Boilerfla said:

Like Terps game, when he looks for his shot it opens space for TKR and others

He is the key going forward to make other’s opportunities, not just assists, but taking his shots helps others

Go B, Go Boilers

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Dryfly88 said:

WTF are you talking about??

1. I posted that on March 23 2023
2. CMP signed Lance Jones out of the portal on April 9th 2023

So you tell me, did he embrace the NIL/portal or not? Without Lance Jones we don't go to the FF period. No idea what your point was of bringing up a post that far back, but even then, you might have taken the 1 minute it took to look up the date of the post and when we signed Jones. So, our ceiling was raised by signing Jones, just like I had suggested.

Whether CMP can be effective long term not going into the portal will be seen as we go. My guess is this year was an unusual one where he didn't sign any transfers. I bet he follows the 2023 model more often than not. Sign a transfer or 2 and try to stay as old as possible.

Not that I should have to defend myself after all the years I've been on here, but for the record I've been a CMP supporter all along. He's not perfect, but I've never called for anyone else to be our coach.

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bonefish1 said:

The right verdict was delivered. Not guilty.
Lefty libs are upset.....again.

Verdict reached: Jury finds Daniel Penny not guilty in NYC subway chokehold case

A jury found Daniel Penny did not commit a crime when he administered a chokehold on Jordan Neely, who later died.

www.usatoday.com

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RDUBoiler said:

That's a relief. The initial reaction was a lot scarier.

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northside100 said:

Starters or overall roster?

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SaratogaBoiler1 said:

Please explain to me how we are 26th in the Net and 12th on Kenpom which I think uses the metrics more accurately. How’s that for a 14 year old?

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northside100 said:

I completely agree that we miss his toughness and leadership. Other guys are gonna have to step up and it’s clear that they are still figuring that out, which is not surprising.

I’m not sure that this team is playing with a ton of joy right now, hopefully they find their way.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

Purdue is the second youngest in conference

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SaratogaBoiler1 said:

This is from the 2023 NCAA selection website:

“Among the resources available to the committee are an extensive season-long evaluation of teams through watching games, conference monitoring calls and NABC regional advisory rankings; complete box scores and results, head-to-head results, results versus common opponents, imbalanced conference schedules and results, overall and non-conference strength of schedule, the quality of wins and losses, road record, player and coach availability and various computer metrics.”

So yes SOS is used and it’s your opinion that it’s a crap argument. Seems to me it would be very useful for say 2 similar teams from different conferences vying for say a top 4 seed with the S curve. One of many factors yes but it’s clearly important.

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boilerzz said:

Please tell me you are 14?

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boilerzz said:

Please tell me you are 14?

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Boiler Buck said:

Agree with most of that save one item. While the roster of 13 can be looked at as young, the starters are not.

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qazplm said:

Probably all sorts of lineups man. I don't know that Gillis starts. That's a lineup for sure. Another had Heide at the three with Smith and Loyer. Another has Smith, Colvin Heide and Gillis with TKR. Another has one of the frosh.

Gillis wouldn't have to start and play 20+ minutes to help us be better.

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FiveWeight said:

When TKR is our biggest player on the field we are at best an average rebounding team. I think it’s no secret a big part of last year’s formula for success was the sheer number of extra possessions we got through rebounding. A few minutes per game of Berg/TKR frontcourt could help in that department, and while Berg’s in there, give the guy the ball. At this point he’s hitting 92% from the floor. Not saying he needs starter minutes, but anybody hitting that percentage is just not getting enough shots while they’re in the game.

Did I mention (small sample size or not) he’s over 91% from 2?

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Bank Shot Podcast said:

I don't care about kenpom. I give the ratings zero thought when I'm ranking teams.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

What would be your lineup then?

Smith, Loyer, Colvin, Gillis and TKR?

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Bank Shot Podcast said:

It depends. Most of the teams already have a bunch of Q1A, Q1B and Q2 games because they likely are playing in the B1G, Big 12, SEC or ACC(especially now with super conferences). But it's not always been that way and the committee went more off the eye test. SOS is just a tool and normally just a crap argument.

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qazplm said:

1. Gillis has played the 4 before, and he did it even before Zach was full time starting at the 5. He's certainly not worse at it than Heide. He's a better player than Furst or Berg and those are our only other bigs. Do you think Furst and Berg should never play any minutes so Heide gets more playing time? If not, then I remain confused why you'd say he can't help over them.

2. Who didn't Queen bully? Again no one stopped him, we don't have anyone on the team who can stop those kind of players. Heide isn't. Neither are Berg or Furst. So I don't get the point. What Gillis can do is fill in the break, bring a big out and open things up on the offense. This team was always going to struggle at defense. It's the offensive ability where we win games.

3. Berg barely plays because he can't guard anyone. Furst has been decent defensively but brings almost nothing on offense. Clearly we saw in the last few games Painter keeps trying different options because he's not really happy with any of them. It's a hole. Gillis isn't filling it to perfection by any means but he'd most definitely be value added.

4. No one said he'd play 20 minutes a game. Furst and Berg avg 10 minutes each. I suspect Berg would see the floor in either spot minutes when TKR is in foul trouble, but most of those slot right over to Gillis. So you'd probably have a scenario where Gillis and Furst would add up roughly 20 instead of Furst and Berg. Only it probably would depend on who the opposing 4 was which one got more or less in a game.

5. Gillis plays slower than Berg or Furst? Gillis doesn't slow this team down at all. If you want to argue we'd struggle with him against double bigs sure, of course that's the same issue with Heide. But slow? Not remotely.

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SaratogaBoiler1 said:

No SOS is also used to seed the good teams - used as a tool to decipher the subtle differences between teams with similar resumes. Why does the committee use wins over Quad 1, 2, etc? Same reason

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