College BBall 2022

[4Corners]

9 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Who said anything about basketball being more popular than football?

 

Of course football is more popular. My point was basketball is not going anywhere even if it declines. The NBA is the most popular basketball league. Honestly college basketball has been in decline for the last decade.

 

I remember growing up we use to have college basketball parties for the UNC/Duke games. The trash talk during and after the games were fun. Then we would go to school and talk about it with the teachers. Those were the days.

 

I honestly don't even watch much of the regular season anymore. I tune in during March Madness.

ACC might make it thru the conference shuffling that is on the horizon but not a good sign when UNC, UVA, dook, and Miami have been vetted and appear to be targets of the B10 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 hours ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

I still watch it even though it has been in decline the past decade. I just don't watch it like I did back in the early 2000's. Back then you could argue it was just as popular as the NBA.

 

College baseball exists and yes they still have diehards who still watch it even though most of the country doesn't. 

 

Im not debating your point that college basketball is declining. Im just stating that it will still exist. I don't think it will ever get to the college baseball level of decline though.lol

Watch a game on the ACC Network which is a LOT of games these days. Used to be practically every UNC and duke game was nationally televised on a major network. Look at the quality of the advertisers. It's says everything. It's late night TV infomercial level bullshit being advertised. Viewership numbers must be absolutely AWFUL if that's the level of advertisers you can attract. It's an absolutely awful look.

Certainly feels like college basketball is currently trending to end up somewhere a lot closer to college baseball than college football.

[toldozer]

4 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

In theory your cap per year idea would make sense but the policing of it would be practically impossible given the sheer number of schools and players.

If you make any infraction a huge penalty you would hope most universities would play by the rules

[LinvilleGorge]

52 minutes ago, toldozer said:

If you make any infraction a huge penalty you would hope most universities would play by the rules

If the likelihood of getting caught is practically zero it doesn't really matter. The likelihood of getting caught would be practically zero. You'd need an IRS audit to prove your case.

[Shocker]

8 hours ago, 4Corners said:

A 4 star recruit who can’t shoot suddenly finds himself on the outside looking in after being recruited over and tougher competition to get in the starting lineup. If he is afraid to compete against Withers, Trimble, Ryan and that recruit from the Ivy League then so long pal. Not to mention he is probably gonna get a bag from a St Johns donor and not have to pass the ball next season. 
 

of course, the bigger story here is that this is a late transaction that can be promoted negatively against UNC and that moves the needle. If this were to happen at VaTech, Clempson, NC$T, or St Johns nobody would care or probably even notice. 
 

wish the kid the best but thank you for giving back the scholly. 

You are wearing some serious Tarheel shades thinking losing this guy is no big deal.  It is.  I am still extremely worried about Hubert Davis as a coach and if this team misses another NCAA tournament changes are going to need to happen.

[Shocker]

Lets look at this…since Hubert Davis has been here he has the preseason #1 team who didn’t play in the postseason.  The NIT would have been a perfect opportunity to get these young guys on the bench mins.  He declined that.  He has lost the #2 and #14 recruits very late to decommitments in the last 2 cycles.  6 or 7 young players opted for the portal to get out of UNC.  None of the things are happening at Kansas or Kentucky or any top school.

If these things don’t concern you than you are not being realistic 

Edited June 8, 2023 by Shocker

[4Corners]

15 hours ago, Shocker said:

Lets look at this…since Hubert Davis has been here he has the preseason #1 team who didn’t play in the postseason.  The NIT would have been a perfect opportunity to get these young guys on the bench mins.  He declined that.  He has lost the #2 and #14 recruits very late to decommitments in the last 2 cycles.  6 or 7 young players opted for the portal to get out of UNC.  None of the things are happening at Kansas or Kentucky or any top school.

If these things don’t concern you than you are not being realistic 

Um excuse me Casual, but look at the roster turnover at Kentucky and Kansas since the season ended. Look at the roster turnover everywhere. That is the game now. Dudes ain’t gonna sit on the bench when they can go elsewhere and play non stop and probably get paid to do so. 
 

GG Jackson decommited from UNC, and that was a disaster for him. He also looked very immature and disgruntled as their season ended. 
 

Wilcher decommited because it looks like he is going to be on the bench and is scared of not playing and hurting his NBA stick. Go to St. John’s and be the ball hog and do whatever he wants. 

[4Corners]

16 hours ago, Shocker said:

You are wearing some serious Tarheel shades thinking losing this guy is no big deal.  It is.  I am still extremely worried about Hubert Davis as a coach and if this team misses another NCAA tournament changes are going to need to happen.

Stick to the Panthers 

[LinvilleGorge]

I mean, Wilcher decommitted just a couple of days after Cadeau reclassified. It'd be a helluva coincidence for the prior event not to have significantly impacted the latter event.

[ForJimmy]

1 hour ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

You sound crazy when this dude was just in the Nat'l championship just a year ago.

 

Seems like you just want him on the hotseat. You give the man 2 years and think he can build a blueblood overnight?

 

It was a bad look to completely miss the tournament with that team.  When was the last time UNC missed it?  Matt Doherty?? I think he will be good in the long run, but taking that team to the finals the previous year raised fans expectations too high.  

[Shocker]

3 hours ago, 4Corners said:

Stick to the Panthers 

There is that @4Cornerswe all love.  Glad to see you again.  I have been following UNC recruiting for ages so I have my opinion and you have yours.

Edited June 8, 2023 by Shocker

[carpanfan96]

Wilcher thinks he is a OAD player and doesn't want to come off the bench at all. He was expecting to go to UNC and start immediately and have the ability to show he is an OAD player. With RJ coming back and the Cadeau reclassification, he knows he isn't starting and decided to leave because of that. 

Edited June 9, 2023 by carpanfan96

[carpanfan96]

It was always known that Wilcher thought he was OAD and that if Cadeau reclassified that Wilcher was probably going to leave because of it. :shrugs: nothing really surprising about this at all. 

Edited June 9, 2023 by carpanfan96

[ForJimmy]

30 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

So what about taking a team to a Nat'l championship his 1st year as HC?

 

We can't ignore his 1st year, then try to judge him his 2nd year.

Definitely a fair point, but he took that same roster and underachieved pretty bad by UNC standards. I mentioned his championship year. It kind of gave the fans too high of expectations… They are doing right by him and keeping him around. I think he will have them bounce back this year.