B1G/NCAA basketball

[Jeff Buchanan]

Also...I wish we were having this discussion in regards to football coaches. The best coaches at UM and Nebraska are on the court, not the field.

uh, yeah .....

I think its great that M and Neb are having great B-Ball seasons but, frankly, I don't give a shit.

I know it's easier to "build" a good basketball team from nothing but for God's sake, there is no excuse for Brady Hoke's mediocrity. He's had one good (and F'ing lucky) season. The other two have been terrible.

BTW, as hack has offered, the Beilein hire was a result of a competent coaching search while Hoke's hire was marked by one, it would appear, as freakishly incompetent.

Martin v. Brandon? Dunno if one of those two turds is that much better than the other. Both have different (+)s and (-)s. You would have thought Brandon would have the edge in managing a decent search.

I think the back room politics and maneuvering in hiring a head FB coach is a lot more problematic than what might be encountered in a the hiring of a head BB coach. Pretty sure that's the case at M, mucking up clear thinking and all that. Suspect its the same at Neb.

[hack]

At Michigan this is unquestionably the situation. All the dogma that goes with the football program prevents the AD from going out and getting the best possible coach.

[Kstat]

Agree. I see the argument the other way too...COY is usually a reflection of great accomplishment, which winning the league is. That said, NU isn't your typical bubble team. Like you said, this squad was picked to finish dead fucking last and is one bucket away from being undefeated at home with wins over Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Ohio State.

Michigan is having a great year, after having had a great year in 2013. Not really much of a stretch to go from losing in the finals to be really good again. JMO

Nobody respectable was picking Nebraska to be dead last in the conference. Quit with the hyperbole. Maybe nobody saw an NCAA tournament berth coming, but Nebraska was supposed to be a decent team. They were certainly in my top eight before the season started.

[entropy]

kstat... really? look at the pre season picks.. UNL dead last.

[entropy]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1838269-big-ten-basketball-preview-and-predictions-for-2013-14-season/page/2

dead last

http://btn.com/2013/10/30/btn-coms-preseason-all-big-ten-teams-predictions/

btn writers... this is a vote of last

and AP has UNL dead last according to everyone at the big ten.. and the writers


maybe you guessed it, but UNL was voted last in the preseason.

[The Oracle]

1st team All B1G is out:
Stauskas(unanimous)
Petteway
Harris
Marble
Kaminsky

Exact same team picked by Coaches and Writers.

[entropy]

seems right to me..

[The Oracle]

COY is up next so all you doucebags can shut up about it. Drumrolllllllll........

[entropy]

oracle.. LOL

[The Oracle]

seems right to me..

Only way it could have gone, really. Harris the only guy to be on preseason and post season list.

[entropy]

Only way it could have gone, really. Harris the only guy to be on preseason and post season list.

that is pretty amazing really..

[The Oracle]

Split vote. Miles was the coaches choice.

[entropy]

they're usually smarter.. =)

[The Oracle]

Nobody respectable was picking Nebraska to be dead last in the conference. Quit with the hyperbole. Maybe nobody saw an NCAA tournament berth coming, but Nebraska was supposed to be a decent team. They were certainly in my top eight before the season started.

Of course they were.

[The Oracle]

All Defensive team is:
Craft(DPOY)
Hammonds
Harris
Gasser
Scott