2025-26 College Hoops Thread

[The Sultan]

Yes.....Fluffy might want to look at some of hi
Wrong, Fluffy.  100% wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.  Tower is spot-on to call you out.  You need to look at your past posts and do some deep introspection.  It wouldn't kill you to admit you contradicted  yourself on the ref topic on about 1000 occasions.

I did not contradict myself. I have repeatedly said that college refs are awful.

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=66906.msg1722181#msg1722181

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=65719.msg1629268#msg1629268

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=62645.msg1424301#msg1424301

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=61074.msg1288268#msg1288268

Want more???? 

[MuggsyB]

I did not contradict myself. I have repeatedly said that college refs are awful.

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=66906.msg1722181#msg1722181

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=65719.msg1629268#msg1629268

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=62645.msg1424301#msg1424301

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=61074.msg1288268#msg1288268

Want more???? 

Fluffy, you have a problem.  Again, it wouldn't kill you to admit you're wrong every 5 years or so.  Mendacity is a cancer and the truth could set you free. 

[The Sultan]

Fluffy, you have a problem.  Again, it wouldn't kill you to admit you're wrong every 5 years or so.  Mendacity is a cancer and the truth could set you free. 

You could have just said "I was wrong."

[Scoop Snoop]

Fluffy, you have a problem.  Again, it wouldn't kill you to admit you're wrong every 5 years or so.  Mendacity is a cancer and the truth could set you free. 

         

[MuggsyB]

You could have just said "I was wrong."

Okay.  You were wrong.  I have been wrong before as well.  I never thought Holmgren would be this good. 

[MarquetteMike1977]

Bruce Pearl said no one has played Michigan closer than WE have or mean Wisconsin has. Is Bruce going somewhere

[wadesworld]

Bruce Pearl said no one has played Michigan closer than WE have or mean Wisconsin has. Is Bruce going somewhere

What?

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Bruce Pearl said no one has played Michigan closer than WE have or mean Wisconsin has. Is Bruce going somewhere

Pearl clearly meant "WEsconsin."

[GoldenEagles03]

Nate Bittle goes to the line for Oregon.

Hoosier fans: "Bittle's Balding (clap clap clapclapclap) Bittle's Balding (clap clap clapclapclap).

[MuggsyB]

Krivas on Zona is impressive.

[GoldenEagles03]

Krivas on Zona is impressive.

I watched a full Zona game for the first time this year a little over a week ago. #1 ranking aside, they are probably the team to beat. They have everything you're looking for in a college basketball team.

[K1 Lover]

An interesting stat brought up during the Arizona/Kansas game: Zona has yet to be out-rebounded this season (averaging a margin of about +13).

Among other things, it definitely helps explain why they keep winning.

[MuggsyB]

That was an embarrassing missed call by the refs. 

[Jay Bee]

An interesting stat brought up during the Arizona/Kansas game: Zona has yet to be out-rebounded this season (averaging a margin of about +13).

Among other things, it definitely helps explain why they keep winning.

Bad stat. Rebounding margin isn't a thing. BYU out-rebounded KU on a % basis.

[GoldenEagles03]

Bill Self is 38-0 on ESPN Big Monday. What a stat.

[MuggsyB]

Will Kansas court storm if they hold on for the win?  Zona has been awful the last 7 mins. 

[GoldenEagles03]

Will Kansas court storm if they hold on for the win?  Zona has been awful the last 7 mins. 

I don't think they can afford that fine.

[MuggsyB]

Bill Self is 38-0 on ESPN Big Monday. What a stat.

And he's 0-1 vs MU in Honolulu.

[MuggsyB]

Was that a foul?

[MuggsyB]

Do we have scouts in Kinshasa?  Huge game for Bidunga.

[GoldenEagles03]

Do we have scouts in Kinshasa?  Huge game for Bidunga.

He was a Free Agent in the offseason! Didn't get the offers he wanted so he went back.

[MuggsyB]

Can't MU set up some Catholic schools in the Congo?

[MU82]

From The Athletic:

Alabama men's basketball player Charles Bediako can no longer play college basketball, an Alabama judge ruled Monday, marking a significant victory for the NCAA and its existing eligibility rules.

Judge Daniel Pruet of the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court denied a preliminary injunction in Bediako's lawsuit against the NCAA that prevents him from continuing to play for the Crimson Tide, overruling a temporary restraining order for immediate eligibility that was granted to Bediako last month.

Bediako, 23, previously played for Alabama from 2021 to 2023. The 7-footer from Brampton, Ontario, declared for the 2023 NBA Draft after two seasons in college, at the time forgoing his remaining eligibility. He went undrafted but signed a two-way contract with an NBA team and spent most of the past three seasons competing in the G League, including as recently as a game on Jan. 17. He never appeared in an NBA game.

He rejoined Alabama last month and took his case to court after the NCAA denied Alabama's request to reinstate his eligibility.

Bediako played in five games for the Crimson Tide (16-7) after the temporary restraining order was granted on Jan. 21, averaging 10 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21.6 minutes per game. He scored 12 points off the bench in Alabama's 96-92 rivalry win at Auburn on Saturday. The team was 3-2 when Bediako played. It is not expected that Alabama will have to vacate any wins in which Bediako participated.

Monday's ruling, which came after a hearing Friday, represents a considerable triumph for the NCAA, which is facing numerous challenges to its eligibility rules. A number of former G League and international players were granted eligibility by the NCAA this season — including Baylor's James Nnaji, a former NBA Draft pick — but unlike Bediako, none had previously played in college or signed an NBA contract, the latter of which was established as a red-line distinction by NCAA president Charlie Baker.

The part I bolded seems to be the most important part of this. If you've signed an NBA contract, there's no going back to play college ball. At least until another judge rules otherwise.

[wadesworld]

So with Kolek out of the Knicks rotation and Kam not playing at all until recently, let's just wait until the Big East Tournament and find an MU alum judge to file a restraining order allowing those two and Justin Lewis to play for Marquette.  Plus Wade left with eligibility remaining, so bring him on board.  Win the BET, play them the first 2 weeks of the NCAA Tournament, and then be found ineligible and lose in the Final Four.

[GoldenEagles03]

1) Person at scorers table gets spied on and video recorded while texting someone as to why Peterson sat out yesterday for Kansas.

"So hes sick and he didn't tell anyone in practice and Bill said don't half a** it if your gonna play, if not sit. DP said unnatural carnal knowledge It, I'm out."

https://x.com/i/status/2021040960260784524

2) Associate AD let's everyone know that the individual works for ESPN and that they are handling the situation internally

https://x.com/i/status/2021059646463914162

3) Individual from ESPN gets confronted

https://x.com/i/status/2021058337811656821

drama!