The Official 2025-2026 College Basketball Random Thoughts Thread

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

I hate that I'll be at work, but I'm interested in seeing how those Illinois euros handle the pace and athleticism of Alabama

Not feeling good after the Purdue game but Illinois is a better matchup so hopefully we bounce back. We just have to play some semblance of defense and group rebound better. We need this win because Gonzaga is next and they’ve been the hottest team in the country. Oats gotta chill with these tough OOC schedules if we lose both games.

 

[aceboon]

a shame, this and the preseason NIT were the staples of feast week when I was growing up as a kid

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

a shame, this and the preseason NIT were the staples of feast week when I was growing up as a kid

Damn...that's always the best of the feast week tournaments too.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

That Champions Classic shyt is dead, has zero buzz these days

Patterson is "injured"

UK without Cal has yet to find their footing, at they don't have 50-11 5*s anymore.

MSU vs UK should be a good game
Duke vs KU should be a blowout without Patterson

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

DNP not playing against Duke so who cares

Patterson giving me "soft" vibes with these "injuries"

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Michigan State-Kentucky and Kansas-Duke tonight

Arizona-UCONN and Bama-Illinois tomorrow

CBB been delivering.

MSU vs UK is interesting. MSU needs to actually hit 3s to win, UK coming off that embarrassing L, ready to prove themselves

Duke is blowing KU out

Zona not going across the country and winning at UConn

Bama vs Illinois is very interesting

 

[Flight]

Patterson giving me "soft" vibes with these "injuries"

He’s hurt. They misdiagnosed it after Louisville and thought it was cramps. It’s just frustrating as fukk cause everyone else has their star freshman playing and we got the one who’s out.

 

[kevin arnold]

KU winning tonight

 

[Chrishaune]

Kentucky is very fraud-ish lately

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Kentucky has a bunch of good players that don’t fit together at all. Bad fits for Pope’s offense too. Gotta recruit the right guys, not just the sexiest ones

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Kentucky is very fraud-ish lately

Oweh is ass. He’s regressed

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

What actually is UK's offense? Looks like the ole Calipari "roll out the balls" and let them figure it out shyt they hated for years

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

UK had something with dragging the bigs out the paint and dishing to back cutters, but they've moved away from that in favor of launching low percentage 3 attempts

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Kentucky has a bunch of good players that don’t fit together at all. Bad fits for Pope’s offense too. Gotta recruit the right guys, not just the sexiest ones

That's been UK's problem for about 15 years now

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

UK doesn’t have a good PG or enough shooters for Pope’s offense. Combine that with some soft ass defense and their fans gonna turn on Pope fast if this is how they play all year