MBB Podcast Notes

[Esqueleto]

WGAF. ____ basketball conference. It's the epitome of irrelevance

[Cajunsmike]

Due to circumstances, pulling for Troy. JMU is one of two SBC programs that have Rustonian type fan bases. Arkansas State, Kobi is finishing his career as a Dead Wolf. They spent good money getting players, hope they crash and burn.

USA, meh. Lost to ULM twice, won the ugly contest with UL Saturday.

Kobe finished last season in a slump here. Similar to what happened to him this year. Red Wolves may have overspent in getting him to Jonesboro. Note, Arkansas State coach is listed as a candidate for the Florida State job.

[Cajunsmike]

WGAF. ____ basketball conference. It's the epitome of irrelevance

20 of 32 conferences last year were irrelevant. From what I recall, only 12 leagues received more than 1 bid. I may be off by one or two but I am close with that stat. That is also typical. Some years there are 10 or less leagues that get more than 1 bid. Last year our tournament champion won a game in the NCAA tournament. Few one bid league teams had their champion do that. I agree the league is down overall this year. That is somewhat due to several of the top players from last year moving on due to portal money. Overall however, the league is not nearly as bad as some people who don't realize there are over 30 D1 conferences.

[CajunSID]

20 of 32 conferences last year were irrelevant. From what I recall, only 12 leagues received more than 1 bid. I may be off by one or two but I am close with that stat. That is also typical. Some years there are 10 or less leagues that get more than 1 bid. Last year our tournament champion won a game in the NCAA tournament. Few one bid league teams had their champion do that. I agree the league is down overall this year. That is somewhat due to several of the top players from last year moving on due to portal money. Overall however, the league is not nearly as bad as some people who don't realize there are over 30 D1 conferences.

I think the disappointing part is, among the FBS conferences, the Sun Belt and MAC are at the bottom of the pack in basketball. And it’s not even close.

Sun Belt basketball has to get better if it wants to be taken seriously as a league. League has said it has to be fixed. At least they recognize it’s a problem.

[fpc4life99]

Kobe finished last season in a slump here. Similar to what happened to him this year. Red Wolves may have overspent in getting him to Jonesboro. Note, Arkansas State coach is listed as a candidate for the Florida State job.

Just my opinion, but Kobe seems to have lost a step. Even with his 7 year adult body size compared to some of the freshmen we were playing against him, it seemed like he was getting beat often. I hate to see it happen to him—I don’t think he’s a bad guy. At the end of the day, it was probably a financial decision for him, as this was his last chance to make a little cash playing basketball. I just hope he was at least able to earn a few degrees during his time in school.

As for that Arkansas State coach, he’s someone I would never want associated with our program. He has that Will Wade demeanor, constantly complaining to the refs at every timeout. Even while the game was going on he was in the refs ear, he was continuously cursing at his players and at one point even told the refs that he was going to have his players go in hard against ours when a foul wasn’t called in his favor. This happened a little while later in the game. The guy is a pure joke, and that is not someone I would ever want around our program.

[ZoomZoom]

Kobi needs to come to terms he’s in the 99+% the NCAA speaks about every year.

Three ACL surgeries have taken a toll on the young man. I wish him the best and he uses that UL degree for his betterment.

AFA the SBC being committed to MBB, thought that was the main reason Gill was hired.