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Forgot to add that Sterling has looked much better than I expected. Had doubts about the release point of his shot. Doesn't look like it's going to be an issue. Truthfully, he's been our third best offensive player after Matas and Isaiah Johnson. He can shoot the cover off the ball, and he's not bad defensively. Bring him off a pin down, put him in a split or staggered screen and he'll be able to score like gangbusters with that shot.

I'll mitigate some of my combo guard criticism and admit Austin Goosby has looked good as a playmaker. Like to see more facilitating from Johnson, however. Questions will remain about their overall ball handling until they face higher lever competition. They'll have good tests against Baylor, UCLA (potentially), Miami and Louisville before conference play. When it comes to post play, haven't seen that Matas has made significant improvement defensively in terms of moving his feet and playing vertically without fouling. It's still early, so maybe it's coming.

Wonder when pundits are going to drop off the Arizona hype train. Remarked several times over the offseason that they don't have an eligible PF and their backcourt is much worse than last season. This played out exactly to form against UCLA. They won't be a top 20 team without major improvement.

As great as the Wemby stat line is, its "historic" nature is a little misleading. They're including the blocks to get there. Blocks weren't officially kept until 1972 I think. Wilt averaged more than 50 and 20 in 1962. Even so, it's been a long time.

Thinking the same about Steven Pearl. Hope Missouri and Tennessee improve soon. Need them to get the SEC to eight top 25 teams.

Early returns on SEC basketball reclaiming a dominant position among conferences are not looking good. Of course, the criminal sooners are an embarrassment as a state, football program and, especially, as a basketball program. Alabama looked like pure cheeks against Sam Houston. Tennessee has looked horrible since exhibition play began. Missouri doesn't look good. Auburn is playing poorly as we speak. Georgia no bueno. On and on. Hopefully, these teams get it together quickly, otherwise the conference will suffer on Selection Sunday.

@Gerry Hamilton Any update on Beckham Black commitment timeline? Is he expected to wait until spring to decide?

Like fore Booker to make some clutch twos in a big game before she shoots a bunch of threes.

The absence of a true point guard against St. Johns was a big problem. Most teams can't pressure like SJ, but it's definitely a potential problem for this team if the guards don't improve their ball handling. It's not a coincidence that Pitino told Jon Rothstein in an interview a couple of days before the game that teams who think they can get away with combo guards rather than true point guards are living in a dream world.

Do you guys have any idea how stupid you are? Like Rams saying they need to bench Stafford.

How did you goobers get this stupid?

Pretty sure SD doesn't know qb from shinola

You guys have flipped out. Aint't no QB competition.

Many chumps getting special treatment. Florida gonna hug ass regrrdless. No court can save idiots who can't make shots.

I want to reiterate that Kobe Bryant is the only player with a winning record against Tim Duncan in the playoffs 18-12.

Watching Florida lose an exhibition game to Baylor was comical. That team literally can't shoot. Some of the worst offense I've ever seen. If they are the best team in the country (they clearly aren't), college basketball is in a bad place.

Cal hasn't made poor adjustments. He hasn't made any in game adjustments that qualify as tactical manipulation, You know John Wooden won ten titles. Coach K won five titles. Roy Williams won three titles. Bob Knight won three titles. The list goes on. Cal's had more talent than any of those coaches. No one who knows anything about basketball thinks Cal is close to someone like Pitino as an actual coach.

I'd rather have more than one, especially if I've had better players than everyone else for almost twenty years. This is not news. Everyone in basketball has talked about this for years: Cal's a recruiter, not a high-level tactician or actual game coach. He "sells" dreams, and in general delivers on it at an individual level insofar as he does get many guys to the NBA. Differently stated, he "sells" big time more than he wins big time. That's why he's a shyster.

Cal has won one title even though he's had more NBA talent than any coach in history. He's not a good in game coach that knows how to get his players in the best position to win. If you love bragging about guys being drafted, he's your man. If you want to maximize talent and win titles while watching skilled players execute at a high level, you better go with someone like Hurley.

I love playmaking point guards. I'm not sold on the "combo guard" craze. Can it work? Yes, it can work if you have shooting, athletic size and offensive rebounding to make up for the lack PG creation (2025 Florida being a good example). As for Cal, he's repeatedly stated he's more concerned with name on the back of the jersey than the front. Differently stated, he'd rather have big names go high in the draft than win titles. That's indisputable.

Kentucky fans think they are right behind Florida with Texas, Bama, etc. When it's pointed out that they have a combo guard who can't shoot playing PG, and therefore they have the same problem as last season, they simply put their collective head in the sand. They'll go ballistic on Mark Pope quick when they realize their roster doesn't fit well enough to win against good teams. Arkansas actually has the same problem but worse. They don't have a true center. I think they have eight freshmen, no true PG, no shooting to speak of ... Cal is stuck in 2012. He's still more worried about draft picks than winning. He's the biggest shyster in the history of CBB. As I've said before, he needs to be on a used car lot swindling people out of their money.

This season forward there will be no real national champion, just as there wasn't during the poll era. You have the pansies who will insist on letting all the "little guys" in the playoff this year, and with playoff expansion next year it will be a pure crapshoot of mediocrity. Time to move on.

It's here. NBA regular season starts Tuesday. Already shifted my focus to basketball to avoid the toxicity of football fan goofdom.

That's what every SEC fanbase is thinking. If fans don't adjust, they'll drive themselves crazy. Wait, they already are crazy. Glad I live in a rural area.

Watching fan reaction to this volatility is more entertaining than the games now. You literally see the decline of society before your eyes.