The Official 2025-2026 College Basketball Random Thoughts Thread

[aceboon]

 

[K-Deini]

St johns

god bless the nil

 

[Ohene]

nice jerseys

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Right now it’s Florida, Purdue, Houston then everyone else. It’s hard to predict with how much turnover there is in college bball every year. Season almost here though so we won’t have to wait much longer

 

[aceboon]

Right now it’s Florida, Purdue, Houston then everyone else. It’s hard to predict with how much turnover there is in college bball every year. Season almost here though so we won’t have to wait much longer

meh, Florida's frontcourt is nasty but I gotta see how their new backcourt does first before I can anoint them. Clayton was so much of their offense that I can't just assume they can easily replace him, especially with the stuff around Boogie Fland from last year's Ark team and how much better they looked once he went down

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

meh, Florida's frontcourt is nasty but I gotta see how their new backcourt does first before I can anoint them. Clayton was so much of their offense that I can't just assume they can easily replace him, especially with the stuff around Boogie Fland from last year's Ark team and how much better they looked once he went down

Yea they’re shooting might not be as good but Boogie is a stud imo and they got that Lee kid from Princeton that everyone wanted. They’re gonna need some of their young guards to be good or depth is gonna be a problem. Their FC is going to dominate against most teams though.

Who did UCONN add that’s supposed to have them back as a top team?

 

[papa pimp]

Its Purdue in a tier its own right now then everyone else.

 

[papa pimp]

Yea they’re shooting might not be as good but Boogie is a stud imo and they got that Lee kid from Princeton that everyone wanted. They’re gonna need some of their young guards to be good or depth is gonna be a problem. Their FC is going to dominate against most teams though.

Who did UCONN add that’s supposed to have them back as a top team?

The guard from UGA

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[aceboon]

Yea they’re shooting might not be as good but Boogie is a stud imo and they got that Lee kid from Princeton that everyone wanted. They’re gonna need some of their young guards to be good or depth is gonna be a problem. Their FC is going to dominate against most teams though.

Who did UCONN add that’s supposed to have them back as a top team?

Silas Demary and Malachi Smith at PG, you could argue Smith is a better PG than all of their PGs last year and he's coming off the bench for Demary. Braylon Mullins is a top 15 recruit and expected to be a one and done. Add their transfer class/freshman class to their returnees in Ball/Karaban/Reed and their talent level is more on par with their 2022-2023 title team.

 

[papa pimp]

their talent level is more on par with their 2022-2023 title team.

lol idk all about that but they are a contender.

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Its Purdue in a tier its own right now then everyone else.

They brought everyone back but it’s still just Purdue, they don’t have the most talented team imo. No excuse for Painter not to make the final 4 with that team though.

Silas Demary and Malachi Smith at PG, you could argue Smith is a better PG than all of their PGs last year and he's coming off the bench for Demary. Braylon Mullins is a top 15 recruit and expected to be a one and done. Add their transfer class/freshman class to their returnees in Ball/Karaban/Reed and their talent level is more on par with their 2022-2023 title team.

Demary is solid. Shooting may still be a little iffy for y’all but should be better than last year for sure. Not close to dominant like those title teams though.

 

[papa pimp]

They brought everyone back but it’s still just Purdue, they don’t have the most talented team imo. No excuse for Painter not to make the final 4 with that team though.

I agree which is why I said right now. They have the highest floor given known quantities but there are other teams with higher ceilings.

 

[aceboon]

They brought everyone back but it’s still just Purdue, they don’t have the most talented team imo. No excuse for Painter not to make the final 4 with that team though.

Demary is solid. Shooting may still be a little iffy for y’all but should be better than last year for sure. Not close to dominant like those title teams though.

yea we're gonna find out how good they are early with their non-conf schedule, 2022-2023 team smoked the non conference but struggled a big in Big East play