2023-24 College Basketball Thread

[RonnieFranchise]

First PSU win at Indiana since 2014. It's not a great Indiana team, but still. Nits aren't going anywhere but maybe the NIT if they're lucky, but they've managed a few solid wins this season and have improved throughout.

[willeyeam]

We've got some good games on today. Fun to watch after seeing the Zips take control of the MAC last night at the JAR

[Orlando Penguin]

I was likely one of the few in the world who had the multiview going with Towson-Hofstra getting the audio nod over Duke-Carolina.

[skullman80]

**** duke.

[RonnieFranchise]

**** Ed Cooley

[blackjack68]

Need Gonzaga by 5. Let’s go!

[RonnieFranchise]

Not a great season to put money on the Zags IMO.

[willeyeam]

It's time for this year's version of the NET **** sucks

[Orlando Penguin]

Because the ACC sucks (at least the teams that UVA beat) and the Big Ten is overrated like usual. If you're able to block out all the insane bubble talk and Q1 wins for 3 more weeks, then you'll have a more enjoyable college hoops experience. These TV idiots latch on one little thing that they hammer over and over to make their NC State-Miami matchup glitter a bit more for the casual viewers.

[willeyeam]

The ACC that is 9-3 against the big 12?

[CBear3]

Ugh, conference head to heads are the worst, just like during bowl season. Maybe worse, since its way back at the very beginning of the season. I've only got 8-3, so I missed one somewhere, but...

Based on KenPom rankings, the only real upset was #59 VaTech somehow beating #13 Iowa State. Sure #73 Miami beat #72 KSU & #68 UCF, but those are basically toss ups at that point. I mean #165 Notre Dame beating #123 OSU isn't really anything to celebrate, and nobody at Virginia is hanging their hat on beating up on #135 WVU.

[Orlando Penguin]

Thanks for doing the work for me, @CBear3!

[willeyeam]

Big Twelve gamed the system. Good for them, but it is what it is. Start off with high Kenpom rankings based off PY, don't blow it against the cupcakes, then every win in conference is a Q1 or Q2 win for everyone

[RonnieFranchise]

I take it back, Ed Cooley is the effing greatest again



I mean he is rich as a ****.

[Ad@m]

[DigitalGypsy66]

Bo knows.

At least the fan asked.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Bo 2024?

[MR25]

Not going to lie, this is pretty **** sick... just the amount of confidence and swagger to be like "I need 3 points to beat the record? I'm just gonna chuck up this insane 3 because I know I'm gonna make it"...

[Orlando Penguin]

And then she went on and set the school record for points in a game with 49. She had 23 in the first quarter!! But the best part about her game isn't the scoring but how she gets her teammates involved. Some of the passes that she throws are Magic/Stockton esque. In the last 25 years, she's the only women's player who has scored 40 points and had 10+ assists in a game and she's done it 4 times now! The 3's from anywhere are impressive but it's more fun for me to watch some of the passes she makes for easy buckets.

That being said, I don't know how teams don't copy what Nebraska did in the 4th quarter of the game on Sunday where they shut her down and came back to win the game. Give her a step and she'll kill you yet I see defenders trailing her on screens and giving her a step so she won't drive around them and that's all the space she needs to pull that 3.

[Ad@m]

It’s just amazing, to watch her attempt Steph Curry threes and drain them like nothing.

[shafnutz05]

Yeah, she is a phenom. Incredible stuff

[willeyeam]

Women's college hoops - also better than the NBA

[DigitalGypsy66]

I've watching the Lady Gamecocks a lot over the last few years. It's tough rooting for an archrival, but Dawn Staley is an excellent coach.

[RonnieFranchise]

Wow

I've always been puzzled at how St. John's never seems to be able to legitimately compete. I get that NYC is a pro town but they play home games at MSG, and have a huge pool of players to maybe get to stay at home.

[CBear3]

I know they're winless in SEC play and look more lost than my 5th graders, but how are my Tigers catching strays from Pitino.