2024-25 NCAA Basketball Thread

[WhiteTrash]

Mark my words, that's a Final 4 team

Madison looks exactly like UCLA under Wooden as they started winning 10 Championships.

Mark my words, the Wooden Award will be called the Gard Award in 10 years.

[Uncle Rico]

Madison looks exactly like UCLA under Wooden as they started winning 10 Championships.

Mark my words, the Wooden Award will be called the Gard Award in 10 years.

I don't think this is as far-fetched as you think.  This team is stacked

[Uncle Rico]

Games of the Day brought to you by Greg Gard, getting it done yearly:

Ferrum at George Mason, 1PM, ESPN+

Springfield (MA) at Wagner, 3PM, NEC

American at Puerto Rico-Bayamon, 3PM, No TV listed

St. Ambrose at SIUE, 6PM, ESPN+

[WhiteTrash]

I don't think this is as far-fetched as you think.  This team is stacked

"far fetched as I think"?? Did I stutter? I even told you and everyone to "mark my words".

If anything, I'm seeing some cracks in you conviction.

Gard is revolutionizing the game of basketball as he is rewriting the record books.

[HutchwasClutch]

Games of the Day brought to you by Greg Gard, getting it done yearly:

Ferrum at George Mason, 1PM, ESPN+

Springfield (MA) at Wagner, 3PM, NEC

American at Puerto Rico-Bayamon, 3PM, No TV listed

St. Ambrose at SIUE, 6PM, ESPN+

Well done 😂😂

[Uncle Rico]

"far fetched as I think"?? Did I stutter? I even told you and everyone to "mark my words".

If anything, I'm seeing some cracks in you conviction.

Gard is revolutionizing the game of basketball as he is rewriting the record books.

Honestly, hope Marquette doesn't lose by 20+

[WhiteTrash]

Honestly, hope Marquette doesn't lose by 20+

The line will be Madison -40, so a 20 point loss would be fantastic and very encouraging for MU.

[Uncle Rico]

The line will be Madison -40, so a 20 point loss would be fantastic and very encouraging for MU.

Agree.

[CountryRoads]

I don't think this is as far-fetched as you think.  This team is stacked

Might be Gard's best team. Seriously though, one surprising thing about that team is I expected Freitag to be a major contributor right out of the gates and he's getting walk on minutes currently. Wonder what the deal is there.

[Uncle Rico]

Might be Gard's best team. Seriously though, one surprising thing about that team is I expected Freitag to be a major contributor right out of the gates and he's getting walk on minutes currently. Wonder what the deal is there.

He sucks

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Might be Gard's best team. Seriously though, one surprising thing about that team is I expected Freitag to be a major contributor right out of the gates and he's getting walk on minutes currently. Wonder what the deal is there.

Hard for a freshman to get minutes on team Methuselah.

Badgers start a 6th year guy and two 5th year guys.  First two guys off the bench are in their 4th and 5th years.

Also, recruiting rankings aren't always accurate. Based on their play, you'd think Blackwell was the 4 star prospect and Freitag was the 3 star.

[Newsdreams]

Games of the Day brought to you by Greg Gard, getting it done yearly:

Ferrum at George Mason, 1PM, ESPN+

Springfield (MA) at Wagner, 3PM, NEC

American at Puerto Rico-Bayamon, 3PM, No TV listed

St. Ambrose at SIUE, 6PM, ESPN+

I can make the Bayamón game

[Uncle Rico]

St. Thomas and Portland State at noon on ESPN+

[Uncle Rico]

Portland St. boat racing St. Thomas early, 22-9

[Tyler COLEk]

Portland St. boat racing St. Thomas early, 22-9

Not a good omen for St. Thomas with Big East conference play looming.

[Uncle Rico]

Not a good omen for St. Thomas with Big East conference play looming.

NET screwed

[Uncle Rico]

St. Thomas down 37-16 to Portland St.

This trip to Milwaukee not as good as last December

[MuggsyB]

Purdue up 30. 

[CountryRoads]

https://x.com/casualhoya/status/1860369404707434525?s=46

[Uncle Rico]

St. Thomas rolling Portland State, 73-48

[JWags85]

Might be Gard's best team. Seriously though, one surprising thing about that team is I expected Freitag to be a major contributor right out of the gates and he's getting walk on minutes currently. Wonder what the deal is there.

Is that saying much?  As much as I hated Bo, his teams always got better and bounced back into legit top 20 teams.

But Gard?  Not even close.  Since Bo's players left, Gard has finished outside the Top 3 in the B10 5 out of 7 years (outside the top 5 3 of those).  He's won 2 tourney games in 7 seasons (one with a flukey lottery pick and still got upset in a home tourney game) and has not recruited well at all.

Purdue is clearly the class of the league.  But Illinois and Rutgers have as much, if not more, talent than Wisconsin and Underwood and Pikell are both better coaches than Gard.

[willie warrior]

Reeker deep throating the Badgers

[Uncle Rico]

Reeker deep throating the Badgers

Jealous?

[Uncle Rico]

Looks like it was a good decision to duck UWM again who beat Wofford today

[Newsdreams]

Looks like it was a good decision to duck UWM again who beat Wofford today

Darn right