2024-25 NCAA Basketball Thread

[PGsHeroes32]

https://x.com/DKSportsbook/status/1898234708204404831

I've been tailing all week. Heck of a run

[The Sultan]

They're close.

But Flagg has arguably had the greatest freshman year ever (along with AD, Carmelo, and Durant).

The unquestioned greatest freshman ever was Lew Alcindor and no one is even in the same universe. Only problem is that freshman weren't eligible to play on the varsity team.  Averaged 33/21.

Wait. Less than three days ago you said Flagg was "immensely better" than Dynsanta. Now "they're close"??

Huh.

[The Sultan]

Wardle is March

Bradley takes on Valparaiso in the Arch Madness semis at 5:00. The Beacons are looking to make it three straight upsets after beating UIC and UNI on consecutive nights.

[Viper]

ESPN Game Day from Chapel Hill is disappointing. Yes, our game is on FOX, but top 10 StJ's, Pitino, top 20 MU, ghosts of Louie, AL...Milwaukee deserved the attention.

[wadesworld]

ESPN Game Day from Chapel Hill is disappointing. Yes, our game is on FOX, but top 10 StJ's, Pitino, top 20 MU, ghosts of Louie, AL...Milwaukee deserved the attention.

They were not coming to a BE game. If it was going anywhere else it'd be Alabama at Auburn.

[Billy Hoyle]

Bradley takes on Valparaiso in the Arch Madness semis at 5:00. The Beacons are looking to make it three straight upsets after beating UIC and UNI on consecutive nights.

I work with a few Valpo grads who refuse to refer to them as "Beacons."

[PGsHeroes32]

https://x.com/BarstoolBigCat/status/1898454865086410877

107 pt second half in UK/Mizzou game.

lone bright spot to my morning

[MU82]

VERY small consolation, but at least we didn't get beaten soundly at home by one of the sh!t teams in our league.

#alwaysgetitdone
#prettyeasilytop2

[wadesworld]

VERY small consolation, but at least we didn't get beaten soundly at home by one of the sh!t teams in our league.

#alwaysgetitdone
#prettyeasilytop2

I feel better now.

[CountryRoads]

Baker-Mazara is the biggest thug in college basketball

[MuggsyB]

Heck of a game in Auburn. 

[MuggsyB]

Stay classy Auburn fans.  Smh.

[Jockey]

Flagg hasn't even had the best freshman season of any Duke player in the past 6 seasons.

You get distracted too easily by shiny things. Zion was great and dynamic, and deserved POY.

But guys like you and Sultan pretend that guys play on only one end of the floor. You forget that half the games is on defense. Flagg is an elite defender. Zion was terrible on defense. Flagg is also a better defensive rebounder.

So you have 2 guys nearly equal on offense (Zion's advantage was offensive boards) and worlds apart on defense. Your opinion is that defense is irrelevant. The shiny toy who makes spectacular dunks has to be better. 

[MU82]

Heck of a game in Auburn. 

Two losses this week for Auburn, including on Senior Night.

Unacceptable. Inexplicable. Disappointing. Disgusting.

[wadesworld]

You get distracted too easily by shiny things. Zion was great and dynamic, and deserved POY.

But guys like you and Sultan pretend that guys play on only one end of the floor. You forget that half the games is on defense. Flagg is an elite defender. Zion was terrible on defense. Flagg is also a better defensive rebounder.

So you have 2 guys nearly equal on offense (Zion's advantage was offensive boards) and worlds apart on defense. Your opinion is that defense is irrelevant. The shiny toy who makes spectacular dunks has to be better. 

You realize Zion averaged 2.1 steals and 1.8 blocks per game, right? He led the ACC in Defensive Box Plus Minus. He was such a "terrible defender" that he was on the All Defensive Team for the ACC. He was a great college defender. Maybe look things up before you spew clearly inaccurate statements.

He was significantly better offensively (his efg% was 15!!!!! percent higher than Flagg's) and slightly worse defensively than Flagg.

[wisblue]

VERY small consolation, but at least we didn't get beaten soundly at home by one of the sh!t teams in our league.

#alwaysgetitdone
#prettyeasilytop2

It would be a bigger consolation for me if their 2-3 finish knocked them out of playing in Milwaukee. But the teams that had been candidates for the spots here (Iowa State and Purdue)  have also been slumping.

[wisblue]

Baker-Mazara is the biggest thug in college basketball

The oldest too. He turned 25 in January

If he had better basketball skills, he would be playing professionally somewhere by now

[MuggsyB]

It would be a bigger consolation for me if their 2-3 finish knocked them out of playing in Milwaukee. But the teams that had been candidates for the spots here (Iowa State and Purdue)  have also been slumping.

Cut the bshite Blue.  They should drop to a 5 seed if they don't make a run in the B18 tournament.  Two words:  Penn State. 

[wisblue]

Cut the bshite Blue.  They should drop to a 5 seed if they don't make a run in the B18 tournament.  Two words:  Penn State. 

Go through the expected protected seeds and where you would expect them to play in the first round and tell me who the protected seeds in Milwaukee should be.

[CountryRoads]

Cooper Flagg's parents look very unlikable.

PS: was there ever a more useless coach in MU history than Chris Carrawell?

[Billy Hoyle]

Brian Barone takes SIU Edwardsville to their first NCAA tourney. A great story of resilience and redemption.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Brian Barone takes SIU Edwardsville to their first NCAA tourney. A great story of resilience and redemption.

Most know but for the few that do not Barone was a Marquette Guard from 1998-2000

[Viper]

Brian Barone takes SIU Edwardsville to their first NCAA tourney. A great story of resilience and redemption.

his post game tv interview was outstanding. Referenced DWade. Barone is a really good coach. Passionate is an understatement.

[The Sultan]

his post game tv interview was outstanding. Referenced DWade. Barone is a really good coach. Passionate is an understatement.

I wonder if Wardle moves on if he would be a candidate at Bradely. Barone worked as an assistant for him at UWGB.

Anyway, one of the players for SIUE is New Berlin West's Desmond Polk who is in his fifth year there. Early in his career he was being recruited by high major programs including Wojo and Marquette. Glad he'll be able to finish his career with the tournament.

[Billy Hoyle]

his post game tv interview was outstanding. Referenced DWade. Barone is a really good coach. Passionate is an understatement.

The Wade reference was actually about how TC kept Wade involved when he was ineligible and Barone did the same with his 5th year guy when he couldn't play. TC was doing the radio call last night and Barone ran over to hug him before the interview started.