2023-2024 College Basketball Thread

[Dr. Blackheart]

Storming the court after beating #7 as a power conference team is sad. Have some dignity.

Kinda like the Badgers when they beat MU this season.

[Uncle Rico]

Badgers looking to get that Indy spot back

[MuggsyB]

Badgers looking to get that Indy spot back

Ohio St.  =  abomination. 

[mugrad_89]

Badgers looking to get that Indy spot back

Underestimate Gard at your own risk.  👀

[MuggsyB]

At some point Pete Gillen needs to be dismissed.  And by some point I mean tomorrow. 

[PGsHeroes32]

Colarado State got beat 41-11 in the second half to SDSU today.

[MUbiz]

At some point Pete Gillen needs to be dismissed.  And by some point I mean tomorrow.

I agree with this analysis. He's said "it's a big country" about 3 times already. I can't stand how he goes "woah!" And talks over the color guy every single time a decent play is made.

[Uncle Rico]

Holtmann out at Ohio State

Could see him take DePaul if he wants to coach

[brewcity77]

Holtmann out at Ohio State

Could see him take DePaul if he wants to coach

Trade him to Creighton for Mr Candie.

[Galway Eagle]

Holtmann out at Ohio State

Could see him take DePaul if he wants to coach

I could see that but I still think Peevy wants to shock the world with this hire

[The Sultan]

Holtmann out at Ohio State

Could see him take DePaul if he wants to coach

I thought that was a perfect fit when he left Butler, and for awhile it looked like it was, but the bottom really fell out fast.

[MurphysTillClose]

Holtmann out at Ohio State

Could see him take DePaul if he wants to coach

McDermott is a name Trilly has thrown around. Wonder if Sean Miller will put his name in the ring

[Dr. Blackheart]

I thought that was a perfect fit when he left Butler, and for awhile it looked like it was, but the bottom really fell out fast.

My question was if he could recruit B10 talent. He can't.

And if DePaul is looking at BIG retreads, John Groce would be a better choice.

[The Sultan]

McDermott is a name Trilly has thrown around. Wonder if Sean Miller will put his name in the ring

I'm not sure I would be all that interested in McD if I were OSU, but apparently he's getting restless.

[MurphysTillClose]

I'm not sure I would be all that interested in McD if I were OSU, but apparently he's getting restless.

Agreed. His name has been thrown around with too many jobs over the past few seasons for me to think he's sticking around Omaha much longer.

[LAZER]

My question was if he could recruit B10 talent. He can't.

And if DePaul is looking at BIG retreads, John Groce would be a better choice.

Why do you think Groce is a better choice than Holtmann?

[Scoop Snoop]

Agreed. His name has been thrown around with too many jobs over the past few seasons for me to think he's sticking around Omaha much longer.

Maybe he's waiting for an opening in the South. There are some beautiful plantations just up the road from where we live.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Why do you think Groce is a better choice than Holtmann?

He can recruit. Knows Illinois. Was Matta's key recruiter at Ohio State.

Holtmann was never a high major recruiter as an assistant. And flamed out as a B1G head coach when he was on the clock.

Now is he a top prospect at DU? No but he would be the better retread.

[MU82]

The Athletic with an article about the parity in college basketball.

https://theathletic.com/5270083/2024/02/13/college-basketball-upsets-parity-ncaa-tournament-2024-recruits/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=8999336&userId=3738391

A few passages (including two with MU mentions) that I found particularly interesting:

Already, 47 different teams have appeared in the AP poll, with over a month until Selection Sunday. And perhaps most notably, top-10 teams are just 32-33 on the road against unranked foes, easily the worst win percentage in those scenarios in the modern era. (That dates back to the 1984-85 season, when the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams.) Marquette, Arizona and Kansas — the No. 4, 5, and 6 teams in this week's poll — have lost three such games each. And after last weekend, when Illinois and Tennessee became the latest top-10 teams to join the trend, those 33 losses already stand as the most ever in a season in those situations.

And ...

Not long ago, teams like Kentucky and Duke were dominating with star one-and-done freshmen. But that's not happening as often anymore.

Last season, for the first time since 1998, no Final Four team started a single true freshman. (Connecticut's Alex Karaban, a redshirt freshman, was the closest thing.) It's the same trend this season. Seven of KenPom's top-10 teams on Feb. 1 were amongst the 100 oldest squads in the nation — and Houston, at 102nd, barely missed the cut. Of the 50 starters on those 10 teams, only two are freshmen: Connecticut's Stephon Castle, and North Carolina's Elliot Cadeau. (And both guards, in addition to being top-12 recruits, are already 19 years old.) On the flip side, of the 10 youngest high-major teams in America, only Duke — which starts one senior, three sophomores, and one freshman — is expected to make the NCAA Tournament.

And ...

But will that season-long parity extend to March? Those in the college basketball space are split. On one hand, the data speaks for itself. On the other, though, a handful of teams at the top have started to separate themselves. This week marked the fifth straight that Purdue and Connecticut, both 22-2, were ranked first and second in the AP poll. Houston (21-3), despite some offensive question marks, has ranked No. 1 in most computer rankings for months and has put together one of the best adjusted-efficiency margins in recent history. Those three teams will almost certainly be the top three overall seeds when the selection committee reveals its late-season top 16 on Saturday. There's also a group of very-good-but-perhaps-flawed teams — UNC, Tennessee, Kansas, Arizona, Marquette — right behind them.

[FairWeatherEagle]

tonight South Carolina v Auburn  - keep an eye on this. If SC wins they have a path to a 1.  3-2 Q1  with 6 regular season Q1s that they can win. But lose tonight defuses all that.

[PGsHeroes32]

tonight South Carolina v Auburn  - keep an eye on this. If SC wins they have a path to a 1.  3-2 Q1  with 6 regular season Q1s that they can win. But lose tonight defuses all that.

South Carolina is not getting a 1

They will need a minor miracle to get a 3

[StillAWarrior]

tonight South Carolina v Auburn  - keep an eye on this. If SC wins they have a path to a 1.  3-2 Q1  with 6 regular season Q1s that they can win. But lose tonight defuses all that.

SC down by 22 at the half.

[CountryRoads]

A lot of empty seats at some of these big ten games the last few days.

[The Thing]

SC down by 22 at the half.

Yeah I was laughing at the "If SC wins out" talk...come on.

[TallTitan34]

tonight South Carolina v Auburn  - keep an eye on this. If SC wins they have a path to a 1.  3-2 Q1  with 6 regular season Q1s that they can win. But lose tonight defuses all that.

And they lose by 40.