Tee4three Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 21 minutes ago, Jeseph said: I like the quote tweets in response to that news People seem to really like the guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 23 minutes ago, Jeseph said: For those fans turned off by the idea of a retread, we should at least be pleased that we're sniffing around the top assistants at programs like Indiana, Michigan, Oregon, Xavier, and Alabama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 One tweet I saw was that if hunter was hired to expect his son to follow, who is a PG at Ohio Maybe helps explain Curtis Jones entering the portal yesterday? Or just a coincidence/me reading into it to far 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 18 minutes ago, Tee4three said: One tweet I saw was that if hunter was hired to expect his son to follow, who is a PG at Ohio Maybe helps explain Curtis Jones entering the portal yesterday? Or just a coincidence/me reading into it to far I don’t really think Jones is a PG though. His game translates to an off the ball guard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RecoveringHillbilly Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) https://bearcatsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/ben-mccollum/1763 Visting today as well. The Leipold of D2 mens basketball. Edited March 22, 2023 by RecoveringHillbilly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullsbball Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 So much for Hurley getting fired at Arizona State. Given a 2 year contract extension through 2026. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Just now, bullsbball said: So much for Hurley getting fired at Arizona State. Given a 2 year contract extension through 2026. They didn’t want a lame duck season. Pretty standard. And I don’t think jobs in the Northeast came knocking on his door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 9 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: I don’t really think Jones is a PG though. His game translates to an off the ball guard. Same I think he is a great guard to have off ball in a guard oriented college game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 6 minutes ago, RecoveringHillbilly said: https://bearcatsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/ben-mccollum/1763 Visting today as well. The Leipold of D2 mens basketball. I don't know intricacies of coaching D1 vs D2 - but this guy certainly knows how win. Win pct at NW Mo St is .811, with 365 wins along with 4 D2 national championships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rma Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 8 minutes ago, RecoveringHillbilly said: https://bearcatsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/ben-mccollum/1763 Visting today as well. The Leipold of D2 mens basketball. I will accept somebody who has a .28 National Championship / Season ratio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 "On the floor, the Bearcats run perhaps the most efficient offense in college basketball. It’s predicated on angles and screens and spacing to get open looks, but there are no discernable patterns. It is a nightmare to defend." This would certainly be a a welcome, polar opposite change around here. https://www.ky3.com/2022/11/02/northwest-missouri-state-hoops-verge-becoming-dynasty/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub2019 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeseph Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Just now, ub2019 said: Good for him, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 16 minutes ago, RecoveringHillbilly said: https://bearcatsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/ben-mccollum/1763 Visting today as well. The Leipold of D2 mens basketball. Maybe explains Foley dropping the word "former" in his Twitter bio I really have my tim foil hat on today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 1 minute ago, MuchMany said: "On the floor, the Bearcats run perhaps the most efficient offense in college basketball. It’s predicated on angles and screens and spacing to get open looks, but there are no discernable patterns. It is a nightmare to defend." This would certainly be a a welcome, polar opposite change around here. https://www.ky3.com/2022/11/02/northwest-missouri-state-hoops-verge-becoming-dynasty/ Another quote: “I coach Division I basketball, and I promise you they (NW Missouri St) were a top-100 team in the country (last season),” Lipscomb head coach Lennie Acuff said. “How they play, what they do, it’s high-level basketball — their skill level, their feel, their player development, it’s really done in an admirable way.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 4 minutes ago, DocCas86 said: Another quote: “I coach Division I basketball, and I promise you they (NW Missouri St) were a top-100 team in the country (last season),” Lipscomb head coach Lennie Acuff said. “How they play, what they do, it’s high-level basketball — their skill level, their feel, their player development, it’s really done in an admirable way.” I'm a Duke fan since childhood and they pushed us hard a few years ago at Cameron. He seems like an offensive whiz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasketBull Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 McCollum looks like an excellent candidate, at least as good as anybody else who's name I've seen floated. He may be my #1 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) I may have been too quick to call him an offensive whiz. From that podcast, he sounds like a defensive coach first. They play one of the slowest paces in D2. The logic being when they play the best teams (having national title aspirations every year), fast break points aren't as available and bailing out the D with wasted possessions is a great way to lose. He's all about efficient motion offense. He wants to play fast, but in the half-court. Also incorporates the Jay Wright-style drive-and-stop philosophy, which would be a dream after the recent seasons full of charges. One caveat is that he says these strategies are responses to roster constraints, practice time, and opponent quality/style. That's appealing because he's adaptable and smart enough to pull it off. And re: the poor man's Oats Ball we played racing up and down the court. It makes a lot of sense that we were able to run on bad teams and find success, but got smoked when up against the better, more structured teams. Edited March 22, 2023 by MuchMany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukbro00 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 10 minutes ago, BasketBull said: McCollum looks like an excellent candidate, at least as good as anybody else who's name I've seen floated. He may be my #1 now. To put him in perspective, America's hottest coach, Tobin Anderson, had a .771 win percentage in D2, never advancing past the elite 8 in 9 seasons at St. Thomas Aquinas. McCollum has a .811 win percentage in D2, advancing past the Elite 8 four times (with 4 national championships) in 14 seasons at NW Missouri State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clodney Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 LOVE the idea of bringing in McCollum. We could have a couple years of growing pains since it's a huge shift from our current philosophy but I'm pretty confident his structure with D1 athletes would cause fits for any team in the country. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 The only thing about McCollum is does he have a pipeline into D1 players? The only difference with say a dominant HS coach is that those players go on to major programs (Wes Clark). He also wouldn't be able to come with much of a transfer class either. D2 talent doesn't usually translate, even the top of that league. He would need to be linked up with a D1 recruiting pro. I'd be more worried about that than the Xs and Os which he clearly excels at, unlike Whitesell. That said I love the win percentage. I just need him to come up with a premier recruiting plan and coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukbro00 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 4 minutes ago, Kevin said: The only thing about McCollum is does he have a pipeline into D1 players? The only difference with say a dominant HS coach is that those players go on to major programs (Wes Clark). He also wouldn't be able to come with much of a transfer class either. D2 talent doesn't usually translate, even the top of that league. He would need to be linked up with a D1 recruiting pro. I'd be more worried about that than the Xs and Os which he clearly excels at, unlike Whitesell. That said I love the win percentage. I just need him to come up with a premier recruiting plan and coach. That could result in him keeping Foley, a seemingly above average recruiter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 4 minutes ago, Kevin said: The only thing about McCollum is does he have a pipeline into D1 players? The only difference with say a dominant HS coach is that those players go on to major programs (Wes Clark). He also wouldn't be able to come with much of a transfer class either. D2 talent doesn't usually translate, even the top of that league. He would need to be linked up with a D1 recruiting pro. I'd be more worried about that than the Xs and Os which he clearly excels at, unlike Whitesell. That said I love the win percentage. I just need him to come up with a premier recruiting plan and coach. I imagine his team of well-coached, high-effort guys would have waxed UB this year anyways. He'll figure out how to find some dogs for this level too. And as we all know, there are plenty of bag men out there ready to take an assistant's chair on a staff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yussi1870 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 This guy McCollum seems like a diamond. He must have some recruiting sense, else how do you get guys to play for D2 NW Missouri St? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullsbball Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, yussi1870 said: This guy McCollum seems like a diamond. He must have some recruiting sense, else how do you get guys to play for D2 NW Missouri St? All his current players are from the Midwest. 5 from Missouri, 2 each from Nebraska, Kansas, and Illinois and 1 from Iowa. Not picked up anybody recently on the D2 Transfer portal and lost a couple to the portal over the past few years. Edited March 22, 2023 by bullsbball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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