2021-2022 B1G Basketball thread

[bayareabadger]

I'm seeing some speculation on reddit and elsewhere that Alando Tucker is possibly the source or the recording and leak.

There's a lot of smoke on that front from some of the the more tied in folks. There's also some rumblings that he went to the admin at some point during the season and said that Gard should be out and he should be made coach.

If true, that would be deeply unfortunate. 

[847badgerfan]

So, apparently the audio was edited from over 2.5 hours down to 37 minutes. None of the coaches were heard from on the tape.

There are several credible people, including my favorite beat writer, saying that this was leaked by Alando Tucker. 

Tucker was not retained as an assistant after the season.

There are some lesser credible people, but normally reliable, saying that Tucker went to the AD, trying to get Gard fired - in a coup attempt no less.

It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out.

As for one of the players saying the underclassmen were also very pissed... 

None of them transferred. Not one.

[847badgerfan]

There's a lot of smoke on that front from some of the the more tied in folks. There's also some rumblings that he went to the admin at some point during the season and said that Gard should be out and he should be made coach.

If true, that would be deeply unfortunate.

You beat me to this.

[MaximumSam]

Not sure what to think of that

[847badgerfan]

Kinda explains how a Big Ten championship team returning all but one role player came crashing down with a thud last season, yes?

[SFBadger96]

Potrykus, or someone else?

A bad clubhouse/locker room can crater a team's performance in a hurry.

[MaximumSam]

Kinda explains how a Big Ten championship team returning all but one role player came crashing down with a thud last season, yes?

I mean, yeah? The thing is, Wisconsin probably overachieved a bit a couple years ago and underachieved a bit last year, but they weren't truly bad - they were still a pretty solid squad. It wasn't like the bottom fell out like those latter year Thad Matta teams. I guess it reframes the Kobe King debacle a bit, but otherwise, I don't know that it really does much. If they field solid teams then Gard will be fine, and if they don't then he'll get canned. Looking inside the sausage doesn't really tell you if it's good. 

[bayareabadger]

Kinda explains how a Big Ten championship team returning all but one role player came crashing down with a thud last season, yes?

Ehhh. I think it's a little chicken and egg. 

Some kids played badly. Maybe it's because of strain with their coach. Maybe it's because they came a bit back down to earth. Either way, they mess up here and there, coach gets upset, they get upset, yada, yada. 

I mean, they caught a tough schedule and failed to win close games against very good teams, a year after winning a mess of close games in a slightly worse Big Ten. I think they needed to be clicking to compete last year, and even their good not great game might not have been top-10 like expected. But they were also not clicking and it seemed to compound. 

[FearlessF]

NCAA penalizes Creighton basketball program for violations tied to former assistant coach in FBI probe

A former Bluejays assistant accepted $6,000, and the school now faces sanctions though he never kept the money

[ELA]

So, apparently the audio was edited from over 2.5 hours down to 37 minutes. None of the coaches were heard from on the tape.

That was the most damning part IMO.  I could win an argument with my wife, if you could cut out 80% of it

[grillrat]

That was the most damning part IMO.  I could win an argument with my wife, if you could cut out 80% of it

I think your percentage is low.  I could only win an argument with my wife if I cut out 98%, which would consist of every part of the argument except for the first sentence where I say my opinion, and the conversation just ends there.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Y'all argue with your wives?

[847badgerfan]

Potrykus, or someone else?

A bad clubhouse/locker room can crater a team's performance in a hurry.

Potrykus. He's been all over this one. And he's not pleased with Tucker right now. Nobody is.

Good to see you, my friend.

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1408090607529123841?s=20