2023-2024 College Basketball Thread

[MU82]

UNC beat us in the tournament  2 years ago,didnt make the tourney the following year. Sparty beat us last year, look whats happening. I think teams will let us win the tourney this year.

Nice.

[panda]

Has there been a top 5 preseason team that didn't make the tournament?

They miss hauser bad. He did a lot of little things for them and also was able to knock down the 3.

Also I wasn't in love with their pre season hype. They were a 7 seed in the tournament who beat a Marquette w a clearly banged up Kolek to get to the s16.

[MuggsyB]

Illinois?

Maybe....but could it be NW?

[Uncle Rico]

Games of the Day brought to you by Western Progressivism:

Gallaudet at Longwood at 10AM on ESPN+

Mary Baldwin at Hampton at 6PM on FloH

Jarvis Christian and Texas St. at 7PM on ESPN+

[MU82]

Cute note from Yahoo Sports:

With 4 points in his USC debut, Bronny passed his dad on the all-time college basketball scoring chart.

[StillAWarrior]

Has there been a top 5 preseason team that didn't make the tournament?

UNC was number 1 last year....

Ty.  But this is more surprising in light of Izzo's career.

"OMG, that's amazing!!!1! Has that ever happened before?!!"
"Yeah. Last season."
"But it's a lot more amazing this year!!"

Gotta love Muggsy. Such an unusual mix of enthusiasm and cluelessness. I'll admit that I'd watch if a documentary crew followed him around for a few days. I imagine him opening his shades in the morning, "Wow!  Look at that glowing yellow ball in the sky!!! It's hard to look at. Have you ever seen anything like that before?!!"

[The Sultan]

Yeah I am not sure how the defending national runner-up, who was returning pretty much all but one of their contributors, and was the pre-season #1, is less shocking than this year's MSU team, but I guess its just Muggsy being Muggsy.

[StillAWarrior]

Yeah I am not sure how the defending national runner-up, who was returning pretty much all but one of their contributors, and was the pre-season #1, is less shocking than this year's MSU team, but I guess its just Muggsy being Muggsy.

My thoughts exactly.

[MuggsyB]

Yeah I am not sure how the defending national runner-up, who was returning pretty much all but one of their contributors, and was the pre-season #1, is less shocking than this year's MSU team, but I guess its just Muggsy being Muggsy.

It's called a complete analysis.  UNC is coached by Hubert Davis, Mich St. by Tom Izzo.  Night and day pedigree. 

[The Sultan]

The same Hubert Davis that lead them to the Final Four the year prior.

[PGsHeroes32]

The same Hubert Davis that lead them to the Final Four the year prior.

Hell, the title game that they also had a big lead in.

that UNC team had much more business being ranked where they were

[StillAWarrior]

The same Hubert Davis that lead virtually the exact same teamthem to the Final Four the year prior.

Fixed that for you.

Night and day...

I agree. UNC not making the tournament after making it to the final game with almost the exact same team is far more surprising that the fighting Izzos potentially not making the tournament.

[PGsHeroes32]

https://twitter.com/roundballpod/status/1733984088443220099

First time Im seeing this kid. What the hell.

Got some sick stats so far this year and was nice last year.

[Uncle Rico]

https://twitter.com/roundballpod/status/1733984088443220099

First time Im seeing this kid. What the hell.

Got some sick stats so far this year and was nice last year.

Surprised a Wardle-coached defense is letting him abuse them

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

https://twitter.com/roundballpod/status/1733984088443220099

First time Im seeing this kid. What the hell.

Got some sick stats so far this year and was nice last year.

Averaging 16.6 points, 6 rebounds,  and 3.8 assists per game with 40% 3P shooting.  Basically Oso three point shooting

[Uncle Rico]

Games of the Day brought to you by the University of St. Thomas:

Bowie St. at George Washington at 6PM on ESPN+

Bethel (TN) at Tennessee Tech at 6PM on ESPN+

Tabor at Missouri-Kansas City at 7PM on Summit

Sterling at Tarleton State at 7PM on ESPN+

Waldorf at North Dakota at 7PM on Summit

Avila at Lindenwood at 7PM on ESPN+

Northern New Mexico at New Mexico State at 8:30PM on ESPN+

[Newsdreams]

Games of the Day brought to you by the University of St. Thomas:

Bowie St. at George Washington at 6PM on ESPN+

Bethel (TN) at Tennessee Tech at 6PM on ESPN+

Tabor at Missouri-Kansas City at 7PM on Summit

Sterling at Tarleton State at 7PM on ESPN+

Waldorf at North Dakota at 7PM on Summit

Avila at Lindenwood at 7PM on ESPN+

Northern New Mexico at New Mexico State at 8:30PM on ESPN+

Making their way to BE, no doubt!

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Games of the Day brought to you by the University of St. Thomas:

Bowie St. at George Washington at 6PM on ESPN+

Bethel (TN) at Tennessee Tech at 6PM on ESPN+

Tabor at Missouri-Kansas City at 7PM on Summit

Sterling at Tarleton State at 7PM on ESPN+

Waldorf at North Dakota at 7PM on Summit

Avila at Lindenwood at 7PM on ESPN+

Northern New Mexico at New Mexico State at 8:30PM on ESPN+

When's the Sterling @ Waldorf match-up for a really high class game.

[PGsHeroes32]

Least shocking news ever


Tomlin the dude kicked off Kstate ends up at Memphis

[MUbiz]

Least shocking news ever


Tomlin the dude kicked off Kstate ends up at Memphis

Alabama was my second guess, Kansas third. But Memphis checks out as well.

[Uncle Rico]

Games of the Day brought to by the endowment of Harvard Univesirty:

Regent at Howard at noon on ESPN+

Bryn Athn at Princeton at 3PM on ESPN+

Portland Bible College at Eastern Washington at 8PM on ESPN+

[HowardsWorld]

Was just looking at the Net Ranking and T-Rank. Surprisingly enough the Big 10 has every team in the top 100 in both except for Penn St who is at 111 I believe. This causes almost every game to fall into a quad 1 or quad 2 game. Very interesting as it seems the top few teams can pack there resumes and even middle of the road teams can secure wins worth more than other conferences. Most likely see 8-9 teams in even with a down year.

[jficke13]

Least shocking news ever


Tomlin the dude kicked off Kstate ends up at Memphis

If he assimilates into that team well, Memphis is going to be a tough out in March.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Was just looking at the Net Ranking and T-Rank. Surprisingly enough the Big 10 has every team in the top 100 in both except for Penn St who is at 111 I believe. This causes almost every game to fall into a quad 1 or quad 2 game. Very interesting as it seems the top few teams can pack there resumes and even middle of the road teams can secure wins worth more than other conferences. Most likely see 8-9 teams in even with a down year.

Do you mean Kenpom instead of NET?

Because the current NET rankings include:

123 Indiana
135 Penn St
153 Maryland

[PGsHeroes32]

If he assimilates into that team well, Memphis is going to be a tough out in March.
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Yes they will hes a nice player. And they are an old experienced team.

Wild cause they also tried to have a damn 27 year old be eligible for another year too