I wrote about this on the site a few months ago, but with tonight’s game vs. Georgia coming up, now seems like a good time to remind you that Tom Crean really, really loves positionless basketball. He loves it so much that he doesn’t list his players by position on Georgia’s roster, only by “B,” which stands for “Basketball Player.”
Positions aren’t even listed on the players’ bios. Here’s Anthony Edwards’ bio from Georgia’s site compared to Ashton Hagans’ from Kentucky’s:
There’s a whole section on positionless basketball in Georgia’s game notes entitled “B is for Basketball Player”:
“That’s what they are,” Crean said.