Everybody complains about how these players are forced to go to college for 1 year.

Now theNBA wants to raise the age to 20 so it would be 2 years.

These kids are not forced to go to college, they choose to, or their parents make them.

If they don't want to go to college the NBA can't force them to.

The smart thing to do if you think you're ready for the NBA right out of high school would be to go to the NBDL tryouts. If you're really ready you won't have any trouble making a team.

Their age minimum is 18.

I almost went there with a friend this summer just for the hell of it, but decided I didn't want to throw away $250 or $500 (don't remember the price) or the cost of getting to and from Texas. Don't get me wrong I can ball, but I couldn't start on a D-1 team, and definitely couldn't go pro.

...yeah, we'll go with that

I'm just waiting for a High school stud to try out for the NBDL and sign a one-year contract, and then become a free agent after that one season and have all the leverage in the world the next year.

No draft to send you to the crappiest team in the league, but the free power to sign the same kind of deal with whomever you want.

I think they choose to go to college for the one year so that they can get publicity and be praised, not realizing that if they did the NBDL thing, they'd:

1. get paid
2. not have to worry about classes
3. get publicity for going making the decision of going to the NBDL in the first place
4. get publicity if they really are as good as they think they are all while, getting paid!!!

To me it just makes sense!!!

Either that or they just don't know this rule, but it's only a matter of time before some kid figures it out.

Any thoughts?

Today Darrin Horn was named the new head coach at USC.

Horn took his alma mater, Western Kentucky, to the sweet 16 this year, and had an overall record of 111-48 with the school.

He brings a running fast pace offense, and full court pressure defense with him to the SEC.

His style should fit in perfectly with the current personnel.

Last year Courtney Lee and Tyrone Brazleton were like Devan Downey and Zam Fredrick for Horn's Western Kentucky team.

Throw in Baniulus and Raley-Ross to increase the shooting threat. Down low we'll have Muldrow, Holmes, Archie, and Darius Morrow (incoming Freshmen ranked #113 overall, and #30 PF by ESPN).

Kudo's to the AD, Horn is the perfect fit, and at 35 he should be around for a while.

I look forward to some intense battles with Bruce Pearl at Tennessee and Oliver Purnell at Clemson in the near future.

Go Gamecocks!!!

Pick and roll...

Formula Factors

Leadership

• 1 point for a freshman
• 2 for a sophomore
• 3 for a junior
• 4 for a senior

Only counting players that played more than 10 minutes in the team's last close game. Total these up and divide by the number of players

• Ex. 1 freshmen (1 point) 4 juniors (12 points) 2 seniors (8 points)
  • total 21 points and 7 players, divide 21 by 7 and you get 3

Size

• half a point for each starter that is 6'10" or taller
  
• half a point for each starter over 225 pounds or heavier
  
• 1 point for a starter that is 6"10" or taller and 225 pounds or heavier
• half a point for a bench contributor that is 6"10" or taller and 225 pounds or heavier
• one fourth point for each bench contributor 6"10" or taller
• one forth point for each bench contributor that is 225 pounds or heavier

Again only counting players that played more than 10 minutes in the team's last close game. These are to be totaled.

Shooters

• three forths of a point for each starter shooting over 40% from 3
• half a point for each starter shooting between 35% and 39.9% from 3
• three eighths of a point for each bench contributer shooting above 40% from 3
• one quarter point for each bench contributer shooting between 35% and 39.9% from 3

Again counting only players that played more than 10 minutes in the team's last close game. These are to be totaled as well.

Team 3pt%

• subtract 30 from the team's overall 3pt% and divide by 2. Add this to the total

Team Free throw %

• subtract 62 from the team's overall free throw % and divide by 3. Add this to the total

Scoring Margin

• Divide a power conference team's scoring margin by 1.5. Add this to that team's total
  
  • Power Conference=Pac10, Big10, Big12, SEC, ACC, Big East
• Divide a Major Conference team's scoring margin by 2. Add this to the team's total
  • Major Conference= Mountain West, Atlantic 10, Conference USA
• Divide a Mid-Major conference team's scoring margin by 3. Add this to that team's total.
  • Mid-Major Conference =Sun Belt, Colonial, MAAC, Missouri Valley, MAC, WAC, WCC
• Divide a small conference school's scoring margin by 4 and add this to their total
  • All other conferences are considered small

All of these factors combine to make a team's formula total

Formula top ten

1. Kansas 1 seed Midwest Region 27.46 points
2. North Carolina 1 seed East Region 25.142 points
3. Notre Dame 5 seed East Region 22.707 points
4. Xavier 3 seed West Region 22.408 points
5. UCLA 1 seed West Region 22.304 points
6. Duke 2 seed West Region 21.98 points
7. Washington St. 4 seed East Region 21.817 points
8. Wisconsin 3 seed Midwest Region 21.168 points
9. Texas 2 seed South Region 20.659 points
10. Michigan State 5 seed South Region 20.645 points

Formula locks

(passed by a team that was not within 2.5 formula points of them)

• Kansas to the Final 4

• Wisconsin, Michigan State, and UCLA to the Elite 8

• North Carolina, Xavier and Vanderbilt to the Sweet 16

• Notre Dame, Washington State, Saint Joe's, Louisville, Clemson, Gonzaga, Oregon, Memphis, Pitt, Marquette, Miami, Texas, Drake, Uconn, and Duke to round 2

Upset Watch

(teams within 2.5 points of each other) top 4 seeds in bold

If a team is within 2.5 points of another team, this game could go either way, for the sake of this exercise I took the team with the higher rating.

First Round

• 7. Butler 15.475, 10. South Alabama 15.186
• 2. Tennessee 18.556, 15. American 16.225
• 6. USC 14.714, 11. Kansas State 13.793
• 2. Georgetown 18.092, 15. UMBC 16.135
• 3. Stanford 19.892, 14. Cornell 19.217
• 11. Baylor 18.334, 6.Purdue 16. 697
• 7. West Virginia 19.857, 10. Arizona 19.083

Second Round

• 5. Notre Dame 22.707, 4. Washington State 21.817
• 11. Saint Joe's 17.483, 3. Louisville 17.334
• 2. Georgetown 18.092, 7. Gonzaga 17.697
• 9. Oregon 16.39, 1. Memphis 15.9
• 3. Stanford 19.892, 6. Marquette 19.141
• 2 Texas 20.659, 7. Miami 19.3
• 5. Drake 18.569, 4. Uconn 17.746
• 2. Duke 21. 98, 7. West Virginia 19. 857

Sweet 16

• 1. North Carolina 25.142, 5. Notre Dame 22.707
• 2. Tennessee 18.556, 11. St. Joe's 17.483
• 2. Texas 20.659, 3. Stanford 19.892
• 3. Xavier 22.408, 2 Duke 21.98

Elite 8

• 2. Texas 20.659, 5. Michigan St. 20.645
• 3 Xavier 22.408, 1. UCLA 22.304

Formula Final 4

• East North Carolina
• Midwest Kansas
• South Texas
• West Xavier

Championship game

• Kansas

• Xavier

Champion

Kansas Jayhawks

(note the only team within 2.5 formula points of Kansas was North Carolina)


If you like a team that is not mentioned and would like to know how they made out based on the formula, let me know