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The overall record looks nice but the team isn't as good as their record indicates.  The OOC schedule inflated their record and they lost half of the conference weekend series.  It has been a good season but I certainly would't expect too much in the post season from them.

4 minutes ago, JoeB said:

I don't Levi is a great defensive catcher.  I've watched him the last few years and I thought he was average at best.  Hitting wise, he's definitely a step up from Dietrich and Leal.  I was told a few weeks ago that Levi will be back for a 6th year.  It was approved by the powers that be.

That would certainly be a nice boost next season if he is close to his old self.  Especially without Merrell and Luke.

1 minute ago, Bourbon Bull said:

I saw that differently.  He got the ball as the runner reached third and threw the ball 10' up the line.  The wind was probably a factor but a good throw and the guy is out.

I thought it was a decent throw that was very poorly played by the catcher.  Speaking of catcher...we have first team all conference guy on the roster that hasn't played in two years and we are running out guys that aren't even D1 caliber.   What is the deal with Levi at this point?  Must be a horrible illness. 

Typical USF...coming up small.  

1 minute ago, JoeB said:

Why?  Shane is hurt

Resting is not injured...If he said Shane is injured and cannot pitch then that is fine but saying he needs rest is not acceptable in the most important series of the season.  Have him go out there and throw 5 innings then go to the pen.

Kingston looking like a fool right now...

11 minutes ago, JoeB said:

McClanahan resting arm, he'll pitch game one of tourney

Unless he is injured he should be pitching.  This game is way more important than any conference tourney game this season.

Why is Valdes pitching?

I have a new appreciation for McCullum since OA was here.   He could coach circles around Antigua.

The problem is we don't play on the road enough, especially out of state.  This will knock them down a peg and hopefully help in the long run.

This staff is 1000 times better than the ******* staff that Antigua hired when he got here. 

16 minutes ago, raptorcj said:

Like that he had some HC experience, but other than that I can't say I'm all that excited about this one. Since the other 2 asst's seem strong, I'll trust CBG's judgment on the choice.

Herrion is the best of the 3 assistants by a wide margin IMO.  He was Jamie Dixon's Associate HC at Pitt when they were one of the best teams in the country and recruited 3 top 10 classes at UVA.

Durham has blew out his knee a few times already, might be cause for concern.

1 minute ago, Triple B said:

The op made that pretty clear. 

As in went to school and played there.

You guys do realize that Grant went to Dayton...

1 hour ago, Who'sYourData? said:

Maybe.  Basketball is different than football.  In football there are certain positions like OLine that you need a guy to physically mature before he can be useful.  In basketball, especially today's game, a lot of freshmen have immediate impacts.  

Put another way, it's rare to redshirt a frosh basketball player unless he is injured.

You are right but we will be lucky to get any impact frosh for this upcoming season.  It is very, very late to be getting into HS recruiting for our new coaches.  Transfers and JUCO's might be the only fall backs that we have right now.

There will be plenty of minutes to offer grad transfers and jucos, that's for sure.

Every time he plays in a game where the players announce their name and school he says South Florida...He is a Bull.  I can't believe some people don't think of him that way.

Our RPI is 21...we have only played one game against a team with an RPI over 150...the schedule hasn't been that bad.  We are gonna make it much easier on ourselves to make a regional with such a good ooc record.  

Our RPI is down to 21 after the wins today.  

2 hours ago, DiggetTime said:

Temple and UConn have excellent classes coming in.

Look at this class: https://connecticut.rivals.com/commitments/basketball/2017

With Cincinnati and SMU winning around 30 games this year, when you figure in a full scholarship roster at UConn, Memphis, Temple, UCF... and when you understand that Haith had a team full of Freshmen this year at Tulsa, and both Houston and UCF made the NIT this year with very thin rosters, this conference is going to be stacked in short order.

It's foolish to think that UConn (after winning two National Championships in the last 6 years) is going to stay down. Not when they're still signing Top 50 dudes.

Mid majors don't have that pedigree. This is a major conference, and to treat it otherwise would be to the peril of the Bulls. (that's with or without Wichita). Anyone who has watched the Mustangs and the Bearcats will tell you. That kind of talent doesn't play in the A10.

Most people who follow the AAC understand that the conference had less than half a handful of teams playing with a full allotment of used scholarships. All of those teams you criticized had no depth.

The Bulls wont have the luxury of playing the 2017 versions of the rest of the conference.

The AAC has a handful of good programs but the conference as a whole is not a major conference.  This was the first year that the AAC has finished ahead of the A10 in conference RPI and it wasnt by much.  The AAC has been the 7th or 8th rated basketball conference since it started and has been well back of the power 6 conferences. 

Jim Calhoun and John Calipari are not coming back.  Temple has only been really good playing in the A10.  The AAC is a slightly better league than the A10 and I don't see it getting any better.  It's a 2-3 bid league, maybe 4 in a really good year.

What people forget is that we are not in a major conference anymore.  It is comparable to the A-10 where BG had a lot of success.  The AAC is a high Mid-Major conference and all we need is good high Mid-Major coach.

Gregory will be better than Antigua, that's about I can say at this point.  I'm sure it is difficult to find anyone that wants to take on this rebuild.  Needed to pull the trigger so the coach can actually find enough players to field a team next season.