College Basketball 2025-2026

[Derwood]

On 3/15/2026 at 3:38 PM, gflore34 said:

I know this is probably said every season - Seth Davis is a dipshit idiot.  High Point over Wisconsin?  Surprised he didn't say Penn would beat Illinois as well.

Quoting for the lulz 

[gflore34]

2 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Quoting for the lulz 

Yes, I'll own it, after seeing what Boyd/Blackwell did to Illinois and Michigan, didn't really think HP had a chance.  Maybe, the Badgers should have found a way to bring Big Ten officiating with them.

Edited March 19 by gflore34

[scarey]

I thought Acuff was going to get 40 against Hawaii. The play a zero help defense, so it's completely 1 on 1 all game. Arkansas is handling them, but color me disappointed in only seeing 13 for him so far.

[gflore34]

Jason Benetti is the biggest Fears apologist out there, what, is he getting paid by Izzo/MSU to continue to wax poetic about Fears?  Blabbing about Fears performance against the Illini after he cheap shot-ed the Minnesota guard.  Failing to mention Fears tried to trip Mirkovic, nope, keeps talking up Fears. 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

9 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Jason Benetti is the biggest Fears apologist out there, what, is he getting paid by Izzo/MSU to continue to wax poetic about Fears?  Blabbing about Fears performance against the Illini after he cheap shot-ed the Minnesota guard.  Failing to mention Fears tried to trip Mirkovic, nope, keeps talking up Fears. 

Benetti is the absolute worst.

[Soul]

I couldn’t watch HP/WI because of a massive time difference.  So I get to pretend it never happened.  I am on record saying they can beat anyone when they’re on and lose to anyone when they aren’t.  I guess that’s what happens when you live on the 3 and your inside game is trash.

[bukie]

 

[sneakypower]

give Benetti a break he has like six jobs

[minnesotacubsfan]

Suck it up buttercup. Handling big assignments is what we do better than anyone in the world

[gflore34]

10 hours ago, bukie said:

 

I knew if the Illini came out aggressive and physical it wouldn't be a close game.  Same recipe for VCU, come to play and they should win.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

13 hours ago, sneakypower said:

give Benetti a break he has like six jobs

this never stopped Adam Amin from being awesome

[Transmogrified Tiger]

13 hours ago, sneakypower said:

give Benetti a break he has like six jobs

I believe he was also doing this game on less than a day's notice because Brian Anderson is sick

But specifics aside if you're deciding an otherwise terrific and beloved broadcaster is awful because he doesn't spend enough time railing on a player you hate for being dirty, you might want to take a breath or five.

[Old Style]

That Kentucky-Santa Clara game was a great one. 

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

5 minutes ago, Old Style said:

That Kentucky-Santa Clara game was a great one. 

Probably the loudest I've shouted in surprise while watching a CBB game.  

[mul21]

37 minutes ago, Old Style said:

That Kentucky-Santa Clara game was a great one. 

Absolutely.  Santa Clara blew it by not fouling up 3 at the end of regulation.  They do that and they're very likely moving on.

[gflore34]

52 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

I believe he was also doing this game on less than a day's notice because Brian Anderson is sick

But specifics aside if you're deciding an otherwise terrific and beloved broadcaster is awful because he doesn't spend enough time railing on a player you hate for being dirty, you might want to take a breath or five.

It's probably best to ignore the broadcasting and focus upon the game.

[gflore34]

8 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Absolutely.  Santa Clara blew it by not fouling up 3 at the end of regulation.  They do that and they're very likely moving on.

You mean fouling before the 3 attempt, correct?

[mul21]

1 minute ago, gflore34 said:

You mean fouling before the 3 attempt, correct?

Yep.

[Old Style]

28 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Absolutely.  Santa Clara blew it by not fouling up 3 at the end of regulation.  They do that and they're very likely moving on.

It’s easy to second guess after the fact but it happened super quick and was a miracle shot to tie. I don’t think it was an egregious mistake at all. 

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

5 minutes ago, Old Style said:

It’s easy to second guess after the fact but it happened super quick and was a miracle shot to tie. I don’t think it was an egregious mistake at all. 

...I guess it's easy to say so in hindsight, because they are probably winning 97% of the time if they don't foul...but that's not as good as the 99.9% if they do.  

[Bobson Dugnutt]

1 hour ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

I believe he was also doing this game on less than a day's notice because Brian Anderson is sick

But specifics aside if you're deciding an otherwise terrific and beloved broadcaster is awful because he doesn't spend enough time railing on a player you hate for being dirty, you might want to take a breath or five.

I’d like the record to reflect that my distaste for Benetti is based on the totality of his work.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

 

[Old Style]

1 hour ago, JudasIscariotTheBird said:

...I guess it's easy to say so in hindsight, because they are probably winning 97% of the time if they don't foul...but that's not as good as the 99.9% if they do.  

Agreed. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

What a boring day of games today.

[soccer10k]

7 hours ago, Old Style said:

It’s easy to second guess after the fact but it happened super quick and was a miracle shot to tie. I don’t think it was an egregious mistake at all. 

They definitely made a mistake and blew it, but I understand how heat of the moment mistakes happen. There was no timeout after Kentucky made their layup or after Santa Clara hit the 3. And in the timeout before the Kentucky layup, I’m sure they only went over what to do if Kentucky missed, if they tied it or if they hit a 3 to take the lead.