2024-2025 College Basketball General Discussion

[swilsonsp4]

When a P5 school needs a home game that they plan to use as a tune-up, they look to the ranks of the low majors (think UAPB). But what do the low majors do to get in a game that they're pretty sure they can win? They dip into the programs below D1 (often well below). Cases in point:

Tonight, Lindenwood, of the OVC, will take on The University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (NAIA), based in St. Louis. Digging even deeper, the Delta Devils of MS Valley State have invited The MS University for Women (NCAA D3) to Itta Bena. The MUW have been coed since 1982 and now have a student body ratio of 7:1 women to men.

[sedz]

Good for everyone. Those tiny colleges get some exposure, and the low major D1 schools get a rare non-con home game.

[bearcatbret]

Ratio of 7:1? I should have attended there. lol.

[Carthage World]

A close family friend at Kentucky State (low level D2) got to play against X at Cintas in an exhibition game years ago due to some connection between the coaching staffs.

X won convincingly but my friend ended up being the high scorer in the game. He had to overcome some very difficult situations to get to that point in his career so it was great to see him perform against such high competition.

College basketball is great because the (relatively) flexible nature of scheduling allows for some real cool opportunities/match-ups.

[Lobot]

Can anybody tell me what players we are definitely gonna lose after the season. Who's out of eligibility?

This probably should go in a different thread but since you asked:

Simas, Day Day, CJ Fredrick, Aziz, CJ Anthony (walkon) and Connor Hickman are all out of eligibility.

Skillings was expected to leave early and now he's hurt so that's a question mark.

The future of JJ Rembert( freshman walk on) is possibly a question mark because of the changes to roster limits happening next year. Roster limits will replace scholarship limits and now you can load up to 15 players on the bench under NIL but walk ons will be a thing of the past most likely. I'm not sure what they'll do here to be honest.

[swilsonsp4]

This probably should go in a different thread but since you asked:

Simas, Day Day, CJ Fredrick, Aziz, CJ Anthony (walkon) and Connor Hickman are all out of eligibility.

Skillings was expected to leave early and now he's hurt so that's a question mark.

The future of JJ Rembert( freshman walk on) is possibly a question mark because of the changes to roster limits happening next year. Roster limits will replace scholarship limits and now you can load up to 15 players on the bench under NIL but walk ons will be a thing of the past most likely. I'm not sure what they'll do here to be honest.

There's some question as to whether Aziz has another year because of the confusing situation concerning his transfer and lawsuit. As far as Anthony is concerned, he and CWM are handling him as a red-shirt, so that he can play elsewhere for his final year. He had let CWM know a while back that he wanted to spend four years at UC, even if he wasn't playing. He knows he's not going to play much, if at all, here this season.

[Jeff Burk]

.Looking online for tickets for Dayton game. Which side will be the UC bench?

[swilsonsp4]

.Looking online for tickets for Dayton game. Which side will be the UC bench?

The lower bowl sections for UC are 112-128.

[sedz]

The SEC is insane this year. They occupy 4 of the top 8 spots in Torvik's rankings. Half the conference is in the top 30. The worst team is LSU at 65, and they are 2-0 against the Big12 with wins at KState and against UCF on a neutral floor. And that's the WORST team in the SEC. I can't remember a conference this strong in all my years following basketball.

[GoBearcats31]

Utah State is 10-0 under first year head coach Jerrod Calhoun, an 04 UC grad who coached Youngstown State the last several years

[sedz]

Cronin's rant didn't work. UCLA only scored 61 against Maryland. They took twice as many shots from midrange than at the rim. How can you publicly humiliate your players as a coach when your offensive scheme is so terrible? I think many Bearcat fans have been conditioned to think midrange offense is normal, going from Huggins in the 90s when it actually was normal to Cronin and now Miller. There's a whole other world of modern basketball that we haven't seen. Dan Hurley, Bruce Pearl, Nate Oats, Mark Few, Dusty May, Porter Moser, Dennis Gates. Watching those guys coach is eye opening. They are so far ahead of us.

[GoBearcats31]

Cronin's rant didn't work. UCLA only scored 61 against Maryland. They took twice as many shots from midrange than at the rim. How can you publicly humiliate your players as a coach when your offensive scheme is so terrible? I think many Bearcat fans have been conditioned to think midrange offense is normal, going from Huggins in the 90s when it actually was normal to Cronin and now Miller. There's a whole other world of modern basketball that we haven't seen. Dan Hurley, Bruce Pearl, Nate Oats, Mark Few, Dusty May, Porter Moser, Dennis Gates. Watching those guys coach is eye opening. They are so far ahead of us.

Mick also got tossed.

Don’t follow UCLA / him closely but I’m sure he hates the Big Ten travel. Perhaps he’s ready for a change (if UCLA isn’t ready themselves).

[sedz]

Caught the SoCon final. Wofford runs a beautiful offense. They're slow and methodical, but they look to get an open three or attack the rim every play. They made 14 of 28 threes, 12 of 17 at the rim, got to the free throw line 33 times, and only took 3 midrange shots all game! They ended up with 92 points in a 67 possession game. Their offense is better than ours despite having no high profile recruits and not much size. Their inside guy is even worse than Mitchell at FTs - he shoots them underhand and only makes 33%.

[swilsonsp4]

Caught the SoCon final. Wofford runs a beautiful offense. They're slow and methodical, but they look to get an open three or attack the rim every play. They made 14 of 28 threes, 12 of 17 at the rim, got to the free throw line 33 times, and only took 3 midrange shots all game! They ended up with 92 points in a 67 possession game. Their offense is better than ours despite having no high profile recruits and not much size. Their inside guy is even worse than Mitchell at FTs - he shoots them underhand and only makes 33%.

Unlike Rick Barry, who shot them underhanded ("Granny style", as they were disparagingly called back then), the Wofford kid didn't flex his knees. It was all arms, which led him to leave one well short of the rim.

[sedz]

Unlike Rick Barry, who shot them underhanded ("Granny style", as they were disparagingly called back then), the Wofford kid didn't flex his knees. It was all arms, which led him to leave one well short of the rim.

Yeah, I give him credit for trying, but it isn't working.