re: Trivia Question: Johnny Jones

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I agree that this season is disappointing but I think that expectations were way to high for this team and that the team and the star player failed to handle the pressure.

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When will it be OK for us to "expect" an NCAA tourney birth and/or some semblance of consistent play? Do we need 3-4 more top 100 prospects at a time? Just let me know. Thanks!

Definitely -1 since he won that won for NC State last year.

ETA: BB03 had the same senitment.

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He never won a regular season title at north Texas in 12 years. Never finished better than 3rd in his DIVISION except twice. His career conference record is barely above .500.

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I noticed that. His teams seem to underachieve through most of the season, then performed well in the Conference Tournament. In the two years that he won the conference tournament (barely) he made the NCAA tournament with the automatic bid.

Unfortunately slow starts and under-performing during the regular season won't get it done in the SEC. You are too far behind towards the end of the season and most people would agree that winning the SEC tournament is a lot more difficult than winning the Sun Belt.

Here are the things cJJ does that I never see from a successful coach:
1) Riding starters nearly 40 minutes all season, even in cupcakes. Heck, the starters were in the game on Saturday down 30 with 4 minutes to play.
2) cJJ's timeout pattern. I have never seen a coach consistently call timeouts after his own team makes a big basket. Half the time I am thinking that this would be a great time for the other team to call a timeout, but Johnny has extras so he uses one of his instead. And everyone knows how he avoids timeouts the rest of the game.
3) So many bad shots that go unpunished. In the win on Friday, Sampson came in in the 2nd half with about 90 seconds left and immediately took a horrible 3 pointer, then a wild layup, and finally another horrible 3 pointer on 3 straight possessions. WTF? TQ, 'nuff said.
4) The last play of a half or a tied game, and really the last few minutes of a close game, involves someone (TQ, Simmons, JOB3, etc) getting the ball 5 feet beyond the 3 point line, waiting until the last possible second, then go one on one for a drive or hoisting up a contested 3 pointer. I could see that once or twice, but damn, this team does it nearly every time for all 4 years cJJ has been here.

So let me guess LSU is the first team to blow a lead in the tournament? It happens every year that's why they call it March Madness. On any given night a Mercer can beat Duke

Apparently a lot of ppl since it is always bought up. Don't bitch now

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Grow up! Just because I have an opinion to support the basketball program doesn't mean I'm Collis or Dale. I am giving you the facts!

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Then state who you are and how you know so much. Obviously, you are someone connected to one. In that case, you grow up. Get off message boards and buttering up people.