Muy said:
Does Bucky's style impact our ability to land a superstar? Seems like it would since the superstars want the offense centered around them, but at the same time a superstar PG or Center would benefit greatly as long as they are willing to get after it on the press
A&M is not going to win at basketball by being the Dodgers or the Yankees, we are going to have to win by being the A's or the Brewers.
Buckyball is perfect for this.
We won't be able to get Kevin Durant, the one year phenom stopping off in college for a year on his way to the NBA. We won't be able to afford to outpay for him, and he is going to want to play for Kentucky or Kansas. Our BB NIL budget will be similar or less than the top programs. We just won't be able to moneywhip our way to a championship through elite-of-the-elite talent.
But we can get 8 or 9 Alex Curoso's. Very high value players for their price.
Then, you just run the dog-**** out of them and the other team. Rotating players in constantly, full-court press all game, and just wear the other team down.
It's really not all that different from Gillespie ball. BCG's team would work their ass off on defense, and then try to make sure they made the other team work really hard on defense while we pretty much passed the ball around and rested for the next defensive possession.
Except, in Buckyball, the idea is that you work your ass off on defense, score as quickly as possible, taking the first high-value shot available, and then rotate your players out often.
We are having success because we have a deep team, a well conditioned team, and we will just out-condition you. Those three late TOs by Auburn probably don't happen like that if you have an Auburn team with their legs under them.
I love the strategy. A workhorse team is going to win at A&M, because we can afford to pay for excellent work-horse players. BCG's trip to Kentucky show that this kind of system likely does not work as well in the blue chip programs.
