College Bball Thread

[TheWatShot 15,547]

42 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

SIAP, seen NCAA president Charlie Baker wants to expand March Madness to 72 or 76 teams and supposedly trying to do that this coming season.

The NCAA sucks and has awful leadership lol 

Looking forward to all the "YoU onLy MaDE tHe TOurNeY cUZ iT eXpaNdeD" talk when we're a 9 seed next year. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,443]

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,443]

[AKHoosier 7,764]

So do the Knicks make a run at Dan Hurley?

It's the popular hot take on X the past 24 hours.

[TheWatShot 15,547]

1 minute ago, AKHoosier said:

So do the Knicks make a run at Dan Hurley?

It's the popular hot take on X the past 24 hours.

Hurley has replaced John Calipari as the name that gets linked to every high-profile NBA opening because college basketball fans want him out of their sport. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 91,443]

A man before his time.

[DChoosier 9,854]

On 6/1/2025 at 6:39 AM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

They should have attempted to change their name to Kansas or UNC.

[LamarCheeks 22,189]

Not really college basketball -- but just saw that Jaraan Cornell, a former South Bend Clay and Purdue player, died. 

Only 48 -- what a damn shame. 

https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/06/06/jaraan-cornell-dead-dies-48-south-bend-clay-purdue-basketball-ihsaa-1994-state-finals/84073540007/

[str8baller 7,640]

17 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Not really college basketball -- but just saw that Jaraan Cornell, a former South Bend Clay and Purdue player, died. 

Only 48 -- what a damn shame. 

https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/06/06/jaraan-cornell-dead-dies-48-south-bend-clay-purdue-basketball-ihsaa-1994-state-finals/84073540007/

I was in middle school when our small school played them. . Played them tough but ultimately came up short. That was a really good team with him and the Nailon bros and a couple other guys that played college ball at various levels. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,579]

Washington adds Desmond Claude and I really like what they did with their roster.  Could be a sneaky team.

Wesley Yates, Des Claude, Zoom Diallo, Bryson Tucker, Somerville, Bundalo, Kepnang. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 12,115]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Washington adds Desmond Claude and I really like what they did with their roster.  Could be a sneaky team.

Wesley Yates, Des Claude, Zoom Diallo, Bryson Tucker, Somerville, Bundalo, Kepnang. 

I predict we will beat them like a drum 

[Stuhoo 89,917]

54 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Washington adds Desmond Claude and I really like what they did with their roster.  Could be a sneaky team.

Wesley Yates, Des Claude, Zoom Diallo, Bryson Tucker, Somerville, Bundalo, Kepnang. 

I don’t know about Sprinkle, but that’s a talented, experienced roster.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,579]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

I don’t know about Sprinkle, but that’s a talented, experienced roster.

Yeah, they are spending.  They should have been better last season too, so we will see.  Some big talent at each position, if maximized.  

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 12,115]

2 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Yeah, they are spending.  They should have been better last season too, so we will see.  Some big talent at each position, if maximized.  

Hmmmm where have we heard this before? 

Odds are Washington doesn't make the tourney+are playing on Day 1 of the B1GT. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 12,115]

Gawking at Washington is honestly wild.

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,579]

Hmmmm where have we heard this before? 
Odds are Washington doesn't make the tourney+are playing on Day 1 of the B1GT. 

Maybe/maybe not. I think about 14 of the B1G teams built rosters fully capable of making the NCAAs. Washington’s looks better than anticipated on paper. I think Maryland surprises too. Sprinkle might be in over his head, but this roster will be a decent test of that.


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[WayneFleekHoosier 51,579]

Gawking at Washington is honestly wild.

They added the biggest name left in the portal. So, as a normal response to that I looked up their roster today. Feel like they have a lot of strengths and are a bit underrated. Simple as that.


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[Stuhoo 89,917]

31 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

They added the biggest name left in the portal. So, as a normal response to that I looked up their roster today. Feel like they have a lot of strengths and are a bit underrated. Simple as that.


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It’s be different if it was the same terrible staff from the past five years with good talent, but it’s a second year staff that now has a strong roster. There’s nothing uniquely cursed about Washington that prevents them from being good next year.

[steubenhoosier 1,906]

Glad that the Huskies are going to be better. Will help our guys out come tournament time by playing good competition 

[ebridges24 2,714]

siap, hard to believe Duke is in the new Dick Vitale bball tourney