College Hoops Around The Country [TN opponents, RPI, others]

[jtipto10]

The original point is that TN hired a good coach and that there were few UT fans that were glad to see him quit. Jerry Green owes his 4 20s and 4x NCAATs to KO being a good coach. His results AFTER UT aren’t relevant.

Oof, rough take. He was 11-16, 14-15, and 11-16. People were ecstatic to see him go. Were you around at the time?

There's a reason he left UT to go to a school who had won two conference championships (both in the 1930s) and (up until 2017) had never made the ncaa tournament.

Spoiler: it wasn't because he was good

 

[chuckiepoo]

Stackhouse disgusted with Cal. Don’t blame him.

 

[VolCalls]

If Kentucky plays this pissed off going into the Tournament next month, they’ll be a tough out.

 

[jtipto10]

Stackhouse disgusted with Cal. Don’t blame him.

Don't tell TGO, he'll be lobbying for stackhouse to be our next coach

 

[chuckiepoo]

If Kentucky plays this pissed off going into the Tournament next month, they’ll be a tough out.

Just need to hold them to around 90….

 

[chuckiepoo]

Don't tell TGO, he'll be lobbying for stackhouse to be our next coach

I’ve seen you two discussing Kevin O’Neil. Keep it up and I’ll start a separate thread for the discussion.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Oof, rough take. He was 11-16, 14-15, and 11-16. People were ecstatic to see him go. Were you around at the time?

There's a reason he left UT to go to a school who had won two conference championships (both in the 1930s) and (up until 2017) had never made the ncaa tournament.

Spoiler: it wasn't because he was good

Most weren’t ecstatic to see O’Neill quit. He had just landed the best PG recruit in the history of TN basketball. And how many more games do you think he’d have won had Dickey let him play Isiah Victor?

 

[chuckiepoo]

Most weren’t ecstatic to see O’Neill quit. He had just landed the best PG recruit in the history of TN basketball. And how many more games do you think he’d have won had Dickey let him play Isiah Victor?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

It’s a totally false narrative to suggest that KO ran away from TN and off to hide at Northwestern. Dickey was a crappy boss and KO was over him.

 

[walkenvol]

Most weren’t ecstatic to see O’Neill quit. He had just landed the best PG recruit in the history of TN basketball. And how many more games do you think he’d have won had Dickey let him play Isiah Victor?

Remind us of Victor’s issue as I’ve forgotten.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Remind us of Victor’s issue as I’ve forgotten.

NCAA eligibility. Dickey wouldn’t let O’Neill play him even though the NCAA and SEC weren’t preventing it. Academics iirc. Maybe questions about his high school grades or the entrance exam. He played the next 4 years without any issues.

 

[EasternVol]

Things get tougher when you have the number beside your name. But SC looks like a team that could win it all.

Let's not get carried away here. They're pretty good but they don't look like world beaters.

 

[chuckiepoo]

NCAA eligibility. Dickey wouldn’t let O’Neill play him even though the NCAA and SEC weren’t preventing it. Academics iirc. Maybe questions about his high school grades or the entrance exam. He played the next 4 years without any issues.

This helps to provide clarity. Thank you. Now. Can we return to roundy ball around the ncaa discussion?

 

[EasternVol]

Oof, rough take. He was 11-16, 14-15, and 11-16. People were ecstatic to see him go. Were you around at the time?

There's a reason he left UT to go to a school who had won two conference championships (both in the 1930s) and (up until 2017) had never made the ncaa tournament.

Spoiler: it wasn't because he was good

I didn't know anyone who knew basketball who was glad to see him go. The feeling was that he had things going in the right direction.

 

[EasternVol]

It’s a totally false narrative to suggest that KO ran away from TN and off to hide at Northwestern. Dickey was a crappy boss and KO was over him.

Dickey was a good football coach for us but as AD he didn't do our basketball program any favors.

 

[Vol49er]

It’s kind of funny how freaking exciting it was to beat Michigan State at their place in the exhibition but now looking back on it if we played the game today we’d probably be frustrated the game was that close

 

[knoxvol52]

This helps to provide clarity. Thank you. Now. Can we return to roundy ball around the ncaa discussion?

I believe the discussion should turn into how Bruce Pearl won after Tennessee run Buzz Petersen off .

 

[chuckiepoo]

I believe the discussion should turn into how Bruce Pearl won after Tennessee run Buzz Petersen off .

…yer killing me boo….

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

This helps to provide clarity. Thank you. Now. Can we return to roundy ball around the ncaa discussion?

You’ll need to check with the other guy. I might keep on replying when my posts are quoted.

 

[knoxvol52]

…yer killing me boo….

Well Buzz did recruit Chris Lofton, who was Pearl's main guy . just saying

 

[turbovol]

It’s a totally false narrative to suggest that KO ran away from TN and off to hide at Northwestern. Dickey was a crappy boss and KO was over him.

O'Neil's teams were TERRIBLE--some of the worst in the history of the program. There were high-school teams with better offenses....the guy
was awful.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Well Buzz did recruit Chris Lofton, who was Pearl's main guy . just saying

Stahp!

 

[chuckiepoo]

O'Neil's teams were TERRIBLE--some of the worst in the history of the program. There were high-school teams with better offenses....the guy
was awful.

Go ahead, stir the poo

 

[knoxvol52]

Stahp!

Lol.

 

[chuckiepoo]

CMB trying to steal “Grown Man” ball from ZZ… bring it. We’re headed to CLA with receipts….