2026 NCAA Tournament

[Brass Cannon]

53 minutes ago, BtownStrength said:

If I remember correctly, the rumor was that McCollum would not negotiate with anyone until Drake was eliminated from the tournament. We did not wait on that, and DeVries was the guy we settled on. 

Man Iowa thought they lost out. How glad are they that we stole DeVries now 

[Asha’man]

6 hours ago, BtownStrength said:

They seemed to share a weirdly kind moment together postgame. Kindred spirits when it comes to screaming. 

Now Ben McCollum and Todd Golden...those guys HATED each other tonight. 

I did like McCollum calling Florida sensitive during the halftime interview. lol. 

[Asha’man]

6 hours ago, BtownStrength said:

If I remember correctly, the rumor was that McCollum would not negotiate with anyone until Drake was eliminated from the tournament. We did not wait on that, and DeVries was the guy we settled on. 

Pretty sure McCollum wanted Iowa as his top choice. If memory serves. 

[Kentuckysucks]

6 hours ago, Lebowski said:

Didn't McCollum get offered the job and he turned it down for Iowa or was that just a rumor?

No he was never offered.

[Home Jersey]

So satisfying that Ben McCollum sends Todd Golden packing after his whiny outburst lol 

[Alford Bailey]

That was really some terrible defense by Florida on the game winning shot.

[Stuhoo]

Mark Pope's very talented team had a very negative reputation going into their game against Iowa State:

 

 

[Magnanimous]

[Golfman25]

1 hour ago, Magnanimous said:

Interesting chart.  I’d like to see the last couple of years.  But the small sample size shows 11 of the 16 had homegrown starters.  That’s a pretty big advantage— almost 70%.  

[Uspshoosier]

3 hours ago, Kentuckysucks said:

No he was never offered.

And if he was he preferred the Iowa job.  National media reported that around the time his name was brought up as a serious candidate for IU.   Most on here brushed that off and didn’t believe he would want the Iowa job over the IU job.   All you had to do was watch his 2 episodes on the Journey where they showed old pictures of him as a kid in a Iowa shirt and how he was talking about the program where he went and watched games as a kid to know that those reports were right.  Same with Nedved at Minny where his parents had season tickets up until he took over.    Thoses programs took advantage of a built in connection.    For whatever reason IU has struggled doing that with their program 

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

And if he was he preferred the Iowa job.  National media reported that around the time his name was brought up as a serious candidate for IU.   Most on here brushed that off and didn’t believe he would want the Iowa job over the IU job.   All you had to do was watch his 2 episodes on the Journey where they showed old pictures of him as a kid in a Iowa shirt and how he was talking about the program where he went and watched games as a kid to know that those reports were right.  Same with Nedved at Minny where his parents had season tickets up until he took over.    Thoses programs took advantage of a built in connection.    For whatever reason IU has struggled doing that with their program 

And that's why I am reasonably sure that we had a truly top of the top guy that felt that way about IU, but we were a year too late to get him.

[Napleshoosier]

3 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

And that's why I am reasonably sure that we had a truly top of the top guy that felt that way about IU, but we were a year too late to get him.

1000% correct.  Thanks Buckner for nothing!