Big "Myth" Destroyed

#26
#26
I didn't realize we had a Shabazz Napier or Boatright on our roster...I have faith in CDT but this year we are going to struggle. I wouldn't worry about the post as much if we had a great pg but we don't. Losing Thompson hurt us worse than losing McKnight.
 
#27
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SeniorDrill said:
Watch for it! It happens everytime that one gets called out on a bogus argument, the attempt to distract with some silly counterargument. I am quite familiar with it just like Spartacavolus who is the only other one to figure that out.
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At least Sparty knows what he's talking about which makes his arguments valid smh. You just come on here with crazy out of the woods statements and expect not to get laughed at. 1-3-1, Rick Byrd, Brandon Lopez, and now this pound per inches bs...when will it stop lol?
 
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Stoked said:
At least Sparty knows what he's talking about which makes his arguments valid smh. You just come on here with crazy out of the woods statements and expect not to get laughed at. 1-3-1, Rick Byrd, Brandon Lopez, and now this pound per inches bs...when will it stop lol?
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The 1-3-1 would have won some games just as you will witness with our new zone guy. Rick Byrd would have been an excellent choice. Winning coaches win no matter where you plant them. Brandon Lopez would have been the starter. Straight from the horse's mouth. We don't have to have two 6'8", 260 pound post players to win. We can do quite well with 210 pounders just like the UConn. I think the laughing should be done at the cult because you were wrong in every one of these situations. I think those thousands of people reading these posts and never joining the forum know that!
 
#30
#30
No comparison between the offense of Tennessee and Uconn. Uconn had guards that carried them all the way. The big men were ok, but watch tape of their game vs kentucky, and see which Uconn players win it for them. Can Tennessee depend on their guards the same way? Idk, we'll see.
 
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Ace said:
The new stat is catching on!!!
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Karl-Anthony Towns - 7'1" - 243 lb - 2.86ppi
Willie Cauley-Stein - 7'0" - 244 lb - 2.9ppi
Dakari Johnson - 7'0" - 265 lb - 3.15ppi
Trey Lyles - 6'10" - 255 lb - 3.11ppi
Marcus Lee - 6'10" - 215 lb - 2.62ppi
Derek Willis - 6'9" - 214 lb - 2.64ppi
Alex Poythress - 6'8" - 239 lb - 2.99ppi

This is an absolutely fascinating thread with new insight into statisical data that would seem meaningless to the casual fan! Who knew the PPI was so important. I do need help evaluating Kentucky's frontcourt. Does Towns paltry 2.86 ppi doom him to the bench? Is Poythress's 2.99 an indication he can't play the SF position? Please advise.

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CatsQueue said:
Karl-Anthony Towns - 7'1" - 243 lb - 2.86ppi
Willie Cauley-Stein - 7'0" - 244 lb - 2.9ppi
Dakari Johnson - 7'0" - 265 lb - 3.15ppi
Trey Lyles - 6'10" - 255 lb - 3.11ppi
Marcus Lee - 6'10" - 215 lb - 2.62ppi
Derek Willis - 6'9" - 214 lb - 2.64ppi
Alex Poythress - 6'8" - 239 lb - 2.99ppi

This is an absolutely fascinating thread with new insight into statisical data that would seem meaningless to the casual fan! Who knew the PPI was so important. I do need help evaluating Kentucky's frontcourt. Does Towns paltry 2.86 ppi doom him to the bench? Is Poythress's 2.99 an indication he can't play the SF position? Please advise.

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That frontcourt depth is disgusting.
 
#34
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SeniorDrill said:
The 1-3-1 would have won some games just as you will witness with our new zone guy. Rick Byrd would have been an excellent choice. Winning coaches win no matter where you plant them. Brandon Lopez would have been the starter. Straight from the horse's mouth. We don't have to have two 6'8", 260 pound post players to win. We can do quite well with 210 pounders just like the UConn. I think the laughing should be done at the cult because you were wrong in every one of these situations. I think those thousands of people reading these posts and never joining the forum know that!
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They had the best pg in the nation yeah it worked. Because of him. We don't even have a top 5 pg in our conference, heck even a top 10. That's the difference.

Yeah the 1-3-1 worked good last year but it got annoying because that's all you would talk about. But you knew that CCM wasn't going to run what worked.

Rick Byrd is an excellent coach but way too old to start over again I'm a major conference. Tyndall was a better higher.

I'm glad you form your own opinion but don't expect to post something that's off the wall and expect people not to poke fun of it. Oh and for the love of God there is no cult, just because everyone disagrees with you doesn't mean that we are in some cult with a "leader" that half the time everyone can't even stand in the first place because of his broken hurt from the last coach.

/end rant
 
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CatsQueue said:
Karl-Anthony Towns - 7'1" - 243 lb - 2.86ppi
Willie Cauley-Stein - 7'0" - 244 lb - 2.9ppi
Dakari Johnson - 7'0" - 265 lb - 3.15ppi
Trey Lyles - 6'10" - 255 lb - 3.11ppi
Marcus Lee - 6'10" - 215 lb - 2.62ppi
Derek Willis - 6'9" - 214 lb - 2.64ppi
Alex Poythress - 6'8" - 239 lb - 2.99ppi

This is an absolutely fascinating thread with new insight into statisical data that would seem meaningless to the casual fan! Who knew the PPI was so important. I do need help evaluating Kentucky's frontcourt. Does Towns paltry 2.86 ppi doom him to the bench? Is Poythress's 2.99 an indication he can't play the SF position? Please advise.

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Think we could borrow a post or two, I doubt you need them all. What is that, 7 guys bigger than anyone we have, lol.
 
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CatsQueue said:
Karl-Anthony Towns - 7'1" - 243 lb - 2.86ppi
Willie Cauley-Stein - 7'0" - 244 lb - 2.9ppi
Dakari Johnson - 7'0" - 265 lb - 3.15ppi
Trey Lyles - 6'10" - 255 lb - 3.11ppi
Marcus Lee - 6'10" - 215 lb - 2.62ppi
Derek Willis - 6'9" - 214 lb - 2.64ppi
Alex Poythress - 6'8" - 239 lb - 2.99ppi

This is an absolutely fascinating thread with new insight into statisical data that would seem meaningless to the casual fan! Who knew the PPI was so important. I do need help evaluating Kentucky's frontcourt. Does Towns paltry 2.86 ppi doom him to the bench? Is Poythress's 2.99 an indication he can't play the SF position? Please advise.

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Owens will play pg with a low 2.13 ppi and Armani will play center with the highest ppi...2.79
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Think we could borrow a post or two, I doubt you need them all. What is that, 7 guys bigger than anyone we have, lol.
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Yeah u could see this coming two yrs ago........if we can defend the post decently with our trapping zone we will be ok( Kentucky probably won't be one of those teams unfortunately)
 
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CatsQueue said:
Karl-Anthony Towns - 7'1" - 243 lb - 2.86ppi
Willie Cauley-Stein - 7'0" - 244 lb - 2.9ppi
Dakari Johnson - 7'0" - 265 lb - 3.15ppi
Trey Lyles - 6'10" - 255 lb - 3.11ppi
Marcus Lee - 6'10" - 215 lb - 2.62ppi
Derek Willis - 6'9" - 214 lb - 2.64ppi
Alex Poythress - 6'8" - 239 lb - 2.99ppi
This is an absolutely fascinating thread with new insight into statisical data that would seem meaningless to the casual fan! Who knew the PPI was so important. I do need help evaluating Kentucky's frontcourt. Does Towns paltry 2.86 ppi doom him to the bench? Is Poythress's 2.99 an indication he can't play the SF position? Please advise.
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See, you miss the point entirely. NOBODY SAID there are not teams without big bigs. The point was you don't have to have them to win ball games especially if you have good guard play which we seem to have an abundance of according to you guys!!
 
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Stoked said:
Rick Byrd is an excellent coach but way too old to start over again I'm a major conference. Tyndall was a better higher.
I'm glad you form your own opinion but don't expect to post something that's off the wall and expect people not to poke fun of it. Oh and for the love of God there is no cult,
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I agree that Coach T was a better hire but that was after the fact. And, honestly, you don't think I am "poking fun" right back at you with the cult thing?
 
#45
#45
Wow I don't understand this argument AT ALL. UConn had smaller posts but a top 3 gaurd rotation if not the best gaurd rotation. If we had a Shabazz Napier no one would be concerned about our post play...but I'm sorry you could put Ian Chiles, Kevin Punter, Brandon Lopez together and still not have Shabazz. He is who led UConn on their tourney run, similar to Kemba a few years back. Not to mention Deandre Daniels. Which was a monster on the boards.

I see your point SD. Yes you can win without having a lot in the backcourt...but your front court better be top 5 in the country to make up with your post game weakness. Unfortunately we have some solid wings and that's about it. I have faith in CDT that he will build the team back up but it might take another year.
 
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Stoked said:
Wow I don't understand this argument AT ALL. UConn had smaller posts but a top 3 gaurd rotation if not the best gaurd rotation. If we had a Shabazz Napier no one would be concerned about our post play...but I'm sorry you could put Ian Chiles, Kevin Punter, Brandon Lopez together and still not have Shabazz. He is who led UConn on their tourney run, similar to Kemba a few years back. Not to mention Deandre Daniels. Which was a monster on the boards.

I see your point SD. Yes you can win without having a lot in the backcourt...but your front court better be top 5 in the country to make up with your post game weakness. Unfortunately we have some solid wings and that's about it. I have faith in CDT that he will build the team back up but it might take another year.
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I agree with your post, but I think you have these two backwards.
 
#48
#48
The argument is that you give Uconn an example of a team without bigs who won a title. You even agree that UT doesn't have guards like Napier/Boatwright...so I don't see what the argument you're making? That UT is going to do fine with small bigs and average guards?
 
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SeniorDrill said:
See, you miss the point entirely. NOBODY SAID there are not teams without big bigs. The point was you don't have to have them to win ball games especially if you have good guard play which we seem to have an abundance of according to you guys!!
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To be fair - you missed my point. I was merely poking fun at the PPI statistical reference.

Your point that games can be won without frontcourt size is valid. Happens all the time. However; BTO and others are also valid in the belief that a lack of size and experience in your frontcourt affords you an extremely thin margin of error. I assure you Donnie will be way more concerned scheming around the size disparity than Calipari will be scheming to stop UT's guard play. Just my opinion on the matter.
 
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#50
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CatsQueue said:
Karl-Anthony Towns - 7'1" - 243 lb - 2.86ppi
Willie Cauley-Stein - 7'0" - 244 lb - 2.9ppi
Dakari Johnson - 7'0" - 265 lb - 3.15ppi
Trey Lyles - 6'10" - 255 lb - 3.11ppi
Marcus Lee - 6'10" - 215 lb - 2.62ppi
Derek Willis - 6'9" - 214 lb - 2.64ppi
Alex Poythress - 6'8" - 239 lb - 2.99ppi

This is an absolutely fascinating thread with new insight into statisical data that would seem meaningless to the casual fan! Who knew the PPI was so important. I do need help evaluating Kentucky's frontcourt. Does Towns paltry 2.86 ppi doom him to the bench? Is Poythress's 2.99 an indication he can't play the SF position? Please advise.

:unsure:
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I prefer LBPI, but I will allow your PPI. lol
 
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