There's been a sea of change in college basketball. And it's just starting to catch up to everybody.
"Jay Scot Bilas" is an American college basketball analyst for ESPN, a former NCAA Tournament Announcer with CBS Sports, as well as former college basketball player. He is also a practicing lawyer.
More Jay Bilas on Wikipedia.If you're going to make a move in the league, this is the year because the league is down. Some of the traditional powers are not as good as they've been and some of those teams are vulnerable.
No. 1, there are not as many quality big guys now. What passes for a center now could be 6-8, where 20 years ago a 6-8 guy would have a lot of trouble. And, secondly, the three-point line is so close that teams have spread the floor. If you have one big guy, you can let him go one on one and spread the floor around him.
They were taking and absorbing the best shot from every opponent. Everyone played at a fever pitch. It was one heavyweight fight after another.
If you see something like that happening, I think it's safe to say this is a basketball school.
It's amazing how much better the offense looks when you make shots. But they still have to make harder cuts. If they do, the offense will look even better.
He's just got to learn how to dominate a game, and that's going to take time. In the normal course of things, he would have been a role player [as a freshman]. And now if the guy has a bad game, everybody wonders what's the matter with him.
It doesn't seem different to me; they're two national teams. Xavier should be ranked and Cincinnati has been ranked. If the selection committee met today, both would be NCAA tournament teams.
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