College Bball Thread

[johnsoniu]

44 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Alford is wearing the RMK patch 

Pretty sure Beard had one last weekend 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

9 hours ago, rcs29 said:

When did NIT no longer be the most prestigious tournament for college basketball? Just curious

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IMO 1979 when the NCAA expanded from 32 to 40 teams and then to 48 in 1980.  Then to 64 in 1985.  The NCAA expansions meant fewer high quality teams available for the  NIT field.  On top of that, I think the NCAA just did a helluva lot better job of marketing its tournament and securing TV coverage.

[OliviaPope40]

9 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Like the 50s probably. But 1938-1939 was the birth of modern day college basketball. NIT started the year before I believe. Had the prestige only because it was based in NYC. At least from what I can remember of it.

The NIT started in 1938.

[Uspshoosier]

https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1746200088597197156?s=46

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

2 hours ago, OliviaPope40 said:

The NIT started in 1938.

Right. The 37-38 season.

[Uspshoosier]

Loaded day of hoops as usual on a Saturday now that conference season has started.   Top 10 matchup Oklahoma/Kansas today and it’s only on ESPN+.    

[Uspshoosier]

James Madison/App St is a sneaky good game today.    JM is at home so they should win.  The return game at App st will be a big one.   These 2 teams are clearly the 2 best teams in the Sunbelt 

[FortWayneHoosier]

Northwestern is giving Wiscy a hard time, 6 turnovers so far for the badgers

[FortWayneHoosier]

Boo Buie is unstoppable right now has 12 so far in the first half 

[Uspshoosier]

North Carolina has looked really good lately.   Already up 16 on Cuse 

[FortWayneHoosier]

Badgers on a 17-3 run now. Wisconsin is a very physical team. And there is a lot of home cooking going on right now, northwestern has 13 team fouls to wisconsins 6 

[Uspshoosier]

Swope is ridiculous.  4 threes already with 9 min to go in first half.    Trees up 15 

[Uspshoosier]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Swope is ridiculous.  4 threes already with 9 min to go in first half.    Trees up 15 

6 threes with 6:30 to go 

[Uspshoosier]

Creighton wins by 1.    St John’s had a look and missed it.   Heck of a game 

[Uspshoosier]

Isu up 32 at the under 16 min 

[Uspshoosier]

23 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Isu up 32 at the under 16 min 

Up 37 and 15 made threes 

[pappy1865]

Up 37 and 15 made threes 

Swope is at 7 threes

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[FortWayneHoosier]

Purdue destroying Penn state

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Since Virginia starting at 9-1...

Lost to Memphis by 23

Beat Morgan State by 35

Lost to Notre Dame by 22

Beat Louisville by 24

Lost to NC State by 16

Now down 17 to Wake Forest with just a couple minutes left in the half.

Edit: Virginia ended up losing by 19.

[RaceToTheTop]

Providence about to lose at home to 7-8 Xavier.  Down 14 at the under 4.