College Basketball Season 2024-2025

[xubrew]

The only reason I was fixated on it was because x was on the bubble or in it. I care…. I care that x isn’t even a consideration for it at this point. It matters imo

Yes. At THIS point. Do you still care that X wasn’t ranked in Week 3? Are you still happy that X was ranked in Week 4? Or, have you not thought about it at all for well over a month now?? Being ranked in November does nothing for you if you’re not good enough to stay ranked. Not being ranked in November does nothing to set you back if you’re good enough to eventually play your way in. Take Oregon for instance. In the 4th week of the season they were nowhere near the poll, but no one thinks about that now. Many people think of them as having been in the top ten all season long. That’s always intrigued me. I don’t know why, but it has. That’s really the only reason I point it out.

[GoMuskies]

Ryan Nembhard choked it away for Gonzaga against UCLA.

[xubrew]

Ryan Nembhard choked it away for Gonzaga against UCLA.

Gonzaga v UCLA is almost assured to give us some crazy ending.

[X-band '01]

The playing court was equally crazy.

[xubrew]

Utah State is damn good. They have just one loss, and it was at home to UC San Diego, who is also damn good!

Two great stories this year that are sort of under the radar…

1) Drake inching closer and closer to the top 25 as one of the few unbeaten teams with a roster and staff that was predominantly not even D1 a year ago

2) UC San Diego, who in their first year after completing the transition to D1 is on an absolute roll and may get inside the bubble come March.

[X-band '01]

Get used to the San Diego State-Utah State matchup in the Pac-12.

[Xville]

I can’t wait until uc is 0-5 in the big 12, and their obnoxious fans stfu

[GoMuskies]

K State is terrible. Wichita State murdered them. If they can't win that one, they must not plan to win on the road in conference this year.

Not that we should throw too many stones, I guess, but misery does love company!

[xubrew]

K State is terrible. Wichita State murdered them. If they can't win that one, they must not plan to win on the road in conference this year.

Not that we should throw too many stones, I guess, but misery does love company!

I agree! And...I agree!!

UC is not that good, but we have no room to talk

[Xville]

K State is terrible. Wichita State murdered them. If they can't win that one, they must not plan to win on the road in conference this year.

Not that we should throw too many stones, I guess, but misery does love company!

I just think it’s funny they think they are good. They are an average team with a beefed up w-l record due to their garbage schedule. I think they’ll be lucky to win 6 games in conference

[GoMuskies]

They're gonna lose.

[X-band '01]

The Octagon Of Doom

[Xville]

When they are barely above .500 in a month or so I’m gonna laugh my ass off.

[GoMuskies]

Gonzaga's team was really close to getting wiped out in a plane crash over the weekend.

[xubrew]

Cincinnati might be the worst team to be ranked in the top 20 this late in the season in quite some time. They don't look like an NCAA Tournament team at all, and I'll be shocked if they end up making it.

[Xuperman]

GW throttled Dayton by 20.

[Xville]

Cincinnati might be the worst team to be ranked in the top 20 this late in the season in quite some time. They don't look like an NCAA Tournament team at all, and I'll be shocked if they end up making it.

Yet there are people on here begging to be either them or Dayton right now.

[xubrew]

GW throttled Dayton by 20.

Dayton seems to peak in November.

[xubrew]

Cincinnati might be the worst team to be ranked in the top 20 this late in the season in quite some time. They don't look like an NCAA Tournament team at all, and I'll be shocked if they end up making it.

And of course UC has come back and tied the game.

[Xville]

And of course UC has come back and tied the game.

Meh they will still lose and still suck

[paulxu]

Meh they will still lose and still suck

And they did.

[GoMuskies]

Murray State won at Drake today. That's an interesting result. Two losses in a row after a 12-0 start for Drake.

[X-band '01]

Fordham is playing at VCU without fans in the building tonight. The city of Richmond's water system is on the fritz, apparently.

[X-band '01]

Elsewhere in the A-10, Bull Shannon's UMass team is about to get a big win at home against Dayton.

[Xville]

Dayton loses to umass hahahaahahaha. Way to peak in November. They suck as well. Nit for everyone!

[bleedXblue]

Is Mark Schmidt...still at St Bonnies? Hes very quietly done a really good job there. Guy can coach. Imagine recruiting into Olean, NY.

13-1 this year to start Could be another NCAA birth

[X-band '01]

Bonnies actually lost at SLU last night. Basically half the roster from Indiana State that went west is now on top of the A-10.

[Xville]

Yeah, to win in Olean, NY at all is pretty damn impressive.

As far as SLU, there is zero reason that school shouldn't be at the top of the a-10 every single year. They have really underachieved for their entire history, but especially since entering the A-10.

They are centrally located in a decent recruiting base, good resources and great facilities compared to the rest of the teams in their league.

Schertz should do well there, but who knows how long he'll stay.

[MHettel]

Yeah, to win in Olean, NY at all is pretty damn impressive.

As far as SLU, there is zero reason that school shouldn't be at the top of the a-10 every single year. They have really underachieved for their entire history, but especially since entering the A-10.

They are centrally located in a decent recruiting base, good resources and great facilities compared to the rest of the teams in their league.

Schertz should do well there, but who knows how long he'll stay.

Not a basketball town. I’d say recruiting is not any better or worse than any number of similar cities of that size in the Midwest. I could name 8-10 cities just like St.Louis. But people don’t really care about basketball in general. Of course SOME people do, but broadly speaking the interest just isn’t there

[Xville]

Not a basketball town. I’d say recruiting is not any better or worse than any number of similar cities of that size in the Midwest. I could name 8-10 cities just like St.Louis. But people don’t really care about basketball in general. Of course SOME people do, but broadly speaking the interest just isn’t there

I grew up there, and I'd disagree with you. Yeah Cardinal baseball is one and Soccer is 2 especially at the youth level, with hockey and bb at 3 but people care about basketball. The amount of high d1 college basketball players and NBA players recently that have come up there is pretty strong.

[MHettel]

I grew up there, and I'd disagree with you. Yeah Cardinal baseball is one and Soccer is 2 especially at the youth level, with hockey and bb at 3 but people care about basketball. The amount of high d1 college basketball players and NBA players recently that have come up there is pretty strong.

Yeah I grew up there too. And I’m saying it’s not a basketball town. That’s relative to cities like Cincy, Indy and Louisville.

Soccer is a HUGE deal in STL. It has displaced basketball in a sense.

Interest just isn’t broadly high in StL about basketball. The fact that Tatum and Beal and a few other guys are from there doesn’t just translate to excitement for SLU. This discussion is about why SLU is t more successful and it’s at least partially due to general apathy about the sport in St. Louis

[drudy23]

Het and Ville are oil and water :medicated:

[Xville]

Yeah I grew up there too. And I’m saying it’s not a basketball town. That’s relative to cities like Cincy, Indy and Louisville.

Soccer is a HUGE deal in STL. It has displaced basketball in a sense.

Interest just isn’t broadly high in StL about basketball. The fact that Tatum and Beal and a few other guys are from there doesn’t just translate to excitement for SLU. This discussion is about why SLU is t more successful and it’s at least partially due to general apathy about the sport in St. Louis

To me more importantly is that I think SLU has made a lot of bad coaching hires in its past that has kept them from what I think they should be able to achieve, especially vs who they are currently competing against.

Since joining the A-10:

Brad Soderberg? Yikes.
Rick Majerus---started to really get some traction and would have really kept it rolling...
Jim Crews---horrible hire. Kept it going with Majerus' talent for a bit but then the bottom fell out.
Ford---mediocre as they come and held onto him for way too long.

[X-band '01]

So what you're saying is that St. Louis has had more NFL teams move away than good coaches.

And Xavier did get swept by a Soderberg-coached team, BTW. That was definitely a lowlight in the 2005-06 season.

[xubrew]

Dayton loses to umass hahahaahahaha. Way to peak in November. They suck as well. Nit for everyone!

Dayton is to November what Reggie Jackson was to October!!!

[X-band '01]

I'm just hoping X didn't peak in October with wins against Dayton and Notre Dame that don't count in the standings.

[Xuperman]

Someone only a mother could love.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/43334245/ucla-coach-mick-cronin-calls-bruins-soft-blowout-loss

What a tool. This could be an all-time low.

[GoMuskies]

Cronin got tossed, and UCLA came 2000 miles to get murdered tonight.

[xubrew]

Cronin got tossed, and UCLA came 2000 miles to get murdered tonight.

That is a LOOONG bus ride!!

[Xville]

Uc 0-4 in conference. I predicted they’d start out 0-5… one more to go lol. They suck

[Xavgrad08]

Texas loses at home to Tennessee. Texas has a lot of talent, but they are horribly coached. No half-court offense at all. The SEC is really good and deep this year. It will not surprise me if Texas finishes towards the bottom of the SEC this year. Texas fans online seem to hate HC Rodney Terry and know that he is not the guy. Will be interesting how that plays out.

[GoMuskies]

Wake Forest is having a pretty decent season. Looking like our best win of the season so far. 12-4, 4-1 in the weak ACC.

[xubrew]

Wake Forest is having a pretty decent season. Looking like our best win of the season so far. 12-4, 4-1 in the weak ACC.

Yeah, they've really been playing well lately.

[GoMuskies]

Oh no, UCLA lost to ANOTHER shitty Big Ten team. Sad!

[Xavgrad08]

UCLA loses at Rutgers. I guess Cronin's team did not respond after his comments last week.

[xubrew]

Tonight there are three SEC games that feature two teams ranked in the top 15.

I'll say that again...

Tonight, on just a regular Tuesday night, there are three SEC games that feature teams that are ranked in the top 15.

I know the SEC will eat itself a little but, but it's crazy to think that we may see multiple teams from the same conference end up as protected seeds that don't even bye into the quarterfinals of the conference tournament.

[drudy23]

UCLA loses at Rutgers. I guess Cronin's team did not respond after his comments last week.

And Cronin still thinks you can light a fire by degrading and berating his players. He's the worst, and has always been the worst.

[X-band '01]

So:

Loss to Michigan - it was the players and assistant coaches fault.
Loss to Maryland - it was the officials fault, so naturally YTG got ejected early

Who's to blame for the Rutgers loss - Jersey Mike's?

[GoMuskies]

Who's to blame for the Rutgers loss - Jersey Mike's?

Big Ten schedule makers

[paulxu]

https://awfulannouncing.com/college-basketball/jay-bilas-mick-cronin-blame-game.html

[GoMuskies]

Not many teams hotter than Louisville at the moment. Kelsey may win national coach of the year.

[Xville]

Not many teams hotter than Louisville at the moment. Kelsey may win national coach of the year.

Yeah. The acc is hot garbage but what he has done this year is pretty damn incredible.

[muskiefan82]

Louisville is rapidly replacing BYU as the fun team to watch

[X-band '01]

Louisville needs an honor code to be a fun team to watch.

[xubrew]

So:

Loss to Michigan - it was the players and assistant coaches fault.
Loss to Maryland - it was the officials fault, so naturally YTG got ejected early

Who's to blame for the Rutgers loss - Jersey Mike's?


Big Ten schedule makers

I was going to say it was the other 11 schools in the Pac 12 for folding, but the Big Ten schedule makers are clearly to blame as well!!

I kind of like Mick Cronin. But, I don't know if "like" is the right word for it. I definitely do not hate him. He's way too amusing for me to hate. He doesn't make me angry. He makes me laugh. And, because of that, I'm kinda glad he's around!

[drudy23]

Yeah. The acc is hot garbage but what he has done this year is pretty damn incredible.

Sure is.

Can they sustain for an entire season? If they do, he should be a COY candidate.

[Xville]

Their remaining schedule is really favorable. The toughest team they have left is probably wake. They are going to have a pretty gaudy record unless the injury bug hits again.

[xubrew]

Yeah. The acc is hot garbage but what he has done this year is pretty damn incredible.


Sure is.

Can they sustain for an entire season? If they do, he should be a COY candidate.

Louisville was such a tire fire that had Kelsey managed to just turn it into a dumpster fire people would have been happy that at least the fire had changed. He's done amazingly well. I know he used the portal, but still.

I kind of enjoyed watching Louisville suck. I was a huge Louisville fan growing up, but any connection I ever felt to them went away over 20 years ago. Anyone who thinks they're as awesome as Louisville believed themselves to be needs to have a few consecutive four win seasons to bring them back down to Earth. But now that they're good again, it's kind of fun watching them get good again.

[GoMuskies]

I'm in the exact same boat, except that I've continued to be a Louisville football fan. I will never care about Louisville basketball like I did in the old days, but the Kelsey connection has made me at least a bit of a fan again.

[Xville]

And Dayton loses yet again lol pretty sure uc nor Dayton has won since some on here proclaimed x should be more like them. lol

[GoMuskies]

Always fun to see KU get absolutely spanked. Unfortunately, UC won a road conference game or this would have been a perfect night.

[Xville]

Always fun to see KU get absolutely spanked. Unfortunately, UC won a road conference game or this would have been a perfect night.

I guess even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. It would be absolutely hilarious if X is somehow able to make the tourney and UC/UD go to the NIT after all the shit talking both those fanbases have done.

[xubrew]

Dayton is terrible. They've lost four out of five to teams that are NIT-ish at best, and UMass isn't even a top 250 team. They have been channeling their inner Enron since the big win against Marquette. It's actually quite astonishing.

UC isn't bad, but they are in a conference where pretty much everyone is better than they are. I'm putting the legit over/under at 5 for the number of conference games they'll actually win.

Truth be told, X probably isn't a tournament team either, but I think they have a better chance than Dayton or UC at this point.

Now, Miami OH on the other hand.....

Could it be that they have the best chance of making it out of anyone in the Miami Valley???

[GoMuskies]

Yeah, the MAC is terrible, but Steele has done a really nice job with that program. I think he's found his level (as has Kam Craft, who's averaging 16 points/game).

[bjf123]

Yeah, the MAC is terrible, but Steele has done a really nice job with that program. I think he's found his level (as has Kam Craft, who's averaging 16 points/game).

I’m happy for both of them. Clearly, neither was ready for the Big East, but have found a home in the MAC.


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[xubrew]

Yeah, the MAC is terrible, but Steele has done a really nice job with that program. I think he's found his level (as has Kam Craft, who's averaging 16 points/game).

When you say the MAC is terrible, this year it is terrible even by MAC standards. I'm not saying that to crap on Miami. It's just not good this year.

[Xville]

When you say the MAC is terrible, this year it is terrible even by MAC standards. I'm not saying that to crap on Miami. It's just not good this year.

We also may want to pump the brakes on giving Steele flowers. They haven’t even played the top 5-6 teams in the mac yet. It’s been ball state, and then the fordhams and DePauls of the mac

[xubrew]

We also may want to pump the brakes on giving Steele flowers. They haven’t even played the top 5-6 teams in the mac yet. It’s been ball state, and then the fordhams and DePauls of the mac

True, but they normally don't even beat those teams.

I still think Ohio U will win the league, though.

[GoMuskies]

When you say the MAC is terrible, this year it is terrible even by MAC standards.

That's what I meant. I tend to think of the MAC as a very solid mid-major league. Not this year. It SUUUUUUCKS..

XVille, noted that they still have to play the top of the MAC, but when Steele took over Miami WAS one of the Fordhams and DePauls of the MAC. He's been wildly successful there even if they aren't the best team in the MAC this year (they're not).

[Xville]

That's what I meant. I tend to think of the MAC as a very solid mid-major league. Not this year. It SUUUUUUCKS..

XVille, noted that they still have to play the top of the MAC, but when Steele took over Miami WAS one of the Fordhams and DePauls of the MAC. He's been wildly successful there even if they aren't the best team in the MAC this year (they're not).

That’s fair. That’s probably Steele’s perfect spot—-mediocrity or average is celebrated.

[Smails]

I guess even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. It would be absolutely hilarious if X is somehow able to make the tourney and UC/UD go to the NIT after all the shit talking both those fanbases have done.

The only thing that is keeping me remotely sane this basketball season is that UC's case of the ass might be worse that XU's

[X-band '01]

Colorado used to be a tough place to win in the Pac-12. Big 12 teams haven't had a problem winning at altitude, strangely enough.

[Xuperman]

Odd hoops night. All 3 ranked teams go down to questionable competition....2 overtimes.

Dawson Garcia still struttin' as a Gopher....kid shows that commitment is still alive for mid-pack Power Fives.

The top 15 thru 25 ranked teams are in limbo. Going to be an entertaining "bubble" from here on out.

[Xville]

Just a reminder how hard it is to win on the road. Not too surprised by the Oregon State-Gonzaga game, but Minnesota beating Michigan raised an eyebrow for me.

[GoMuskies]

Miami might just be for real (by MAC standards). Huge win at Kent today.

[GoMuskies]

How did John Calipari manage to turn Johnell Davis into a bum?

[XUGRAD80]

18 of the top 25 teams lost last week. Some of those loses were to other ranked schools, but many of them weren’t. Can only imagine how nuts the conference and NCAA tournaments are going to be.

[bjf123]

Miami might just be for real (by MAC standards). Huge win at Kent today.

Here’s a disgusting thought. Could Steele win the MAC and get the auto bid to the Big Dance while we stumble and miss it? (please don’t ban me).


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[xubrew]

Here’s a disgusting thought. Could Steele win the MAC and get the auto bid to the Big Dance while we stumble and miss it? (please don’t ban me).


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Yes. I kind of indicated that in an earlier post and they didn't ban me, so you should be safe.