The Oregon way
And Mick's #1 recruiter is Oregon's #1 recruiter
That sad, this Sweet 16 or better run for Mick Cronin is going to be huge for recruiting at UCLA for him. Johnny Juzhang was nothing at UK. Now he is a legit scorer.
Mick will have his pick of 5 stars and top tier transfers very soon.
Lolol
Y’all when remember when some people on here said Houston wasn’t winning basketball in the tourney ? That toughness and culture don’t matter???
Yea on the elite 8 for them and likely the final four.
We will never get a coach at cincinnati anywhere close to Kelvin Sampson
Lolol
Y’all when remember when some people on here said Houston wasn’t winning basketball in the tourney ? That toughness and culture don’t matter???
Yea on the elite 8 for them and likely the final four.
We will never get a coach at cincinnati anywhere close to Kelvin Sampson
The toughness thing is getting tiresome. Houston has incredibly skilled players this year. You don't break down a zone with toughness, you do it with patience, timing, and precision. Shutting down Boeheim required focus more than anything else. Syracuse owned the paint for the most part. They lost the game on the perimeter and the top of the key.
The toughness thing is getting tiresome. Houston has incredibly skilled players this year. You don't break down a zone with toughness, you do it with patience, timing, and precision. Shutting down Boeheim required focus more than anything else. Syracuse owned the paint for the most part. They lost the game on the perimeter and the top of the key.
Did you watch anything but stretches of the game?
Houston won the rebounding war by 9, and shot 27% from 3
Houston held Syracuse 28% shooting and 22% from 3
Houston shot 38% and won by 16 points. If that’s not a toughness & culture win, then I don’t know what is.
Syracuse is the 22nd best offense in the country and Houston’s defense made them look like middle schoolers.
If you watched this game and walked away saying Houston won because of their excellent offense, then I don’t know what to say. Sure, they had a full week to prep for the zone and they did the right thing, but they won this game by defense, rebounding and being the tougher more focused team for 40 minutes.
Houston just won by 16 with scoring under a ppp and holding Syracuse to a season low of .72 ppp... not even Virginia did that to them
That’s a mick Cronin type win if I ever saw one
Your mistake is assuming good defense is the same as toughness. Their defense involved a good game plan and smart players that were focused and executed the plan. San Diego St and West Virginia are teams that rely on toughness alone more than Houston. You saw what happened to them against Syracuse.Did you watch anything but stretches of the game?
Houston won the rebounding war by 9, and shot 27% from 3
Houston held Syracuse 28% shooting and 22% from 3
Houston shot 38% and won by 16 points. If that’s not a toughness & culture win, then I don’t know what is.
Syracuse is the 22nd best offense in the country and Houston’s defense made them look like middle schoolers.
If you watched this game and walked away saying Houston won because of their excellent offense, then I don’t know what to say. Sure, they had a full week to prep for the zone and they did the right thing, but they won this game by defense, rebounding and being the tougher more focused team for 40 minutes.
Houston just won by 16 with scoring under a ppp and holding Syracuse to a season low of .72 ppp... not even Virginia did that to them
That’s a mick Cronin type win if I ever saw one
If anyone made anyone look like middle schoolers it was Justin Gorham. 13 points/10 boards at 6’7
Exactly! Lol. They smartly executed the game plan and followed the scouting report rather than just trying to out-tough them. You realize that but are stuck on this toughness idea.Houston wasn’t crashing the offensive glass nearly as hard as they normally do as they main focus was not letting Cuse get hot from 3.
Did you watch the portions of the game he played? He completely changed control of the paint. For someone obsessed with toughness to now be talking about ORtg and points scored is funny.Edward’s was the only guy with an offensive rating over a 100 and he finished with 5 points. Man Houston looked like middle schoolers with that 5 big points!
Edward’s is 3 inches taller than any player on Houston and scored 5 points.
Do you think Loyola-Chicago is a tough team or a finesse team? They have just average offensive rebounding but elite defensive rebounding. They have a better defense than Houston. Defensive rebounding is the result of positioning and discipline. Offensive rebounding comes more from ability and toughness.We can both spin this however we want:
Syracuse averages a 29.2 offensive rebounding rate, Houston held them to a paltry .147
Cuse was 9/27 from 2 point range. How much dominance could have you have really had with just 9 made shots and 33% from 2??
UCLA with another impressive half of basketball. Really hurts watching and knowing what could have been if Mick was able to get too recruits here. We should have been paying some star recruiters. Alabama is an excellent run and gun team and Mick is imposing his will on them right now
Looks like he is trying to slow it down again and it’s backfiring in the 2nd half