2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[Bubbler]

Perhaps Purdue reached its High Point last year. Huh! Huh! I'm here all week, fuck off, etc.

Hey, YMCA B-Baller ... eat shit and go back to the SJ oblivion from where you came. JDV has a real estate proposal, a MAGA bear and some "supplements" for you in the great beyond of SJ. It's right past Yankee Fan's coffee machine.

Fuck me. I'm batting about .450 in the first round of the tournament, but I have all of my Sweet 16s left. Weird.

 

[dixiehack]

Illinois-Kentucky would be a fun matchup for pace of play lovers.

 

[Della9250]

I'll take 16-0 after 11-5 start

 

[dixiehack]

Will Wade - America's cuddly underdog. What a world.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Feel like "getting the 5 seed and not only being an underdog to the 12 seed, but losing to the 12 seed" is about the ceiling for Penny as a coach. Seven seasons with one NCAA tournament win is a fireable offense at just about any program that's worth a damn.

1) Memphis isn't worth a damn. They've made two Final Four appearances in their history and both have been invalidated by NCAA rules violations.
2) Penny is coach for life.

 

[Chef2]

28-4 in first two days.
Yale
Kansas
Vanderbilt
Grand Canyon (I had them winning 2)

 

[Chef2]

Will Wade - America's cuddly underdog. What a world.

I have them beating Purdue.

 

[DanOregon]

I'm VERY curious for people to tell me about their brackets!!!

 

[dixiehack]

Memphis (which has made three Final Four trips) has one move left on the chessboard as an athletic department. It needs the remaining ACC schools to hold together when Clemson, FSU and UNC bail out and then it needs to be invited in. If that doesn't happen they are cooked.

 

[micropolitan guy]

The greatest conference in the history of college basketball is not showing out very well at this point. Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi State, Mizzou, Vandy, Georgia all are toast after one game, and each of them lost to a non-power conference opponent.

Now, the other eight teams could end up doing very well, could win it all, could get three teams to the FF and five or six into the Sweet 16. No question the top of the league is top-notch, hell I picked Florida to win the whole thing. No one would have questioned eight or nine invites.

But there is no way it deserved 14 teams. Absolutely no way. But those six undeserved units, at about $350K each, will earn the SEC $2,100,000 this year, and $12.6 million over the life of the 6-year payout. The rich get richer, whether they deserve to or not.

 

[Della9250]

The greatest conference in the history of college basketball is not showing out very well at this point. Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi State, Mizzou, Vandy, Georgia all are toast after one game, and each of them lost to a non-power conference opponent.

Now, the other eight teams could end up doing very well, could win it all, could get three teams to the FF and five or six into the Sweet 16. No question the top of the league is top-notch, hell I picked Florida to win the whole thing. No one would have questioned eight or nine invites.

But there is no way it deserved 14 teams. Absolutely no way. But those six undeserved units, at about $350K each, will earn the SEC $2,100,000 this year, and $12.6 million over the life of the 6-year payout. The rich get richer, whether they deserve to or not.

And the eight that won didn't really beat anyone of consequence two 16s, 2 15s a 14 and a 13.

Arkansas did its part to show the strength, although IDK if beating Kansas this year means a whole lot and I bet a lot of people picked Arkansas to win that matchup regardless of seed

 

[dixiehack]

The greatest conference in the history of college basketball is not showing out very well at this point. Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi State, Mizzou, Vandy, Georgia all are toast after one game, and each of them lost to a non-power conference opponent.

Now, the other eight teams could end up doing very well, could win it all, could get three teams to the FF and five or six into the Sweet 16. No question the top of the league is top-notch, hell I picked Florida to win the whole thing. No one would have questioned eight or nine invites.

But there is no way it deserved 14 teams. Absolutely no way. But those six undeserved units, at about $350K each, will earn the SEC $2,100,000 this year, and $12.6 million over the life of the 6-year payout. The rich get richer, whether they deserve to or not.

Which six teams should have gotten bids instead?