2023-2024 College Basketball Thread

[tower912]

Fine student athletes?

'Fine' the adjective, or 'fine' the verb?

[Newsdreams]

'Fine' the adjective, or 'fine' the verb?

Fined

[Uncle Rico]

Games of the Day brought to you by My Pillow:

Penn State-Greater Allegheny at Drexel at 10AM on FloH

Texas Lutheran at Texas A&M-Chorpus Christi at 11AM on ESPN+

Arlington Baptist at Texas A&M-Commerce at 11AM on ESPN+

North American at Prairie View A&M at 3PM on Stre

Westminster (PA) at Youngstown State at 5:30PM on ESPN+

Thomas at Dartmouth at 6PM on ESPN+

Bluefield College at Marshall at 6PM on ESPN+

Defiance at Ohio at 6PM on ESPN+

Central Christian College of the Bible at SIU-Edwardsville at 7PM on ESPN+

Calumet College of St. Joseph at NIU at 7PM on ESPN+

Eureka at Western Illinois at 7PM on ESPN+

LeTourneau at Texas St. at 7PM on ESPN+

CSU Stanislaus at Pacific at 9PM on ESPN+

[Newsdreams]

Defiance @ Ohio sounds like trouble

[MuggsyB]

James Madison's seed if they go undefeated?  Ty. 

[PointWarrior]

Not this crap again, are they as good as their 11-1 football team?

They are #68 in Kenpom - so play-in game?

James Madison's seed if they go undefeated?  Ty.

[brewcity77]

James Madison's seed if they go undefeated?  Ty.

My gut says 4/5. The MSU win is devalued and there's only so far you can go without many good wins.

My question is how many games they can lose and still get an at-large. My guess is 3 total (2 regular season, then 1 conference tourney).

[MU82]

Defiance @ Ohio sounds like trouble

I believe Neil Young wrote about this decades ago.

[FairWeatherEagle]

James Madison's seed if they go undefeated?  Ty.

I vaguely remember Wichita States undefeated season they didn't beat anyone ranked and their SOS was above 100 (not sure how far above). They got a 1 seed. I think they lost the first weekend. I could be remembering wrong. But it was a bone of contention in the media as I recall

[The Sultan]

I vaguely remember Wichita States undefeated season they didn't beat anyone ranked and their SOS was above 100 (not sure how far above). They got a 1 seed. I think they lost the first weekend. I could be remembering wrong. But it was a bone of contention in the media as I recall

2014 WSU was a one seed and lost to an eight seed Kentucky in the second round.

They would likely be more like a six seed Murray State from 2012. Probably a four or five IMO.

[Uncle Rico]

Games of the Day brought to you by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund:

Toccoa Falls at Georgia State at 10AM on ESPN +

Wiley at Southern at 2PM, no TV

Davenport at Central Michigan at 6PM on ESPN+

Bridgewater at George Mason at 6PM on ESPN+

Brescia at Kennesaw State at 6PM on ESPN+

John Brown at Oral Roberta at 7PM on Summit

CSU Dominguez Hills at LBSU at 9PM on ESPN+

Saint Katherine at SDSU at 9PM on MWN

[tower912]

I appreciate you trying to LIV a little.

[Uncle Rico]

I appreciate you trying to LIV a little.

Pays to be friends with Jared Kushner!

[lawdog77]

Pays to be friends with Jared Kushner!

Seems like you are better friends with Kush

[Newsdreams]

Seems like you are better friends with Kush

Uncle don't have 2 billion to be his friend

[Newsdreams]

I believe Neil Young wrote about this decades ago.

Don't count he is a fake US citizen

[lawdog77]

Uncle don't have 2 billion to be his friend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kush_(cannabis)#:~:text=Kush%20generally%20refers%20to%20a,Kush%20and%20Golden%20Jamaican%20Kush.

[brewcity77]

I vaguely remember Wichita States undefeated season they didn't beat anyone ranked and their SOS was above 100 (not sure how far above). They got a 1 seed. I think they lost the first weekend. I could be remembering wrong. But it was a bone of contention in the media as I recall

Wichita was a top-5 team in kenpom, and by this point of the season they were #12. JMU is currently #68. If they win out they'll likely be top-50, maybe even top-30, but no one will confuse them for 2014 WSU.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

2014 Wichita also beat a lot more quality teams than James Madison could this season. Looking at the top KenPom games of each:

WICH:
#10 Tennessee
@#35 Saint Louis
vs.#49 BYU
@#82 Tulsa
@#86 Alabama
@#95 Northern Iowa

JMU:
@#23 Michigan State
@#79 App State
#79 App State
@#103 Kent State
vs.#106 SIU
@#151 UL-Lafayette

Even if JMU does go undefeated,  the schedule isn't remotely on the same level as Wichita States was

[tower912]

Hypothetical first round match up Morehead State blowing the doors off of Indiana at halftime at Assembly Hall.

[CountryRoads]

The Citadel 65
Notre Dame 45
Final

[mugrad_89]

The Citadel 65
Notre Dame 45
Final

Crap - Citadel is better than us?

[MuggsyB]

Hypothetical first round match up Morehead State blowing the doors off of Indiana at halftime at Assembly Hall.

You jinxed Morehead.

[tower912]

Morehead started standing around.

And life is so much more peaceful here if IU wins.

[nyg]

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3497720/if-you-dont-play-hard-youll-rot-on-the-bench.-ill-help-you-transfer-nd-coach-micah-shrewsberry-destroyed-his-team-after-losing-by-20-to-the-citadel

Must watch one minute video attached.

Shrewsberry going nuclear on his players after brutal loss.  Don't know how players will react, but MU going to need a point guard next year, maybe that Burton would like to leave.