chinngiskhaan
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Ben Carlson in the forum Basketball (Men) 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Oh no, some rando on the internet thinks they won an argument about two mediocre ball players. Whatever will I do!
/s
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Ben Carlson in the forum Basketball (Men) 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes, a harder schedule. Look up the stats. SOS is much higher for this year’s team than last year’s at this point in the season.
I can discount Battin’s stats from earlier in his career. I can discount them, and I did discount them. So what? He got worse year over year.
This is a stupid thing to argue over. I could go deeper into this with…[Read more]
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Ben Carlson in the forum Basketball (Men) 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Their career averages don’t tell the whole story. Battin got worse and worse pretty much every year at Utah. The player that Battin was as a freshman and Sophomore is not the player he was when he left Utah. For whatever reason, his confidence was destroyed and he became a reluctant shooter.
Battin’s Sr year averages: 17 minutes, 4.4 points, 3…[Read more]
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Ben Carlson in the forum Basketball (Men) 9 months, 3 weeks ago
He’s better than Battin by quite a bit. Battin wasn’t a good shooter (and often passed up open looks), defender, or distributor. Carlson isn’t great, but he is decent at a lot of things. It is also important to remember that Riley Battin started for us somehow, and Ben Carlson is our 4th big man.
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chinngiskhaan started the topic We picked up a nice transfer commit in Kanious Vaughn in the forum Football 9 months, 3 weeks ago
pass rush specialist DE. Looks like a guy that can help us right away.
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Potential 2024 2-deep in the forum Football 9 months, 3 weeks ago
lol no! Don’t do this again please. We have possibly healthy Rising, and nobody proven behind him. I believe Wilson will be a top 5 all time Ute QB, but he hasn’t proven anything yet.
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic IT'S GAME DAY!!!!! in the forum Basketball (Men) 9 months, 3 weeks ago
wow… some of you guys are seriously panzies. Smith is an excellent coach. We had a bad game. That happens in basketball, especially on the road.
This team and this coach are going places.
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic I want WRs that can catch passes and get open in the forum Football 9 months, 3 weeks ago
I don’t disagree at all. When I said, “our last WR’s” I was referring to the most recent transfers to Utah (Pittman and more specifically Simmons).
I agree with 2008 that it can’t be a coincidence. Catching a ball is a funny thing. If you know the ball is coming to you, and you are calm, it isn’t hard to catch something. If you aren’t expecting…[Read more]
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chinngiskhaan started the topic I want WRs that can catch passes and get open in the forum Football 9 months, 3 weeks ago
I don’t care about measurables. I don’t care about potential. I would rather have the JC WR that produced well than the 4 star recruit that is transferring from a big-time program because of lack of PT. Of course.
We need WRs that can catch a football. Our last WR transfers (and so many Ute WRs before them) could not do this.
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Future basketball roster in the forum Basketball (Men) 9 months, 3 weeks ago
nice! I say we invest heavily in foreign recruiting! j/k
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Future basketball roster in the forum Basketball (Men) 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Hopefully Jake Wahlin pans out. He was a fairly highly rated prospect. If he can improve over the offseason like our other bigs under this staff have, he will be a good player for us. I have no idea what his play style is. He could either be a replacement for BC, or a replacement for Bajema depending on whether or not he projects as a wing or a PF.
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Not trying to stir up trouble but I've got a question about Utah NIL deals. in the forum Football 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Ashton Jeanty would be great!
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Jonah Elliss Declares for NFL Draft in the forum Football 9 months, 3 weeks ago
I’m not worried. Ellis improved a ton to get where he is now. I’m confident other guys can make similar improvements.
These NFL draft declarations and portal transfers were bound to happen when our everyone and their dog came back last year. That is why I prefer for guys to move on when they are ready, make room for new guys to have an impact.
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic ute basketball in the forum Basketball (Men) 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The only ranking that matters is NET. The others can all get bent… none of it means anything at the moment anyway.
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chinngiskhaan started the topic This team has seemingly made the improvements it needed to make in the forum Basketball (Men) 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Smith deserves a ton of credit for how the team has grown. My understanding is that Burgess deserves a ton of that credit as well.
After last season I said that this team would be tourney bound if they got more shooting, more depth, and the guys currently on the team took strong steps forward. Smith has made each of those things happen.
We added…[Read more]
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Erickson deserves zero minutes in the forum Basketball (Men) 10 months ago
Where was it confirmed that exacte was suspended? I thought they were calling it an injury.
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Erickson deserves zero minutes in the forum Basketball (Men) 10 months ago
I think all of the guys getting minutes have the potential to be valuable contributors. Bajema has been huge for us in some games. Erickson at least has the ability to come in and not be terrible. He is at least as good as brenchley.
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic IT'S GAME DAY!!!!! in the forum Basketball (Men) 10 months ago
We are good. We have everything we didn’t have last year. We have someone who fills virtually every role on a basketball team.
distributor – Worster, Smith
Dribble drive guy – Smith
shooter – Carlson, Madsen, and others
post up – Carlson, Keita, Lovering
rim runners – Carlson, Keita
clean up guy – Keita (extremely good cleanup guy)
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Keita scores so easily. 18 points on 8 shots. 11 rebounds. 3 blocks. 2 steals. in the forum Basketball (Men) 10 months ago
yeah… finally got a chance to watch a complete game. He is a monster. Glad to see he has a decent looking shot as well. He is the most physically gifted player we’ve had since Poeltl. He had one block where his head was as high as the rim (didn’t count because of a foul).
Side note: CBB officiating still sucks ballsack. The rules themselves are…[Read more]
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chinngiskhaan replied to the topic Northwesterns QB in the forum Football 10 months ago
Dude was having a seizure. Absolutely ridiculous to let him back in the game.
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