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Watched some of the gam last night and we performed well. At one point near the end we were up by 20. But I heard a concerning statement by one of the announcers saying that UCF was far bigger than us, which concerns me for the long haul. Do we have enough big bodies (- Norchad) to go all the way? I hope so. What say you? No need to drag, just curious.
 
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We’re a basketball school until another sport reclaims the top spot.

Canes Hoops are fun to watch!
 
WR Cane said:
Watched some of the gam last night and we performed well. At one point near the end we were up by 20. But I heard a concerning statement by one of the announcers saying that UCF was far bigger than us, which concerns me for the long haul. Do we have enough big bodies (- Norchad) to go all the way? I hope so. What say you? No need to drag, just curious.
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Norchad is a beast on the boards but honestly not sure I’d call him a big body.

He’s 6’7 and while he definitely plays a lot bigger than that, he’d be undersized against many of the premier big boys in the top 25. Duke has Filipowski at 7’0, Purdue has Edey at 7’2 or something, Kansas got some big boys, etc. We have like 1 legit rotation player over 6’9, Nwoko.

It’s going to be a problem in the tourney but for regular season? I think we’ll be straight. Especially since the rest of the team got bigger. Outside of Pack and Bensley (who is tough as nails) our guards and forwards are all like 6’5-6’9.
 
WR Cane said:
Watched some of the gam last night and we performed well. At one point near the end we were up by 20. But I heard a concerning statement by one of the announcers saying that UCF was far bigger than us, which concerns me for the long haul. Do we have enough big bodies (- Norchad) to go all the way? I hope so. What say you? No need to drag, just curious.
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About 3 years ago L switched to playing small ball. Teams with good guards advance in March. Since switching to small ball we’ve made the elite 8 and final 4.

This team doesn’t need size, they have the talent to win the ACC and the NCAA.
 
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We're more of a badminton school than we are football and we don't even have a badminton program.
 
WR Cane said:
Watched some of the gam last night and we performed well. At one point near the end we were up by 20. But I heard a concerning statement by one of the announcers saying that UCF was far bigger than us, which concerns me for the long haul. Do we have enough big bodies (- Norchad) to go all the way? I hope so. What say you? No need to drag, just curious.
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They do...its really the guard play in the tourney that makes a difference but I understand the concern. They made it to the Final 4 last year and lost to that bigger team. Had they got by that one, they werent losing to SD St. Should be a fun year
 
SFbayCane said:
I hate the fact that following the UM basketball program "feels" like its a betrayal of the football program. It can never be proven but the vibe from the Miami market fans is that donna shalala and UM leadership have tried to convert UM into a basketball school. Real or not, it is certainly perceived.

I enjoyed last year's team so much that I attended my first UM basketball game ever. I dont want it to be an either-or thing. We must ALWAYS BE KNOWN AS A FOOTBALL SCHOOL FIRST but we should all want the basketball program to continue to succeed.
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it isnt. if you like UM and went to UM, you should want UM to succeed in ALL sports since UM is bigger than just one sport
 
WR Cane said:
Watched some of the gam last night and we performed well. At one point near the end we were up by 20. But I heard a concerning statement by one of the announcers saying that UCF was far bigger than us, which concerns me for the long haul. Do we have enough big bodies (- Norchad) to go all the way? I hope so. What say you? No need to drag, just curious.
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We didn’t have big bodies last year, at least this year Nwoko looks like a real player. Where we do have size is on the wings, between Cleveland, Wooga, George, Watson, Casey, that’s a lot of length and positional versatility. The team is going to be fast as ****.

UCF is going to be bigger than a lot of teams. They brought in a TON through the portal, and those guys are old and big. They’re going to be a pain in the *** defensively all season, look very similar to some of the WVU teams of years past imo.
 
SFbayCane said:
I hate the fact that following the UM basketball program "feels" like its a betrayal of the football program. It can never be proven but the vibe from the Miami market fans is that donna shalala and UM leadership have tried to convert UM into a basketball school. Real or not, it is certainly perceived.

I enjoyed last year's team so much that I attended my first UM basketball game ever. I dont want it to be an either-or thing. We must ALWAYS BE KNOWN AS A FOOTBALL SCHOOL FIRST but we should all want the basketball program to continue to succeed.
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Valid point about Shalalalalaaa the bridge troll.

Miami is a basketball school until football is good again.

The MINUTE football is a contender, that is everything at The U.

People are starved for a winner in Miami, so they'll take what they can get.

As much the Heat helped turn the city into a basketball town—as have the Canes on the hardwood—the minute UM football or the Dolphins go deep in playoffs or win championships, all the basketball stuff is back-burnered as football is life in South Florida.
 
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hoops156 said:
it isnt. if you like UM and went to UM, you should want UM to succeed in ALL sports since UM is bigger than just one sport
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In fairness, I think your screen name precludes you from this conversation. :) j/k

I did make it a note to say "Miami Market fans" which are the local fans who did not attend UM. Those are the fans who had a strong hand in building the UM football program, much to the chagrin of UM leadership over the decades.
 
Coach L is an elite CBB coach and he emphasizes the nuances of the game to put his guys in the best possible position for what they do well. He’s also evolved his style to fit the modern game. Basically, the opposite direction of what we’re doing in football.
 
hoops156 said:
it isnt. if you like UM and went to UM, you should want UM to succeed in ALL sports since UM is bigger than just one sport
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Agree, but living through the Shalala era, knowing how anti-football she was and knowing there was a behind-the-scenes effort to castrate football and to turn Miami into a little ACC basketball school... there's a ripple effect from that as football will forever be the first love—for both alum, as well as local fans.

****, when Miami won its first football championship in 1983, basketball was two years away from making a comeback from a decade-plus long hiatus—while baseball won that first title in 1982 and its second the year basketball returned—football playing for it in 1986 and winning another in 1987.

For those of us who grew in Miami and following the Canes in the '80s, it was football, baseball and basketball didn't even exist.
 
ItsAUThing.com said:
Agree, but living through the Shalala era, knowing how anti-football she was and knowing there was a behind-the-scenes effort to castrate football and to turn Miami into a little ACC basketball school... there's a ripple effect from that as football will forever be the first love—for both alum, as well as local fans.

****, when Miami won its first football championship in 1983, basketball was two years away from making a comeback from a decade-plus long hiatus—while baseball won that first title in 1982 and its second the year basketball returned—football playing for it in 1986 and winning another in 1987.

For those of us who grew in Miami and following the Canes in the '80s, it was football, baseball and basketball didn't even exist.
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ive talked w her a few times while in undergrad while she was there - to me she was never anti -football, she loved sports. she just wanted to meddle imo. (I took her class as well)

I know hoops didn't exist fro a while during the hey day but those that wont support UM hoops aren't canes fans imo
 
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