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Big East tournament- DePaul loses

Da Coach said:
An upset in the Big East first round-
St. Johns 73
Connecticut 51
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201003090129
A blowout by St. Johns over UConn. Jim Calhoun has a team loaded with elite athletes, but they are not good shooters. UConn is now 17-15. They do have a couple good wins, but I don't think their record will get them an at-large bid. On the other hand, there have been strong rumors that St. John's might fire Norm Roberts after the season ended. This is his 6th year, with little success in the Big East. But if they get hot now, it will make that a little harder to do.
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I went to the ND-UConn game last week, and it was clear that UConn was NOT a tournament team. They have a bunch of long, athletic players. However not a one of them can play a lick of basketball offensively. You might as well not guard them outside of 15 feet. But hey, Digger probably still has them in!
 
UConn would be a far better team if they just had one kid like Sammy Maniscalco, or an Adam Leonard/Ali Farokhmanesh type. The few games of their's I've seen, they can run and dunk with the best of teams, but they turn the ball over a lot with unnecessarily fancy passing (21 t/os today- 9 by Jerome Dyson alone) and they are all lousy shooters outside of arm's length of the basket.

Actually, maybe if they had given Darius Smith a chance to play PG more, I think he might have helped.
 
Da Coach said:
UConn would be a far better team if they just had one kid like Sammy Maniscalco, or an Adam Leonard/Ali Farokhmanesh type. The few games of their's I've seen, they can run and dunk with the best of teams, but they turn the ball over a lot with unnecessarily fancy passing (21 t/os today- 9 by Jerome Dyson alone) and they are all lousy shooters outside of arm's length of the basket.
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Agree 100%. After I saw them play I said that they wouldn't even finish in the top 3-4 of the MVC. I stand by that. They can't pass, shoot, or handle the ball.
 
I guess you can say that I was the "classless" fan that started the thread. I know it may be incomprehensible for some of you to understand, but we want Lowery gone badly! The day we gave him the big raise was the day he changed forever, and not in a good way.

Also, to the poster that states all of those players are gone, none of that is confirmed except maybe one of them, and they may not even stay if Clo stayes either.

Please DePaul......ANSWER OUR PRAYERS!
 
Poor UConn...all that cheating, that $$ thrown at players and thugs, and all those illegal phone calls that hit the news (although we all know the NCAA won't bother to act)...and they still can't get to .500!!
How is it that they don't fire Jim Calhoun??
 
Does anyone think Darius is thinking about going elsewhere? He rarely played and his few minutes disappeared over the second half of the season. One of his last lines was 11 min/5 personal fouls, yikes! He would probably be 2nd or 3rd in their guard rotation next year, depending on who they have coming in. He also has to wait behind Walker who will play 35min/game.
 
tornado said:
Poor UConn...all that cheating, that $$ thrown at players and thugs, and all those illegal phone calls that hit the news (although we all know the NCAA won't bother to act)...and they still can't get to .500!!
How is it that they don't fire Jim Calhoun??
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I am guessing it's the 2 national titles he's won. Just a guess though.
 
BradleyBrave said:
I am guessing it's the 2 national titles he's won. Just a guess though.
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Exactly. He and Auriemma turned Huskies basketball into a religion. Before they arrived UConn around 1985, UConn played in a 4200 seat arena that might get half full if they were playing Georgetown.

In their careers UConn was as premier as it could get. They built Gampel and fill it for both men's and women's hoops demanding expansions every few years.

They've made the University of Connecticut millions and are untouchable.
 
Da Coach said:
An upset in the Big East first round-
St. Johns 73
Connecticut 51
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201003090129
A blowout by St. Johns over UConn. Jim Calhoun has a team loaded with elite athletes, but they are not good shooters. UConn is now 17-15. They do have a couple good wins, but I don't think their record will get them an at-large bid. On the other hand, there have been strong rumors that St. John's might fire Norm Roberts after the season ended. This is his 6th year, with little success in the Big East. But if they get hot now, it will make that a little harder to do.
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that is how I felt the JL situation was before the S 16
 
So if Calhoun should be fired, so should Roy Williams....maybe one will replace JL

EDIT: Didn't Jim Calhoun just say he had a contract offer today in a press conference?
 
Calhoun did say he felt like he could still coach another yr and that he has a contract offer on the table but he hasn't seen it yet. He did miss quite a few games this yr with an illness though, so i'm better the contract has some incentives or whatever in it.

Jason



Future Walk-On said:
So if Calhoun should be fired, so should Roy Williams....maybe one will replace JL

EDIT: Didn't Jim Calhoun just say he had a contract offer today in a press conference?
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squirrelgotdead said:
Right now the top 4 I'm hearing (in no particular order) are Lavin, Barbee, Webster, or one of the top area HS coaches.
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Da Coach said:
ESPN's Doug Gottleib thinks DePaul will name UTEP coach Tony Barbee as their new coach-
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/colleges/post/_/id/190/gottlieb-uteps-barbee-likely-depaul-coach
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Not sure if this has been posted anywhere, but other names I have heard other than what you guys are posting for Depaul are: Ben Howland and Chris Collins.
The Barbee, Rod Strickland connection is probably why Gottleib has Barbee pegged as the favorite.
 
Here is the latest on the DePaul coaching search. Also a mention of DePaul considering building a nice on-campus arena.-
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/david-kaplan-chicago-sports/2010/03/news-and-notes.html

Interesting quote from Digger Phelps-
"If DePaul builds an arena near campus it is over. They are the biggest sleeping giant in college basketball. A new arena will make that one of the best jobs in the country," said ESPN analyst and former Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps.

Sorry I can't quite agree with Digger- I doubt the addition of an on-campus arena will make that much difference immediately with DePaul. It will help, and with the right coach could help DePaul rebuild and contend in the Big East, but I suspect it could take 5-10 years, maybe longer. They have been talking about this for decades.
 
Da Coach said:
Here is the latest on the DePaul coaching search. Also a mention of DePaul considering building a nice on-campus arena.-
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/david-kaplan-chicago-sports/2010/03/news-and-notes.html

Interesting quote from Digger Phelps-
"If DePaul builds an arena near campus it is over. They are the biggest sleeping giant in college basketball. A new arena will make that one of the best jobs in the country," said ESPN analyst and former Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps.

Sorry I can't quite agree with Digger- I doubt the addition of an on-campus arena will make that much difference immediately with DePaul. It will help, and with the right coach could help DePaul rebuild and contend in the Big East, but I suspect it could take 5-10 years.
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Digger has never been short on hyperbole, but the on-campus arena certainly wouldn't hurt. I was never sold on the AllState Arena being the reason DePaul wasn't good, the facilities are nice and new, and Lincoln Park is one of the best places for young people in the city. I think the problem has been more of who's been leading the program, and the money they've put into the program rather than where they play their home games.

The question about an on- or near-campus arena has always been a question of land and where it would come from. Lincoln Park is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Chicago. It's mostly residential, and mostly occupied by very, very wealthy people. DePaul had to scratch and claw with local residents and city councilmen for a long time just to build a brand new, state-of-the-art student athletic complex on their campus (think Markin Center). It sounds like this site they're talking about near the river over on Southport may be the 'perfect storm' as far as getting an arena built near campus.

I'm not a DePaul fan by any stretch, but if this whole thing came to fruition I think it would be pretty neat. They have some longtime, passionate fans like BU does that long for the glory days, and they deserve better than they've gotten over the past few years. Putting a DePaul arena near campus would be the college basketball equivalent of putting the Blackhawks on TV.
 
Beninator said:
Not sure if this has been posted anywhere, but other names I have heard other than what you guys are posting for Depaul are: Ben Howland and Chris Collins.
The Barbee, Rod Strickland connection is probably why Gottleib has Barbee pegged as the favorite.
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I cannot see Ben Howland leaving UCLA for DePaul, unless there is a rumor his job is in jeopardy. Chris Collins is waiting for the Duke job, so I could see him take another job until that opens up but the DePaul poses some risk for a guy not yet established. I'd have to bet if DePaul is looking at building a close to campus arena they will need a big time name recruiter. The next Calipari type guy, a proven recruiter/winner.
 
Also not a big DePaul fan (though no dislike either), but I like to view them as a future conference mate (I can dream right?) and so wish them well when it comes to program development.
 
SFP said:
I cannot see Ben Howland leaving UCLA .....
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UCLA IS ONE OF THE PREMIER basketball schools in the country, has a massive following and their fan base is all of southern California...
so honestly, how is there even a remote reason why they shouldn't sell out or pack 13,000 in every single night??

Instead...they drew home crowds as tiny as 5900 vs. NMSU, and even drew abysmally small crowds of
-7500 for conference rival Oregon State
-and 6503 for conference rival Washington back in January when Washington was still in the top 25!!!
-Their home average crowd of just 8081 (down 2000 per game from last year) is only about 60% capacity!!!!
-they barely filled 11,000 seats for their fierce rival USC, and didn't a single sellout this season...not even close!
They didn't have a sellout last year either and haven't had one since 2007-2008 (1/19/08)

Let me ask a question -- if a new coach came in to BU and by his 6th or 7th year had the team at all time worst levels of play...going 14-17 with a roster full of 5-Star and 4-Star Blue-chippers....
and, driving 30-40% of the fan base away, leaving the arena more than 40% empty, and turning the program (in UCLA's case, it's one of history's TOP THREE programs ever!) into a mediocre program losing home games to Fullerton State, and going on losing streaks of 6 games at a time to teams as soft as long Beach & Portland...
then wouldn't his job be in jeapordy??????
 
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