McNeeley

[kkott]

Watching UConn vs Memphis on ESPN 2. Memphis quickness and length giving McNeeley fits. I haven’t seen him play much but he looks awful today.

freshman. Hard to step in and be consistently productive at this level, even if he played at MV, which I did think would help him tremendously. It's why I thought the one and done talk with him and Mullins was way premature and unlikely. We may have gotten the better player in Tucker.

 

[turney333]

And while it certainly didn't "have" to be called, it also wasn't an obviously bad call. The defender did have legal rebounding position, and McNeeley did make contact with him while going over him for the rebound. "Over the back" isn't an actual foul, but making contact and gaining an advantage with that contact, "over" someone in a legal rebounding position, is a foul. It can easily be argued he did that.

Long winded way of saying it was a call that could have gone either way. Hurley is a spaz. He'll do something soon to get himself cancelled/fired.

Yes, that is frequently a no call as it wasn’t egregious, but he did bump into the other player and made contact with the players arm and both actions impeded his ability raise his arm and jump for the ball. The Memphis player’s left arm/hand couldn’t get above shoulder height and he barely had any vertical.

Sucks to have that called late in the game for sure, but absolutely no reason for the press conference comments let alone the on court tirade

 

[sobester]

Not that it matters, but it was BS when Hurley said the Memphis player made a half-ass attempt to get the rebound. The replay shows that’s not true at all. It was a lie and kind of a cheap thing to say anyway.

 

[Stuffshot]

My pet peace argument ….. “not even illegal anymore”. Dumbest argument evrrr!!! It’s the ADVANTAGE you get because others can’t do it. It’s like saying two of are shots would be three pointers now so really won that game in 1985 based on the rules today. And Im not talking about IU. I don’t even know what Sampson did for sure. Just hate that ridiculous argument.

At the time, some of the NCAA's own enforcement personnel didn't think it was a serious enough violation to warrant the penalty that was imposed. So, OK, it may have been "illegal" at the time, but it was a first-time-offender misdemeanor violation by IU instead of a serious felony.

As for an "ADVANTAGE", as you screamed, I recall some of the "phone calls" the NCAA counted against Sampson were (1) not received by any human being, but (2) were registered by telephone company equipment when they clicked on answering machines for a couple seconds even though nobody left a recorded message. Again, not a serious felony giving an "advantage", and it's doubtful the caller or recipient even knew this would count as a "phone call" or that it even had happened. The NCAA counted "phone calls" even when they were not completed.

One thing is clear -- when the NCAA acts like this it loses public support. The NCAA's tremendous loss of power proves "Karma is a bitch."

 

[sobester]

At the time, some of the NCAA's own enforcement personnel didn't think it was a serious enough violation to warrant the penalty that was imposed. So, OK, it may have been "illegal" at the time, but it was a first-time-offender misdemeanor violation by IU instead of a serious felony.

As for an "ADVANTAGE", as you screamed, I recall some of the "phone calls" the NCAA counted against Sampson were (1) not received by any human being, but (2) were registered by telephone company equipment when they clicked on answering machines for a couple seconds even though nobody left a recorded message. Again, not a serious felony giving an "advantage", and it's doubtful the caller or recipient even knew this would count as a "phone call" or that it even had happened. The NCAA counted "phone calls" even when they were not completed.

One thing is clear -- when the NCAA acts like this it loses public support. The NCAA's tremendous loss of power proves "Karma is a bitch."

Again, my comments were not about IU. It was about the frivolity of the “it’s legal now” argument. NIL did not vindicate UK for sending cash to a player’s parents in the 80s.

 

[Chicago-bound Hoosier]

Not that it matters, but it was BS when Hurley said the Memphis player made a half-ass attempt to get the rebound. The replay shows that’s not true at all. It was a lie and kind of a cheap thing to say anyway.

Yep. I thought the call was a 50/50 and maybe should have just been a play-on….but Hurley loses my vote when he starts acting like a tool. The “half ass” comment was a bad choice of words. You stop making your case when you start acting like a dick.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

McNeeley is quite a lot more than just a catch and shoot player. MM is turning himself in to more as well. But McNeeley is already a better all around player 3 weeks in to his college career than MM as a sophomore. He was a very big loss. Much bigger than Queen, in my opinion.

all depends, I don't think MM is an NBA player, haven't seen McNeely this year just going off of the handful of the Montverde games I watched. to me they would duplicate each other on this year's roster. time will tell, got a bad feeling about this Bahamas trip hope I'm wrong

 

[Victorbmyboy]

all depends, I don't think MM is an NBA player, haven't seen McNeely this year just going off of the handful of the Montverde games I watched. to me they would duplicate each other on this year's roster. time will tell, got a bad feeling about this Bahamas trip hope I'm wrong

Louisville will put up 35 threes against our nail defense.

 

[RegionHoosiers]

Coming off the Sampson debacle we were pretty clean. Nothing like the other big schools.

Tom wasn’t great, but he was operating in a different world.

Better than the two following him.

 

[IUNorth]

all depends, I don't think MM is an NBA player, haven't seen McNeely this year just going off of the handful of the Montverde games I watched. to me they would duplicate each other on this year's roster. time will tell, got a bad feeling about this Bahamas trip hope I'm wrong

Hurley said of McNeeley recently..."He's the most college ready freshman I've ever coached." Not sure that implies NBA success, but its pretty high praise for a guy that's won back to back Natty's, with some key freshmen on those teams.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

Hurley said of McNeeley recently..."He's the most college ready freshman I've ever coached." Not sure that implies NBA success, but its pretty high praise for a guy that's won back to back Natty's, with some key freshmen on those teams.

I think you could say the same about a lot of the players from that program, they basically are college players

 

[Hatchets7times]

McNeeley was a catch and shoot player on an all-time talented high school team. he is basically MM, Queen was the bigger loss

He'd be the best shooter at IU this yr...💯 pct...

 

[IUNorth]

He'd be the best shooter at IU this yr...💯 pct...

I don't know if he's any better an overall shooter than Mack. But he's a better overall basketball player, for sure.

 

[Tammany Hall]

Yep. I thought the call was a 50/50 and maybe should have just been a play-on….but Hurley loses my vote when he starts acting like a tool. The “half ass” comment was a bad choice of words. You stop making your case when you start acting like a dick.

Another loss for Ragin’ Dan.

 

[T.M.P.]

Another loss for Ragin’ Dan.

They have a two man team that doesn't do anything well except shoot threes. Backcourt is horrible, except when shooting threes, and they can't guard shit. Interior D is severely weak, guards can't contain penetration, bigs aren't any better.

 

[Middawg]

I don't see any NBA talent on UConn, mostly in athleticism and defense.

I wonder how much of that asshats pitch to Mullins was that X,Y, and Z were going to get drafted this spring, leaving open starting spots?

They are wing and off guard heavy with no PG and questionable Bigs.

I believe Mullins is going to be buried at the 9,10,11 in the rotation and waste a season.

 

[T.M.P.]

I don't see any NBA talent on UConn,

McNeeley will most likely be a lottery pick.

 

[13thman]

In Indiana bars it is socially acceptable to fight about-
1) A girl
2j The pool table
3) Basketball

You don't mess around with a man's food, his ride, and his woman. State law.