Shocky1;842160939 said:
what are the most apathetic & disinterested fan bases in college basketball?
according to jeff eisenberg the national college bb writer for yahoo sports the 3 worst drawing bcs d1 baskeball programs last season were:
1. usc (4,243 avg)
2. boston college (4,244 avg)
3. stanford (4,530 avg)
at least usc has the excuse that their home games are played in an area that is perceived as unsafe...fight on
stanford has no such excuses...johnny dawkins has run the program into the ground by missing the ncaa tnt each & every yr during his 5 (five) yrs in palo alto and nobody's going to the games anymore
if they miss the tnt again this season despite the large senior class, jd will be fired immediately after the final game
if they make the tnt, there is a 90% chance jd will be fired after likely losing 20+ games in 2014 with an inexperienced team
johnny dawkins will be fired because his teams have never made the ncaa tnt, the fans just don't care anymore & because he's a humorless, really uptight control freak that doesn't relate well to human beings
the odds on favorite to be the next head coach at stanford is harvard's tommy amaker who has done a terrific job of building an ivy league powerhouse...unfortunately for bigs like thomas welsh, playing in a hybrid princeton weave offense will not develop their skills for the next level
crickets
this is stanford basketball#
who was the biggest loser in the stanley johnson sweepstakes?
that would be usc hc andy endfield (whose bb reputation is based upon winning 2 ncaa games)
stanley johnson (who picked arizona for his 1 & dumb season) over kentucky & usc would have brought some excitment (and probably some headaches too like oj mayo) to the trojans program
endfield & his staff spent countless hours in recruiting sj in their unsuccessful efforts to energize the dormant usc bb program
attendance (which was the worst in d1 bb last year per the data above) was only 4116 for the home opener win against cal state earthquake & only 3821 for the squeaker win by 3 over northern arizona...the trojans lost their opener on the road by 13 to utah state
endfield, following the oregon model of zero academic credibility, brought in 2 sr transfers this season:
**dj haley-1.9 ppg & 1.9 boards last season
**peshon howard-arrested while at maryland
the trojans leading scorers this season:
**omar oraby-13.3 ppg (2nd leading scorer)-sr
**jt terrell-10.0 ppg (3rd leading scorer)-sr
**bryon wesley-20.7 ppg (1st leading scorer)-jr
the signed usc recruits for 2014 are very good pg jordan mclaughlin & big men malik price-martin & jabari craig
so what's the future view of usc basketball?
2013-bottom half of the conference, one injury away from being a bdw (bottom dwelling wanker)
2014-no stanley johnson & both oraby & terrel gone, bottom half of the conference, if wesley goes pro/flunks out like dewayne "i love spokane" deadman then bdw
2015-wesley gone, bottom half of the conference
2016-1st realistic opportunity to have a good team
losing the stanley johnson sweepstakes was a huge blow for the trojans bb program from both a credibility & attendance perspective...usc may very well continue as #1 in the ncaa's worst attendance stats as la fan apathy for college bb (lakers own the town) is challenging even under the best of scenarios
this is usc basketball#
fight on#