2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[poindexter]

Zac Collinsworth doing A10 quarterfinals pbp. Much better his speed than being anywhere near an NFL playoff broadcast.

 

[Hermes]

Please tell me there's not another Collinsworth son. Jac was bad enough.

 

[tapintoamerica]

So happy I took today off as a recovery day. Going to enjoy the hell out of binging on college hoops today. Games that have my eye:

* VCU vs. St. Bonaventure at 11:30 a.m. on USA. Duh.
* Kennesaw State vs. Liberty at 12:30 p.m. on CBSSN. Owls just beat the Flames in Lynchburg, so this will be no walk in the park for LU.
* Saint Louis vs. Loyola Chicago at 2 p.m. on USA. Winner gets the winner of VCU-Bona. Billikens started to really put it together toward the end of the year and recently crushed the Ramblers by 31 points.
* Texas vs. Tennessee at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN. The Longhorns can probably seal an at-large with a win her.
* Marquette vs. St. John's at 6:30 p.m. on FOX. MSG should be rocking for this one.
* UNC vs. Duke at 7 p.m. on ESPN. ashuming Flagg is out of this one. UNC can probably seal a bid with a win.
* UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego at 9 p.m. on ESPN+. Have not watched the Tritons this year, will try to tune in and check them out.

So is that 14 bids for the SEC? Or would Texas push Oklahoma aside? If somebody in the committee room leaks it to the UT checkbooks that the Horns are getting in, Rodney Terry will be whacked on the spot. The clashic pre emotive strike.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Flagg has no business at all playing today, or for the remainder of the ACC tournament, and maybe not even for the first round of the NCAAs. That looked like a horrible sprain. No way should he risk a potential long-time injury by rushing back, and Duke shouldn't let him.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Flagg has no business at all playing today, or for the remainder of the ACC tournament, and maybe not even for the first round of the NCAAs. That looked like a horrible sprain. No way should he risk a potential long-time injury by rushing back, and Duke shouldn't let him.

They won't, I don't think. Big picture.

 

[dixiehack]

Kennesaw State vs. Liberty at 12:30 p.m. on CBSSN. Owls just beat the Flames in Lynchburg, so this will be no walk in the park for LU.

Mighty Owls have maintained a steady lead throughout but can't quite manage to blow it open. Still too much time left to feel comfortable.

 

[Cosmo]

Matheny just went nuts at the end. Though I didn't think Kennesaw was going to miss enough shots for it to matter. Until they did.

 

[dixiehack]

The way C-USA sets up the men's brackets, 1 and 2 play Wednesday night and get Thursday off. The 4-5 and 3-6 games are Thursday night before turning around for an early semifinal tip Friday because that's when CBS Sports Network will put them on air. So Liberty had the fresher legs and it showed late.

 

[Gutter]

17:04 left in the second half, Wisconsin in the bonus already against UCLA and up 16. I've never seen a team in the bonus before the first media timeout of a half.

Wisconsin with 4 fouls too. Gonna be a loooong half.

 

[tapintoamerica]

17:04 left in the second half, Wisconsin in the bonus already against UCLA and up 16. I've never seen a team in the bonus before the first media timeout of a half.

Wisconsin with 4 fouls too. Gonna be a loooong half.

Mick Cronin must be a joy to be around.

 

[Gutter]

Mick Cronin must be a joy to be around.

 

[Batman]

So is that 14 bids for the SEC? Or would Texas push Oklahoma aside? If somebody in the committee room leaks it to the UT checkbooks that the Horns are getting in, Rodney Terry will be whacked on the spot. The clashic pre emotive strike.

The committee has always had a hard rule about matching up teams from the same conference in the first and second rounds. But if there are 13 or 14 SEC teams and 16 pods, are they going to be able to avoid it without doing some gymnastics on the seedings?