NCAA Basketball Thread 2024-2025
Quick OP here just to get us up and running
Things to watch for this year:
1. Can UConn 3-peat? Hurley won back to back championships with Clingan, Tristen Newton, and company. Can he make it a third with only one returning starter?
2. Who will be this years national player of the year? Zach Edey was the best player I've seen play college basketball in my lifetime. People throw the term generational talent around alot and Edey was truly a generational talent winning back to back national player of the year awards. But, now he's gone. So who can win the award?
- the 5th year guards in Mark Sears(Alabama) and RJ Davis(UNC) are a good spot to start. Both elite shooters and engines of an offense, they should lead two really good teams.
- the 5th year centers in Hunter Dickinson(Kansas) and Ryan Kallbrenner(Creighton) are also viable options. They'll be the anchors to what should be two really good teams.
- The phenoms: Cooper Flagg(Duke), Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper(Rutgers), VJ Edgecombe(Baylor), and Tre Johnson(Texas) lead a loaded freshman class.
3. Who are the contenders?
Spoiler
Lettuce college basketball
a good game at the Bad Boy
at the half
33.4625 possessions
Zona: 0.897 ppp
OU: 1.076 ppp
0.179 diff
a big deficit at the Bad Boy
at the half
31.825 possessions
Davidson: 1.194 ppp
Providence: 0.566 ppp
0.628 diff
This has been such a great start of the year for cbb. Going to be an awesome year.
B.C. on the verge of losing to kenpom #346 Dartmouth
it has been an awful start for the ACC vs non-conf opponents
can the conf grab a key win in Orlando?
at the half
30.5625 possessions
MN: 0.949 ppp
WF: 0.883 ppp
0.066 diff
the Mountaineers looking to not lose all the feel good mojo from their OT win over the #3 Zags by losing back-to-back games
at the half
34.0625 possessions
Zona: 1.086 ppp
WVU: 1.145 ppp
0.059 diff
Arizona doesn't appear to be big time back
they haven't looked good against any team with a pulse so far this season
Spoiler
in b4 they come back and win by 20 pts.
the Gators delivering a shocking amount of whip ass in front of Mickey Mouse
at the half
34.95 possessions
Wichita St.: 0.515 ppp
UF: 1.059 ppp
0.544 diff
Looks like I had a good scoop on Hurley. He's totally out of control with behavior and ego (the worst type of ego). I'm trying to think of a comparable case of a coach having mega success and then acting out like a 2-year old. Not coming up with much. Knight a bit but I see it as different somehow.
ACC straight dog doo doo
the latest?
Miami loses at home by 4 as a 24.5 pt fave vs #317 Charleston Southern
UNC sucks too
UNC has some deficiencies, a lot to work on, and likely a capped ceiling. But they don’t suck lol.
They could have very well pulled out the game @KU and against MSU.
Auburn is the only one where we just weren’t in it at all. Which is fine.
UCONN finally finds a team they can handle
at the half
33.8 possessions
Maryland Eastern Shore: 0.53 ppp
UCONN: 1.18 ppp
0.65 diff
UNC has some deficiencies, a lot to work on, and likely a capped ceiling. But they don’t suck lol.
They could have very well pulled out the game @KU and against MSU.
Auburn is the only one where we just weren’t in it at all. Which is fine.
UNC does kinda suck. Good thing for them, it's early and a lot of teams still kinda suck.
UNC has some deficiencies, a lot to work on, and likely a capped ceiling. But they don’t suck lol.
They could have very well pulled out the game @KU and against MSU.
Auburn is the only one where we just weren’t in it at all. Which is fine.
The only UNC game I watched was against Auburn. UNC has tons of athletes, but if you can avoid getting blown off the court by their pace, then they are prone to getting bogged down in the halfcourt. Auburn's shot blocking and overall length on defense gave UNC tons of problems in the half court.
do you want so more ACC folly?
Stanford loses by 7 at home as a 15.5 pt fave vs #243 Cal Poly
Rats. I kinda thought Drake's win over Miami was meaningful.
No. Pretty much a complete rebuild when the DeVries' boys (coach and son) left for the big time at WVU.
It'll be fine; Pups will be Valley-competitive. If they make a postseason tournament, maybe squeak out a win in the first four (NCAA) or a round or two in one of the lower-level events. Pretty sure that's the ceiling.
Did handle Ga Southern by 14 last night, but I think they were -24.5.
Xavier having difficulty w #309 S.C. State on FS1
at the half
34.5 possessions
X: 0.93 ppp
SCST: 0.75 ppp
0.18 diff
ACC more of a joke tonight, starting 0-5 in their challenge vs the SEC
that said, Clempson is taking it to Big Blue Nation
at the half
35.3 possessions
Clempson: 1.05 ppp
UK: 0.85
0.2 diff
People getting tackled on every possession isn't basketball. Lol at this clown show.
Always a good day when Kentucky loses
Shrug not even mad. Always expected to lose at least one game this week. Just interested to see how we bounce back vs Gonzaga.
SEC 9
Acc 1
Lol
