Has this thread been started yet?

This is interesting: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/john-calipari-hints-that-platooning-hurt-kentucky-s-recruiting-163937974.html

Quote :

"If you ask me if I’m ever going to platoon again, my answer is NO. Last season was an absolute outlier. It’s just not the way I like to coach. I would rather play seven or eight guys because I believe that gives us the best chance to win. I think we wrote the book on platooning this year, but I hope we stick it on the shelf and never have to use it again."

[Edited on May 5, 2015 at 3:54 PM. Reason : oh, and WCS officially changed his name to "Willie Trill Cauley-Stein"]

5/5/2015 3:49:48 PM

he's just saying whatever his current recruiting class wants to hear. He doesn't want to give the guys he's recruiting now the impression that they will be over-recruited

he's a slime-ball

5/5/2015 3:52:11 PM

So Swanigan decommited from Sparty and rumor is Cal.

We go from Cal(ipari) cleaning up on top ten players to Cal(ifornia).

They could be top ten next year..

[Edited on May 8, 2015 at 8:03 AM. Reason : Auto]

5/8/2015 8:03:09 AM

I think he chose Purdue...wtf.

5/8/2015 12:38:52 PM

Sulaimon to Maryland

5/11/2015 2:48:08 PM

^^ Swanigan still hasn't announced I guess? Or I haven't seen it.

UConn is going to be a weird team. Two grad transfers who were the best at their positions in their conferences (Gibbs and Shonn Miller -- 18 and 8 PF at Cornell) and three ex 5-star recruits. Horrendous way to build a multi-year competitive team but should be very good for next year at least.

5/16/2015 5:31:44 PM

I hope all of the new timeout rule proposals get approved. Been waiting for that for a long time.

[Edited on May 16, 2015 at 9:56 PM. Reason : https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/599268129269817344]

5/16/2015 9:54:28 PM

I get the impression that all of the rules will be approved and this is more of a formality, but I'm not an expert on how the committee handles stuff like this.

5/16/2015 10:05:22 PM

Quote :

"HomeScoresBracketRankingsStandingsStatsHistoryFinal FourNIT Matthew Hicks | NCAA PhotosIn addition to shortening the shot clock, the restricted-area arc was extended from 3 feet to 4 feet. NCAA changes shot clock to 30 seconds, makes other changes to game NCAA.com Last Updated - Jun 8, 2015 17:16 EDT Contact |Archive |RSS The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Monday approved a package of proposals and areas of focus for officials in men’s basketball to improve the pace of play, better balance offense with defense and reduce the physicality in the sport. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee made similar recommendations before the 2013-14 season, and it felt the changes improved the game. But after gaining some positive traction, the balance between offense and defense again tilted toward the defense last season. Scoring in Division I men’s basketball dipped to 67.6 points a game last season, which neared historic lows for the sport. The key areas officials will focus on in the upcoming season are: • Perimeter defense, particularly on the dribbler and strictly enforcing directives established before the 2013-14 season. • Physicality in post play. • Screening, particularly moving screens and requiring the screener to be stationary. • Block/charge plays. • Allowing greater freedom of movement for players without the ball. Pace of play With an eye on reducing inaction, the panel approved several proposals to improve the pace of play. The most significant is reducing the shot clock to 30 seconds. The shot clock was last reduced for the 1993-94 season when it went from 45 seconds to 35. Teams will also have one fewer team timeout (only three can carry over instead of four) in the second half. Officials will focus more on resuming play quickly after a timeout and will issue a delay-of-game warning when a team does not comply and a one-shot technical foul on subsequent violations. The rest of the package designed to improve the pace of play includes: • Adjusting the media timeout procedures to allow a timeout called within 30 seconds of a break (at the 16:30 mark) or at any time after the scheduled media timeout becomes the media timeout. • Removing the ability for a coach to call timeout when the ball is live. • Allowing a total of only 10 seconds to advance the ball to the front court (with a few exceptions). • Reducing the amount of time allotted to replace a disqualified player from 20 to 15 seconds. Restricted-area arc The panel also approved the expansion of the restricted-area arc from 3 feet to 4 feet. This arc would be effective in 2015-16 for Division I and 2016-17 for Divisions II and III. Moving the arc a foot farther from the basket is part of a continued focus on reducing the number of collisions at the basket. Games in the 2015 Postseason NIT were played with the 4-foot arc on an experimental basis. When compared to the 2013 NIT, which had the same block/charge standards as the 2015 event (aside from the 4-foot arc), the number of block/charge plays decreased from 2.77 per game to 1.96 per game. Faking fouls During the use of a video review to see if a possible flagrant foul occurred, the panel approved a rule that would allow officials to penalize players who fake fouls. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee felt that players trying to draw fouls by deception is a growing issue. Other changes Other proposals approved by the panel include: • Allowing officials to use the monitor to review a potential shot clock violation on made field goals throughout the entire game. • Making Class B technical fouls (hanging on the rim and delaying the resumption of play, for example) one-shot technical fouls. Previously, two shots were granted for these types of technical fouls. • Eliminating the five-second closely guarded rule while dribbling the ball. • Removing the prohibition on dunking in pregame warmups and at halftime. "

Thank goodness.

For sure we're going to get called for a delay of game tech this season though.

6/8/2015 11:01:03 PM

don't forget "giving him the business"

6/9/2015 8:47:54 AM

We going to talk about Rick Barnes?

YOU PEOPLE would have given that fraud a lifetime contract...

6/11/2015 10:46:30 AM

Quote :

"CBS Sports: There's been a number of changes surrounding college basketball in an effort to ignite the pace of the game. How do you think these potential new rules will affect things moving forward? Brown: ... All the 30-second clock does is help the team with the best players. You're not going to see as many upsets because you're going to have more possessions so the more possessions you have with a better team that has better players -- that team is going to win most of the time..."

Yes Larry, that's what we want, not a bad team being able to muck up the game and get a win because they can just stall.

From an interview with Larry Brown on CBS Sports. http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25273239/qa-smu-coach-larry-brown-on-ncaa-lack-of-respect-for-aac

8/19/2015 11:39:04 AM

don't fix what isn't broken

8/19/2015 11:41:19 AM

Quote :

"he panel approved a rule that would allow officials to penalize players who fake fouls. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee felt that players trying to draw fouls by deception is a growing issue"

Any chance that we actually see this used against Duke and/or UNC?

8/19/2015 10:23:47 PM

Only when they play each other

8/19/2015 10:59:56 PM

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25336439/cbs-sports-top-100-and-one-college-basketball-players-for-2015-16

Cat at #67

4 from Duke
4 from UNC
3 Notre Dame
2 UVA and FSU

10/12/2015 6:19:51 PM

CBS Sports posted their preseason top 25, with UNC at #1

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25336675/north-carolina-tar-heels-are-no-1-in-preseason-top-25-and-one

10/13/2015 12:29:44 PM

State at #32 http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25331040/cbs-sports-2015-16-ranking-of-every-college-basketball-team-from-1-351

10/13/2015 12:41:33 PM

As much as I hate to admit it UNC has a good chance of winning it all this season as they have a lot of experienced players and depth. I also suspect that Jackson is going to have a break out season this year, Pinson was poised for a break out but I think he's still recuperating from an injury.

10/13/2015 1:56:19 PM

They won't even win the ACC.

Roy can't coach and they don't have that elite talent anymore that he so badly needs to make them great.

10/13/2015 2:19:46 PM

^ I hope you're right, but they have a lot of experience. Paige, Johnson, Meeks, and Hicks are all solid players and are upperclassmen.

10/13/2015 3:05:24 PM

I definitely don't think they're the #1 team in the nation...but they should still be pretty good.

10/13/2015 3:47:17 PM

preseason #1 from CBS Sports, they should hang a banner, it holds more prestige than 4 of the 6 they have up there

10/13/2015 3:50:17 PM

Roy may be the best ever when it comes to getting guys to stick around. Paige would be gone from almost any other program but now its starting to seem like he's been there 5 years.

[Edited on October 13, 2015 at 5:09 PM. Reason : unc is too loaded which may be a problem]

10/13/2015 5:08:54 PM

Paige would have gone first round had he declared in 2014, however he had a down year this past year, and i doubt he'll recover. I think people are putting too much stock in carolina to perform. They are definitely a top 10 team, but certainly not #1. I'd put money on duke (who seemed low at #7) having a better ACC record.

10/13/2015 7:40:56 PM

Greg Popovich to succeed Coach K as head coach of USA Men's Baksetball after the 2016 Olympics.

Think this could be foreshadowing retirement from Duke in the next couple of years?

10/23/2015 12:48:13 PM

Marcus Paige out 3-4 weeks with a broken hand

11/4/2015 4:57:06 PM

It's fine they can probably just give him a doctors note saying it's fine and he will be good to play right?

11/4/2015 5:07:09 PM

He won't get any writing done though, for schoolwork? Unless he is amphibious

11/4/2015 5:46:50 PM

they said non-shooting hand...which i assume is is also non-writing hand

also nobody writes in school anymore.

[Edited on November 4, 2015 at 5:53 PM. Reason : sorry i ruined ur joke ]

11/4/2015 5:53:32 PM

Great. Now he's going to drop 30 on state.

11/4/2015 8:09:20 PM

and it will be all Gott's fault

11/4/2015 9:05:18 PM

is the michigan game in raleigh?

11/4/2015 9:24:33 PM

Why, is that when you'll ask for him to be fired?

No, do not respond please don't, rhetorical q.

11/4/2015 10:35:55 PM

Hes not on the hotseat. Hes gott job security. Now If we derp the mext 2 seasons then the 17-18 season would be a serious hotseat year.

11/4/2015 10:57:52 PM

if you guys thought unc/duke officiating was bad before, just wait until you see the refs have any more power over the game with these new bs rules

11/12/2015 6:24:33 PM

Quote :

"Wes Rucker@wesrucker247 Congressman Rick Barnes improves to 1-0 as the #Vols basketball coach. #Undefeated"

11/13/2015 9:16:03 PM

LOL way to go Hurley

already making Sun Devils fans miss Herb

11/13/2015 9:42:28 PM

UVA overrated again

11/16/2015 10:36:37 PM

When were they overrated before?

11/16/2015 10:54:04 PM

Georgia Tech beat the Vols. ACC! ACC! ACC!

11/16/2015 10:56:13 PM

WTH are y'all talking about?

11/16/2015 10:56:34 PM

Canada's college team in trouble at home against St Bonnies

11/17/2015 7:26:13 PM

i wish i could find an insider at one of the networks to ask them why they only show starting lineups for "big" games.

11/17/2015 7:37:54 PM

And the national anthem. This is ESPNs super bowl..

11/17/2015 7:48:12 PM

UVA lost to GW last night. That screwed me up when I first saw that.

11/17/2015 7:54:40 PM

I can't believe Jay Bilas doesn't remember Steph Curry

11/17/2015 8:17:57 PM

UK-Duke has been pretty pedestrian aside from Plumlee.

Also, guess we shouldn't hand Grayson Allen then NPOY award yet..

11/17/2015 8:18:40 PM

neither of these teams impress me... and its not because of each other negating anything.

but by the time duke gets to us they'll be a well oiled machine no doubt

11/17/2015 8:57:25 PM

I think Grayson Allen is going to cry during this game

11/17/2015 9:09:54 PM