College Bball Thread

[johnsoniu]

Mountain West delivering. Utah St up 58-57 at San Diego St with 4:34 to play. Aggies trailed by 18 late in first half

[Uspshoosier]

18 minutes ago, johnsoniu said:

Mountain West delivering. Utah St up 58-57 at San Diego St with 4:34 to play. Aggies trailed by 18 late in first half

Wow.   Utah ST drains a 3 with 6 sec to go and wins it.  They were down the whole game.  Delivering 

[johnsoniu]

Utah St hits a 3 with 6 seconds left to win it 67-66

[Uspshoosier]

Nothing better than league road game wins.  

[Uspshoosier]

21 minutes ago, johnsoniu said:

Mountain West delivering. Utah St up 58-57 at San Diego St with 4:34 to play. Aggies trailed by 18 late in first half

One more MWC game tonight.  Fresno State/UNLV on MWC network 

[johnsoniu]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Nothing better than league road game wins.  

Especially at Viejas Arena. Aztecs are 61-6 at home since 2020. Props to the Aggies

[RaceToTheTop]

Has IU being showing any interest in 2026 SG Steven Reynolds (SB Washington)?  #1 recruit in Indiana by 247 and ranked 90th overall.  SB Washington was at the Harrison invitational on Friday/Saturday.  Matt Painter was in attendance on Friday (Reynolds had an off game and picked up a technical in OT but his team pulled away in the extra session to beat Harrison).  Saturday Reynolds put up 50 points in an 87-51 win over Hobart (I think he was like 20 of 35 from the floor).  Good shooting stroke plus good athleticism and a true lanky 6'5".

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

26 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Has IU being showing any interest in 2026 SG Steven Reynolds (SB Washington)?  #1 recruit in Indiana by 247 and ranked 90th overall.  SB Washington was at the Harrison invitational on Friday/Saturday.  Matt Painter was in attendance on Friday (Reynolds had an off game and picked up a technical in OT but his team pulled away in the extra session to beat Harrison).  Saturday Reynolds put up 50 points in an 87-51 win over Hobart (I think he was like 20 of 35 from the floor).  Good shooting stroke plus good athleticism and a true lanky 6'5".

Likely Painter’s to lose. Sister on PUke women’s team and another  committed to PUke.

[LamarCheeks]

5 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Has IU being showing any interest in 2026 SG Steven Reynolds (SB Washington)?  #1 recruit in Indiana by 247 and ranked 90th overall.  SB Washington was at the Harrison invitational on Friday/Saturday.  Matt Painter was in attendance on Friday (Reynolds had an off game and picked up a technical in OT but his team pulled away in the extra session to beat Harrison).  Saturday Reynolds put up 50 points in an 87-51 win over Hobart (I think he was like 20 of 35 from the floor).  Good shooting stroke plus good athleticism and a true lanky 6'5".

Wait, I'm confused ... College coaches actually go watch high school kids play? 

Does that really happen?

I've never heard of such a thing. Well -- not in the past three-plus years or so anyway ... 

[go iu bb]

18 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Wait, I'm confused ... College coaches actually go watch high school kids play? 

Does that really happen?

I've never heard of such a thing. Well -- not in the past three-plus years or so ... 

HS recruiting is for losers like Dan Hurley and Matt Painter, not winners like Mike Woodson.

[Demo]

30 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Wait, I'm confused ... College coaches actually go watch high school kids play? 

Does that really happen?

I've never heard of such a thing. Well -- not in the past three-plus years or so ... 

God knows this is fair criticism of Woody, it’s the thing that pi$$es me off the worst about him, but not in this specific case. There’s a reason Reynolds has a shockingly weak offer list. Izzo and Underwood never bothered to offer him. He was supposed to visit Dusty a few months ago  and then cancelled. Shrew’s 15 mins from him and barely pays attention to him. No one thinks he’s going anywhere but Purdue. 

[Scotty R]

Good game on BTN ISU and OsU tied at 46 with 2 minutes to go in the half

[Demo]

10 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

Good game on BTN ISU and OsU tied at 46 with 2 minutes to go in the half

I love Thornton. That kid is such a warrior. Both ends. Would take him over Smith without a thought. 

[Stuhoo]

44 minutes ago, Demo said:

I love Thornton. That kid is such a warrior. Both ends. Would take him over Smith without a thought. 

Ace Baldwin over Smith 10/10 times too.

[Uspshoosier]

ISU ball movement on that last 3 was perfect.   They won’t win this game but they have improved tremendously from the first game blowout to FAU 

[LIHoosier]

Penn St only up 3 at the half vs Penn (KP 310, NET 344)

[Demo]

24 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Ace Baldwin over Smith 10/10 times too.

Might be the most underrrated player in the entire country. Will never get his due because Penn St is such an outpost, but he controls games like very few kids. 

[Hovadipo]

30 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

ISU ball movement on that last 3 was perfect.   They won’t win this game but they have improved tremendously from the first game blowout to FAU 

Was worried about a “fun but bad” team. Now thinking that top 4 in the Valley isn’t too crazy. We’ll see how the young guys hold up when the grind sets in. Top half of the conference would be impressive alone. 

[RaceToTheTop]

3 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Likely Painter’s to lose. Sister on PUke women’s team and another  committed to PUke.

From what I heard from the Harrison people, Painter wasn't real happy with his play/attitude in the game he attended there.  But Painter isn't the type of a coach who won't do his work and base his opinion on one performance.

FWIW, Michigan State offered in August and they have pulled some recruits away from Purdue despite coming in much later.....and with NIL involved, I could see them pulling him away.

[LamarCheeks]

Tough to do this, but I have to say something nice about Illinois. 

Mike Hall -- the B1G announcer for today's game -- found out his wife has breast cancer. She starts chemo soon. She's an Illinois grad and a big fan, so before today's game, Brad Underwood gave him a team-autographed ball to present to her.  

https://x.com/BigTenNetwork/status/1873457493310882248