2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[tapintoamerica]

UConn is going to have to sell its third straight title from a 7 or 8 seed.

 

[Batman]

Arizona has gotten thousands of calls at home over the years so I shouldn't feel bad for them, but that is just an absolutely atrocious call. An official five feet away, with a perfect view, doesn't call a foul but the trail official 30 feet away blows his whistle? WTF, he's in no position whatsoever to make that call.

At least the Arizona fans were clashy in defeat.

Arizona apologizes for fans' chant aimed at BYU

 

[Hermes]

NC State takes down No. 1 Notre Dame in double overtime.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

NC State takes down No. 1 Notre Dame in double overtime.

24-for-26 from the line. Fundamentals.

(Yeah ... some talent out on the floor helps, too ... )

 

[Hermes]

Ohio beat Akron on Saturday to snap the men's longest win streak. NC State's win snaps the second-longest women's win streak on Sunday.

(Grand Canyon women have won 22 straight.)

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Speaking of Grand Canyon, their coach (Molly Miller) figures to be one of the hot commodities during this season's women's coaching cycles.

She's from southern Missouri and was a monster at D-2 Drury before going to Grand Canyon, and wouldn't be surprised to see Mizzou and Arkansas in hot pursuit.

 

[dixiehack]

Thank God we're protecting the sanctity of women's sports!

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-new...inish-season-without-pay-after-federal-layoff

Amid President Trump's efforts to downsize the federal workforce, 35 Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) employees were laid off Friday following federal orders, according to Haskell Board of Regents Interim President Dalton Henry.

HINU operates under the Bureau of Indian Education, which was impacted by federal layoffs.

Haskell's head women's basketball coach Adam Strom, Yakama Nation, was among those laid off. He said he was notified on Friday and terminated that same day.

"They could remove the coaching title, but they're not going to remove me from the sidelines," Strom said. "So, I'm going to stay on board and we're going to go into post-season together and we're going to finish business."

Strom, who has coached for 25 years, decided to continue leading the team without pay.

"It's deeper than the game of basketball, it's family," he said.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Bless him.

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[Chef2]

Just saw the clip of that finishing sequence on Twitter. Wow. The BYU guy sold it a little bit, but I'm not sure the Arizona guy even brushed him.
This was after Arizona's Caleb Love was fouled — with contact not quite as light as this, but close — while driving to the basket and they called it a foul on the floor instead of an and-one that would have put Arizona ahead 96-94.
And in case you were wondering, the game was way over the total (154) and this didn't affect the spread (Arizona -7).

Famous officiating words on a last shot like that.
Unless you see blood or a body on the floor, let it go.

 

[MileHigh]

Just saw the clip of that finishing sequence on Twitter. Wow. The BYU guy sold it a little bit, but I'm not sure the Arizona guy even brushed him.
This was after Arizona's Caleb Love was fouled — with contact not quite as light as this, but close — while driving to the basket and they called it a foul on the floor instead of an and-one that would have put Arizona ahead 96-94.
And in case you were wondering, the game was way over the total (154) and this didn't affect the spread (Arizona -7).

That is not a foul at 15:45 of the first or in that situation. Horrible call.

 

[Batman]

The Sun Belt Conference tournament bracket. Tournament starts March 4. To run the whole gauntlet a team has to win seven games in seven days.