2022-23 NCAA Men's Basketball Thread

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Now this is just unfair.  And also kind of speaks to how well Cal has recruited for so long.  Jimbo had 3 good seasons at FSU in a row, including the Natty.  His best season at A&M was the weird COVID year and still got smoked by Bama.

Cal has Final Fours at 3 schools (i dont care about sanctions or forfeited wins in this discussion), 6 F4s total, 6 E8s, and 3 S16s.  Having more F4s and E8s than S16s, 2nd Rounds, or First rounds, the anti-Bo Ryan.  He's more Mack Brown or Jim Tressel than Jimbo.

You're downplaying Jimbo at Florida State. He had 7 consecutive seasons finishing in the top 25, including 5 consecutive in the top 15 and 4 of 5 in the top 10 along with a 5-2 record in bowl games. He also made a BSC Bowl in 4/7 seasons which I think is comparable to an Elite 8.

You also need to adjust for longevity. Jimbo's been head coaching 12 years, Cal's been doing it for 32 years (29 in college). And while you don't care about sanctions/forfeited wins, the official record does.

I can't take credit this take. Another scooper sent this article to me (https://theathletic.com/4044709/2022/12/30/kentucky-john-calipari-college-basketball/). I was skeptical when I read the title but when I actually compared their records and read  the article, I couldn't disagree.

[MuggsyB]

Iowa St. with a nice win at TCU.

[MuggsyB]

Washington St. up 9 at Zona.

[jfp61]

Washington St. up 9 at Zona.

Good Wash St. is one of the unluckiest teams in the country, they are gonna be 7-10 with crazy good efficiency, probably won't make the tournament still

[MuggsyB]

Baylor lost to K.State at home.

[Uncle Rico]

Baylor lost to K.State at home.

Cost us a seed line

[MuggsyB]

Cost us a seed line

We need this one Wednesday.. 

[Uncle Rico]

We need this one Wednesday..

The problem is, if we win, that’ll cost UConn a seed line which hurts the Big East and in turn, hurts Marquette

[MuggsyB]

The problem is, if we win, that’ll cost UConn a seed line which hurts the Big East and in turn, hurts Marquette

Come again?  We need to take control of our destiny right now and starting Wednesday.  We can do this. 

[JWags85]

Oklahoma beats TTU for their first decent win of the season to move to 10-5.  Man, 1.5 years in I’m so thankful to have ended up with Shaka over Moser.  OU returned more than Marquette did and ended up in the NIT last year and now sit at a 60 in the NET (last in the B12) and it’s only gonna get more brutal in conference.  TT was their first win over a team in the top 75 of the NET.

Shaka has Marquette playing a fantastic high efficiency and high scoring offense and massively overachieving while Oklahoma is 275th in scoring with meh results.  Moser does have an unexpectedly good class coming in next year, so maybe it turns around, but starting out with 2 NCAA bids while getting your system and program installed is way more exciting than (likely) 2 NIT bids and sub 20 win seasons

[jfp61]

The problem is, if we win, that’ll cost UConn a seed line which hurts the Big East and in turn, hurts Marquette

Marquette should lose out, to help the Big East, to help Marquette.

[Uncle Rico]

Marquette should lose out, to help the Big East, to help Marquette.

I agree with this analysis

[tower912]

Chicago Bears logic

[wadesworld]

Chicago Bears logic

Nice!

[Scoop Snoop]

Come again?  We need to take control of our destiny right now and starting Wednesday.  We can do this.

C'mon Muggsy! Wake up! Teal is the default color on all of Rico's posts.

[MU82]

Madison, the team that “always finds a way,” found a way to lose to an Illinois team that’s falling apart at the seams.

[GoldenEagles03]

Not D1 related but still thought this was crazy enough to share.

Per Dick Weiss on Twitter:

"Concordia University Chicago, a D III school, postponed two men's games after a hardcore workout sent five players to the hospital. School temporarily removed coach Stev Kollar."

[mugrad_89]

Madison, the team that “always finds a way,” found a way to lose to an Illinois team that’s falling apart at the seams.

Wisconsin is not that good - still can’t believe we lost to them.

[PointWarrior]

Yep, bad loss

Wisconsin is not that good - still can’t believe we lost to them.

[BCHoopster]

Wisconsin is not that good - still can’t believe we lost to them.

Wahl did not play, there for sure not good enough to win without him, Illinois did let Essigian get open something MU did

[Scoop Snoop]

Zags win 81-76 vs. Santa Clara and were down 1 with 1:30 left in the game. This after squeaking by San Francisco 77-75 in their previous game.

[panda]

Zags win 81-76 vs. Santa Clara and were down 1 with 1:30 left in the game. This after squeaking by San Francisco 77-75 in their previous game.

Santa Clara is a really fun team. Former Wisconsin mr basketball leading them too.

[4everwarriors]

Hellofa playa, aina?

[tower912]

Not D1 related but still thought this was crazy enough to share.

Per Dick Weiss on Twitter:

"Concordia University Chicago, a D III school, postponed two men's games after a hardcore workout sent five players to the hospital. School temporarily removed coach Stev Kollar."

Saw that.  Speculation that the team skipped curfew on a California trip and the coach was displeased.

[Uncle Rico]

All 12 Big XII teams are KenPom top-40. Watching this league is going to be some fun. A few really good teams won’t be playing in the dance.  Bracketologists will know better than me, but is there a case for 10 teams from the league this year?