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Can we get a Bob Knight fan to create 1960 NCAA University Division basketball championship game? 61 and 62 are needed too.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:55, 4 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Modified January 1, 1970, 8:00 AM 2001:4450:47B3:500:144B:DD50:725D:DBC8 (talk) 16:19, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Modified January 1, 1970, 8:00 AM 2001:4450:47B3:500:144B:DD50:725D:DBC8 (talk) 16:20, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is there a way to add that Joey Meyer (basketball) was drafted in the NBA draft to his infobox. Help needed.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:17, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• P.s. any help cleaning/buffing up his article for a recent death run on the main page would be appreciated.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:20, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

((Infobox college coach)) doesn't have any variables to support NBA Draft-related stuff, unfortunately. You'd have to migrate to ((Infobox basketball biography)) to do that, but I think that's really for players who turned into coaches, a la Speedy Claxton, say. Infoboxes should "... summarize key features of the page's subject," not cover every feature of their life/career, and I suppose the draft position of a guy who never played a professional game isn't actually that vital. I'd probably just leave it out? I don't think that would be an issue. Buttons to Push Buttons (talk | contribs) 18:18, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

As is tradition at this point: time for an annual CPOY progress update. The following templates are complete: A-10, American South, ACC, America East, AAC, American West, Big 12, Big East, Big Eight, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, C-USA, East Coast, Great Midwest, Great West, Horizon, Metro, Midwestern, MVC, Mountain West, Pac-12, Patriot, SEC, SoCon, SWAC, SWC, West Coast, and WAC.

Below are the number of articles needed to complete the rest (101 total):

We've been working on these since 2006. We're a lot closer to seeing completion of a massive chapter in this project's to-do list, but we've still got to roll up our sleeves. I'm not asking for anyone to jump in on these red links right now, this is just a state of the union. SportsGuy789 (talk) 00:30, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good work all! We are also starting to get to the point of the season where top candidates for this year’s CPOYs are becoming clear so those are pretty good article targets too. For example, I created Enrique Freeman who is probably the leading candidate for the MAC. These help ensure the effort stays completed after the March announcements Rikster2 (talk) 14:42, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is a good reminder and it is great to see the continued progress. I created Jim Turner (basketball) of Ivy League fame today. CalDoesIt (talk) 16:09, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The present season's CPOY articles seem to get created pretty quickly once the player is announced (shout out to Editorofthewiki who usually jumps all over them). But definitely agree, we can't let the 2024 winners remain red links for too long. And CalDoesIt, much appreciated with all of the work you've done these last few years. You sort of came out of nowhere as a WP:CBBALL contributor but you quickly learned how to format the articles (infobox requirements, general layout etc.) and have helped this project immensely. You've authored dozens of CPOYs. Maybe me, Rikster2, you, and Editorofthewiki should think about a collaboration where we attack one or two conferences with very few remaining redlinks just to knock them out entirely. SportsGuy789 (talk) 18:20, 21 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you, SportsGuy789. It was a welcome surprise when you let me know last year that there was an ongoing collaborative effort to get the redlinks done and I am glad to have contributed. I like the idea of your plan. Ivy is a good conference to begin with only the three remaining. CalDoesIt (talk) 06:15, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Jason Forte is created so that leaves only two for Ivy. On Forte, I could not find any substantive information about his professional career so any addition would be appreciated. Another player with the same name (EuroBasket link) had an extensive international career so it can be misleading. CalDoesIt (talk) 10:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nice job on Forte. I has no idea he was Joseph Forte's brother. @TonyTheTiger: Before someone else claims him, I know I messaged you about creating Princeton's Sean Jackson (basketball) since you went to school there and have an affinity for that program. Would you like to tackle Jackson's article, and allow one of us other editors to knock out Craig Austin? Then, the Ivy POYs would be complete! SportsGuy789 (talk) 23:49, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Meant to ping @DaHuzyBru:. Might there be any Eurobasket, Latinbasket (etc.) sites for Jason Forte to beef up his pro career? (CalDoesIt – FYI, DaHuzyBru has a Eurobasket subscription and helps out with career histories when he can). SportsGuy789 (talk) 23:53, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have added the little detail I can from Eurobasket. DaHuzyBru (talk) 00:35, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I will handle Jackson, but I need to wait until within 6 weeks of the Saturday of tournament since first round games can be as late as Saturday UTC (Friday night games in the US), if I want to shoot for a DYK date request for Princeton's tournament game. It is going to be a challange.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:19, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I know we don't talk much about female POYs, but I happened to 5x Joanne McCarthy (basketball) this past weekend.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:19, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dean Smith has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm _Talk 02:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have never noticed more than 3 assistant coaches on a team season article before this year. I see several with 4 this year (2023–24 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team, 2023–24 Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team, 2023–24 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team) and even noticed one with 5 (2023–24 Illinois State Redbirds men's basketball team). Each of these teams only had 3 last year. What is going on?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:39, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@TonyTheTiger: – I don't have a great explanation other than maybe editors are deciding to just include whatever assistant coaches are listed on the respective teams' websites? Memphis' coaching roster (link) lists all 4 of those guys. My guess is that it's unclear as to who should be listed on Wikipedia or not, so the editors aren't wanting to make that unilateral decision and just siding with caution. SportsGuy789 (talk) 23:46, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

editors are probably listing guys who are not full assistants. For example, UNC has Marcus Paige and Pat Sullivan on staff but neither is a full assistant. These should be pared down to the actual assistants on staff. Rikster2 (talk) 23:58, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I removed the Illinois State guys but the other two don’t say which coach is not the full assistant. A team can only have 3 full assistants per NCAA rules. Rikster2 (talk) 00:23, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The NCAA increased the number of assistant coaches allowed to five after a rule change took place in July 2023. Further details are here. CalDoesIt (talk) 07:45, 25 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Rikster2, I don't know how many places you removed extra coaches from, but it seems like we should revert those changes now that we are up to speed on the issue.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:16, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]