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Bo hit a long jumper! Is that his first of the season? It's seemed most of his game is from the inside.

Not gonna touch those anymore... You just seem to be argumentative for the sake of it, and do not like to understand a point.

About the game, I'm stuck at work. How's the crowd looking? I know someone said it looked sparse at the beginning of the game.

 

 

 

 

Goes to show, IMO, they have serious issues containing good players. GSU has two such players. What happens when they play a team with 3 or more? I don't know enough about BB to know if that was due to scheme or youth. I imagine both.

I also see a lot of people saying the team is young. Isn't that more of an issue with football? Aren't some of the best teams like Kentucky full of young players?

 

You definitely confirmed that when you went on to compare our situation to UK.  UK continually gets recruiting classes full of blue chip prospects that are NBA bound after one season.  We aren't even in the same universe as them when it comes to recruiting and basketball in general.  Just to give you an idea and compare it to football they're like what would happened if you merged FSU and Bama into one program.  

 

 

 

I wasn't comparing programs. What I meant was that unlike football, there are young skilled basketball players that can play at the top level. You don't see a top 5 football teams full of true freshmen starters. You do see basketball teams in that position with true freshmen starters. So what I was saying is, this talk about the team being young seems misleading. More like this team needs development.

 

No, it's really not misleading. There are very, very few true freshman who can contribute at a significant level when they come to college hoops. You are talking about elite players. In the past, these athletes would have jumped straight to the NBA level. Now, the NBA requires the athlete to be at least 19 years old, AND they must be out of high school for at least one year.

 

No doubt this team needs development, but you state it like it's a trivial thing for a young athlete to be a starter in the division 1 level.

 

 

 

There are enough that more than one top program gets them every year for years. I don't see that in college football. I don't see top college teams each year filled with true freshmen starters who leave after the junior year and are replaced with true freshmen starters.

 

Your original point is that isn't Kentucky a team full of young players, so why can't we be good with young players. There are literally TWO teams in NCAA basketball that consistently do well with young players. Those two programs are Kansas and Kentucky. They are exceptions, not the rule. Generally, it takes time for a team to act as a unit and gel well together (and obviously having the best talent doesn't hurt). 

Look at last year's NCAA tournament teams, there are only four teams that have an average age that is less than 19: Colorado - 18.9, Kansas - 18.9, Texas - 18.9, and Kentucky - 18.6. 

I think your point is that it can be done. If that's the case, then yes, it can be done... But it's extremely rare, and is only done consistently by two elite programs. Do you really expect this out of USF? Personally, I don't.

 

 

Goes to show, IMO, they have serious issues containing good players. GSU has two such players. What happens when they play a team with 3 or more? I don't know enough about BB to know if that was due to scheme or youth. I imagine both.

I also see a lot of people saying the team is young. Isn't that more of an issue with football? Aren't some of the best teams like Kentucky full of young players?

 

You definitely confirmed that when you went on to compare our situation to UK.  UK continually gets recruiting classes full of blue chip prospects that are NBA bound after one season.  We aren't even in the same universe as them when it comes to recruiting and basketball in general.  Just to give you an idea and compare it to football they're like what would happened if you merged FSU and Bama into one program.  

 

 

 

I wasn't comparing programs. What I meant was that unlike football, there are young skilled basketball players that can play at the top level. You don't see a top 5 football teams full of true freshmen starters. You do see basketball teams in that position with true freshmen starters. So what I was saying is, this talk about the team being young seems misleading. More like this team needs development.

 

No, it's really not misleading. There are very, very few true freshman who can contribute at a significant level when they come to college hoops. You are talking about elite players. In the past, these athletes would have jumped straight to the NBA level. Now, the NBA requires the athlete to be at least 19 years old, AND they must be out of high school for at least one year.

No doubt this team needs development, but you state it like it's a trivial thing for a young athlete to be a starter in the division 1 level.

Really disappointing game.

Alan and AC sucked ass tonight

True.

This team stinks.

This team is young. You were the one with unrealistic expectations (really, 20 games?)

That's unacceptable.

 

 

USF is due for a decade of nothing but national championships with all the **** we been through.

You are acting like USF Basketball is coming off a great year or something. Get off your high horse bud.

 

 

 

USF is due for a decade of nothing but national championships with all the **** we been through.

You are acting like USF Basketball is coming off a great year or something. Get off your high horse bud.

 

 

he's referring to a lifetime of despair

 

Ahh okay. I suppose I will get there. I'm still young and full of hope (mostly).

WTF?!?!?!?

 

If you're going to foul, foul it EARLY, as soon as a bad shooter touches it. They just ran 10 seconds for NOTHING!

Wait... it was a timeout. Or am I missing something?

USF is due for a decade of nothing but national championships with all the **** we been through.

You are acting like USF Basketball is coming off a great year or something. Get off your high horse bud.

Holston don't complain and stay in the **** play!!!

Wow... what a huge swing of pts. So frustrating..

He BARELY hung onto the hoop....... If that's what they're teching him for

AC allowed peer pressure (the crowd...) to make him shoot that.. you can tell he didn't want to

Man.. CAJ coughed it up :/

Sucks, cuz AC has really been slowing the offense down.

There we go boys, show some life!

Holston has been... not good.

This is just ugly.. Wow.. seems like they're still sleeping from the long break

Omfg... Jaleel just pushes the guy with his forearms instead of turning around and BOXING him out..

How did our QB coach not get fired?!?! what...

On the contrary, we actually didn't play too badly. We shot the ball well (both in three points and Field goal percentage). What killed us was free throws (our free throw percentage was lower than both FG% and Three Point %!!), turnovers, and early foul trouble.

Guerrero has probably been our best defender inside, are you joking? And he looks decent on offense. I see a lot of potential in him, and I would much rather see him out on the court than Cousins. Cousins has been pretty **** sorry. He is slow, cannot shoot layups with his right hand, has been dropping a lot of balls and creating a lot of turnovers (not the good kind) for our offense.

I remember a play last game against Jacksonville where Guerrero effectively guarded 2-3 guys with his positioning. 

Bama fans family tree is a straight line

lmfao!

Would indeed like to see them again next year...