If Cal and the athletics department want to win back some favor they should go play in the Maui invitational this year. I miss playing in these in season tournaments. Also would be a good chance to put young players in a tournament environment before March so they can get a taste.
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You can't just sign up though. You gotta win too. Cant be going out there to go 0-3 or whatever it is
Also, I don't know if favor is the right word. Maybe he'll earn some kudos or well done, but its gonna take more than just this type of tournament.
Cal don’t want to compete. He wants to wear a suit iin the green room
Cal wants to play Texas am cc instead of Duke Kansas mich state etc and we wonder why his players are not tough and battle tested instead cal blames it on the fans wanting to go to the Bahamas and Canada on why his players are soft the shitshow continues
Forget cal Barney needs to sign them up now make him do it. But that’s a very minor thing
Probably for a couple years I’d say. Usually is that way for a lot of tournaments.
Pass while Cal is here. We're 0-4 in the champions classic since 2020. We'd get mauled in maui.
That will never happen because Cal says it's too far to go with such a young team. I guess Cal thinks the team will go by boat instead of flying.
I will never understand why someone would turn down an all expenses paid vacation to Maui.
We most likely wouldn't win a game there so we start out 0-2. Duke will steamroll us in the Champions Classic to make us 0-3. I can't imagine how pissed I would be if that scenario played out. Our OOC schedule will be Butthole State, Popcorn U, Tates Creek HS, Centre College, etc to get a good record and then as soon as we play a tough, physical SEC team, we will get beat up and lose again. Look for 12-15 losses because this year's team is way better on paper and they lost 10 games and gained no trophies.
He’s getting “waxed” in every event in recent history. We would come out of there with a losing record.
Wasting ANOTHER WHOLE YEAR to find out he's the same stubborn BSer, when we could've given another coach that year to get acclimated and get their recruiting class and transfers in. Throwing good money after bad at this point
We alternate playing all 3 of the teams he listed. Don't interrupt tho, he's on a roll.
Nice field for next year.
Auburn, Colorado, Dayton, Iowa State, Memphis, Michigan State, North Carolina and UCONN.
Auburn, Colorado, Dayton, Iowa State, Memphis, Michigan State, North Carolina and UCONN.
And after we beat butthole state many on here will have us going to the final four. Just like we were going to beat Oakland, TT was going to beat NC State and we were going to wear them out. Yeah boy.
Instead he says they're going to be in the weight room and working on defense. I'm sure that won't add to the body breakdown and mental burn out....
Kal would be terrified to play in a tournament. Chalk those games up to losses, like the annual loss in the Champion's Classic
Then Kal would have an excuse for us not doing something like playing defense at the end of the year when we make our first round exit again. We shouldnt have went to Maui!!
Calipai would rather schedule College of the Little Sisters of the Poor so that the players can feel good about themselves going into the conference games.
MAUI, Hawaii -- The Maui Jim Maui Invitational announced today the 2024 field for the 41st annual Tournament. Auburn, Colorado, Dayton, Iowa State, Memphis, Michigan State, North Carolina and the 2023 NCAA National Champions UCONN will go head-to-head Nov. 25-27, 2024 at the historic Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii.
Now that will be so good basketball… I wish the Cats were coming!!!
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I'll be so damn happy when we get to play in these type tournaments again.
Imagine having a coach that
Enjoys playing in tournaments like Maui and Battle 4 Atlantis that the fans love
Cares about winning the SEC tournament
Respects opponents enough that they scout and prepare for them.
Imagine having a coach that
Enjoys playing in tournaments like Maui and Battle 4 Atlantis that the fans love
Cares about winning the SEC tournament
Respects opponents enough that they scout and prepare for them.
When you look at the preseason schedule of Alabama and Tennessee as compared to ours, I think an upgrade in pre conference play would be helpful.
Yeah, this topic came up a week or so ago, and other times over the years.
One of the issues from a developmental standpoint is for whatever reason, UK stopped playing in these tournaments.
The tournament format in terms of travel and playing multiple games against different types of teams that you don't get in standard OOC scheduling, better simulates March.
Canadian and Puerto Rican all-star exhibitions don't cut it. Those aren't really anything like playing a college team who's been developed over the course of a couple years and hungry to beat a UK and/or advance. Whether its Maui, SEC tourney, or March Madness.
One of the issues from a developmental standpoint is for whatever reason, UK stopped playing in these tournaments.
The tournament format in terms of travel and playing multiple games against different types of teams that you don't get in standard OOC scheduling, better simulates March.
Canadian and Puerto Rican all-star exhibitions don't cut it. Those aren't really anything like playing a college team who's been developed over the course of a couple years and hungry to beat a UK and/or advance. Whether its Maui, SEC tourney, or March Madness.
This is one of the unfortunate downsides to Cal.
No longer play IU (both parties carry blame and series is renewing soon)
No Maui
No Battle 4 Atlantis
Not any other myriad tourney options either
He was about events. While he was winning a lot was overlooked even though fans quietly pined for such early season tourneys. Now we are routinely getting beat in those events (losing record overall in Champions Classic at 5-8 and cbs sports classics we are 5-5).
Now it’s just more ammo for why Cal is so loathed as Coach by this fanbase.
Last night watching games I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that UK hasn’t mattered in a postseason since 2019.
You just don’t see the blue bloods fall off for that long that often…. Sad.
No longer play IU (both parties carry blame and series is renewing soon)
No Maui
No Battle 4 Atlantis
Not any other myriad tourney options either
He was about events. While he was winning a lot was overlooked even though fans quietly pined for such early season tourneys. Now we are routinely getting beat in those events (losing record overall in Champions Classic at 5-8 and cbs sports classics we are 5-5).
Now it’s just more ammo for why Cal is so loathed as Coach by this fanbase.
Last night watching games I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that UK hasn’t mattered in a postseason since 2019.
You just don’t see the blue bloods fall off for that long that often…. Sad.
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