2023 Off-Season Basketball - Outside UVa

KenPom was on a podcast last week (can’t remember the name) and I’m paraphrasing but he said he expected it would be accurate for the top 100, maybe up to 150.

The hosts asked if he would make tweaks in the future, and he pretty much dodged the question.

Edit: the podcast was Locked on College Basketball

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So funny… re: mid-major scheduling… how many teams call UVa to “inquire” with no real intention to signing a contract? If I were a mid-major, I’d have an intern call every team in the P6…

https://twitter.com/TheFieldOf68/status/1711810929212428329?s=20

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Izzo on transfers was pretty standard-issue grumpy coach-speak and then he talked himself into defending the value of being unhappy:

“You know what, what’s wrong with being unhappy? I’m unhappy most of my life. Unhappy drives you. Unhappy pushes you. Unhappy makes people realize, ‘You know what? I’m not good enough. I’ve got to get better.’”

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So Izzo hasn’t been good enough most of his life. Got it.

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True joy consists of finding something to be unhappy about and posting about it constantly (I say from personal experience). :joy:

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“Unhappiness and joy come in the morning.” - Tony Bennett, if he were a poster.

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Matt Ishbia is as close to a ‘disciple’ as you’ll see of a college coach and he unironically praises this worldview

Interesting anecdote about Rohde’s former teammate Parker Bjorklund, from Summit media day

  • St Thomas forward Parker Bjorklund is the BEST story in college hoops. “First two years of college, I was focusing on my business ventures. And I made enough to buy myself a house.” Bjorklund said. “Then I joined an intramural team for fun, and then I decided to reach out to try and join St. Thomas when they were D3. And now they’re D1, and I’m D1, and here we are.” Not only is Bjorklund playing D1 hoops, he’s one of five players on the Summit League first-team.

Apparently the business ventures were various social media parody accounts. :man_shrugging:

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Haney remember Bjork?

Consider these stories when we are putting so much trust into Road being The Guy

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music video GIF by Becky Chung

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Just saw some clips of Grant Nelson who was the highly regarded transfer to Bama from North Dakota. Dude looks legit in practice clips

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Yeah, he’s a good shooter, right? I think the questions are around defense

The only clips I saw were ridiculous dunks. Austin Nichols maybe?

Edit: his college stats dont scream great shooter

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You’re right. Shooting is what he needs to show. My b

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The clip I saw was Robert Horry esque when he played at Bama…

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https://twitter.com/MattNorlander/status/1712176754922606900

https://twitter.com/DanaONeilWriter/status/1712178131212071038

Criminal Minds Smile GIF

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The Kansas self-imposed penalties/penalties actually ended up being a blessing in disguise.

No consensus 5 stars in that 2022 starting 5 and a few sub 100 kids coached up.

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Gonna tell my grandkids that the FBI college hoops scandal was that Silvio de Sousa once lifted up a stool in anger and Condi Rice made Bill Self watch Peach Jam on a janky stream as the penalty.

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That picture is like a renaissance painting.

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Rakease Passmore committing to Kansas the same day is some god-tier level trolling.

https://twitter.com/247Sports/status/1712187324677726591

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