2024-25 NCAA Basketball Thread

[rocket surgeon]

I don't know what there is not to like about Purdue.........Painter is a class act.......great program.....never cheated as far as I know.......lots of respect for them.

allegedly of course

[#UnleashThePortal]

Maybe I was thinking of this:

But there were posts like this throughout the year about Purdue, and posts about how Edey wasn't good at basketball and wouldn't have an NBA career.  Sure, if Edey had been perfectly healthy all through warmups and then last second told Painter he couldn't go, in theory MN might "boat race" Purdue, but even then I have my doubts.  Guys like Kaufman-Renn are sitting on Purdue's bench behind NPOY candidates every year.  And again, Painter is on their bench.  It's safe to just assume Purdue will be minimum a top 15 team with Painter there until we start seeing otherwise.

Hey now, to be faaaaaaair they have 2 more Edeys now =(

[Uncle Rico]

Games of the Day brought to you by Jesus who is judging you as you gamble:

Trinity Christian at Illinois St., 4:30PM, ESPN+

St.Thomas at Arizona St., 7PM, ESPN+

[Newsdreams]

Games of the Day brought to you by Jesus who is judging you as you gamble:

Trinity Christian at Illinois St., 4:30PM, ESPN+

St.Thomas at Arizona St., 7PM, ESPN+

Got to watch St. Thomas on their way to BE

[Uncle Rico]

Got to watch St. Thomas on their way to BE

After the loss to them last year, I always watch now hoping the lose

[79Warrior]

At this point, doubting Purdue regular season success is foolhardy. 

Culture?  They have it ingrained in that program.  I don't like them, but that's going to be a well-coached, tough as nails team.

Unlike Tony Bennett, I think Painter loves the challenge of today's landscape building a sustainable level of excellence instead of chasing the dragon.

They may not win a natty but they'll be in the mix a lot more than not and that makes it a lot of fun for the players, supporters and Dollar Store Boilermakers

Painter is an excellent coach who runs a solid program. A lot of respect between Shaka and Matt. Tuesday will be fun.

[Uncle Rico]

Games of the Day brought to you by the Chicago Bears:

Virginia-Lynchburg at Alabama State, 6PM, SWAC

Toccoa Falls at Georgia State. 6PM, ESPN+

Southern Virginia at RADFORD, 6PM, ESPN+

Auburn-Montgomery at UAB, 6PM, ESPN+

Calvary at Missouri-Kansas City, 7PM, Summit

Spring Hill at South Alabama, 7PM, ESPN+

Mt. Marty at South Dakota St., 7PM, ESPN+

[Uncle Rico]

Radford up 27-11 over Southern Virginia with 9:09 left in the first half.  Game available on ESPN+

[Uncle Rico]

Radford up 29 early in the second half against Southern Virginia.  They need this game as a trip to Clemson looms

[Uncle Rico]

Radford holds on and beats Southern Virginia by 36

UT Rio Grande Valley up 4 against UW-Madison who apparently don't play defense anymore

[tower912]

UTRGV gave Creighton a game.

[Uncle Rico]

UTRGV gave Creighton a game.

Creighton scoop was a disaster

[tower912]

Buckyville has got to be apoplectic

[Uncle Rico]

Buckyville has got to be apoplectic

They're probably processing the OC move

[MuggsyB]

UTRGV getting hosed by the zebras. 

[Uncle Rico]

UTRGV getting hosed by the zebras. 

Trohl Center special

[MuggsyB]

Trohl Center special

Total b-ass.

[tower912]

33 for UTRGV is from Mongolia.  I do not remember any other D1 players from there.

[MuggsyB]

Kid gets hit in the face, no call. 

[MuggsyB]

Did you see that beeeeshiiite??  Ridiculous. 

[MuggsyB]

Let's just give UW 6 straight ft's down the stretch.  Very questionable. 

[CountryRoads]

Let's just give UW 6 straight ft's down the stretch.  Very questionable. 

They got a crazy whistle. Didn't watch the Arizona game but I assume the same with one player shooting over 20 FTs.

[MuggsyB]

They got a crazy whistle. Didn't watch the Arizona game but I assume the same with one player shooting over 20 FTs.

It's 30 to 11.

[mugrad_89]

Maybe Arizona isn't that good?  👀

[MuggsyB]

What a bunch of crap.