I have suspected as much for some time now. lol

I see the same Troy as last year. He’s not ready,for the next level. He can only dunk! He stil plays out of control and can’t hit the ocean with a rock if he’s more than 2ft away.

Your keyboard and I go way back.

I’ll choke the recruiting pipeline. Should make your job a lot easier!

LOL I’m thinking that putting the kabosh on Calicheat is going to require a total team effort. Not gonna get the upper hand on “he who coaches Satan’s team” by myself.

Ha, it sounds like you might have an enchanted keyboard. I’ll leave Calipari to you. How’s that for a team, fellow Hoosier? I, on the other hand, have to be very frugal with my powers, or else they cease to work. And they work best on fellow warlocks! LOL.

Or as sure as a foreign 18 year old bball phenom that is going to be making millions of dollars before real long and that is controlled by an American handler can be anyway.

In case you haven’t been told, a successful criminalapari voodoo doll is to be used 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with no exceptions. A chance to bash someone so deserving of being bashed always makes my keyboard spring to life.

I would also like to say, that a certain calislimy voodoo doll owner could very well find a bottle of fine scotch suddenly appearing if he was open to allowing a certain someone to stick some of the needles into the eyes of said doll. Just throwin’ that out there. lol

Just an opinion….way to early to be nitpicking on Troy.
Totally agree on Duke.

My keyboard just told me that you are it’s best friend. lol

Can’t wait to watch the replay tomorrow, and I’ll be paying particular attention to JBJ on defense. I was struggling for the right word to describe his performance in the exhibitions–if not “lazy,” then maybe “listless” or “passive.” He didn’t seem to be making the effort (actually, on offense as well in the second game). I remember during one or two B1G games last year (maybe the tourney game against NW?) he showed that he can play aggressive defense, and so I know he has it in him. Maybe he’ll realize that his pro career depends on it, and he’ll start exerting himself every game.

NC State and Texas as well.

Excellent post, thanks for the insight. It was apparent even from Don Fischer’s radio call that OG stepped up. I was at the Ottawa game, and while he didn’t look BAD, he did look like a freshman. It’s exciting to think he may already be making progress. Morgan looked to me exactly as you describe him here, but his time will come. We will likely see both for four years, and that is a good thing.

As for the defense, my sense is that both RJ and Troy have both improved. I’ll have to be convinced about JBJ, not because I don’t think he works hard, but because I am just not sure he has the foot speed and instincts to be a truly excellent defender. But I am willing to be convinced, and will gladly acknowledge that I underestimated him if and when that day arrives.

I am not as critical of the cupcakes as some here are, but I will say this: I am excited to see us in action against top competition. A few more warm-ups and we’ll see where we really are.

And UCLA

UCLA, too.

I watched it and he mentioned that he is ” pretty sure” he will attend college.