2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[I Should Coco]

I loved me some 6-on-6 girls' basketball.

I might have liked it, too ... if I got to be on the offensive end all the time.

Didn't some girls basically play 3-on-3 defense all game? Ugh.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

Oh yeah, very common (from my limited dealings with it). Talk about a thankless job.

 

[MileHigh]

Geno not happy going back to the PNW for the third time.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma criticizes NCAA super regional format: ‘They ruined the game’

The crowds have grown in the super-regional era, but with more teams at fewer sites, some teams have complained about logistics.

www.nytimes.com

 

[tapintoamerica]

I'd venture to say that most college coaches, if given the choice, would be happy to let their opponent shoot 51 3-pointers because most teams are not going to make 25 of them every night.
Alabama is a good team and was on fire. It happens from time to time. There's just as good a chance that they come out against Duke and go 8-for-30 from 3-point range and lose by 10.

It seems like every tournament has one team that does a 2-for-25 game. Somebody is going to meet that end. I'm not sure it's Bama.

 

[Batman]

It seems like every tournament has one team that does a 2-for-25 game. Somebody is going to meet that end. I'm not sure it's Bama.

Much as I hate Alabama, I hope it's not them either. At the start of the tournament I bought a +2200 longshot ticket with their name on it.
My sports loyalties can be purchased for $100.

 

[MileHigh]

Good one between South Carolina and Maryland.

 

[Batman]

Geno not happy going back to the PNW for the third time.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma criticizes NCAA super regional format: ‘They ruined the game’

The crowds have grown in the super-regional era, but with more teams at fewer sites, some teams have complained about logistics.

www.nytimes.com

He's not wrong about it being a goofy system, especially in a smaller city like Spokane, but he can still eat a deck. He's gotten to go Storrs-Albany/Hartford-Final Four how many times?

 

[MileHigh]

He's not wrong about it being a goofy system, especially in a smaller city like Spokane, but he can still eat a deck. He's gotten to go Storrs-Albany/Hartford-Final Four how many times?

It's stupid -- and in place until 2028. But don't put the thing in freakin' Spokane. Then make teams there that play on Monday night fly cross-country to the Final Four in Tampa. Put them in Kansas City or Denver -- or at least somewhat close to the Final Four site.

And, yeah, UConn has had that nice path. That's what happens when a) the women's game 5-10 years ago was where it was and b) you are the dominant program in the country for 30 years.

FFS Duke just played it's first two men's games in Raleigh. And the men's regionals have become a joke. Yes, Florida, Maryland, Texas Tech and Arkansas in San Francisco with Arizona and BYU in Newark makes all the sense in the world.

 

[I Should Coco]

He's not wrong about it being a goofy system, especially in a smaller city like Spokane, but he can still eat a deck. He's gotten to go Storrs-Albany/Hartford-Final Four how many times?

Last time I checked, Geno's pretty well paid, in part due to the ESPN money. And while having two regionals at one site is tough logistically, the added exposure ESPN has given the women's game has hopefully helped players get a bit more NIL money.

So grab some early morning coffee and take the team to Frank's Diner after practice, Geno!

 

[Batman]

It's stupid -- and in place until 2028. But don't put the thing in freakin' Spokane. Then make teams there that play on Monday night fly cross-country to the Final Four in Tampa. Put them in Kansas City or Denver -- or at least somewhat close to the Final Four site.

And, yeah, UConn has had that nice path. That's what happens when a) the women's game 5-10 years ago was where it was and b) you are the dominant program in the country for 30 years.

FFS Duke just played it's first two men's games in Raleigh. And the men's regionals have become a joke. Yes, Florida, Maryland, Texas Tech and Arkansas in San Francisco with Arizona and BYU in Newark makes all the sense in the world.

Oh, Duke and North Carolina constantly playing in Greensboro, Raleigh and Charlotte is ridiculous too. I get that it's one of the perks of being a good team with a high seed, but Geno is coming across like if it was one of those schools suddenly getting shipped to Dallas or something for the first round. If you're that good, deal with it.

 

[HanSenSE]

Even Lindsey Nelson would call this outrageous .

 

[I Should Coco]

More scorebug adventure, as the Kentucky total was shown with a Purdue logo on top of a blue background.