2025-26 College Hoops Thread

[MUDPT]

No, the digital court is cool.  Slipping and falling has been a common occurrence through the years as the conferences & NCAA have played with ways to put customizations and advertisement on the court.

Edit: and in some cases because of condensation on the court. (Cough... Bradley center, dunk, aircraft carriers)

They are getting rid of it and going back to the hardwood.

Miami's WAB is 34 now.

[The Sultan]

No, the digital court is cool.  Slipping and falling has been a common occurrence through the years as the conferences & NCAA have played with ways to put customizations and advertisement on the court.

Edit: and in some cases because of condensation on the court. (Cough... Bradley center, dunk, aircraft carriers)

It's so cool that the Big 12 is going back to the wood court for the rest of the tournament.

[Nukem2]

That court was really ugly and distracting when viewing.

[rocky_warrior]

That court was really ugly and distracting when viewing.

?  During play it just looked like a regular grey washed court.  Better than TCU's or Oregon's courts.  Maybe not the most beautiful, but not distracting.  Timeouts were pretty wild. 

It's so cool that the Big 12 is going back to the wood court for the rest of the tournament.

I'm certain that I added the disclaimer "Probably not ready for primetime". 

[MU82]

I didn't even know Christian Anderson got hurt slipping on the floor when I wrote my post last night. Thankfully, the Big 12 is pulling the plug on it and switching back to a regular hardwood court for the rest of the tournament.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/big-12-abandons-conference-tournaments-glass-led-court-after-texas-tech-stars-injury-goes-back-to-hardwood-050724850.html?

The Big 12 commissioner is eating crow and, in retrospect, looks like a dope.

[Hards Alumni]

Absolutely bonkers to debut this for post season play.  Test extensively in the off season, then a buy game or two, before even considering this. 

[willie warrior]

Well, here we are in March Madness and our team is already done without a sniff of anything except the crappy season. For 2 seasons I have seen that the gap between UConn, St. JOHNS  and MU was widening. And it is even widening further. This is totally unacceptable and is on Shaka Kahn. His ass better be doing what it takes for roster building. And it better be immediate without this BS about RGV. Get your ass in gear Shaka and reload.
I dont see the 2 dicks, Hurley and Pitno having this issue. Hell, Cooley is even doing better. Time to start measuring up Shaka, and live up to your lofty accolades that some on this board have given you. And BTW, where is Reeker these glorious days. Chirping with the crickets.

[Hards Alumni]

Well, here we are in March Madness and our team is already done without a sniff of anything except the crappy season. For 2 seasons I have seen that the gap between UConn, St. JOHNS  and MU was widening. And it is even widening further. This is totally unacceptable and is on Shaka Kahn. His ass better be doing what it takes for roster building. And it better be immediate without this BS about RGV. Get your ass in gear Shaka and reload.
I dont see the 2 dicks, Hurley and Pitno having this issue. Hell, Cooley is even doing better. Time to start measuring up Shaka, and live up to your lofty accolades that some on this board have given you. And BTW, where is Reeker these glorious days. Chirping with the crickets.

Thank you for another insightful contribution, little willie.

[MU82]

Here is how the selection committee will easily justify Miami's inclusion in the NCAAT field (from Yahoo Sports):

When asked by reporters last month which of the seven metrics on the team sheets used by the selection committee are most important, NCAA vice president of men's basketball Dan Gavitt went out of his way to highlight WAB, "especially when it comes to selecting teams."

Gavitt said that the selection of last year's final at-large teams was more highly correlated to WAB than it was to any other metric.

Most predictive metrics scream what Bruce Pearl famously screamed earlier this month — that Miami is not the quality of other contenders for at-large bids. The RedHawks fell to 87th in Bart Torvik's rankings and 93rd in KenPom on Thursday after their 87-83 loss to UMass. No team with KenPom ratings as low as those has ever earned an at-large bid.

WAB evaluates Miami differently, as do other résumé-based metrics. The RedHawks fell only to 33rd in WAB after their loss, tucked right among NCAA tournament-bound UCLA (32), Utah State (34) and Ohio State (35).

Other bubble teams with many more marquee wins but many, many more losses trail behind Miami in the WAB rankings. Auburn checks in 44th, followed by SMU and Texas. Indiana (51), Oklahoma (53) and Stanford (56) are even further behind.

[wadesworld]

Teams that will be in the Tournament but I will not look forward to watching in it:

Miami (OH), SLU, Nova