College Bball Thread

[Muskie plays the four]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Josh Hubbard for Miss St just went for 35 points and 9-12 from 3 in the first half against Auburn.    Wow.   Miss st up big 

Hubbard is so fun to watch. 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Auburn in free-fall which is good. 

With Vandy likely losing at Mizzou, that’s five teams the last two nights who’ve beaten ranked foes at home to bolster their resumes. Need to hold serve in Assembly Hall rest of season. Beat Izzo!!

[Uspshoosier]

10 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Josh Hubbard for Miss St just went for 35 points and 9-12 from 3 in the first half against Auburn.    Wow.   Miss st up big 

Auburn has got this down to 4 with 12 min to go 

[Uspshoosier]

Seattle up 1 over St Mary’s with 8 min to go 

[FortWayneHoosier]

10 hours ago, RoadRage said:

I had no idea they had a higher level crew that could overrule calls on the court? 

according to both of the announcers there is a "headquarters" that can review it and overturn it.

 

@Uspshoosier, have you seen this before? it was a wild call last night Alabama vs. Arkansas

[Uspshoosier]

2 hours ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

according to both of the announcers there is a "headquarters" that can review it and overturn it.

 

@Uspshoosier, have you seen this before? it was a wild call last night Alabama vs. Arkansas

New to me.   Maybe when they went to coaches challenges they implemented this however first I’ve seen it used 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

It was a 50/50 call, I’m surprised the office called in to reverse the ref decision. I thought it was a goaltend on replay 

[Demo]

Thoughts? Other than PU having no shot I agree with this. Would have had TTU in tier 3, maybe even the bottom of tier 2, before the Toppin injury.

[Uspshoosier]

12 minutes ago, Demo said:

Thoughts? Other than PU having no shot I agree with this. Would have had TTU in tier 3, maybe even the bottom of tier 2, before the Toppin injury.

Definitely agree with the top 8.  Watch out for Florida in March 

[IUHoosierJoe]

14 minutes ago, Demo said:

Thoughts? Other than PU having no shot I agree with this. Would have had TTU in tier 3, maybe even the bottom of tier 2, before the Toppin injury.

I’d throw Gonzaga in as the 8th and slide Purdue down to 9th. I’d slide Connecticut out. 

[Uspshoosier]

Thursdays slate 

[Uspshoosier]

Media is doing a mock selection in Indy today and then the committee will announce their top 16 this Saturday.   That will give us a clue on what this uses committee values.  After Saturday bracketologist will get a a clue on how to project the field moving forward 

[LIHoosier]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

Thursdays slate 

[str8baller]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

Thoughts? Other than PU having no shot I agree with this. Would have had TTU in tier 3, maybe even the bottom of tier 2, before the Toppin injury.

Vanderbilt would qualify for the Kenpom both top 25 in Oeff/Deff rule of thumb. 

[TheWatShot]

24 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Vanderbilt would qualify for the Kenpom both top 25 in Oeff/Deff rule of thumb. 

I know the arc of champions has always been top 25 for offense and defense, but if you're looking only at defense, it really needs to be more like top 10-15. 

 

The lowest defensive ranking for a national champion was Baylor in 2021, coming in at #22. That was also during Covid, with a shortened season and weird environments, so a slight asterisk there. 

 

The worst defensive rating for a champion was Villanova in 2018, at 94.0, which ranked 11th that year. 

 

National champions usually have a defensive rating in the high 80's/low 90's, which usually ranks in the top 10-15 for that season. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

3 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Media is doing a mock selection in Indy today and then the committee will announce their top 16 this Saturday.   That will give us a clue on what this uses committee values.  After Saturday bracketologist will get a a clue on how to project the field moving forward 

Pretty cool mock selection so far, been following Norlander’s tweets throughout it.

[ebridges24]

7 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Definitely agree with the top 8.  Watch out for Florida in March 

yea, they're starting to get some good guard play and their bigs are big and can play

[ebridges24]

23 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Reports out there that Johnson is getting over 2 mil a year 

he might be worth it

[ebridges24]

On 2/18/2026 at 10:46 AM, TheWatShot said:

Michigan's Kenpom rating reached 39.45 last night, eclipsing the record they set earlier this season of 39.43. 

well, goody for them

[ebridges24]

On 2/18/2026 at 2:31 PM, LIHoosier said:

Good, i hope they win every game by 50 that he doesn't coach