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Post by bennyskid on Mar 7, 2024 10:41:17 GMT -8
Agreed---Ionescu and Satou went #1 and #2 in the WNBA draft that year and Ruthie was was #8. I wonder if that has ever happened before for 1 team to have 3 top ten picks in the draft in the same year---Women or Men for that matter-?? Just happened last year. South Carolina had picks #1, #8 and #10
2016 - the year that UConn upset OSU in the semifinals of the Final Four - UConn players went #1, #2, and #3.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Mar 7, 2024 10:45:12 GMT -8
Just happened last year. South Carolina had picks #1, #8 and #10
2016 - the year that UConn upset OSU in the semifinals of the Final Four - UConn players went #1, #2, and #3.
Good call. I was thinking maybe UConn had done it at some point. Pretty hard to trump getting the top 3 picks in a draft. Only 1 of them really panned out in the W though.
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Post by markarmour04 on Mar 7, 2024 11:57:16 GMT -8
I get the anti-Duck thing, but that was a hell of team and (honestly) filled with players that seemed to play the right way who everyone likes to this day.
I hope Graves turns it around. I have no idea what happened down there, but disagree with the consensus here: our players left because they were selfish so good riddance, but their players left because of the coach and atmosphere. Honestly have no clue in either case—I suspect they are more similar than different.
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Post by TheGlove on Mar 7, 2024 12:50:45 GMT -8
I hope Graves turns it around. Why exactly?
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Post by speakthetruth on Mar 7, 2024 12:55:25 GMT -8
I get the anti-Duck thing, but that was a hell of team and (honestly) filled with players that seemed to play the right way who everyone likes to this day. I hope Graves turns it around. I have no idea what happened down there, but disagree with the consensus here: our players left because they were selfish so good riddance, but their players left because of the coach and atmosphere. Honestly have no clue in either case—I suspect they are more similar than different. I will tell you exactly what happened. Campbell left and Graves hasn't been able to replace him.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Mar 7, 2024 14:25:50 GMT -8
Campbell will tell anyone that listens how great he is...but is he? Did a nice job turning around Sacramento St. Had TCU cruising against a weak OOC schedule. Then they had a series of injuries and conference play started, and they sunk to near the bottom of the standings. I'd say the jury is still out on his coaching awesomeness, his own opinion of himself excluded.
Graves won a whole bunch of games at Gonzaga (and St. Mary's before that) before he ever crossed paths w/ Campbell. This is the same guy who tried to take most of the credit for Oregon St.'s success from the early part of Rueck's tenure. Maybe in both cases the head coach deserves SOME of the credit, instead of giving it all to an assistant coach?
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Post by rgeorge on Mar 7, 2024 14:45:54 GMT -8
Campbell will tell anyone that listens how great he is...but is he? Did a nice job turning around Sacramento St. Had TCU cruising against a weak OOC schedule. Then they had a series of injuries and conference play started, and they sunk to near the bottom of the standings. I'd say the jury is still out on his coaching awesomeness, his own opinion of himself excluded. Graves won a whole bunch of games at Gonzaga (and St. Mary's before that) before he ever crossed paths w/ Campbell. This is the same guy who tried to take most of the credit for Oregon St.'s success from the early part of Rueck's tenure. Maybe in both cases the head coach deserves SOME of the credit, instead of giving it all to an assistant coach? Totally agree. Graves has won everywhere he's been and averaged over 22 wins a season at Oregon. More than SR by the way. He's a duck, we all get it. But, he's a fantastic coach. Seems he's been struck with injury and portal issues like SR was. Certain crap is out of control of coaches. And the one trait a coach can't truly gage until it happens... how players handle adversity and the ensuing team chemistry. I can tell you from being in the lobby post game. After the Colorado blowout heading a couple player/family conversations, he has some stage 4 cancers on that team. He needs to "lose" some players for sure! Nowadays the future is never a known in college athletics.
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Post by Werebeaver on Mar 7, 2024 16:00:16 GMT -8
Campbell will tell anyone that listens how great he is...but is he? Did a nice job turning around Sacramento St. Had TCU cruising against a weak OOC schedule. Then they had a series of injuries and conference play started, and they sunk to near the bottom of the standings. I'd say the jury is still out on his coaching awesomeness, his own opinion of himself excluded. Graves won a whole bunch of games at Gonzaga (and St. Mary's before that) before he ever crossed paths w/ Campbell. This is the same guy who tried to take most of the credit for Oregon St.'s success from the early part of Rueck's tenure. Maybe in both cases the head coach deserves SOME of the credit, instead of giving it all to an assistant coach? Totally agree. Graves has won everywhere he's been and averaged over 22 wins a season at Oregon. More than SR by the way. He's a duck, we all get it. But, he's a fantastic coach. Seems he's been struck with injury and portal issues like SR was. Certain crap is out of control of coaches. And the one trait a coach can't truly gage until it happens... how players handle adversity and the ensuing team chemistry. I can tell you from being in the lobby post game. After the Colorado blowout heading a couple player/family conversations, he has some stage 4 cancers on that team. He needs to "lose" some players for sure! Nowadays the future is never a known in college athletics. Agree hope he stays there forever. Just like I wish ucks would have never fired George Horton.
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Post by rgeorge on Mar 7, 2024 16:01:44 GMT -8
Totally agree. Graves has won everywhere he's been and averaged over 22 wins a season at Oregon. More than SR by the way. He's a duck, we all get it. But, he's a fantastic coach. Seems he's been struck with injury and portal issues like SR was. Certain crap is out of control of coaches. And the one trait a coach can't truly gage until it happens... how players handle adversity and the ensuing team chemistry. I can tell you from being in the lobby post game. After the Colorado blowout heading a couple player/family conversations, he has some stage 4 cancers on that team. He needs to "lose" some players for sure! Nowadays the future is never a known in college athletics. Agree hope he stays there forever. Just like I wish ucks would have never fired George Horton. Yeah... I was one if the "watch out what you wish for" guys with regard to baseball. MW knows what he's doing!
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Post by jefframp on Mar 8, 2024 8:43:51 GMT -8
I hope Graves turns it around. Why exactly? Maybe he's married to a schmuck. But who would do something like THAT?
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Post by Werebeaver on Mar 8, 2024 8:52:06 GMT -8
Maybe he's married to a schmuck. But who would do something like THAT? He already has "turned it around". I think he's doin' great.
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