The Official 2025-2026 College Basketball Random Thoughts Thread

[Flight]

Alot of these coaches wanting older players in the portal/retention but it burned Self 2x with Ejiofor and Philon

Altered his own legacy with those 2 choices.

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[ZEupTWN]

Showed up on my feed...Against inferior comp ofcourse but can't remember the last legit big that moved like this....

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

This dude has been nailing these "predictions"

Caleb is going to be at the Bama LSU game tonight just because he’s a Bama football fan lol. I hope he doesn’t drag out his commitment then end up taking the money. Sounds like Samuels is committing soon though so not sure what the plan is with all these wings.

Them only playing in one gear/style is my biggest concern and why I think their ceiling is capped, they definitely have the talent to do so, their guards ate St Johns up

Yea you need a lot of shooters to win with this system and we haven’t always had enough but this is the best collection of shooters Oats has had here. We just have to play “some” defense and rebound. We were also without Jalil Bethea who was supposed to start at SG and might be our most talented guard. This is probably the best title chance for Oats so far besides that Miller team.

I was extremely unimpressed with Purdue in their last game. I'm sure that will have them charged up for y'all, but I think y'all win. Idk if I like Purdue's depth. They can play a bama style game with high-scoring, so y'all need to keep Braden Smith in check.

Yea without TKR they aren’t very good. Last year they had the game of their lives against us but we should beat them since it’s in Tuscaloosa this year and this Bama team is better than last years imo.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Huge win on the road. Especially with Purdue, Illinois and Gonzaga up next.

I caught some of the Illini game at work. I think Bama's speed of play and athleticism will be a problem for Illinois. I was born and raised in Central Illinois and I never thought I'd see so many euros on the Illini roster.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Altered his own legacy with those 2 choices.

When I saw Eji play last year, I was like "why didn't KU keep him???"

Dude is non-stop active and has expanded his game.

 

[aceboon]