2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[DanOregon]

I was just going to post that I wasn't going to do a bracket this year......

I heard Izzo on the radio today, so I'm picking Sparty to win it all. Haven't followed college hoops at all this year - like most people - so I'm a total expert after spending five minutes on my bracket. Nice thing about the bracket - I don't care what WV thinks, the committee does do a lot of work for people. Yes, upsets still happen, but the added analytics used in creating the bracket make those underseeded mid-majors, and over-seeded sixth place teams less frequent.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Also, you can have 2 entries … if you're into that.

 

[Cosmo]

Hadn't seen the seed list until just now. VCU was seeded one spot ahead of UNC, which tells me that VCU would have gotten in with a loss and gone to Dayton and UNC would have been out. Interesting.

 

[Chef2]

Just wait til UNC and Texas are both gone by this time Wednesday night,
Neither one should have been in to begin with

 

[dixiehack]

Usually the team everyone is convinced has no business being in the field wins a game or two out of spite. UVA was a notable exception last year.

 

[Batman]

The NCAA wanted UC Riverside for the NIT, but it was committed to the CBI. So then the NCAA extended an invitation to South Alabama.
Then UC Riverside got out of its commitment to the CBI and got its NIT spot back, so the NCAA had to call South Alabama and say, "Yeah, about that NIT bid ..."

South Alabama basketball season over after NIT invitation rescinded

Riley said he already informed the South Alabama players they were headed to the NIT when he received the second call from Gill and Gavitt. He then had to tell them Monday morning their season was over.
"(Gill) said 'We've had something happen; do you guys want to be in the NIT?' And I said, 'Yeah, it'd be awesome," Riley said. "And so we talked for a few more minutes. I said 'this is 100%, we're in, right?' And they said 'yeah congratulations. I'm glad you were able to get in.'
"… I tell them, 'I'm gonna tell my guys.' They're like 'go ahead.' So I tell the team. (Gill and Gavitt) call back, whatever time it was, 10:45, 11 o'clock. Dan's like 'no, UC Riverside is back in. I hate that we had to do this.'
"This is unacceptable. You can't do that."

 

[Della9250]

Just wait til UNC and Texas are both gone by this time Wednesday night,
Neither one should have been in to begin with

I think Texas has an easy time with Xavier

 

[DanOregon]

Also, you can have 2 entries … if you're into that.

If you suck that bad you should just wait until the Crown tournament.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Hadn't seen the seed list until just now. VCU was seeded one spot ahead of UNC, which tells me that VCU would have gotten in with a loss and gone to Dayton and UNC would have been out. Interesting.

I wouldn't ashume that. Your logic makes too much sense. We are talking about a tournament that says two teams seeded 11th have to win to get to the round of 64 but two teams seeded 16th do not have such obligations.

 

[YMCA B-Baller]

Posting this because it's tonally one of the weirdest columns I've read in a while. Not because of the point, but because of how he gets to the point. https://www.indystar.com/story/spor...wrong-about-ncaa-tournament-snub/82514338007/

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Posting this because it's tonally one of the weirdest columns I've read in a while. Not because of the point, but because of how he gets to the point. https://www.indystar.com/story/spor...wrong-about-ncaa-tournament-snub/82514338007/

I ain't subscribing just to read that.

 

[YMCA B-Baller]

I ain't subscribing just to read that.

Don't need to. Dirty little secret. If you refresh it twice, you get access. At least I do.