NCAA Hoops '25-'26

[cmh6476 1,144]

[cmh6476 1,144]

Pity bump, season starts tonight #rockchalk

[Strike 6,030]

Just now, cmh6476 said:

Pity bump, season starts tonight #rockchalk

It really starts tomorrow.  GO DUKE!!!!!

[cmh6476 1,144]

21 minutes ago, Strike said:

It really starts tomorrow.  GO DUKE!!!!!

This game on tnt says otherwise.   Too bad I'm switching to espn+ in 26 minutes to watch ku play doug gottlieb's team

[cmh6476 1,144]

24 minutes ago, Strike said:

It really starts tomorrow.  GO DUKE!!!!!

Also, I can get courtside seats at MSG on Nov. 18 for like $790 being a season ticket holder...

[cmh6476 1,144]

If there are 18 teams stronger than Kansas, then all of us will be lucky enough to witness the best season of college basketball of all time

[cmh6476 1,144]

Could be a magical year for Loyola-Chicago

[cmh6476 1,144]

Big 12 > ACC -> SEC

 

Will have to wait and see where the Big 10 fits in

[cmh6476 1,144]

Audi Crooks can ball 

[posty 2,825]

11 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

Audi Crooks can ball 

She is a beast for sure...  She might be able to lead the Cyclones to a Final Four run...

[cmh6476 1,144]

Pretty sloppy first half for KU/UNC, but it's to be expected in early November. 

Caleb Wilson has looked really good for the Tar Heels.

[cmh6476 1,144]

The #1 team in the country in a dog fight at the half

[BiffTannen 1,209]

17 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

The #1 team in the country in a dog fight at the half

Oakland is cdub’s team. I bought him an Oakland hat a couple years ago. 

[cmh6476 1,144]

11 minutes ago, BiffTannen said:

Oakland is cdub’s team. I bought him an Oakland hat a couple years ago. 

RIP

I invited him to come to Lawrence and watch them play at AFH a year or two ago and he didn't take me up on it. 

[cmh6476 1,144]

I was really hoping to see DP against Dook

looks like Bidunga gets his chance to see if he can keep KU competitive against some of the best bigs out there

[cmh6476 1,144]

Spartans are rolling

[cmh6476 1,144]

I feel like I'm talking to myself, but I know a couple of you are paying attention.

I like the fact they are allowing continuation after fouls.  Makes sense to me.

I'm ready for four quarters of play at the college level.  Get away from the foul and free throws at the end of each half and allow the game to be played more continuously.  Also maybe get to a point where you allow 6 fouls before a player is fouled out.

I know the score isn't reflective, but I was impressed with the way KU handled themselves last night.  Down arguably the best freshman in the country and the team was hanging around with Dook.  Last year's KU team would have been blown out of the water.

Going to be an exciting season of college basketball

[cmh6476 1,144]

Also, can Cameron Boozer even dunk?  Dude has to be one of the most unathletic, highly touted prospects I can remember.  Slow as molasses

[cmh6476 1,144]

why is work interfering with basketball all week?

[cmh6476 1,144]

Will somebody engage me in this thread?

 

Is anyone following this players era deal?  It's basically changing anything we've ever known about college basketball.  Never in my life have I seen Bill Self instruct his team to start chucking threes when you're up 11 at the end of the game.

So five teams went undefeated, and you have Michigan and Gonzaga playing in the championship for $1M, with $500k going to the loser in additional NIL money.  Third place game, KU and Tennessee playing for $300k to the winner and $200k to the loser.  All based on point differential in the two wins.  Then Iowa State won two but gets royally kinda focked.

Now this thing is going to like 32 teams next year with a similar format?  Get the fock out of here, and let's just get back to tournaments where winning is all that matters.

[shadrap 267]

1 hour ago, cmh6476 said:

Will somebody engage me in this thread?

 

Is anyone following this players era deal?  It's basically changing anything we've ever known about college basketball.  Never in my life have I seen Bill Self instruct his team to start chucking threes when you're up 11 at the end of the game.

So five teams went undefeated, and you have Michigan and Gonzaga playing in the championship for $1M, with $500k going to the loser in additional NIL money.  Third place game, KU and Tennessee playing for $300k to the winner and $200k to the loser.  All based on point differential in the two wins.  Then Iowa State won two but gets royally kinda focked.

Now this thing is going to like 32 teams next year with a similar format?  Get the fock out of here, and let's just get back to tournaments where winning is all that matters.

Gonzaga grad here.  They play Michigan tonight.  Zags are deep & good.

[cmh6476 1,144]

1 minute ago, shadrap said:

Gonzaga grad here.  They play Michigan tonight.  Zags are deep & good.

you should be happy, your team is playing for either $1M or $500k.  Plus, you're on the west coast and not stuck like Maryland with an 11:59pm local tip time

[Mr Fantasy 90]

1 hour ago, cmh6476 said:

Will somebody engage me in this thread?

 

Is anyone following this players era deal?  It's basically changing anything we've ever known about college basketball.  Never in my life have I seen Bill Self instruct his team to start chucking threes when you're up 11 at the end of the game.

So five teams went undefeated, and you have Michigan and Gonzaga playing in the championship for $1M, with $500k going to the loser in additional NIL money.  Third place game, KU and Tennessee playing for $300k to the winner and $200k to the loser.  All based on point differential in the two wins.  Then Iowa State won two but gets royally kinda focked.

Now this thing is going to like 32 teams next year with a similar format?  Get the fock out of here, and let's just get back to tournaments where winning is all that matters.

I really like college bb don’t usually follow until January. I had to look this up after reading your post. One one hand this brings interest early into the season one the other the point differential seems like a bad idea. Why create an opportunity for something shady

[cmh6476 1,144]

1 hour ago, Mr Fantasy said:

I really like college bb don’t usually follow until January. I had to look this up after reading your post. One one hand this brings interest early into the season one the other the point differential seems like a bad idea. Why create an opportunity for something shady

They're structuring it like the NBA summer league I guess.  I assume this money is going straight to the players, so kind of incentive for these players to make some bank.

 

[SaintsInDome2006 738]

Players Era is a college hoops fan’s dream, embrace it

>>Here’s the best part. Look at this schedule. We’re talking four straight days of high-level college hoops, with the first game starting at 1 p.m. ET and the last game not tipping off until midnight.<<
 

I wasn’t even aware of this, sounds cool.

[cmh6476 1,144]

Damn good run for KU playing without the guy that may be the no. 1 overall NBA draft pick next year

[cmh6476 1,144]

Apparently this Michigan team is better than the Fab 5

[cmh6476 1,144]

headed to AFH for KU/ UCONN tonight

hopefully we get DP action

[cmh6476 1,144]

(D)oesn't (P)lay 

[TBayXXXVII 2,677]

On 12/2/2025 at 9:22 AM, cmh6476 said:

headed to AFH for KU/ UCONN tonight

hopefully we get DP action

Outcome expected.  Go Huskies!

[supermike80 2,111]

Happy to see my Spartans playing well, really well early.   Duke will be a big challenge.   U of M looks really good too.   Of course I hope they fail

[cmh6476 1,144]

27 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Outcome expected.  Go Huskies!

meh.  They're playing well for stretches (obviously speaking about KU), but you can't go on a ten minute scoring drought, and they need to learn how to finish games.  They've also gotten this far without a guy who is likely to be a top 3 pick in next year's NBA draft.

 

 

Bring on Mizzou

[TBayXXXVII 2,677]

8 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

meh.  They're playing well for stretches (obviously speaking about KU), but you can't go on a ten minute scoring drought, and they need to learn how to finish games.  They've also gotten this far without a guy who is likely to be a top 3 pick in next year's NBA draft.

 

 

Bring on Mizzou

Yeah, these games get way too overhyped.  There's always a lot of top 10/25 schools that don't have everyone (UConn was out 2 guys also), and a lot of times, have new players (freshmen/transfers), that need to get acclomated.  It's good for the kids to travel and play against non-conference opponents who match the skill/talent level they'll see in the tournament.  If you have a team that's good, the record doesn't matter.  Just learn, develop, and then kill it in your conference tournament.  That'll get you a top 5 seed in the bracket and a good shot at a championship run.

[cmh6476 1,144]

29 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

Yeah, these games get way too overhyped.  There's always a lot of top 10/25 schools that don't have everyone (UConn was out 2 guys also), and a lot of times, have new players (freshmen/transfers), that need to get acclomated.  It's good for the kids to travel and play against non-conference opponents who match the skill/talent level they'll see in the tournament.  If you have a team that's good, the record doesn't matter.  Just learn, develop, and then kill it in your conference tournament.  That'll get you a top 5 seed in the bracket and a good shot at a championship run.

agreed, although I think conference regular season plays ends up meaning more than conference tournament play

[patweisers44 865]

1 hour ago, supermike80 said:

Happy to see my Spartans playing well, really well early.   Duke will be a big challenge.   U of M looks really good too.   Of course I hope they fail

Big Ten should be fun. Purdue is really good again as well. It pains me to say it but scUM might be the best team out there right now.  Indiana, Illinois, and USC all in top 25 right now as well.

[cmh6476 1,144]

12 minutes ago, patweisers44 said:

Big Ten should be fun. Purdue is really good again as well. It pains me to say it but scUM might be the best team out there right now.  Indiana, Illinois, and USC all in top 25 right now as well.

I'm interested to see how Wisconsin will fare since my son is up there now.  Some of their best games in conference are when he's probably going to be home for winter break, which kind of sucks for him growing up a huge college bball fan going to tons of KU games.

It's more likely I would travel for the NCAA tournament now to follow Wisconsin rather than KU, if my son lands a spot to travel with the team for band.  Big 10 tournament might also be on the radar for the next few years.

[TBayXXXVII 2,677]

1 hour ago, cmh6476 said:

agreed, although I think conference regular season plays ends up meaning more than conference tournament play

To an extent.  I mean, if you go 6-12 in your conference and lose in the conference championship game, you're screwed.  But I'm talking about good teams... top 25-30 teams.  It doesn't matter if you're #1 or #30.  If you're a good team trying to get things together during the season, losing games here and there are meaningless... most especially non-conference games.  Compile a 12-6 conference record, win a couple tournament games (maybe win it), and shoot for a 5-seed.  If it took you 4 months instead of 2, like some teams, to get your team running at top speed, so be it.

[Gepetto 1,465]

Nebraska Cornhuskers are undefeated (8 wins, 0 losses). Ranked #7 in all of college basketball in RPI, and #32 in NET rankings.

[TBayXXXVII 2,677]

47 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

Nebraska Cornhuskers are undefeated (8 wins, 0 losses). Ranked #7 in all of college basketball in RPI, and #32 in NET rankings.

RPI isn't a very good metric early on... especially when you're not playing a tough schedule.  If they've played no ranked opponents, odds are their opponents aren't playing tough teams either.  If that's the case, then they probably all have good records.

UConn currently is #6, BYU is #4, Arizona is #5, and Kansas is #30 (UConn played all of them).  I haven't seen Nebraska play, but looking at their schedule and the scores, I think UConn and the 3 teams they played, would all make Nebraska their b1tch.

[Gepetto 1,465]

2 hours ago, TBayXXXVII said:

RPI isn't a very good metric early on... especially when you're not playing a tough schedule.  If they've played no ranked opponents, odds are their opponents aren't playing tough teams either.  If that's the case, then they probably all have good records.

UConn currently is #6, BYU is #4, Arizona is #5, and Kansas is #30 (UConn played all of them).  I haven't seen Nebraska play, but looking at their schedule and the scores, I think UConn and the 3 teams they played, would all make Nebraska their b1tch.

Well, that's not very nice.