General college hoops game thread

[CoachTalk]

Does the team know the season is still in progress? Getting curb stomped by a team that will finish near the bottom of the Big 12 is awesome. Maybe another assistant will quit soon, too.

Haven’t watched yet but seems disappointing.

Week of practice. Maybe we’ll get better and bounce back. Still not ready to cancel.

Too much talent to not figure it out

 

[Boom Soon]

Missouri is in a similar spot as OU. Lost to the two teams with a pulse. Their only chance for a good win is against Illinois. They lose that and they’re looking at an incredibly tough road to the tournament.

 

[cmdsooner]

In my opinion, two of the best coaches in college basketball going at it in Ames right now. I love watching both of these teams. Great start for the Hawkeyes, up 21-12.

 

[WichitaSooner]

In my opinion, two of the best coaches in college basketball going at it in Ames right now. I love watching both of these teams. Great start for the Hawkeyes, up 21-12.

Two coaches with a real identity. Their teams do what they do so well.

 

[soonertrash77]

In my opinion, two of the best coaches in college basketball going at it in Ames right now. I love watching both of these teams. Great start for the Hawkeyes, up 21-12.

ISU turned it around in the second half but Iowa made it interesting at the end. Agreed with both of you:two great coaches and their teams doing what they do best

 

[WichitaSooner]

Another good win for Nebraska today. That’s not a bad loss as far as the opponent by any means, his wish we would have competed harder because it’s annoying to lose a game when you shoot that well.

 

[NickZepp]

Kansas is going to OT with NC State. If they fall they will have 4 losses before conference play.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Kansas is going to OT with NC State. If they fall they will have 4 losses before conference play.

Well to be fair they have lost to three ranked teams, two in the top 5, and have played most the year without arguably the most talented player in the country. And they may well win this game without him playing the last 7 minutes or so. Unfortunately I think they are significantly better than the past couple seasons.

 

[NickZepp]

Welp looks like Kansas will pull it out. Nice look from 3.

 

[OklaSooners]

Poop. I hate Kansas.

 

[hoopsaustin]

Welp looks like Kansas will pull it out. Nice look from 3.

You cant tease me like that with your post above

 

[NickZepp]

Dickie V and Chuck podcast is better than the game.

 

[Boom Soon]

Indiana had a complete collapse in the last seven or so minutes of the game.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Loyola lost a buy game to Chicago State. Odds better every day that job will be open after this season.

 

[The_Banker]

Not sure how this is possible.

 

[cmdsooner]

Joel Klatt takes a break from his terrible football takes to deliver his worst take of all — on college basketball and the NCAA tournament.

 

[hoopsaustin]

Joel Klatt takes a break from his terrible football takes to deliver his worst take of all — on college basketball and the NCAA tournament.

I had never encountered this crazy argument until a year or 2 ago from a coworker (a jayhawk). He like wants only 1 seeds in the final 4 every year. Completely bewildering to me. I couldn't relate at all. But I sort of see where they are coming from now... when the tourney inevitably expands to 272 teams (lol) and its 24 rounds for the natty winner, it makes the season so devalued that any hot team can just show up and win a friggin natty.

If anything I support a smaller tourney, rather than expansion. But I think 64 teams is perfect (id get rid of the play-in games too unless you want 4 16v16 games for the 16 seeds)

 

[WichitaSooner]

Joel Klatt takes a break from his terrible football takes to deliver his worst take of all — on college basketball and the NCAA tournament.

It’s a dumb take for the basketball tournament. But in a small field like the football playoff, it should only be the best 12 (or 16) teams. The goal is to decide a champion, so don’t waste spots on teams that have no chance of winning and aren’t even close to being one of the best teams in the country.

 

[BoulderSooner]

Not sure how this is possible.

why?? high school kids can enroll at semester and play right away if they wish ..

 

[cmdsooner]

I had never encountered this crazy argument until a year or 2 ago from a coworker (a jayhawk). He like wants only 1 seeds in the final 4 every year. Completely bewildering to me. I couldn't relate at all. But I sort of see where they are coming from now... when the tourney inevitably expands to 272 teams (lol) and its 24 rounds for the natty winner, it makes the season so devalued that any hot team can just show up and win a friggin natty.

If anything I support a smaller tourney, rather than expansion. But I think 64 teams is perfect (id get rid of the play-in games too unless you want 4 16v16 games for the 16 seeds)

64 is the number. I’m fine with 68 though. I do not understand how one could call it unfair. The goal is very simple. Win.

And yeah, on the whole, teams are the best versions of themselves at the end of the season. Maybe not comparatively speaking, but all in all, the best basketball is played at the end. Each team’s goal is to become the best version it can be and put that on display in conference and national tournaments. This isn’t football and it doesn’t need to be.

People are so wrapped up in their own opinions on which teams are good or not, that they’ve begun to value it over actual results. I don’t need to hear about hypotheticals or projected point spreads for who Notre Dame would or wouldn’t be favored against in a football game. I don’t need someone to tell me that Michigan is our national champion in basketball in November. I do not care one bit that some guy who watched 4 total games all season and has never heard of Loyola-Chicago doesn’t like that they made the Final Four, or that a guy who watched 400 total games all season and thinks Kentucky is a FF team hates that they’re already knocked out of the tournament. They play the games. There are winners and losers. It’s completely fair, and social media’s chokehold on people has given rise to a bunch of narcissistic assholes whose value of their own opinion is now of greater importance to them than the results of actual games.

Why do we hate reality and do-or-die competition so much?