2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[TheSportsPredictor]

That's a lot of Power 5 guys transferring (or never leaving).

 

[Retired_Scribe]

Men's CBB has basically eliminated the concept or the superstar team/player. The money is too good in the NBA to delay going for a year (especially given how much the second contracts are for top players). So, by the time you pay attention to a player, they are likely weeks away from leaving. Multi year arcs with Christian Laettner or Patrick Ewing are long in the rearview and the ability to freely transfer to chase the highest NIL paycheck can gut teams of the next level of player who is a potential second rounder/UDFA.

Good for the kids, but bad for the viewing experience.

I think it's been 40 years since a national champion didn't have an NBA first-round pick on its roster. I think you could argue that top seeds Auburn and Houston might break that trend if they win it all.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Oof. Feel like this will be the first of many.

Saint Francis University Announces Move from NCAA Division I Athletics to Division III Athletics - Saint Francis University Athletics

Today, Saint Francis University announced a decision by its Board of Trustees that directs the president and the leadership team to pursue a reclassification of

sfuathletics.com

Athletics Transition | Saint Francis University

www.francis.edu

 

[micropolitan guy]

That was always known as "St. Francis of Loretto, Pa.," when I was a kid to differentiate it from St. Francis of Brooklyn, which no longer even has athletics.

Sure makes sense for them, travel and cost wise. Some FCS schools now have a hole in their future schedules to fill.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Sweet 16 starting fives by original college. (Image is clearer once you click on it.)

I believe that's eight of the 16 teams have five starters who began their careers at five different schools.

Doesn't that just say it all. And this is the major reason I've watched about four minutes of March Madness so far.

 

[dixiehack]

I think it's been 40 years since a national champion didn't have an NBA first-round pick on its roster. I think you could argue that top seeds Auburn and Houston might break that trend if they win it all.

Are we talking first rounder for 2025 or at any point? If he stayed another year and proved himself, Auburn sixth man Tahaad Pettiford could very well become one.

 

[Liut]

Robin Pingeton to Wisconsin, according to the WWL.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

That was always known as "St. Francis of Loretto, Pa.," when I was a kid to differentiate it from St. Francis of Brooklyn, which no longer even has athletics.

Sure makes sense for them, travel and cost wise. Some FCS schools now have a hole in their future schedules to fill.

Sad news and a bad day for the NEC, which has been relying on upward moving D-II schools to hang on. Have to imagine that spigot is about dry at this point.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Robin Pingeton to Wisconsin, according to the WWL.

Goes 79-99 over her last 6 seasons at Mizzou, resigns before getting fired, and lands that job? I get that Wisconsin isn't UConn or anything, but shirt.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

 

[micropolitan guy]

Goes 79-99 over her last 6 seasons at Mizzou, resigns before getting fired, and lands that job? I get that Wisconsin isn't UConn or anything, but shirt.

I think I read where Wisconsin said it is not going to devote much, if any, NIL money to WBB. That would certainly impact the candidate field.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I believe that's eight of the 16 teams have five starters who began their careers at five different schools.

Doesn't that just say it all. And this is the major reason I've watched about four minutes of March Madness so far.

It's also a reason that the mid-majors are not making any waves in the tournament. Their best players now play for a Power team.