Hernandez

end-of-game iq seems to be at room temperature levels for about 85% of college and pro teams, and i just do not understand it at all.

been watching this + shaka’s team and michigan/ou on the quad box. ND stayed ahead a lot longer than i thought they would. really cool of alabama to make that trip for grant nelson too.

look back at the the best coach in college basketball, a mount rushmore level coach (bill self)- 2005- 11th in final kenpom, 3 seed, one-and-done 2006- 8th, 4 seed, one and done 2010- 2nd, 1 seed, 33-2 record, lost to northern iowa in R2 2013- 8th, 1 seed, lost in S16 2014- 7th, 2 seed, lost in R2 2015- 12th, 2 seed, got their asses kicked by wichita state in R2 2019- 17th, 4 seed, got killed in R2 2023- 9th, 1 seed, lost in R2 bill self would make that short list of good tourney coaches, and even he underperforms on a regular basis, often wildly underperforming expectations. the rest of his tourney resume is pretty much outstanding, but even one of the all time great coaches/“good” tourney coaches finds himself clearly underperforming on a pretty regular basis. in this light i think that coaches like rick barnes, mark few, kelvin sampson, etc have been harshly judged for their “lack” of tourney success.

i think a lot of fans have a tough time wrapping their heads around what constitutes tourney success. there are so few actual “good” tourney coaches out there. you can count them on one hand. 95% of coaches count on good shooting and good matchups, and after round one the games are all against real deal competition. it leaves a lot out of the HC’s hands. if a coach regularly flames out well below his seed (tony bennett, early career jay wright, matt painter, etc) or regularly blows big leads then that’s one thing- that’s a bad tourney coach. but for the most part there’s like 3-5 guys that are actually good tourney coaches, while the other 60+ guys are just good coaches with their fingers crossed.

what gave it away?!?

in fact i kinda hate how much the average fan cares about tourney results. a fan base that has a totally underwhelming regular season but then makes the S16 as a 9 seed is happier than a fan base of a 27-5 team that got a 2 seed and made the S16. i really don’t like that dynamic. the tourney is a crapshoot, a lottery ticket. i find that i value regular season consistency far more than the average fan does.

also fwiw i think that tourney success is both wildly overrated and yet under appreciated by fans. only 32 teams win at least one (real) tourney game in any given year; the number of programs that win at least one game 2, 3, 4+ years in a row is small; and basically nobody makes the E8 or FF with regularity. take this stretch of our upcoming schedule: after the opening round of the tourney you’re basically facing a schedule like this the rest of the way, in a tourney setting, in cavernous arenas at neutral sites, with very little time to prepare for half of your opponents. shooting, guard play, experience, and depth rule the day, and the number of teams that have even 3/4 of those in any given year can be counted on one hand. it’s an incredibly difficult task, and yet fans are ruthlessly unforgiving about any perceived underachievement and yet at the same time wholly underwhelmed by anything less than making the S16 on a regular basis. its a nearly no-win situation for a good coach and/or team. fans are generally only happy with a mediocre team that surprisingly makes the S16 (meaning a shitty november - february) or with a good team that makes the E8 (meaning a great november - february that nobody remember fondly) or further. they don’t appreciate just how difficult it is to win in the tourney, nor do they properly appreciate the regular season ride. that’s my opinion anyway.

you said he hasn’t exactly been tearing it up, and i’m just pointing out that over the last five tourneys he’s done better than all but a handful of coaches. and that’s not to mention that’s he’s done so with multiple injuries to key, all conference level players throughout that time. he’s done quite well.

bro no clue lol. don’t remember at all. it’s just a handle i made some time ago to peruse the site whenever my regular handle has been banned from viewing. i must have been watching a patriots game or something lol.

way overdue, but i suppose he earned that.

imma banned me because he’s a child, and i’m sick of sitting out when i did absolutely nothing to deserve a banning. this is like the fifth time he’s done this. its asinine and indefensible. i’m sure he’ll be banning me again in no time, but at some point you just gotta say what the fuck. i’m not doing anything wrong; why my existence bothers him so much only he knows.

yeah our opponent was impossibly bad but the offense was humming. was interesting to see it play out like that without Tre. keyonte george was who i thought we were getting when we got Tre, and so far it seems like that’s more or less the case.

this is, without a doubt, the most pathetic stretch of scheduling in the history of Texas Basketball. there’s really no defending it. we’ve got a recent NCOY winner, a S16 caliber roster, and an expensive new arena full of seats and concessions. this schedule is an embarrassment, and a slap in the face to all of the Texas Basketball fans who recently had to essentially declare their love of Texas Basketball to get their tickets.