2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[dixiehack]

I think the Pop-Tarts Bowl reminded people sports could be fun.

 

[HanSenSE]

Another great moment in B1G hoops.

 

[dixiehack]

Just got home and turned this on. Has Pauley been half-empty for this whole game or was there a bottleneck at the concession stands?

 

[MileHigh]

JuJu Watkins is pretty amazing.

It's been decades in the making, USC women finally win a B1G women's basketball title.

 

[micropolitan guy]

JuJu Watkins is pretty amazing.

It's been decades in the making, USC women finally win a B1G women's basketball title.

Yeah, she's very good, good enough so she can miss a staggering total of 738 shots in her career so far. Shooters shoot, even if they shoot .411 from the field.

 

[tapintoamerica]

It came after Alabama had the ball under the basket with 3.8 seconds and two timeouts left. And they swallowed a five-second count.

Nine missed free throws are a little bit haunting too. I get that one SEC loss shouldn't put me on tilt but they went from the cusp of locking up a No. 1 seed to now a distinct possibility they don't get a double bye at the conference tournament.

Day ain't over yet.
The Tide might still get a No. 1 seed.
If they don't, they'll be a No. 2 seed. That means, for example, the champion of the Southern Conference in the first round and a lucky-to-be-there ACC team in the second round.
The only caveat there is Carolina. They frighten me. For your sake, I hope that's not the second-round opponent. They're scary.
The SEC is what the ACC used to be. You're going to take your lumps. But maybe it .....

 

[Della9250]

In today's fun with NET rankings:

Tennessee beats Alabama. Tennessee drops from 4 to 5 and Alabama stays at 6

 

[dixiehack]

The Tide might still get a No. 1 seed.

The chance is there. Florida at home Wednesday night. (Also at Auburn next weekend but I wouldn't put my casino chips in that box.)

May have lost out on a (relatively) close trip to Lexington to open the dance. If they knock Florida down a seed line they should get the second Raleigh slot; otherwise it is somewhere further away. And if they get a 2 seed it means the West Region. First-world problems for sure but they were capable of more, even after the injuries.

 

[swingline]

Don't sleep on Mizzou making some tourney noise. This team is well rounded.

They better rebound than they did at Vandy or they won't go very far. That was awful.

 

[swingline]

Davidson has to be one of the only teams in the country starting five white guys

Are they now in the Ivy League?

 

[swingline]

I think the Pop-Tarts Bowl reminded people sports could be fun.

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That's inspired. Bravo!

 

[Cosmo]

Are they now in the Ivy League?

Funny thing, I find myself watching a little Ivy League because they play happy hour games, and I don't remember seeing an all-white starting lineup out there.