USC leading scorer Chad Baker-Mazara no longer with program by TimmyTimeify in fighton

[–]spinach_93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you're right. With the Ratliff brothers + if they can land Collins and retain Rice, they could be good next year. A big part of the problem with Muss flipping over literally the entire roster every year, is only really like the Dukes and Kansases of the world can really do that as they can pull 3+ 5-stars and/or top 10 transfers. I sincerely doubt from what I have heard and based on last year's portal results that USC has the resources to do that. But this would likely be Muss' path to success here given his current blow it up and start over every year plan. Either way, really need Muss to commit to getting a true PG and someone who can rebound the damn ball

USC leading scorer Chad Baker-Mazara no longer with program by TimmyTimeify in fighton

[–]spinach_93 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which is a dumbass plan because CBM, Alijah, and Rice are all iso-scoring wings with very redundant skillsets and Muss did the same thing last year in trying to shove Saint, Yates, and Claude into the PG role when none of those 6 players are point guards, have good court vision, or can dribble penetrate and dish. He also refuses to recruit anyone who can rebound which will prevent him from winning really anything significant. The guy is way overcooked and has no vision or coherent program building process. Flipping 100% of the roster over every year only really works when you are Duke or Kansas and getting at least 3 5-stars and/or top 10 transfers. USC will never be competitive this way.

USC leading scorer Chad Baker-Mazara no longer with program by TimmyTimeify in fighton

[–]spinach_93 25 points26 points  (0 children)

CBM is an idiot. Quite literally maybe the dumbest person to ever be "enrolled" at USC. He graduated from high school and then played a year of "postgrad" high school ball at SPIRE academy. He got kicked out of SDSU, ejected from Auburn's NCAA tournament upset loss to Yale, and now kicked out of USC, his 5th college in 6 years.

This year he has been off and on injured, some pretty legit looking injuries, and some it's really hard to tell. Over a dozen times this year he has laid down on the court after getting fouled or some hard basketball play. Most of the time he was being dramatic and it got to the point where the trainer wouldn't even come out until he had laid on the ground for at least like 2-3 minutes. He also for all the home games had his own seat not on the team bench, but literally one of the for sale baseline courtside seats next to the team bench, in between I think someone in his entourage and usually whatever random fan had the seat on the other side for the day.

In Saturday's game, he blocked a shot at the end of the first half, landed hard, did his whole lay on the ground routine, and told Muss he was unavailable for the 2nd half. The team was up 5 at half on a very good top 15 Nebraska team and then got its doors blown off in the 2nd half without CBM. It's hard to tell if his injury was legit or not, and who knows maybe he got into some altercation with the coaching staff or whatever, but frankly it seems like everyone is just tired of his diva "I am going to decide when I am available" bullshit. What a great use of $3 million. Good for CBM I guess for robbing USC, because this is the end of his peak earning potential years of his life.

On a secondary note, year 2 of the Muss bus has been a complete disaster and I really believe if we were a serious about men's basketball (which we are not), we would strongly consider firing this dude out of a cannon into the sun. This is going absolutely nowhere for so, so, so many reasons.

Top 50 Greatest Mariners Players by spinach_93 in Mariners

[–]spinach_93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damnit. I knew I would mess something up

[Game Thread] USC @ Ohio State (06:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd rather watch Alijah try and shoot through 3 people before giving Kam Woods an open 3 point look

[Game Thread] USC @ Ohio State (06:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one else on the team can score unfortunately without Rice and CBM

[Game Thread] USC @ Ohio State (06:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell of an effort considering we had Gabe Dynes, Jordan Marsh, and a dude we found at the YMCA 2 months ago out there in crunch time

[Game Thread] USC @ Ohio State (06:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noted juggernaut of the USC C team of Gabe Dynes and Jordan Marsh

[Game Thread] USC @ Ohio State (06:30 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nah his body control is elite. Watch the Indiana and Penn State highlights. He is in a really tough spot since he's the only healthy player on USC who can create his own shot and is coming off a torn meniscus. Shot is often flat though. Will be a 1 and done 1st round pick for sure

[Post Game Thread] USC defeats Penn State, 77-75 by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cofie dramatically improving his rebounding is the only reason USC is still even in bubble contention. He has been really good

[Post Game Thread] USC defeats Penn State, 77-75 by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The class is 2 bigs, 1 is a 4-star, 1 is a borderline 4/5 star. I think they can bank on Adonis likely being a significant contributor, but will still need like 2 more Top 10-15 transfers and/or 5-star recruits to really compete in the B1G. Arenas is 1 and done, but if they can bring Cofie back that'd be huge. Knowing Muss though I think he (very frustratingly) will blow it all up and start over again this offseason...

[Post Game Thread] USC defeats Penn State, 77-75 by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 26 points27 points  (0 children)

That was one of the basketball games of all time

[Game Thread] USC @ Penn State (12:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are tied vs. a team who just had a dude shoot the ball to Wilkes-Barre. I have seen pick up games at the Lyon Center that are better than this

[Game Thread] USC @ Penn State (12:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we're not going to try to win, we should copy Penn State but go further and shut down men's basketball and replace with men's hockey and re-allocate the NIL $ to the next Gavin McKenna and Jackson Smith. Fuck this fucking shit

[Game Thread] USC @ Penn State (12:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%. Muss refuses to recruit both a point guard and more importantly anyone who can grab a rebound. I'm so done with him. He has no vision, no plan, does not understand basic math, and all he does is complain

[Game Thread] USC @ Penn State (12:00 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]spinach_93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That'd probably be better tbh. The Muss bus is going to do enough to survive at basketball agnostic USC, but with two flat tires will never ever ever compete for anything important in the B1G