2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[BTExpress]

Kind of odd that the scorebar at the top of espn.com doesn't indicate the second men's game.

I mean, I know the game completed 16 hours ago is huge, but . . .

 

[sgreenwell]

The Sports-Reference.com college hoops search function's data is unreliable -- it has Louisiana Lafayette with 18 assists and 16 field goals in a 2004 tourney loss to NC State -- but if that's the only error on this topic, it's interesting: Five teams in tourney history since 1996 have assisted ≥ 95% of their field goals. All five have lost.

Assists correlate less to winning than people think. Because ultimately, it often means you have to pass to get people open - you lack that great individual talent to just beat someone off the dribble, for example.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Kind of odd that the scorebar at the top of espn.com doesn't indicate the second men's game.

I mean, I know the game completed 16 hours ago is huge, but . . .

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If you have a team as one of your favorites on your ESPN account, it will stick those results up there no matter what happens.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Assists correlate less to winning than people think. Because ultimately, it often means you have to pass to get people open - you lack that great individual talent to just beat someone off the dribble, for example.

And you don't get offensive rebounds and stick-backs.

 

[BTExpress]

If you have a team as one of your favorites on your ESPN account, it will stick those results up there no matter what happens.

I don't have an ESPN account. They eventually added the Alabama-Duke game to the scorebar.

 

[tapintoamerica]

According to Pomeroy's probabilities, here are the chances of SEC Final Four participation at each level:
All 4: 5.9%
3 teams: 34.2%
2 teams: 36.6%
1 team: 19.3%
0 teams: 4.0%

To put it another way, there's a 77% chance of multiple participants.
The single most likely of the 16 possible scenarios has a 19% chance of coming to fruition. It is Duke, Florida, Auburn, Houston.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

What are the chances for Alabama, Florida, Michigan State and Houston?

 

[Retired_Scribe]

Official box score has Florida with 2 blocked shots. I would swear they have at least 5 blocks.

 

[I Should Coco]

Despite the dreaded early morning practices and long trip to the Northwest, Paige Bueckers is absolutely lighting it up in Spokane with a career high scoring game.

Down 3 at halftime, UConn has opened up a 20-point lead on the Sooners midway through the fourth quarter.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Despite the dreaded early morning practices and long trip to the Northwest, Paige Bueckers is absolutely lighting it up in Spokane with a career high scoring game.

Down 3 at halftime, UConn has opened up a 20-point lead on the Sooners midway through the fourth quarter.

Geno's gonna be ok. He never had a problem with Hartford or Bridgeport hosting every damned year.

 

[Scout]

One team gets hot. One team goes cold.

I will say, it probably wouldn't hurt anything to call at least one foul in those Texas tech, big men pushing off as they go to the hoop.

 

[Scout]

Duke fans think Golden is unlikable.