2024-25 NCAA Basketball Thread

[Uncle Rico]

Scheyer said Flagg is unlikely to play the rest of the tournament, and talked about the "bigger goals" the team has.

Duke's version of Willie is furious

[MuggsyB]

Good finish between Mizzou/Miss St. 

[wisblue]

Some good games in the Big 10 tournament quaterfinals  tomorrow as the 5-8 seeds all advanced to face the 1-4 seeds.

No bid stealers in that tournament, but the teams will be jockeying for seed placement.

[Shaka Shart]

Duke's version of Willie is furious

Does Duke Viper's BIL go to UNC?

[Mr. Nielsen]

Kentucky blows an 11 point lead with 1:44 left to Oklahoma.

UK wins it at the end.

https://x.com/HeatCheckCBB/status/1900414075772764220?t=PASRLMx1giRra7AwHvMhFw&s=19

[Newsdreams]

How serious is Flagg's injury?  Ty.

Heard this morning possible foot amputation

[Uncle Rico]

Heard this morning possible foot amputation

Ankle replacement surgery.  They took an ankle from an orangutan to replace his ankle

[MU82]

If only Marquette had landed Porter Moser, we wouldn't be getting robbed of all the bubble-watch excitement.

Comfortably making the NCAAT every year under Shaka ... boring!

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

If only Marquette had landed Porter Moser, we wouldn't be getting robbed of all the bubble-watch excitement.

Comfortably making the NCAAT every year under Shaka ... boring!

It's interesting to look back at the 2021 coaching carousel.  I'd say the big winners were Marquette, Iowa State, and Arizona.

Here's a little recap of the cycle, with grades that are pretty funny in hindsight:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2021-college-basketball-coaching-carousel-grades-chris-beard-to-texas-an-a-unc-gets-b-for-hubert-davis/

[MU82]

Yeah, that's good stuff. I couldn't help but notice that the writer asked two questions about MU hiring Shaka and then said, "If it's the ladder ... "

He didn't mean climbing the ladder of success, though that's what happened.

Disclosure: The writer expressed some of the same concerns I initially did about Shaka's record at Texas being remarkably similar to Wojo's at Marquette. Glad we both turned out to be very wrong to have those concerns.

[wisblue]

Badgers have started 7 of 8 from 3 as they try to shoot their way back to Milwaukee.

[wadesworld]

Badgers have started 7 of 8 from 3 as they try to shoot their way back to Milwaukee.

Oh no!

[HowardsWorld]

Badgers have started 7 of 8 from 3 as they try to shoot their way back to Milwaukee.

I literally laughed out loud at this.

[Newsdreams]

Oh no!

I wonder how Viper's BIL is doing

[MU82]

Mick Cronin figures to be very relaxed and introspective during his postgame presser.

[MU82]

SEC stuff ...

Tennessee is struggling mightily on offense since PG Ziegler went out with 2 fouls. Only up on Texas by 3 at HT.

Auburn tried really hard to give away its game vs Ole Miss - very sloppy down the stretch and several empty possessions. Finally went to Broome late to put the game away.

Jay Williams just said on ESPN that SEC refs allow so much hand-to-hand contact, and says most of that will be called in the NCAAT.

[Uncle Rico]

Oh no!

Wisconsin can move up a bunch of seeds and get a protected location but Marquette can't move up with any success this week.

[StillAWarrior]

Mick Cronin figures to be very relaxed and introspective during his postgame presser.

As usual.

I hope he flies back home and then they get dragged to Providence for their first round game.

[Shaka Shart]

SEC stuff ...

Tennessee is struggling mightily on offense since PG Ziegler went out with 2 fouls. Only up on Texas by 3 at HT.

Auburn tried really hard to give away its game vs Ole Miss - very sloppy down the stretch and several empty possessions. Finally went to Broome late to put the game away.

Jay Williams just said on ESPN that SEC refs allow so much hand-to-hand contact, and says most of that will be called in the NCAAT.

St. Johns is screwed

[Shaka Shart]

Wisconsin can move up a bunch of seeds and get a protected location but Marquette can't move up with any success this week.

Gard just gets it done

[MU82]

Wisconsin can move up a bunch of seeds and get a protected location but Marquette can't move up with any success this week.

Committee hates Marquette and loves the Weasels. What else is new?

[Uncle Rico]

Committee hates Marquette and loves the Weasels. What else is new?

Marquette's loss at Villanova is worse than losing at home to Penn State

[wisblue]

Committee hates Marquette and loves the Weasels. What else is new?

Wisconsin doesn't have to move up that many places to move from a 4 to a 3. It looks like that second spot in Milwaukee will come down to whether Wisconsin or Iowa State places higher on the seed list.

A win by the Badgers over MSU tomorrow could do that.

Using the current Bracket Matrix, Wisconsin is the highest 4 and Iowa State is the third 3.  So, just two spaces apart and both ISU and the team between them and Wisconsin (TAM) are done playing.

MU would have to move up 8 places to get from the last 7 to the last 5. Not likely even with a BET title.

[MU82]

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A win by the Badgers over MSU tomorrow could do that.

Glad that won't happen!

[FairWeatherEagle]

Wisconsin doesn't have to move up that many places to move from a 4 to a 3. It looks like that second spot in Milwaukee will come down to whether Wisconsin or Iowa State places higher on the seed list.

A win by the Badgers over MSU tomorrow could do that.

Using the current Bracket Matrix, Wisconsin is the highest 4 and Iowa State is the third 3.  So, just two spaces apart and both ISU and the team between them and Wisconsin (TAM) are done playing.

MU would have to move up 8 places to get from the last 7 to the last 5. Not likely even with a BET title.

Of course your projection is based on a projection. But I'll agree that MU is probably in the 7 (though some say better). And I wouldn't mind a 6, would kind of prefer it than a 5.