A few weeks ago you heard one of the announcers allude to it. He was a former NBA player. He said on TV that he would not like to full court press all game and this system would not interest him.

I was on board from the beginning and knew this was a homerun hire, after watching this season i am of the belief this will be the worst NCAA showing we have for the next five seasons with Bucky.

Im proud of this team and hopeful for the future!

2nd Generation Ag said:

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A few weeks ago you heard one of the announcers allude to it. He was a former NBA player. He said on TV that he would not like to full court press all game and this system would not interest him.

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Bingo. I played on a youth basketball team and we used to press the entire game, every game. I loved the aggressiveness of it, and it worked because a lot of kids that age were still developing ball-handling skills. It can be a great equalizer for the smaller schools, like having an offense designed around the option in football, but I don't think it's effective at attracting elite athletes (and it's not particularly effective agains elite ball-handlers).

Bucky is a good coach. Need an NIL fund to help him succeed. Any long-term success will HAVE to have NIL to sustain it.

Bucky also pulls yo out every 3 minutes or so. Elite players are not going to want to do that.

I am very impressed by what Bucky did this year for y'all's team. How he pieced together a team and transformed them in short order was impressive. He is a great coach.

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I don't think his style necessarily requires an 'elite' roster. It basically boils down to needing more size.

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Basketball is about the dudes. We need more high caliber players if we want to compete.

I think 2nd Gen ag has a point, NBA prospects arent going to want to go somewhere you press most of the game
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However, you dont need a team full of elite nba prospects to make deep runs.
There are a LOT of players in that next rung down you could go get that would be multiple levels above the roster we just ran out last year.

And its not to diminish this years team in any way, just being realistic that we can still expect the talent level to increase.

What he promised- he delivered. That's a rare thing these days!


Actually, he underpromised and overdelivered.

Bill, how does it feel to be a basketball school?

Love Bucky and Bucky Ball energy. Will our roundball NIL be able to keep up with the Calipari's in our conference? Talent level matters.

He did a great job!

I am just telling you what people have said. Some great players don't want to full court press all game and come out every 3 or 4 minutes.

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2nd Generation Ag said:

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A few weeks ago you heard one of the announcers allude to it. He was a former NBA player. He said on TV that he would not like to full court press all game and this system would not interest him.

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Bingo. I played on a youth basketball team and we used to press the entire game, every game. I loved the aggressiveness of it, and it worked because a lot of kids that age were still developing ball-handling skills. It can be a great equalizer for the smaller schools, like having an offense designed around the option in football, but I don't think it's effective at attracting elite athletes (and it's not particularly effective agains elite ball-handlers).

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And we are not an elite program nor pretend to be. But we can be a damn good one, and there will be some damn good players that are attracted to Bucky's style of ball.

How far will it take us is yet to be seen, but he's proven the floor is higher than many anticipated so hopefully the ceiling is too.

2nd Generation Ag said:

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He did a great job!

I am just telling you what people have said. Some great players don't want to full court press all game and come out every 3 or 4 minutes.

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I personally hope he stays away from the one and dones anyway - if that is what you are calling elite.

I am not convinced that is a winning strategy for a school like A&M (football school). I think it works at the bluest of blues bc they have the resources to reload each and every year, but the competing pressure to fund both sports (and the myriad other sports on campus) I think hurts our ability to really grab those kids each year which you have to count on with one and dones.

That said, not trying to discount your point, but I believe the kinds of kids that he wants to recruit were on the other side of the UH roster. Elite motor, physical athletes that can shoot and pressure all game. Likely not NBA first rounders, and perhaps only 1-2 NBA players on the roster at a time. Take his team this year, add athletic guards, a big time shot blocker and some more consistent ball on defenders and you have an Elite 8 team. Perhaps not championship but that is a dream right now.