2022-2023 College Basketball Thread

[Assembly Hall]

If Purdue beats Duke, are the Boilers the new #1?

[Boston Red]

Probably should be, but I think they'll stick with normal procedure and go with Houston.

[adkindo]

If Purdue beats Duke, are the Boilers the new #1?

did not beat them.....waxed them like they did to Gonzaga. WVU was their toughest matchup in the entire tournament. Purdue has a really solid roster with some interesting pieces that do not get much notice because all of the media attention goes to Edey.....but they are more than Edey.

[adkindo]

WVU enters the game against UF as 1.5 point underdogs.....

WVU - 84
UF - 55

Next up @ Xavier....should be a good challenge. Xavier has 3 losses...by 2 points to #12 Indiana, 7 points to #8 Duke and 4 points to #6 Gonzaga.

[Boston Red]

Huggins does not fare well against Xavier. I expect that to continue next weekend in Cintas Center.

[Sea Ray]

SEC/ACC Challenge announced:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-ten-challenge

Starting next year

[Sea Ray]

IU is now in the top 10

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-col...asketball-poll

Vols are 13th. Don't know why Kansas is still ranked higher but whatever

[WVRed]

WVU enters the game against UF as 1.5 point underdogs.....

WVU - 84
UF - 55

Next up @ Xavier....should be a good challenge. Xavier has 3 losses...by 2 points to #12 Indiana, 7 points to #8 Duke and 4 points to #6 Gonzaga.

Florida is in a rebuild with a new coach. Curious to see how Golden does but that doesn’t look too promising.

[Rojo Rijo]

Florida is in a rebuild with a new coach. Curious to see how Golden does but that doesn’t look too promising.

A lot of our guys dont fit the scheme right now. Last night is what will typically happen against tougher teams with bigger guards. Bonham and Lofton were outmatched. WV ran us off the 3Pt line and didnt give Castleton the respect of double teams and it worked very well for them. I watched almost all of that game and it was tough to think even with improvement that Florida will be a tournament team. Defense has been nearly non-existent for us so far. We lost a home game to FAU and we were down 17 at the half to a historically bad FSU team (who is now 1-7). If we're lucky we'll go 9-9 in conference play.

Its a tough year being a Gator fan with transition years in both Football and Basketball but id much rather be where we are now than still with a football coach who didnt put any effort into recruiting or a basketball coach who couldnt create an offensive set if his life depended on it.

[Assembly Hall]

SEC/ACC Challenge announced:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-ten-challenge

Starting next year

UK better get used to playing Duke or North Carolina every year.

[cumberlandreds]

UK better get used to playing Duke or North Carolina every year.

Duke will replace Kansas. Its Kansas nearly every year in the SEC Big 12 challenge. Its a good change.

[Assembly Hall]

Duke will replace Kansas. Its Kansas nearly every year in the SEC Big 12 challenge. Its a good change.

Personally, I think the Big 12 is a better conference than the ACC. Top to bottom.

[cumberlandreds]

Personally, I think the Big 12 is a better conference than the ACC. Top to bottom.

Probably is. But UK was stuck playing Kansas nearly every year. So it didn't really matter. It will be the same in the ACC. It will either be Duke or UNC. They do play UNC semi regularly in the CBS tournament. So they may not get them much in this challenge match.

[Sea Ray]

Probably is. But UK was stuck playing Kansas nearly every year. So it didn't really matter. It will be the same in the ACC. It will either be Duke or UNC. They do play UNC semi regularly in the CBS tournament. So they may not get them much in this challenge match.

Actually it's Tennessee who's drawn Kansas more often than not. The Vols have played them 4 out of the last 5 yrs

https://utsports.com/sports/mens-bas...-of-kansas/123

This year the Vols get Texas who's currently ranked #2 in the country. Kentucky does get Kansas in late January

[cumberlandreds]

Actually it's Tennessee who's drawn Kansas more often than not. The Vols have played them 4 out of the last 5 yrs

https://utsports.com/sports/mens-bas...-of-kansas/123

This year the Vols get Texas who's currently ranked #2 in the country. Kentucky does get Kansas in late January

UK has played Kansas 4 times. This will be the 5th this season. Also have played once, WVY, Texas Tech and Baylor. They also are on a rotation with Kansas in the Champions Classic.

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Sta...challenge.html