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Fighting Artichoke
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ucbart
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 2824 Location: New York
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Posted: 08/10/16 9:23 am ::: Re: Kenny Kalina's Top 25. |
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Fighting Artichoke wrote: |
https://kennykallina.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/kallinascouting-2early-ncaa-top-25/
He even provides a blurb for each team. Worth a read. I think he's reading the top of the ACC wrong, but that's just me! |
Notre Dame is waaaaay too low. I think they are the #1 team in the nation. They have the best PG, which goes a long way in determining who the top team is. They are good on defense and far better offensively than South Carolina. I also think UCONN is too high. There is a ton of young talent, but just too many questions marks. However, if Nurse plays all season like she did against Croatia at the Olympics, I don't know what could happen in Storrs. I'm actually excited about the season.
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LitePal
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Posted: 08/10/16 10:07 am ::: |
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No Stanford?
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Phil
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Posted: 08/10/16 2:50 pm ::: Re: Kenny Kalina's Top 25. |
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ucbart wrote: |
Fighting Artichoke wrote: |
https://kennykallina.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/kallinascouting-2early-ncaa-top-25/
He even provides a blurb for each team. Worth a read. I think he's reading the top of the ACC wrong, but that's just me! |
However, if Nurse plays all season like she did against Croatia at the Olympics, I don't know what could happen in Storrs. I'm actually excited about the season. |
I assume you mean Serbia.
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linkster
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Posted: 08/10/16 5:36 pm ::: |
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He has 7 ACC teams in his top 25 and yet Syracuse isn't among them?
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ArtBest23
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Lillian Hidgepork
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Posted: 08/11/16 12:43 pm ::: |
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Kenny Kallina is drunk as usual. This is click bait from someone who knows zilch about the game.
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SDHoops
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Howee
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PickledGinger
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Posted: 08/18/16 1:55 am ::: |
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How about some editing, Kenny? This reads like it was written from start to finish in the 10 minutes before it was due. Painful.
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bacabuck
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Posted: 08/24/16 12:46 pm ::: |
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" Ohio State Returning the best player in college basketball (men or women) in Kelsey Mitchell "
Boy, do I like that quote !
Maybe Kelsey will get some respect this year. I seem to remember reading somewhere, during her freshman season, that she is just a "chucker"............ and not really a point guard.
Well, whatever. She is the most exciting leader and player I have ever witnessed............I just hope to God she stays healthy for the rest of her phenomenal career.
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Nixtreefan
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sigur3
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Posted: 08/24/16 2:30 pm ::: |
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bacabuck wrote: |
" Ohio State Returning the best player in college basketball (men or women) in Kelsey Mitchell "
Boy, do I like that quote !
Maybe Kelsey will get some respect this year. I seem to remember reading somewhere, during her freshman season, that she is just a "chucker"............ and not really a point guard.
Well, whatever. She is the most exciting leader and player I have ever witnessed............I just hope to God she stays healthy for the rest of her phenomenal career. |
Yeah, you're probably gonna be reading that for as long as she plays at OSU, even if for no reason other than that people need something negative to say about her. She is tremendously exciting to watch in person, I agree.
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ClayK
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Posted: 08/24/16 2:54 pm ::: |
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She may be a chucker, but she had 114 assists last year, and that's almost twice as many as Diamond DeShields, and 29 more than Tiffany Mitchell, neither of whom are described as "chuckers."
Kelsey Mitchell is the next great player -- and I don't see another one of her caliber on the horizon at this point.
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LegoMyEggo
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Posted: 08/24/16 4:27 pm ::: |
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She was one of the 10 best players in the country her freshman season. She's legit. Ohio State bought the best and the impact has been undeniable. Worth every penny if you want to raise the profile of your women's basketball program.
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 08/24/16 5:34 pm ::: |
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LegoMyEggo wrote: |
She was one of the 10 best players in the country her freshman season. She's legit. Ohio State bought the best and the impact has been undeniable. Worth every penny if you want to raise the profile of your women's basketball program. |
I find this complaint amusing considering the thread below about how half the SEC has evidently offered scholarships to three sisters, including a seventh grader, in order to try to sign Anastacia Hayes.
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Nixtreefan
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LegoMyEggo
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Posted: 08/24/16 8:37 pm ::: |
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ArtBest23 wrote: |
LegoMyEggo wrote: |
She was one of the 10 best players in the country her freshman season. She's legit. Ohio State bought the best and the impact has been undeniable. Worth every penny if you want to raise the profile of your women's basketball program. |
I find this complaint amusing considering the thread below about how half the SEC has evidently offered scholarships to three sisters, including a seventh grader, in order to try to sign Anastacia Hayes. |
Not a complaint. Reality. I don't know anything about SEC innuendo.
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bacabuck
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Posted: 08/24/16 10:23 pm ::: |
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ArtBest23 wrote: |
LegoMyEggo wrote: |
She was one of the 10 best players in the country her freshman season. She's legit. Ohio State bought the best and the impact has been undeniable. Worth every penny if you want to raise the profile of your women's basketball program. |
I find this complaint amusing considering the thread below about how half the SEC has evidently offered scholarships to three sisters, including a seventh grader, in order to try to sign Anastacia Hayes. |
????? What new coach would not want to raise the profile of his team?
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Howee
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Posted: 08/24/16 10:29 pm ::: |
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bacabuck wrote: |
Well, whatever. She is the most exciting leader and player I have ever witnessed............I just hope to God she stays healthy for the rest of her phenomenal career. |
Healthy, YES!
Being a (newer) fan of the Big Ten, I also have found her exciting to watch, and yeah, people are going to call names. Did they call Banham a chucker? To me a "chucker" is someone with gaudy numbers BUT low fg%. I don't know those stats on either gal.
My big interest in Mitchell this season is to watch her defensive skill set. If that's on par with her offense, then she's probably a shoo-in for the #1 pick in '18.
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zvyn3
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zvyn3
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Posted: 08/24/16 11:00 pm ::: |
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Kaela Davis, the ultimate chucker. Just 37% shooting on 17.5 shots per game over two seasons.
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ClayK
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Posted: 08/25/16 10:57 am ::: |
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And what's wrong with Ohio State buying the best team it can? Schools pay big money for elite coaches, they invest millions in facilities, hundreds of thousands in a sport like women's basketball, and so it makes sense that they want to maximize that investment.
Sure, they hired the dad as coach and gave the sister a scholarship -- but so what? What exactly is wrong with that?
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LegoMyEggo
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Posted: 08/25/16 12:23 pm ::: |
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????? What new coach would not want to raise the profile of his team?[/quote] Coach is an easy answer. A university might be a bit different.
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LegoMyEggo
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Posted: 08/25/16 12:23 pm ::: |
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ClayK wrote: |
And what's wrong with Ohio State buying the best team it can? Schools pay big money for elite coaches, they invest millions in facilities, hundreds of thousands in a sport like women's basketball, and so it makes sense that they want to maximize that investment.
Sure, they hired the dad as coach and gave the sister a scholarship -- but so what? What exactly is wrong with that? |
If you're asking me, I don't think I said anything is wrong with it. I'm aware what they did is legal.
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