-This isn't the way I envisioned Kevin Ollie's UConn tenure unfolding after the title run three years ago. Two straight double-digit loss seasons(in a weak AAC), one 5-star recruit in his last three classes, and now a home loss to Wagner. His seat isn't hot(nor should it be), but without a stud coming in next year to turn things around, I wonder if A)Ollie goes ahead and makes the NBA jump after this season, and B)This is the job Dan Hurley's been waiting for.
-I've been away from GYERO(you're welcome), so I'm sure the IU-KU game has been dissected to satisfaction. But man....Crean loses out on ANOTHER in-state stud. Having both Wilkes and Scruggs in your backyard, and whiffing on both, is unbelievable. In the 2014-2017 rankings, there have been 19 players from Indiana in the Top 150, and Indiana has gotten exactly ONE of them(Blackmon). I realize that Bryant/Anunoby/Johnson, etc. are quality players, and they'll be fine this season, but how in the world does the flagship school in the state, and a legitimate CBB blueblood, miss out on THAT much homegrown talent?
-Villanova at Purdue is sneaky-good tonight, even though I know all you pro footballs will be watching something else. Spike Albrecht is now playing PG for Purdue, in his 9th season of eligibility.
-Chris Stapleton and Mrs. Chris Stapleton with a beautiful rendition of "You Are My Sunshine" on Fallon the other night. Sometimes you don't need to reinvent the wheel. Just sing it and play it.
-Happy 30th birthday, "Hoosiers". For all the love for Jimmy Chitwood, they don't even make it out of sectionals if Buddy Walker doesn't man the point with such a steady hand.
-Great call, Markelle Fultz. First game in a U-Dub uniform, and you lose at home to Yale. THAT'S what you get for signing up to play for freaking Lorenzo Romar.
