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I think Crepea is okay, I've seen him give us our praise, but I've also seen him not sugarcoat it. That tweet was actually about women's basketball, I just saw the exact tweet that add WBB to it. I doubt he meant the football team.

I doubt it, he's perfect as an instant offense type of player off the bench, I don't think he has the defensive chops to be a starter or get starter minutes. I love Peyton but he has his role pretty set, also 42% is not that great, it's ok for a 6'2 guard. Derrick White is the only player that he would supplant and he's shooting 47% (41% on 3s), and he's 6'4 with the ability to guard 1 ands 2s. Peyton isn't that.

I don't think there is really any good way to have that meeting, DeBoer's was 8 minutes long and it sounds like it was even worse. Either way you are leaving and whatever you say isn't going to stop the feeling of betrayal that comes with leaving so suddenly. In all of these cases it's more the fact that a coach is leaving after such a short time at the school, it's one thing when you leave for a better job after 7 or so years, at least then you seen an entire recruiting class through to their senior year, with these guys it's a short hello and goodbye, can't even see much of a journey.

Very impressed with the come back, but you can't let that happen against the teams they have coming up or else they'll be toast I think. Biggest thing that stood out today was the depth this team has. Evans has played really well recently but he had only 9 minutes, I hope there wasn't a injury I missed, it says something about the team when they can miss a guy like that and still come back from that deficit. You look at the bench and by the time they get Bittle back they'll be able to go 11 deep. Diawara probably is the guy that gets a significant reduction in minutes, but having an experienced 7 footer to fall back on would be sweet! I feel good with Tracey, Oquendo, Barthelemy, or even Cook on the floor, incredibly versatile. Last year we were starting Soares who couldn't shoot a lick, and now we have multiple wings who are straight up better than him. Dana has upgraded every position on the court either through guys getting healthy (Couisnard and Rigsby) or through additions, it's such a great thing to see that he's got his mojo back.

Significant? No, but it is a lot more familiar to Smith, coached there, Northwest guy, it makes a lot more sense for him than MSU. He already has recruiting connections on the west coast, he probably could convince a lot of those guys to return to UW, I think he's more likely to stay at UW than most guys. He would lose some credibility leaving a school after only around a month and a half. At MSU you are always going to be second fiddle to UM, at UW at least you are the big team in your own state.

Great response, get down by 18 the last couple years and Oregon would have folded, this year you can see they believe, started playing harder on D, made Cal take some contested shots, on offense they got a couple baskets inside, then went inside out with some open threes in rhythm, and all of a sudden it's now a 4 point game. It's going to take some time to get Dante into the flow of things, we have to play with the same ball movement and rhythm that they've had in this nice stretch, they can't get bogged down by dumping into the big man every time, they need to feed him, but not at the expense of movement.

Now down 18 to a 6-10 team, embarrassing performance, Cal looks like they are the only ones who came to work, we aren't fighting through screens, little communication, terrible ball movement on offense, just a horrible perfomance.

Horrible start to the game so far, bad shot selection, bad defense, down double digits to Cal at home!!!!???? Come on guys, get it together, toughen up, don't settle for 3s, and get after it on D.

I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me, but I don't really want to see DeBoer go to Bama, as much as the last three games hurt, and I ultimately did root for UW to lose against UM, I do think this rivalry is better when you have two great teams playing each other. I believe Lanning would get the better of DeBoer in the next matchup, and it would be sweet to see them get over that hill. I guess part of the reason is that I don't interact with many Husky fans, I haven't gone to Seattle to see a game, and I don't really get upset over stuff I see on the internet. I love watching high intensity matchups, we still could of course depending on who goes to Seattle, but with recruiting being down, I don't see the net couple years being very kind to the Huskies now.

I don't necessarily disagree with that rationale from the UW fans. I think it's a very good job, especially now that it's in the B10. It isn't a top 10 job and it's below Oregon, I think if you can get the right coach there, you have the potential for a perennial winner. Big alumni base, decent donor base, gorgeous campus, good facilities, big stadium, located in a big city. In the B10 I would put it below OSU, Michigan, Oregon, but I don't think it's that far from being at the level of Penn St. or USC. Penn St. hasn't really pushed on into an elite tier, they've been in that pattern of being good enough to beat the dross, but not having any signature wins, USC is just weird at this point, you don't have good facilities, you don't have a great fan base who is committed to winning, you do have location (but that doesn't always correlate to football now), and you have the allure of USC, All fans I think put their job a bit higher than it actually is, so I think UW fans are probably right in that it's a job that is probably a lot more attractive since DeBoer got there in the short two year frame. I'll be very interested to see who they can get if DeBoer leaves.

Got it, I understand what you mean now. Makes sense.

That's a benefit!? With the increase in big games at Autzen, I'm pretty sure we'll begin to hear more about an expansion of the north side of Autzen to match the South.

When they went to 12 teams there are always two teams you only play once. So instead of a 22 game schedule it's 20. Big 12, Big 10, and the ACC have a 20 game schedule. Guess who has a 18 game schedule!???? Of course that would be the SEC since they have to pad that win column as they always do.

Norvell would make a ton of sense in terms of someone who would bolt. I'm sure he's pissed off at not getting into the playoffs this year, he won't have a squad as good as he had this year, there was a report just a few hours ago where the program is going on probation, his OC is suspended for 3 games, and they have to disassociate from their main NIL collective due to a violation of a coach brining a recruit to meet with a booster who then proposed an NIL deal. That violation seems a bit baloney since we all know players are being recruited based on NIL deals, it seems you just can't have a school official actually bring a recruit to a booster to then propose the deal. It's like you could just have a booster "run" into a recruit and then propose a deal, but you can't actually have the school bring the two together to then make the deal. Just seems silly since you know all of these players who transfer or commit know what they are getting before the sign up, at least that's what I would assume.

So excited for the rest of the season, hope everyone in here and the community becomes as focused on college basketball as they do football, this team deserves that attention I think. Could be in for a real run at Arizona if Dante comes back at the same level as before. I think they'll take care of business against Cal, and then that roadtrip to the mountain schools will say a lot, maybe we finally get a win at Colorado, if we do, we'll be in the mix to challenge Arizona.

Great win in the Palouse, it's been a very tough place for Oregon for the last 6 years, huge to do this without Dante and Bittle. I hate to say this because he was a player who stayed for a long time, but the biggest difference between this year and last year is the lack of Richardson playing the point. The ball moves so much better, we have a player in Shelsted who wants the ball, wants to hit the big shot, Richardson last year seemed to never want that alpha dog mentality. It's unfortunate that we didn't have a backcourt that could help Will makeup for what he lacked, but it's pretty evident that it's a different team without him dribbling forever without any intent. We also have some big improvements in shooting, this is partly because we're moving the ball better, we're playing defense at a higher level, just more energy in our play, you can tell that they're having more fun than last year. I'm beginning to think we should be looking at trying to challenge for the league now, sort of depends on when we get Dante back and at what level is he going to be at when he comes back, but 4-0 is an awesome start especially since I think WSU is going to win a bunch of games at their place this year.

While Michigan hasn't seen a QB this year as good as Penix, they did face a great one last year in Stroud, they've matched up against receivers cores as good as UW's, Washington though has not seen a defense as good as Michigan's. Oregon is probably the most talented defense they've face, and Michigan's on another level compared to us right now. I think we'll see some actual pressure on Penix. We've seen that when you can hit Penix he can begin to struggle a bit, we saw it in the second half against Oregon in the first game. Michigan will stifle the run game, and then get just enough pressure to not allow the long shots to materialize. Biggest thing that I've seen from UW is the ability to hold up in protection to allow those long developing pass plays the time to get open. If Michigan can just get enough pressure to speed those throws up, then I think they'll be able to get enough stops to win the game. I'll go Michigan 31-24

It's incredibly early to say this, but I've seen enough to say that I think if Shelsted stay for 3 years he'll become the best point guard in our history, that includes some really good ones in Brandon, Brooks, and Pritchard. He is everything I hoped for and more, just an incredible talent that I hope will stick around for two more years simply because he isn't as big as you typically see leave early for the NBA, he's actually smaller than Peyton so I'm hoping that means he won't hear the draft projections that make him want to go.

Yeah, but I can respect the heck out of his decision, he became a part of something down in Tucson building that program with some other exciting players. Went his own way and has become a great football player.

Jedd Fisch is a really good coach who hopefully will stay there for a bit, they might have something brewing in Tucson going into the Big12, I wouldn't be surprised if they win the league next year as long as they can keep their team together. This is the type of bowl game that is actually fun to watch, not 6-6 teams who also don't have half their team because of the portal.

I'm not really surprised by the play of any of the players, they have talent, Shelsted was going to be good, he might be a bit ahead of schedule, but you saw in high school how he could compete and even dominate some of the best high school teams out there with a team that had heart but not a lot of other high end talent. Evans has improved through the season, he's beginning to hit his shots, I think he's adjusting to the physicality of college basketball, tonight he had his best game, really beginning to flash some talent. Everyone else is right where I thought they would be, Couisnard and Oquendo have their moments but are streaky, Rigsby is solid, Diawara is fine but is now being overplayed since he's a backup, Tracey and Barthelemew are fine for their roles. We just really need Dante to come back along with Cook to fill out the wing/small 4 position. It's a team that I think if they can get those two will probably be a bubble team since they don't really have much of a non-conference resume, and the Pac-12 is pretty weak other than Zona.

They might eventually go to 16, if they do, then I would imagine the first round will be at the higher seeds home ground (seeds 10-7 will be the new huge debate), I'm sure the bowls will try to make teams go to a neutral site in the quarterfinals, personally I think these should also be at home venues, then you have the semis and the final at a neutral venue. I really like the idea of a second tournament that Mike mentioned above. I know in Oregon at the 6A level they've gone away from a 32 team field to two 16 team fields, which I think just means not having some really really bad matchups in the first round. Still gives teams something to play for.

I get the feeling that conference will be absolutely wide open, it will probably be a bit like the current Pac12 where it will eat itself alive. I wouldn't be surprised if we see a conference champ with 2 losses most years in the coming future. I would think Utah will be the favorite going into next year, but most of the programs are in that middle tier where there isn't really a bad team, but there aren't any that you take notice of other than maybe an upset or two.

I just don't see the B1G taking Florida State, it would be an isolated school that seems to not fit the culture at all, Oregon/Washington have more in common with the B1G schools than Florida State. Tallahassee the town and Florida the state are just so different compared to most of the towns/states that are in the B1G. You would also expect the last bit of expansion to come in twos, Notre Dame is of course the B1G's white whale, but I could easily see Virginia, Duke, or NC as the next to come in.

He won't be as good, he's a good player, but his stats are inflated by being in the air raid. Huskies will also see a downturn in their receiver core. I'll be very interested to see who is going to go pro after the playoffs for them. All that said, I think we'll see a decline in the position as well, Gabriel is pretty good, but I don't think we'll see Nix levels of production, I'll still take our roster over theirs next year, though I would take their offensive brain trust over ours, so maybe it evens out.