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Matta apparently can't hold up under the rigors of the full time gig.

I had to look him up, which shows how much I follow the NBA. He'll have to lean heavily on experienced college assistants and recruiters to make that work. Seems risky. (Edit: Ahh, hiring Matta to hold his hand makes sense) That Indiana job seems to be where coaches go to hurt their careers....

I think too many people in positions to make decisions are lost in an hierarchical thinking paradigm. They are biased to think in term of a conference being superior to another and are susceptible to confirmation bias and being impervious to data that might support a different way to interpret...

So, what are the mechanics behind the horrendously large seeding error and mistaken conference power ratings this year? The Big10 and the Big12 were seeded far too high and the PAC10 was seeded far too low. Was it simply that pre-season ranking biases were not properly corrected over the...

If there is one thing that I have learned about this topic is that I have given up trying to predict what players or NBA teams will do. I have spent so much time scratching my head over kids' decisions to declare and also some NBA teams' decision to draft that I want to go find a de-lousing...

I've watched Kansas a little this year and they look to have everything but three point shooting. Don't know if that is an real Achilles Heel for them or just a poor sample size to make the false impression.

I am a Loyola-Chicago fan now. How they stoned Illinois in the second half after going up in the first half, answering everything Illinois threw at them was something to see. Similar score and script to our game with them. The Big hasn't exactly been ripping it up in this tournament, despite...

There is absolutely no need for the Seniors to rush into any decision. They should take time to thoroughly investigate and weigh their options so that they can choose the best one. Any returning Senior won't count against the scholarship limits next season so that the staff probably doesn't...

Congrats to the ramblers! Fun team. VERY impressed by Williamson and how their entire team beat us badly on 50-50 balls and were ripping rebounds right out of our hands. Fans of this GT team are not accustomed to seeing that happen. For GT fans and looking forward, one positive out of this...

Can't express how gratifying this season has been, to see quality ball, great chemistry and to force our way onto the big stage. This team holds a real special place in my memory. But now it is the off season and time for player development and roster building as we want this squad to...

Pastner inherited a team that lost more than 75% of it's scoring, rebounding and minutes played. It's top returning scorer averaged 5ppg. The team was a unanimous selection for last place in the ACC and even optimistic Gt fans were predicting three conference wins. He took a Center that...

A coach can only compete against the team on his schedule. The only reliable test of coaching is based on head-to-head competition. All the models and metrics that try to compare and rank talent across teams and eras that never played each other is weak. People will have strong beliefs about...

This afternoon. Don't want you to miss the game.

If Didenko isn't in at the end, then any game is closer than I would have liked.

That was an interesting game. MichSt didn't look to be having any fun at all and were far from the cohesive unit that one would expect from a Tournament team. Izzo was barking, the players were barking. To open overtime, the Spartan players were nervous and separated from each other. You...

Average margin of victory over our 8 game ACC win-streak: 10.1

Ahh, that makes so much more sense! I asked Panther this and he indicated that there were no limitations. That didn't make sense as the blue bloods could just load-up. Still, the portal will be epic.

I am trying to withold judgment on next year's roster until transfer season is over, but agree that as of now, we will likely have to endure some backslide next year as we grow-up some pups. I have no problem with this. The transfer portal this season is not getting enough buzz. One thing...

The metrics this year are severely polluted by schedule imbalances. The models still pump-out the numbers, but the basis for those numbers is weak. The standard error of the data is just so great this season that the significance of the numbers is dubious. That means the qualitative "eye-ball...

I am most disappointed in GT fans turning on Pastner over Bell. Pastner is naively trusting in a good way and was vulnerable to a sleaze (and criminal) like Bell, and yet, instead of falling-in to defend our coach and program against the sleaze, fans threw Pastner under a bus. This in the...