2024-25 NCAA Basketball Thread

[MU82]

Two first-half highlights from Sparty vs Weasels:

++ Jase Richardson with an incredible chase-down block on a Blackwell breakaway. Replays showed it should have been goaltending, but the basketball gods rewarded Richardson for an amazing and athletic hustle play.

++ Nolan Winter shoots a 3 and turns away while the ball is in the air because he knows it's going in - a la Steph. Except the ball doesn't go in, and Winter looks like a big dope. Maybe later he'll do the "night-night" thing only to then commit the foul that gives the game to Sparty.

[MuggsyB]

Two first-half highlights from Sparty vs Weasels:

++ Jase Richardson with an incredible chase-down block on a Blackwell breakaway. Replays showed it should have been goaltending, but the basketball gods rewarded Richardson for an amazing and athletic hustle play.

++ Nolan Winter shoots a 3 and turns away while the ball is in the air because he knows it's going in - a la Steph. Except the ball doesn't go in, and Winter looks like a big dope. Maybe later he'll do the "night-night" thing only to then commit the foul that gives the game to Sparty.

Michigan St.  needs to wake the f up or they're going to get run out of the gym. 

[MuggsyB]

Idiotic and inexcusable T from Holloman.

[wisblue]

Michigan St.  needs to wake the f up or they're going to get run out of the gym. 

MSU has their 2 seed locked up.

The Badgers are playing for 2 home court NCAA games.

[HutchwasClutch]

Tonje is really good.

[HutchwasClutch]

MSU has their 2 seed locked up.

The Badgers are playing for 2 home court NCAA games.

I think they're in Milwaukee already regardless

[wisblue]

Tonje is really good.

He's really improved in his 6 years in college. I think Blutarski will be done before him.

[wisblue]

I think they're in Milwaukee already regardless

I have been holding out hope that Kentucky and Iowa State will beat them to the spots. But those hopes are diminishing.

[MuggsyB]

Tonje is really good.

Dude looks like 1st rd pick. 

[MuggsyB]

I have been holding out hope that Kentucky and Iowa State will beat them to the spots. But those hopes are diminishing.

No, you haven't. 

[MuggsyB]

Cmon Loyola.  I think Sister J turned 105?

[Hards Alumni]

Dude looks like 1st rd pick. 

That's funny because he is on exactly zero draft boards as a first or second round pick.

Some guys are just really good college players who don't have an NBA future, and that is exactly what Tonje is.

[GoldenEagles03]

Tonje is really good.

They aren't all that different from us in a sense that we rely heavily on one guy and hope we get enough contributions from the others. Their others are slightly more consistent, but they also rely heavily on Tonje getting to the FT line. He shoots over 90% from there and took 14 free throws today. That's the difference. If he's not getting to the line against a good team, they are susceptible. Their others were 15-39 from the floor today which is fine, but Tonje's 12-14 from the line wins the game.

On the other hand, still think MSU would be an ok draw for us in a potential round 2. They are very balanced, but the guy they rely on to be their killer, is a Freshman and their bigs, for the most part, are not super versatile.

[MuggsyB]

That's funny because he is on exactly zero draft boards as a first or second round pick.

Some guys are just really good college players who don't have an NBA future, and that is exactly what Tonje is.

Well then maybe I'm wrong. 

[MU82]

Bah. Thanks for nuthin, Sparty.

[MuggsyB]

Bah. Thanks for nuthin, Sparty.

Izzo deserves blame.  Didn't listen to me. 

[GoldenEagles03]

Getting very dicey for Xavier.

Tulane is tied with Memphis with about 8 to go.

Memphis loses and there's an auto Bid Stealer there.

[MuggsyB]

That was a charge.  The Green Wave should be extremely upset. 

[MuggsyB]

Not a lot of respect for Tulare from the refs. 

[GoldenEagles03]

Not a lot of respect for Tulare from the refs. 

Some pretty crazy calls and no calls in the favor of Memphis. They got a massive call yesterday too on a goaltending call.

[GoldenEagles03]

This was called an offensive goaltend in favor of Memphis yesterday. Proved to be very costly. Probably the worst goaltend I've ever seen not overturned?

They are clearly the golden child over there.

https://x.com/EatDaWheaties/status/1900645243231310157?t=5GGDM5eNTnlWxXJYqFEgmg&s=19

[MuggsyB]

Wow. 

[wisblue]

Michigan overcame some pretty questionable calls in the last two minutes to pull out the win.

[Pakuni]

Michigan overcame some pretty questionable calls in the last two minutes to pull out the win.

Nice of the Terps defense to part like the Red Sea.

[MuggsyB]

Michigan overcame some pretty questionable calls in the last two minutes to pull out the win.

Yes.  Terrible calls actually.