General College Basketball Thread 2020-2021

[MuggsyB]

EWU might be interesting cause Kansas will be without some players, might through them off.

Morehead St is pretty good, gave Belmont 2 of their 4 losses...but they got SMACKED by every decent OOC team they played. Lost by 30+ to OSU and UK, almost 20 to Richmond, and 15 to Clemson which is like 20-25 against most other teams cause of how slow Clemson plays.  So probably not them

Morehead St. is the one I'm thinking about but I just don't think I can pull the trigger.

[MuggsyB]

Expect #NotNCAAProperty to be a big part of the tournament. 

[The Sultan]

Expect #NotNCAAProperty to be a big part of the tournament. 

Which is nice, but ultimately useless.  Unless players protest by sitting out a game or something similar, change won't be made.

[Uncle Rico]

Which is nice, but ultimately useless.  Unless players protest by sitting out a game or something similar, change won't be made.

Yup.  Players have all the power.  Until they learn how to use it, slogans are just slogans. 

That said, you know commissioners, presidents and the power brokers are very nervous about the future

[Hards Alumni]

Which is nice, but ultimately useless.  Unless players protest by sitting out a game or something similar, change won't be made.

You ready for the newest culture war? 

[The Sultan]

You ready for the newest culture war? 

I like the tournament too much to wish for a player boycott.  But if they did, I would certainly understand the motivation.

[MuggsyB]

This will apparently be the most betted event in sports history. 

[Hards Alumni]

I like the tournament too much to wish for a player boycott.  But if they did, I would certainly understand the motivation.

We're not playing, so I'd say there is no time like the present.

Let the opening tip happen, and then the kids just dribble the shot clock down back and forth.

That'd be quite the spectacle.  An hour and a half of protest, nationally televised.

[MuggsyB]

We're not playing, so I'd say there is no time like the present.

Let the opening tip happen, and then the kids just dribble the shot clock down back and forth.

That'd be quite the spectacle.  An hour and a half of protest, nationally televised.

I wonder how Kevin Harlan would handle that scenario as an announcer?

[rocky_warrior]

Expect #NotNCAAProperty to be a big part of the tournament.

I read an article complaining about the food that we being served.  But isn't that up to the school?  The school pays the bills and then get money back from the NCAA? 

It honestly sounds like the service economy there has nearly crumbled under the sudden influx of visitors that they weren't ready for due to covid.  But I understand not wanting to get "hot" takeout that is cold.

[cheebs09]

I read an article complaining about the food that we being served.  But isn't that up to the school?  The school pays the bills and then get money back from the NCAA? 

It honestly sounds like the service economy there has nearly crumbled under the sudden influx of visitors that they weren't ready for due to covid.  But I understand not wanting to get "hot" takeout that is cold.

I'm pretty sure the NBA bubble had bad food to start, but that was just the two day quarantine meals.

I'm not a fish guy, but the picture from the coach (Most likely Oats) didn't seem all that bad.

[NickelDimer]

We're not playing, so I'd say there is no time like the present.

Let the opening tip happen, and then the kids just dribble the shot clock down back and forth.

That'd be quite the spectacle.  An hour and a half of protest, nationally televised.

I'd pay money to watch Emmert's reaction

[Mr. Nielsen]

I heard someone say, $50,000 by the NCAA in getting all the kids in the tournament an XBox or IPhone would be a very nice gift for the players. Locked in their rooms or practicing can sure get old. 

[The Sultan]

I think the biggest issue that I have is that they are still playing this thing over three weekends when they conceivably could have played them over two.  Some of the student athletes are going to go nearly a week in between games for television sake.

They could have played S16 games on Tuesday and Wednesday.  E8 games on Thursday and Friday.  Semifinals on Saturday (the winner of the two regional finals played on Friday would be matched and play the late game for equal rest.)  Final on Monday.

The NBA shortened their playoffs so games were every other day.  NCAA should have done the same.

[Uncle Rico]

I think the biggest issue that I have is that they are still playing this thing over three weekends when they conceivably could have played them over two.  Some of the student athletes are going to go nearly a week in between games for television sake.

They could have played S16 games on Tuesday and Wednesday.  E8 games on Thursday and Friday.  Semifinals on Saturday (the winner of the two regional finals played on Friday would be matched and play the late game for equal rest.)  Final on Monday.

The NBA shortened their playoffs so games were every other day.  NCAA should have done the same.

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The NCAA doesn't care about the student athletes.  They do care about TV money. 

[MuggsyB]

Nm.

[The Sultan]

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The NCAA doesn't care about the student athletes.  They do care about TV money. 

Oh I know the reason.  I just think a sprint to the finish would have been better this year.

[PGsHeroes32]

I think the biggest issue that I have is that they are still playing this thing over three weekends when they conceivably could have played them over two.  Some of the student athletes are going to go nearly a week in between games for television sake.

They could have played S16 games on Tuesday and Wednesday.  E8 games on Thursday and Friday.  Semifinals on Saturday (the winner of the two regional finals played on Friday would be matched and play the late game for equal rest.)  Final on Monday.

The NBA shortened their playoffs so games were every other day.  NCAA should have done the same.

I mean you are not wrong.

But the simple fact is, the NCAA missed out on the tournament completely last year. They are going for the best possible TV money this year, and thats mostly keeping the same format.

[rocky_warrior]

I mean you are not wrong.

But the simple fact is, the NCAA missed out on the tournament completely last year. They are going for the best possible TV money this year, and thats mostly keeping the same format.

The TV money is set by contract right?  i.e. - NCAA amount is fixed.  CBS/Turner likely had a big part of the scheduling to help their bottom line.

[The Sultan]

And you KNOW a great deal of the coverage is going to be shots of the student athletes yucking it up in a "isn't life great in the bubble?" kind of way.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Ben Steele has a nice article on Traci Carter today: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2021/03/18/traci-carter-played-marquette-la-salle-and-hartford/4745384001/

[Dish]

The 13 and 14 seeds are going to be loaded this year. Even without an official bracket yet, there will be a number of 13-14 seeds winning outright.

It'll be interesting to see what the lines look like for these particular games.

For those that didn't see these upsets coming, I mentioned this even before the bracket was released.

[rocket surgeon]

For those that didn't see these upsets coming, I mentioned this even before the bracket was released.

i just couldn't get myself to pencil in abilene texas christain

had illinoius as one of my top 4 in one and in the championship game vs gonzaga in another

went heavy big 10-oh what a fool am i

oral roberts??

i'm bleeding man