ttun basketball (Juwan out, Dusty May in)

[NFBuck]

Adidas is so frickin' awful with these uniform designs, it's hard to believe they actually think they look good. It's almost like they're trolling.

 

[WolverineMike]

Hopefully they go back to Nike when this contract is up

 

[colobuck79]

Hopefully they go back to Nike when this contract is up

Shut your dirty mouth! We love the Adidas contract for TSUN.

 

[WolverineMike]

Shut your dirty mouth! We love the Adidas contract for TSUN.

 

[TDunk]

To me it looks like they went the gangsta route where it looks like the boxers are exposed from their shorts.

 

[buckeyesin07]

On bubble watch...for the NIT.

 

[buckmouse]

8:30 ESPN baby!! they were going to have a camera there to watch the celebrate but the colors screwed with the cameras!


Oh yeah - I forgot..... Fuck Michigan

 

[DZ83CK]

So we don't know if they are in yet? All those darn NIT bid-stealers from the non-power conferences holding them down.

 

[buckeyesin07]

Bubble burst for the NIT. Great decision to have postseason unis made--yeah, Hackett's a real step up from Brandon on the embarrassment meter.

 

[MaxBuck]

Anyone who thinks Beilein is an elite coach is a moron. He's a mediocre recruiter who, when he's able to luck into an exceptional lineup, doesn't fuck things up beyond recognition. That's about it.

 

[buckeyesin07]

Anyone who thinks Beilein is an elite coach is a moron. He's a mediocre recruiter who, when he's able to luck into an exceptional lineup, doesn't fuck things up beyond recognition. That's about it.

You forgot that, in typical Michigan Man fashion, his hubris will keep him from accepting a CBI bid that could actually help his sinking ship program.

 

[DZ83CK]

No postseason? The basketball team won't be the only team in AA to have that status this academic year, they have their classmates to commiserate with.

 

[WolverineMike]

Get healed up, everyone should be back, next season should be a good one. Good luck vs VCU, fellers.

 

[NFBuck]

Anyone who thinks Beilein is an elite coach is a moron. He's a mediocre recruiter who, when he's able to luck into an exceptional lineup, doesn't fuck things up beyond recognition. That's about it.

Elite? No. But given the track record over the previous couple of years prior to this one, even I have to admit he's pretty good. This year, their best player was hurt early on, they lost their PG during B1G play, and lost a ton from last year. Bielein is a solid coach that is pretty good at recruiting players to his system. I think he's a pretty flawed in-game coach...but so are a lot of good coaches. Elite? Absolutely not. Even with the guys they lost to injury, I still think they were probably an 18-20 team/borderline NCAA tourney team tops. We'll see how they bounce back next year, because like Mike said, they should have pretty much everybody back, and a lot of youngsters got valuable playing time this year. A bad year after a few pretty good tourney runs and a national championship game appearance isn't quite a "sinking ship" in my, IMO. Hey, he's at least a step up from Amaker.

I think one of the things Thad has over him is he's not a "system coach." With that, tOSU's floor will always be higher than Beilein's. Thad's down years still net him 22-25 wins and tournament appearances. Beilein's to this point, do not.

 

[WolverineMike]

He also recruits kids who will be in his system for several years. I seriously doubt he expected to lose 5 guys to the NBA in 2 seasons. The talent was simply to young and raw this season.