2023-2024 College Basketball Thread

[Fred Garvin]

Poor Badgers!

[wisblue]

Some consolation on a dismal day.

[wisblue]

South Carolina’s road to the number 1 seed got a little rockier with a 1 point home loss to unranked LSU.

[Newsdreams]

Poor Badgers!

Gard owns Shaka

[MuggsyB]

Congrats to Iowa for their 1st Quad 1 win of the season.

[MU82]

Oklahoma had Kansas ... until they didn't. On the road, KU outscores the Fightin' Mosers by 15 in the second half.

[brewcity77]

UCLA is only going to make the tournament by winning out the regular season and probably beating arizona again in the conference tournament. There NET is currently 102. I believe it would crack the top 75 if they were to win out which includes beating Arizona at home. Anything other than winning out there NET will not crack 90.

Maybe, maybe if they win out and get to the Pac-12 title game they could get an at-large, but UCLA's best hope of making the NCAA Tournament is winning the Pac-12 tourney. None of the wins they've had in this 8/9 winning streak move the needle significantly, and those losses to Cal State Northridge, Stanford, and California at home aren't going anywhere from their resume.

[mu_eyeballs]

FAU at South Florida 😳

[Uncle Rico]

Due down 5 at half in Columbust

[DoctorV]

This is just the regular season for FAU, they don’t really care until the playoffs.

Johnell “Jihad” Davis knows that the eyes that matter will only be watching in the big dance, and he’s been there done that before.

So, in that sense, that’s a mid range seeded team that I would want nothing to do with

[wadesworld]

I don’t know why people think college basketball is the NBA.

[wisblue]

Due down 5 at half in Columbust

It is funny to see the Boilers fall apart when Edey has to go,to the bench for a few minutes with two fouls.

Some commentators (Bilas leads the charge) love to fawn over Edey as the “best”  player in college basketball.

I prefer to think of him as the most “impactful” player. In my book the “best” player has skills beyond being way taller than everyone else.

[wadesworld]

He’s the best player in college basketball. And it’s not even that close.

[Uncle Rico]

Due down 7 with 3:38 left in Clambus

[tower912]

Holtmann was clearly the issue.

[brewcity77]

It is funny to see the Boilers fall apart when Edey has to go,to the bench for a few minutes with two fouls.

Some commentators (Bilas leads the charge) love to fawn over Edey as the “best”  player in college basketball.

I prefer to think of him as the most “impactful” player. In my book the “best” player has skills beyond being way taller than everyone else.

Edey does have skills beyond being way taller than everyone else. If height was all it took, Jamarion Sharp and Tacko Fall would've been NPOYs too. Edey is skilled and savvy. He's a generational player.

[tower912]

I would enjoy seeing Edey and Clingan matched up in the national semifinal.   With the winner to face MU.

[jesmu84]

He’s the best player in college basketball. And it’s not even that close.

https://twitter.com/EvanMiya/status/1759291275122237560?t=Daww65LLkfkmx-cNtfougA&s=19

Fwiw

[Uncle Rico]

https://twitter.com/EvanMiya/status/1759291275122237560?t=Daww65LLkfkmx-cNtfougA&s=19

Fwiw

Ok, nerd

[wisblue]

Edey does have skills beyond being way taller than everyone else. If height was all it took, Jamarion Sharp and Tacko Fall would've been NPOYs too. Edey is skilled and savvy. He's a generational player.

You should know what I mean.

Sure, he has skills beyond just being tall, but there are a lot of players whose skills are much greater.

That’s why I prefer the word “impactful”.

[wisblue]

https://twitter.com/EvanMiya/status/1759291275122237560?t=Daww65LLkfkmx-cNtfougA&s=19

Fwiw

Looks like a stat that measures impact.

[Uncle Rico]

Purdue loses at Ohio State

Commence Boilermaker nation meltdown

[wisblue]

And the obligatory court storming.

Some real crocodile tears from the Boilers about calls in the last minute.

I guess when you’re used to 45-5 edges in free throws it must be frustrating to only have four times as many FTs as the opponent until you start fouling intentionally.

[brewcity77]

You should know what I mean.

Sure, he has skills beyond just being tall, but there are a lot of players whose skills are much greater.

That’s why I prefer the word “impactful”.

I know that people constantly use stuff like this to underrate Edey and try to discredit him as a player. He's awesome. He puts pressure on opposing offenses like no other player because of his interior dominance and his ability to draw fouls. He's a great defender who has improved markedly not just at protecting the rim but being able to move and defend without fouling. We constantly see college offenses trying to be more and more like the NBA, and the NBA is going away from players like Edey, yet he continues to dominate like no one in 40 years. He's going to be the first NPOY to repeat since Sampson and is doing so in runaway fashion both times. And it's not just because he's taller than everyone else.

[Uncle Rico]

Northern Iowa beats Bradley.  Bradley’s lineup next year is being discussed amongst Bradley fans