hadn’t come back. Fwiw, their twitter preview last year:

https://twitter.com/3MW_CBB/status/1558821945248030720?s=20

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Jon Rothstein on X: “Only 80 days until the 2023-24 college basketball season officially begins…#countdown” / X (twitter.com)

Can’t get here soon enough!

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Spins calls this list of 5 “surprise one and dones” but given that Jamie Kaiser is on it, I would call it “shocking one and dones”
https://theboxandone.substack.com/p/5-potential-surprise-one-and-done?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=495778&post_id=131554553&isFreemail=false&utm_medium=email

Of the three I know anything about – Middleton, Kaiser, and Demary — I’d bet Middleton

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Love the similarities to 2017-2018. Lots of pundits looking at what we lost and missing some of the upside. Not saying we’ll be anywhere near that good but I do love the idea of sneaking up on people. May take this team time to gel too which could get even more outsiders “down” on UVA. Then we sneak up on everyone by ACC play

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I’d bet more that Kaiser will be a one-and-done from Maryland than he will be a one-and-done from college.

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I keep forgetting Kaiser exists (and was a recruiting target).

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https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1692648056636780715

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Crazy how allergic Kenny Payne is to having PG’s on his roster. First they lose Flowers, now Johnson might not play this year.

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https://twitter.com/trillydonovan/status/1692299591079608602?s=46&t=y0pD4dAiibd6gpo_tXLkaQ

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