College Basketball 14-15

[apete6]

Purnell has to be gone after this year right?

 

Most likely unless he miraculously finishes above .500. They'll want to give a new coach a "burn year" before the new stadium opens midway through the 2016-2017 season. Program is dead, though, and the AD sucks, so maybe they keep him another year.

[UMFan83]

Purnell has to be gone after this year right?

 

I think he has to at least make the NIT to keep his job. DePaul has enough talent this year for an NIT berth (IMO) with good coaching so the onus is on him. But then again, DePaul does things at a glacially slow pace and they are paying Purnell a lot of money.

 

A real impact move would be to wipe out Purnell and AD Jean Lenti Ponsetto at the same time and signal a fresh start for the program.

[Guest]

Who's going to go to DePaul after Purnell?

 

He was a very good hire and fell flat on his face. Hard to win there.

[UMFan83]

Who's going to go to DePaul after Purnell?

 

He was a very good hire and fell flat on his face. Hard to win there.

 

It's not going to be a big named coach. I am not sure which way DePaul should go... they either need to get a coach that can maximize the talent of lower rated players, or a coach with strong Chicago ties in an attempt to get a Chicago pipeline growing. But if Illinois can't do it, I really don't think DePaul can beat the likes of Duke, Kentucky, Illinois, etc to get anyone worthwhile. But from what I understand, Purnell hasn't really done a good job of establishing relationships with the powerful HS coaches in the area and is still seen as an outsider.

[apete6]

Who's going to go to DePaul after Purnell?

 

He was a very good hire and fell flat on his face. Hard to win there.

 

It's not going to be a big named coach. I am not sure which way DePaul should go... they either need to get a coach that can maximize the talent of lower rated players, or a coach with strong Chicago ties in an attempt to get a Chicago pipeline growing. But if Illinois can't do it, I really don't think DePaul can beat the likes of Duke, Kentucky, Illinois, etc to get anyone worthwhile. But from what I understand, Purnell hasn't really done a good job of establishing relationships with the powerful HS coaches in the area and is still seen as an outsider.

 

They need to hire a young go-getter who really knows the Xs and Os. They aren't going to be able to get 4-5 stars out of Chicago either way. I'd rather have someone who can maximize mid tier talent.

 

I wouldn't say Purnell was a good hire when it happened and especially not now. The guy has NEVER won an NCAA tournament game and Clemson wasn't too upset to lose him. It's not like Rick Pitino came in and couldn't win at DePaul.

[Guest]

Purnell had his teams above .500 each of his last 3 years in the ACC. Very impressive for Clemson.

 

I always assumed he left because he's black and it was South Carolina.

[SouthSideRyan]

Anyone who establishes even a modicum of success at DePaul is going to bail pretty quickly. They need to nail their next 2 hires.

[UMFan83]

Anyone who establishes even a modicum of success at DePaul is going to bail pretty quickly. They need to nail their next 2 hires.

 

This is a great point. Ugh. Dave Leito left after an NCAA Tournament and NIT appearance, and that was before the program became the embarassment of high major basketball. What would keep a successful DePaul coach around besides a new arena?

[SouthSideRyan]

Anyone who establishes even a modicum of success at DePaul is going to bail pretty quickly. They need to nail their next 2 hires.

 

This is a great point. Ugh. Dave Leito left after an NCAA Tournament and NIT appearance, and that was before the program became the embarassment of high major basketball. What would keep a successful DePaul coach around besides a new arena?

 

A Purnell type could stick around as his retirement job, but a coach would have to be pretty damn good to revitalize DePaul in his 60s.

[Guest]

Anyone who establishes even a modicum of success at DePaul is going to bail pretty quickly. They need to nail their next 2 hires.

 

I think that's directionally right, but they have a little more hope than the average team in their situation given their conference and location. If you can make DePaul a decent/tourney team you'll be sought after, but by that point there's more than a few power conference jobs that wouldn't even be upgrades. Plus with the recent trend of coaches not jumping for better program prestige/cash at the drop of a hat, as long as DePaul wasn't stingy I bet they could keep a good coach for a while.

[apete6]

Anyone who establishes even a modicum of success at DePaul is going to bail pretty quickly. They need to nail their next 2 hires.

 

I think that's directionally right, but they have a little more hope than the average team in their situation given their conference and location. If you can make DePaul a decent/tourney team you'll be sought after, but by that point there's more than a few power conference jobs that wouldn't even be upgrades. Plus with the recent trend of coaches not jumping for better program prestige/cash at the drop of a hat, as long as DePaul wasn't stingy I bet they could keep a good coach for a while.

 

Yep. They clearly have the $$$ to pay a decent coach. They didn't when they lost Leitao (though rumor had it his family hated living in the city so they lived in Long Grove and that was as big of a factor of him leaving as anyone), but realize you have to pay up now. The lack of a fan base would be more a reason to leave than money. Then again, if they ever get to a point where someone wanted to hire the coach away, they would presumably be a good team with a new arena in a pretty good conference with a likely increase in fan support so who knows? I would kill to be in a position of coming off 3 consecutive postseason appearances at this point.

[bukie]

Ken Pomeroy with a solid article on how slow college basketball has become, and some tips on how to fix it: http://regressing.deadspin.com/this-will-probably-be-the-slowest-college-basketball-se-1665098691

[Old Style]

Anyone who establishes even a modicum of success at DePaul is going to bail pretty quickly. They need to nail their next 2 hires.

 

This is a great point. Ugh. Dave Leito left after an NCAA Tournament and NIT appearance, and that was before the program became the embarassment of high major basketball. What would keep a successful DePaul coach around besides a new arena?

A last name of Meyer?

[bukie]

I guess that means Clemson is Rutgers bad.

[Smack]

B1G appears to be in the driver's seat now.

[bukie]

Didn't get a chance to do this earlier, but here are the games in order (smallest to largest) of the odds of the B1G team winning:

 

17% Ohio State at Louisville

19% Rutgers at Clemson

24% Iowa at North Carolina

33% Illinois at Miami

40% Virginia at Maryland

48% Nebraska at Florida State

51% Michigan State at Notre Dame

56% Georgia Tech at Northwestern

57% Minnesota at Wake Forest

58% Pittsburgh at Indiana

62% Duke at Wisconsin

64% Syracuse at Michigan

71% NC State at Purdue

82% Virginia Tech at Penn State

 

Red is B1G victories.

[hawkeyecub]

Those were big. We got this.

[UK1679666180]

Anyone who establishes even a modicum of success at DePaul is going to baibefore as an assistantretty quickly. They need to nail their next 2 hires.

 

This is a great point. Ugh. Dave Leito left after an NCAA Tournament and NIT appearance, and that was before the program became the embarassment of high major basketball. What would keep a successful DePaul coach around besides a new arena?

 

You're going to likely go after someone who is from Chicago or is an alum, I know they came close with Strickland before as an assistant but I would go after him as the head coach.

[gscool89]

82% Virginia Tech at Penn State

Holy crap is Virginia Tech really that bad?

[rawaction]

How did this team loss to Eastern Washington? Getting in Pitt's ass.

[UMFan83]

5-0 lol

[Guest]

We're never going to make another shot again, are we?

[bukie]

Got to start driving the lane and creating easier shots. When you're 3-15 from the 3 point line it just might not be your night out there.

[mul21]

Rice needs to remember what a pass is. A little shoot happy right now. Had Hill open on the out of control drive and that 3 was way too quick.

[SouthSideRyan]

Got to start driving the lane and creating easier shots. When you're 3-15 from the 3 point line it just might not be your night out there.

 

Maybe they were afraid of a terrible charge call like that.