Jan 23: Our Daily Threads
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**Also see today’s News Digest (Jan 23) and News Digest for yesterday (Jan 22) as well as Daily Threads for Yesterday (Jan 22) **
##OUR DAILY THREADS FOR JAN 23:#####Picking the Elite 8 - @lulufulu85###
I want to add a thread for today. Would anyone care to venture a very premature guess at this years elite 8 teams? I say that because IMO the field is still too wide open to pick just 4 teams out of the 20 or so teams that could possibly make it to the Final 4. But, there are some really good teams out there that have started to separate themselves from the pack. Back in November during the time KU played in the Champions classic with Dookie, Michigan St and Kenstinky, I made a guess that that line up could be the '14 Final Four. shakes head Nope, not gonna happen. And without further ado, but a lot of rambling because I work the night shift and I have been up since 6pm yesterday, I will start with my 8 teams whom I think at this point in the season will make it to Elite status.
###McDermott VS Embiid VS Wiggins - @drgnslayr###
John Gasaway, over at ESPN, wrote an op ed called “Top 25 Players in College Hoops”, where he ranked current players based on his own value system for how they impacted the college game instead of how NBA scouts rank players for draft status, based on their potential at the next level.
Gasaway concluded that the top player in college basketball is Doug McDermott. Joel Embiid finished 9th and Andrew Wiggins finished 21st.
I was unable to finish reading his story because I don’t find enough value in the ESPN media to warrant paying to read their opinions. But… I’ll go ahead and post my own ideas around this story and the rankings that came from it
###Previous days:###
####Jan 22: Why Self Said FTs Probably Won the BU Game and Some Implications - @jaybate####
Self said FTs probably decided the game. Why?
First, KU achieved its apparent defensive objectives. It took away the rim game by guarding hard inside the arc and fouling shots taken there, especially off offensive rebounds, while at the same time giving short jumpers to a team that did not shoot those short jumpers very well. Essentially, KU took away one of BU’s two strengths–inside scoring.
BU’s other strength, trey shooting first went red hot the first half, then cold the second half to shoot back to its usual still decent trey average by end of the game.
####Jan 21: Andrew’s New Mentor; Kobe Bryant - @drgnslayr####
I caught the following post today and want to offer up some new ideas:
@Blown - “Wiggins is just a Gorillas Grip on the ball away from finishing those drives. Here to hoping Hudy has a hand strengthener in her fantastic arsenal”
I think Andrew needs to reexamine his game. I’d like to sit in a video room with him and go over file footage of Kobe Bryant’s NBA career. This is the player that Andrew needs to model his game after.
####Jan 21: FLOOR BURN AWARD: KU vs BU - Jan 20 - @drgnslayr####
I think we can make this FLOOR BURN AWARD short and sweet…
#####Jan 21: Self Supports Shockers Potential #1 Seeding… - @drgnslayr#####
**Also see today’s News Digest (Jan 23) and News Digest for yesterday (Jan 22) as well as Daily Threads for Yesterday (Jan 22) **
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@lulufulu85 - moved your thread to its own post
