2024-25 NCAA Basketball Thread

[MU82]

Madison is the best team in the country pretty easily.

[GoldenEagles03]

Madison is the best team in the country pretty easily.

Top 25-30ish at best

[Uncle Rico]

Madison is the best team in the country pretty easily.

Mark my words, that's a Final 4 team

[wadesworld]

Only care about them because they are on our schedule. Shaka's seat will never be warm for individual regular season games. Their program style is just a bad matchup for us. Losing to them in the regular season isn't a huge issue.

Tell you what. Let's make a bet. UW finishes top 2 in the B1G I don't post on Scoop until the next time MU beats them. UW finishes worse than 2nd in the B1G and you don't post until the next time UW beats MU. Deal?

[GoldenEagles03]

Tell you what. Let's make a bet. UW finishes top 2 in the B1G I don't post on Scoop until the next time MU beats them. UW finishes worse than 2nd in the B1G and you don't post until the next time UW beats MU. Deal?

How about I post whatever I want, and you post whatever you want...and if I'm wrong about something, I'll say "looks like I was wrong" and if you're wrong about something you can do whatever it is that you want to do.

It's college hoops. It's fun to speculate. It's fun to observe. It's fun to interact. I've been wrong before, I'll be wrong again...I would think you are man enough to admit the same.

[wadesworld]

How about I post whatever I want, and you post whatever you want...and if I'm wrong about something, I'll say "looks like I was wrong" and if you're wrong about something you can do whatever it is that you want to do.

It's college hoops. It's fun to speculate. It's fun to observe. It's fun to interact. I've been wrong before, I'll be wrong again...I would think you are man enough to admit the same.

Are you, though? I mean, even now, with the results proving they weren't, you just claimed UW was a top 3 team in the B1G last year. Even though they finished...5th.

[GoldenEagles03]

Are you, though? I mean, even now, with the results proving they weren't, you just claimed UW was a top 3 team in the B1G last year. Even though they finished...5th.

Did I say they were the second best last year?

If I did, Then sure, I was wrong.

I dont think it was that far off seeing they made the title game beating Purdue and got a 5 seed.

[wadesworld]

Did I say they were the second best last year?

If I did, Then sure, I was wrong.

I dont think it was that far off seeing they made the title game beating Purdue and got a 5 seed.

And finished 5th in the B1G.

[GoldenEagles03]

And finished 5th in the B1G.

Marquette technically took 3rd in the Big East last year. They were still the 2nd best team.

Point still stands...if I said they were DEFINTIVELY the 2nd best team last year, sure I was wrong...I dont know specifically what I said...and I don't think it was specifically that.

Either way they were in the upper echelon of the league with Purdue and Illinois which Marquette played all of.

[Uncle Rico]

This is art

[PGsHeroes32]

Marquette technically took 3rd in the Big East last year. They were still the 2nd best team.

Point still stands...if I said they were DEFINTIVELY the 2nd best team last year, sure I was wrong...I dont know specifically what I said...and I don't think it was specifically that.

Either way they were in the upper echelon of the league with Purdue and Illinois which Marquette played all of.

No Marquette finished tied for second with Creighton. They got the 3rd seed due to tiebreakers. And we didn't have TK for the last 2.

We had the higher seed in the tournament.

Were always the 2nd best team

But also, this is all happening because you made the crazy comment that WIsconsin is is a bonafide top 2 team this year. Which is just wrong. Then to back your point used false stats from last year.

[GoldenEagles03]

No Marquette finished tied for second with Creighton. They got the 3rd seed due to tiebreakers. And we didn't have TK for the last 2.

We had the higher seed in the tournament.

Were always the 2nd best team

But also, this is all happening because you made the crazy comment that WIsconsin is is a bonafide top 2 team this year. Which is just wrong. Then to back your point used false stats from last year.

False stats from last year?

I didn't even bring up last year...he did, saying that I said the exact same thing last year...which I don't know that I did.

This year, they look like a clear top 2 team in the Big Ten based on the games I've seen. If they are not, then I will be wrong.

[PGsHeroes32]

Wrong thread

[PGsHeroes32]

spamming at this point

[Uncle Rico]

Tennessee 23 Baylor 4

[PGsHeroes32]

This Baylor team is very flawed

[PGsHeroes32]

Notre Dame didn't just lose to Kenpom 213 Elon. They let them shoot like 58% for the game

[cheebs09]

Notre Dame didn't just lose to Kenpom 213 Elon. They let them shoot like 58% for the game

Looks like they are learning a thing or two from Marcus Freeman.

[MuggsyB]

God Bless Elon University.

Duke or Zona pick?

[Uncle Rico]

Tennessee 40 Baylor 14

Bad night for the Big Least

[MU82]

Mark my words, that's a Final 4 team

Pretty easily.

Not sure why anybody is certain Madison is even better than Nebraska, but pretty easily Final Four material.

[PGsHeroes32]

Lets see if DUke can finish this one unlike the UK game.

But wow, this Duke team is going to be scary come March.

[MuggsyB]

Lets see if DUke can finish this one unlike the UK game.

But wow, this Duke team is going to be scary come March.

I see Caleb Love has bounced back after a dismal game in Madison.  Oh....maybe not. 

[PGsHeroes32]

Caleb Love

Year 5 of media hype. Year 5 of AA teams/watch lists

Year 5 of in reality being mostly a bum. Especially when it matters.

[MuggsyB]

Interesting that there weren't 90 ft's in this game.  If people don't think officiating crews can make a dramatic difference game to game, they simply are not being honest.