College Bball Thread

[DChoosier]

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]

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]

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]

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. 

[CSP]

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]

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]

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.  

[CSP]

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. 

[CSP]

Gawking at Washington is honestly wild.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

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]

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]

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]

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

[ebridges24]

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

[go iu bb]

9 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

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

That's even more shocking than Jonathan Sanderson and Gan-Erdene Solongo both committing to Notre Dame.

[RaceToTheTop]

On 6/8/2025 at 7:58 PM, 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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I agree, although I disagree with the assessment of Maryland.  I’m not high on their group.

[AZ Hoosier]

This is awesome - coaching challenges... like someone said "hey, let's slow these games down even more"...

It's even more ironic that they are calling it an "instant replay review challenge".

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/coachs-challenges-coming-to-college-basketball-in-2025-26-other-rules-changes-approved/

[sirhoosierlot]

50 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

This is awesome - coaching challenges... like someone said "hey, let's slow these games down even more"...

It's even more ironic that they are calling it an "instant replay review challenge".

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/coachs-challenges-coming-to-college-basketball-in-2025-26-other-rules-changes-approved/

I think it’s actually supposed to eliminate that. Refs can only go to the monitor for challenges. 

[Home Jersey]

1 hour ago, AZ Hoosier said:

This is awesome - coaching challenges... like someone said "hey, let's slow these games down even more"...

It's even more ironic that they are calling it an "instant replay review challenge".

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/coachs-challenges-coming-to-college-basketball-in-2025-26-other-rules-changes-approved/

 

10 minutes ago, sirhoosierlot said:

I think it’s actually supposed to eliminate that. Refs can only go to the monitor for challenges. 

 

2 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

SIAP.  Panel approves changes to enhance the flow of the game in men’s basketball

Some excerpts from the article:

• Changes include a coach's challenge at any point in a game to review out-of-bounds calls, basket interference/goaltending and whether a secondary defender was in the restricted-area arc. The panel also approved modifications to the rule on continuous motion on field goal attempts.

• Under the coach's challenge rule, teams must have a timeout to request an instant replay review challenge. If the instant replay review challenge is successful, teams will be allowed to have one additional video review challenge for the rest of the game, including overtime. If the first video review challenge is unsuccessful, the team loses the ability to challenge the rest of the game.

• Officials can initiate video reviews on basket interference/goaltending and restricted arc plays in the last two minutes of the game and into overtime. Recent data shows these reviews caused minimal game interruptions. NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee members think the coach's challenge will have a significant impact on the flow of the game. Officials cannot conduct video review on out-of-bounds calls unless through a coach's challenge.

Under the changes to the continuous motion rule, an offensive player who ends his dribble going toward the basket and absorbs contact from the defense will be permitted to pivot or complete the step the player is on and finish the field goal attempt. Currently, players are credited with field goals only when they are fouled while shooting the basketball

[AZ Hoosier]

1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

 

 

I hope it does clean up the massive amount of wasted time, especially at the end of these games... but color me skeptical until it ends differently...