2025 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Discussion

[AZ Hoosier 10,512]

1 minute ago, str8baller said:

Clemson with the worst half of tournament basketball I’ve ever seen. 

Dodged a bullet there, didn't we?

[Kentuckysucks 4,330]

To be fair, Will Wade is a gangsta.  Duke and UNC will have serious competition.

[str8baller 7,169]

Just now, AZ Hoosier said:

Dodged a bullet there, didn't we?

No idea. His team looks awful. He could be the second coming of Knight getting those scrubs a 5 seed for all I know. 
 

Tough watch, either way. 

[Silat Player 1,778]

9 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

They are playing extremely hard, so I will give Wade credit for that especially with all the rumors swirling.  But Wade has always felt like a Calipari type coach.  Get a bunch of talent and just roll the ball out and let them ball. 

They certainly are doing that today. I have to admit that I've never really paid attention to his teams, but yikes. 

McNeese is playing so hard, but so wild. They do make Clemson look really slow, though, so there's that. 

[Silat Player 1,778]

1 minute ago, Kentuckysucks said:

To be fair, Will Wade is a gangsta.  Duke and UNC will have serious competition.

If this is an example of his system, he's going to have to recruit like a mother, though. 

You're not going to be able to "out athletic" the likes of Duke or UNC on the regular.

[rayl456 818]

5 minutes ago, str8baller said:

No idea. His team looks awful. He could be the second coming of Knight getting those scrubs a 5 seed for all I know. 
 

Tough watch, either way. 

There’s absolutely no beauty here…just frenetic out of control energy.  Enjoyable to watch?  Nope…not for me.

[Kentuckysucks 4,330]

2 minutes ago, Silat Player said:

If this is an example of his system, he's going to have to recruit like a mother, though. 

You're not going to be able to "out athletic" the likes of Duke or UNC on the regular.

He's an elite recruiter.  Like Cal or Matta at OSU before all his health problems.  Assuming NCST has decent NIL he'll go to FFs.

[Hoosierfan1901 8,123]

Brad Brownell?

[8bucks 7,384]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Brad Brownell?

Can you imagine if we hired him?  He already had most of this board against the idea and with this performance it would have been a meltdown 

[hoosierbannerd 3,163]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Brad Brownell?

previous post was referring to Will Wade if that's what you meant?

[Hovadipo 61,057]

BYU plays some pretty basketball. 

[Hoosierfan1901 8,123]

2 minutes ago, hoosierbannerd said:

previous post was referring to Will Wade if that's what you meant?

Nah, I’m questioning Brad Brownell and well…..this game

[JustWinBaby 1,724]

Every Indiana fan that had a panic attack over the Brad Brownell rumors can feel incredibly vindicated today lol

What a putrid performance man. Woof.

[BannerVille 271]

Everyone associated with Geico and their marketing firm should be drawn and quartered for the little piggy commercial.  It was horrible when it came out years ago; how is it still a thing?

[JustWinBaby 1,724]

8 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

BYU plays some pretty basketball. 

I think they're poised to become a powerhouse with their NIL resources. Read somewhere that they're paying close to $7 million for Dybantsa. Tons of rich Mormons in SLC and Provo lol

[RoadRage 2,956]

1 minute ago, JustWinBaby said:

I think they're poised to become a powerhouse with their NIL resources. Read somewhere that they're paying close to $7 million for Dybantsa. Tons of rich Mormons in SLC and Provo lol

They are going to have to have caps, it's already getting out of hand!

[Hovadipo 61,057]

Just now, JustWinBaby said:

I think they're poised to become a powerhouse with their NIL resources. Read somewhere that they're paying close to $7 million for Dybantsa. Tons of rich Mormons in SLC and Provo lol

Yep. “Sleeping giant” can be overused, but it fits BYU. If they choose to use it, they have SEC football money. I would imagine their problem would be not budging on their standards. 

[JustWinBaby 1,724]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

Yep. “Sleeping giant” can be overused, but it fits BYU. If they choose to use it, they have SEC football money. I would imagine their problem would be not budging on their standards. 

My brother-in-law works for a firm based out of SLC founded by a bunch of BYU tech bros. The entire board are BYU boosters and ridiculously loaded. TBH I'm surprised it's taken this long for BYU to start fully weaponizing their resources. I expect them to be a serious power in football and basketball in the coming years.

[reconmkd 4,717]

16 TOTAL POINTS WITH 16:14 to go in the second half! Holy cow, glad we dodged that bullet!

[sirhoosierlot 3,651]

5 minutes ago, BannerVille said:

Everyone associated with Geico and their marketing firm should be drawn and quartered for the little piggy commercial.  It was horrible when it came out years ago; how is it still a thing?