2025 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Discussion

[Demo 22,561]

3 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

 

How bizarre that I am cheering for a John Calipari coached team! Can't recall if that has ever happened before.

Ditto. I didn’t when the game started but after 2hrs of the announcers sounding like the St John’s radio network, go Hogs.

[Hardwood83 4,950]

1 minute ago, Asha’man said:

I’ll root for Pitino and St John’s before I’d ever root for a SEC team 

Yeah, I hate the SEC too, but not as much as Pitinio. I want to hate him more than I do, but am at my hatred capacity with him. He's such a despicable rat bastard. 

[Hoosierfan2017 24,463]

Calimari to the Sweet 16 for the 16th time. 

[Hovadipo 61,107]

19 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Calimari to the Sweet 16 for the 16th time. 

First since 2019. I couldn’t believe that when they said it. 

[Silat Player 1,798]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

First since 2019. I couldn’t believe that when they said it. 

That's why he was catching heat at Kentucky and the fans weren't all that upset when he left.

 

[Asha’man 656]

25 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Yeah, I hate the SEC too, but not as much as Pitinio. I want to hate him more than I do, but am at my hatred capacity with him. He's such a despicable rat bastard. 

I don’t hate Pitino. I would have loved him at IU on several different hiring cycles. Dude is a brilliant coach and I don’t care about recruiting violations or Italian restaurants. It’s about winning and he wins. I won’t judge him for his flaws. 

[JustWinBaby 1,737]

31 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Calimari to the Sweet 16 for the 16th time. 

not sure if the typo is intentional or not but i like this spelling better than the original

[Dave from Dayton 3,944]

9 minutes ago, Asha’man said:

I don’t hate Pitino. I would have loved him at IU on several different hiring cycles. Dude is a brilliant coach and I don’t care about recruiting violations or Italian restaurants. It’s about winning and he wins. I won’t judge him for his flaws. 

I don't hate Pitino.  But he was a coach of Yuck.  And hired hookers and did not invite me.

Pitino found himself at the center of multiple scandals during his time at Louisville. The NCAA vacated the Cardinals' 2013 national championship after Louisville was found to have given improper benefits to players — those benefits were sexual acts paid for by the basketball program for both recruits and current players. Rick Pitino sex scandal, explained: Revisiting the 2010 waitress extortion trial at Louisville | Sporting News

For that, he will never, ever, be forgiven.

 

That plus the St. J team just cannot shoot.

[TheWatShot 15,372]

I wish teams had fewer timeouts, then maybe we'd stop seeing coaches use them when there's a media timeout at the next dead ball. Just turned a game off after a timeout was called, we got 2 possessions, then a whistle and a media break. I'd rather do something else than sit through so many commercials. 

[LIHoosier 27,645]

11 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

I wish teams had fewer timeouts, then maybe we'd stop seeing coaches use them when there's a media timeout at the next dead ball. Just turned a game off after a timeout was called, we got 2 possessions, then a whistle and a media break. I'd rather do something else than sit through so many commercials. 

Maybe its happened already, but wait for the inset ads during the umpteen official reviews we get the final 2 minutes.

If the refs are gonna figure out if there's 21.2 or 21.4 seconds left for an hour, here's the same Coke ad for the millionth time.

[HoosierHoopster 7,966]

46 minutes ago, JustWinBaby said:

not sure if the typo is intentional or not but i like this spelling better than the original

It’s intentional- we’ve been calling him Calimari for a long time lol

[steubenhoosier 1,676]

Drake bigs can’t play with Toppin 

[TheWatShot 15,372]

If we had to pass on Dusty May so we wouldn't hurt Mike Woodson's feelings, why couldn't he have gone to Louisville? Michigan is going to be such a pain in the a$$. I've never seen an IU team fight and compete like this Michigan team. 

[rcbowla 8,133]

7 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

If we had to pass on Dusty May so we wouldn't hurt Mike Woodson's feelings, why couldn't he have gone to Louisville? Michigan is going to be such a pain in the a$$. I've never seen an IU team fight and compete like this Michigan team. 

I think you will starting next year. DDV's teams, if nothing else, play their ***** off.

[Jeff Flabjohns 2,506]

So painful to watch. This should have been us. 

[schoosier 3,716]

McCollum loses his composure and gets teched at critical time.

[Asha’man 656]

Big 10 is going to be 10-0 after Michigan beats A&M. 

[rcbowla 8,133]

Still not sure how Auburn being the #1 overall was rewarded with playing Creighton/Louisville in 2nd rd. This game has been fun to watch so far.

[Asha’man 656]

6 minutes ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

So painful to watch. This should have been us. 

We got a good one too. Wishing Dusty well this tournament. 

[Jeff Flabjohns 2,506]

3 minutes ago, Asha’man said:

We got a good one too. Wishing Dusty well this tournament. 

Really? I haven’t been able to stomach watching much Michigan this year, seeing Dusty killing it there is nauseating…knowing what we were stuck with this instead. 
And now they’re headed to the Sweet 16. :/