re: Most over rated teams in College Basketball right now?

I still think it's Louisville. They are barely beating mediocre mid-majors. GTown and UK are up next. I don't think they win either game.

Baylor is overrated as well.

Cuse is very good, but a very favorable schedule will get them to 25-0 or so.

They are having a hell of a time beating decent teams like BYU and WVU who are not that good.

They are not the number 6 or 7 team in the country.

UK will go down early in the tourney - they don't have solid guard play even with the talent they have. The NCAA tourney is all about solid guard play. Book it

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lol

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Phenomenal argument.

Fair enough. Yeah, Pierre Jackson is the JUCO PG. He needs to be the starter. Walton is absolutely terrible other than being a solid perimeter defender.

They ran some unique line-ups today. Quincy Miller didn't play much, I don't think Bello got in the game once, and Heslip played almost the entire game even though he's mostly a spot-up shooter.

If I was in charge, I'd play Miller, Acy, Jones, and Jackson the most. Also Anthony Jones, then Heslip. Not too impressed with Walton either and I really don't like Gary Franklin's style of play, either.

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They ran some unique line-ups today. Quincy Miller didn't play much, I don't think Bello got in the game once, and Heslip played almost the entire game even though he's mostly a spot-up shooter.

If I was in charge, I'd play Miller, Acy, Jones, and Jackson the most. Also Anthony Jones, then Heslip. Not too impressed with Walton either and I really don't like Gary Franklin's style of play, either.

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Yeah, I think Drew is still doing a lot of experimenting with line-ups because of all of the new arrivals. Miller and Bello came in as freshmen, Jackson as a JUCO, and Franklin and Heslip as transfers. Perry Jones was suspended for the first 5 games, and this is only Franklin's second or third game with the team. I don't know what to expect other than Acy and Perry to start.

Miller sat for a long stretch last night against St Mary's, too. I think Drew was frustrated last night because Miller quit playing within the offense. He made a shot last night late in the shot clock, iso'd the next possession and drilled one, and then iso'd the next possession and forced a shot early in the clock, then got pulled. If he plays within the offense and improves his offensive awareness, I think he'll play as much as Perry and Acy. He starts feeling himself too much at times and try to go one-on-one without realizing that there's help-defenders that block shots and take charges regularly in college.

Bello is a good defender with size so he will come in handy when they face good scoring perimeter players. Offensively, Bello really has no clue what to do, though. He's got to adjust to the game speed.

I think I'd go with the same line-up as you. Walton should only get a lot of minutes if the opposing PG is very good or if Pierre is just getting torn up. I'd start Heslip and keep him on the floor just because he's very heady and can expand the defense for the bigs. Perry Jones HAS to start showing up, though. He puts up a great statline one night, and absolutely disappears the next. When he's in third gear, there's little that the opponent can do about it. It's just a matter of him putting it into gear.

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Drew should hire an in-game coach and just stick to recruiting.

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Probably. BUT, any time you come out with a W against a solid opponent with only 11 points contributed by Perry Jones and Quincy Miller combined, you have to feel good about the depth of this team. There's different guys stepping up in different games, and they're going to have to if they want to make it far.

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should be a fun game I'm looking forward to see how we do against a top 10 team.

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I know! It will be a good measuring stick for both teams.

One of my best friends goes to State and we contemplated making the trip, but ultimately decided against it.