I would include Yuta here. If my memory serves me correctly he was a bit of an afterthought of what seemed like talented recruiting class coming in (Paul Jorgensen, Matt Cimino, Anthony Swan were all more highly touted). But it was clear even just after the exhibition game of his freshman year that he was the best of the bunch. And I wouldn't have expected him to go on to be DPOY and stick in the NBA for several years in part because of his defense.

GWRising wrote:

Guess the Qataris must have made a call. Shameful what we sell our soul for.

Correct, shameful that the right has sold its soul to an anti-American insurrectionist denying people the due process guaranteed by the constitution. 

You could not convince me that most P5 schools aren't doing these things too

it's crazy that we're at the point of having graphics and videos to announce when someone is not transferring. 

Wisconsin Colonial 1974 wrote:

Didn’t know Drumgold is from Israel.

they almost certainly forgot to replace the hometown of this Utah player from the earlier game

Gwmayhem wrote:

A quick Q & A:

Why are we arguing about Mark Few?  Two reasons.  First, The Dude continues to troll the board by bringing his name up at every conceivable opportunity. He knows it annoys some and bores others, and he's fine with each of these outcomes.  He also uses this reference to contrast how disappointing he finds GW basketball to be.  Second, because The Dude continues to force the argument that Few is America's Greatest Coach, an easily disputed moniker when considering that he has never won a national championship.

Do none of us agree with DC Native?  This is not the case if we are talking about Few's accomplishments.  Most if not all of us admire the amazing job he has done at what started out being a low to mid-major and elevating Gonzaga's status to a national power.  Any resistance comes from two assertions: a) that it is questionable at the least to refer to him as America's Greatest Coach one time, let alone hundreds of times, and b) that GW or any other mid-major should not be harshly criticized for not achieving what Gonzaga has been able to achieve.  This is utter nonsense.

Why does The Dude hate Shaka Smart?  Because The Dude believes he committed career suicide by leaving VCU to accept the head coaching job at Texas.  Let's ignore the facts that he left to coach in a more competitive conference where he more than doubled his income.  Or that he was immediately hired by Marquette after Texas made it clear that it was looking to make a change without actually having fired him.  Or that he is now coaching in his home state where his contract has already been extended through the 2029-2030 season with his income about 10% less than the maximum he had earned at Texas. (still north of $3 million per season, compared to a maximum of under $1.6 million at VCU).   

Why does The Dude hate Tom Crean?  That's an oldie.  I guess because he underachieved at Indiana and Georgia after overachieving with Dwayne Wade at Marquette

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