2025 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Discussion

[FloridaHoosierGirl]

15 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

I'm always amazed at how once a guy goes to the floor with the ball -- everybody can just jump on top of him and we end up with a held ball call. 

Exactly!  How is that not a foul?

[DChoosier]

5/6 of Florida’s top rotation guys are portal dudes.

ALL 5 transferred from non-power schools.

A couple of years ago who had that on their bingo card as a way to get to the Final game ???

[FloridaHoosierGirl]

4 minutes ago, jonz44 said:

Man, I really would love to see IU play like Florida. Long, skilled, athletes. Pressure D, push the pace hard, shoot 3's. Fun basketball to watch.

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That's what I've been saying all tournament, telling my friends who actually went to Florida that I've watched a lot of bad basketball this year and was so impressed by this team.

[jonz44]

That's what I've been saying all tournament, telling my friends who actually went to Florida that I've watched a lot of bad basketball this year and was so impressed by this team.

I'm a way they remind me of UK when Pitino was there. Really love their style of play. It's kinda nice to see coach's that know what they wanna do and recruit and teach to that style. Have a plan, don't suck lol.

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[str8baller]

20 minutes ago, Trish said:

Florida with another national championship appearance.

 

Meanwhile, Indiana has wasted the last 8 years on Miller and Woodson. 

And 9 years on Crean and 7 on Davis and Sampson. If Florida wins you can throw them with UConn as programs that have emerged as blue bloods since our last title.

[BA47591]

Maybe the best way to look at things is we're an expansion franchise starting from scratch in 2025-26. 

[steubenhoosier]

Which wins out?

Duke talent >Houston?

Sampson> Scheyer?

[Ryno6284]

40 minutes ago, theriverpilot said:

Golden looks like a cartoon character from Hey Arnold or something.

Stoop kid's leaving the stoop!

[skhoosier2]

15 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Which wins out?

Duke talent >Houston?

Sampson> Scheyer?

I hope Houston/Sampson but if I was betting…Duke’s talent. 

[Demo]

Having to watch meaningful games of Houston-PU and Houston-Duke in the same tournament is clear evidence that I’ve somehow pi$$ed off the universe in a giant way. No non-Florida alumnus in the country will be rooting harder for the Gators Monday night than this guy.  

[#1fanofafrin]

[BA47591]

Let's go Houston! Can they out work the positional size of Duke? 

[str8baller]

8 minutes ago, Demo said:

Having to watch meaningful games of Houston-PU and Houston-Duke in the same tournament is clear evidence that I’ve somehow pi$$ed off the universe in a giant way. No non-Florida alumnus in the country will be rooting harder for the Gators Monday night than this guy.  

Basically this. I will say that I don’t dislike Scheyer as much as I thought I would and his team this year isn’t nearly as annoying as some past Duke teams

[schoosier]

37 minutes ago, str8baller said:

And 9 years on Crean and 7 on Davis and Sampson. If Florida wins you can throw them with UConn as programs that have emerged as blue bloods since our last title.

Thank IU administration and Quinn’s BOT because obviously every freaking coach knows Indiana will come back. 

[Hovadipo]

2 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Basically this. I will say that I don’t dislike Scheyer as much as I thought I would and his team this year isn’t nearly as annoying as some past Duke teams

This Duke squad is as close to enjoyable as a Duke squad can get. Scheyer is enough of a robot that I don’t care about him. Anticipating the day he turns self-righteous like K. 

[Demo]

2 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Basically this. I will say that I don’t dislike Scheyer as much as I thought I would and his team this year isn’t nearly as annoying as some past Duke teams

I don’t really dislike Scheyer and he’s doing well, but the way he benefited from K basically shanking Tommy Amaker to get him the job really irritates me, so I can’t root for him. But since I’d root for Jeffrey Dahmer against Sampson I’m a Dukie tonight. 

[LIHoosier]

The first segment ran long so the under 16 was 11:51. To make sure this nonsense didn't happen again, take the under 12 in between FT's.

Chef's kiss!

[steubenhoosier]

As much as I hate to say it, Houston doesn’t have the offense to keep up with Duke 

[str8baller]

1 minute ago, steubenhoosier said:

As much as I hate to say it, Houston doesn’t have the offense to keep up with Duke 

If the refs swallow the whistle for a while it’ll let Houston claw back into it. If they don’t Duke is a pretty good ft shooting team. 

[DChoosier]

Am I the only one that doesn’t “get” the Apple AirPod commercial? 
But have to say that the dude was fantastic in Narco’s.