2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[Neutral Corner]

Yeah, but it's still a nice clipping to have.

 

[dixiehack]

Oklahoma is going to be one of those teams at the back end of the field people groan about. But if you get a chance to watch Jeremiah Fears you really should. Kid looks like a lottery pick.

 

[Dog8Cats]

I'm too lazy to go and link the ticky tack foul that ended the Pitt-Notre Dame game yesterday, a foul that wasn't a foul, but I'm glad it happened, because it put this team and its coach out of its misery. Pitt started 12-2 and ended the year 17-15. Happy for Robert Morris though.

Couldn't believe that call was made - irrespective of time left in game. The guy attempting the shot wasn't exactly making a move from a position of advantage.

 

[Oz]

The SEC has a KenPom rating of 22.11. The highest on record is 19.81 by the Big 12 in 2017. Truly amazing.
Although both will probably dip a bit, Auburn (129.9) and Duke (129.1) currently have higher adjusted offensive efficiency figures than any team in the KenPom era.

Will the SEC get more teams to the Final Four than the zero the Big 12 had in 2017?

That year it was Gonzaga, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Oregon.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Will the SEC get more teams to the Final Four than the zero the Big 12 had in 2017?

That year it was Gonzaga, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Oregon.

I'm gonna guess they will have at least one emissary in San Antonio.

 

[Della9250]

Imagine telling Rutgers fans six months ago they'd add two of the top three picks in the NBA draft and HAVE THE EXACT SAME RECORD of 15-17

 

[Hermes]

Oklahoma is going to be one of those teams at the back end of the field people groan about. But if you get a chance to watch Jeremiah Fears you really should. Kid looks like a lottery pick.

You know how Pishy I get because Ohio lost Mark Sears to you guys? The Bobcats also had Jeremiah and Jeremy Fears' Jr.'s dad at point guard when I was in college and he was awesome. He led Ohio to the NCAA tournament as a freshman, often did backflips on the court in celebration, almost helped beat Florida in the tournament right before their title runs, outplayed Rajon Rondo in a game in Lexington and then inexplicably decided to leave the program and never put it all together again.

When I see his sons play, it's clear Jeremy Sr. had the game to lift a program to pretty great heights and play in the NBA for ten years. Insane athleticism. It just didn't happen.

Not that I'm bitter about these things.

 

[da man]

Kudos to Vic Schaefer in Austin:

College basketball coach makes promise to student reporters who drove 16 hours to cover the team

I love the "work ethic" part. Man, when I was in college, we'd take any excuse for a road trip — lot of fun and beer and anything else we could think of.

 

[dixiehack]

You know how Pishy I get because Ohio lost Mark Sears to you guys?

Kennesaw State has a freshman named Adrian Wooley who will be gone the instant the clock hits triple zero for the last time. He has been C-USA freshman of the week 11 times. Averages 18.5 PPG and shoots better than 50 percent as a guard. Also gets 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 ashists per game.

Now he's a Tuscaloosa kid and his coach was a longtime ashistant at Bama who runs the Nate Oats system, so there's a decent chance he is wearing crimson next year. Even then a small part of me will ache that he's gone. But I had to come to peace with that months ago. It's like lower-division European soccer - here for a good time not a long time.

 

[dixiehack]

Hopefully nothing more than a rolled ankle but Cooper Flagg hobbled into the locker room ahead of halftime.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Betting that his season is over:

Duke star Flagg exits with apparent ankle injury

 

[Alma]

He's got a week to sit on it. He's going to be the first pick either way.

Flagg will make a billion dollars in his life. (I don't think I'm exaggerating.) He'll only get one chance at a NCAA title.