College Basketball 2025-26 season thread

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rodoheel said:
sounds like a healthy change tbh
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Could be for some. Could be bad for others. It is undeniably bad for the long term future of college athletics. Look at college football...half the coaches in the SEC might get fired in any given year. That cannot sustain but that's what pandering to those who only care about the team on the field today brings. Once the dust settles, the passers-by will be gone and so will the long-timers.
 
rodoheel said:
sounds like a healthy change tbh
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This is true. I still get passionate about all of my teams...but a Duke loss doesn't ruin my mood for weeks. We lost to Houston in that epic collapse. I had a hard time sleeping and the next day sucked. But then I was better....and that was basically losing a national title. Same as when we lost to NC State and you guy a few years ago.

It's honestly been sad, but also healthy
 
wmheel1287 said:
Could be for some. Could be bad for others. It is undeniably bad for the long term future of college athletics. Look at college football...half the coaches in the SEC might get fired in any given year. That cannot sustain but that's what pandering to those who only care about the team on the field today brings. Once the dust settles, the passers-by will be gone and so will the long-timers.
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I don't really disagree. They need to get a system in place ASAP where the schools and players sign multi-year contracts.

As I have said before, this is all the schools' fault. They had basically two full decades where the writing was on the wall that, legally, the NCAA'a amateurism rules were doomed. And instead of using that time to work out an alternative system they clung as hard as they could to the old system and had the NIL/player movement Wild West basically forced on them. Personally I think there's going to be some kind of bubble that pops, not necessarily because of declining fan engagement (which is a problem all sports leagues are facing) but because the people who are being asked to fund NIL and coach buyouts with no real way to earn money back from those "investments" are going to get really tired of lighting their money on fire.
 
CFordUNC said:
I had an official “man I feel old” watching the Boozers play last night. I remember watching their dad play at Duke when I first started watching college basketball in elementary school. It also made me miss those days of ACC basketball when guys like Boozer, Dunleavy, Redick, etc would actually stay three or four years and you could really grow to love them or hate them, depending on perspective. Those are the good old days when we played everybody home and away in round robin format so you knew you were getting to play against everyone else twice.
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I started having those moments when I started drafting the sons of NFL players I used to draft in my fantasy football league.

I remember thinking... will I still be doing this (playing fantasy) when I'm in my 40s and I'm older than the players, seems like it'll be weird. Nope. Still playing.
 
rodoheel said:
I don't really disagree. They need to get a system in place ASAP where the schools and players sign multi-year contracts.

As I have said before, this is all the schools' fault. They had basically two full decades where the writing was on the wall that, legally, the NCAA'a amateurism rules were doomed. And instead of using that time to work out an alternative system they clung as hard as they could to the old system and had the NIL/player movement Wild West basically forced on them. Personally I think there's going to be some kind of bubble that pops, not necessarily because of declining fan engagement (which is a problem all sports leagues are facing) but because the people who are being asked to fund NIL and coach buyouts with no real way to earn money back from those "investments" are going to get really tired of lighting their money on fire.
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rodoheel said:
I don't really disagree. They need to get a system in place ASAP where the schools and players sign multi-year contracts.

As I have said before, this is all the schools' fault. They had basically two full decades where the writing was on the wall that, legally, the NCAA'a amateurism rules were doomed. And instead of using that time to work out an alternative system they clung as hard as they could to the old system and had the NIL/player movement Wild West basically forced on them. Personally I think there's going to be some kind of bubble that pops, not necessarily because of declining fan engagement (which is a problem all sports leagues are facing) but because the people who are being asked to fund NIL and coach buyouts with no real way to earn money back from those "investments" are going to get really tired of lighting their money on fire.
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Agree!
 
rodoheel said:
I don't really disagree. They need to get a system in place ASAP where the schools and players sign multi-year contracts.

As I have said before, this is all the schools' fault. They had basically two full decades where the writing was on the wall that, legally, the NCAA'a amateurism rules were doomed. And instead of using that time to work out an alternative system they clung as hard as they could to the old system and had the NIL/player movement Wild West basically forced on them. Personally I think there's going to be some kind of bubble that pops, not necessarily because of declining fan engagement (which is a problem all sports leagues are facing) but because the people who are being asked to fund NIL and coach buyouts with no real way to earn money back from those "investments" are going to get really tired of lighting their money on fire.
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Yeah, how long will it take until the folks funding the NIL deals wonder if it's worth it if the players just go somewhere else the next year?
 
So....the NCAA presale for Sweet Sixteen tickets opened today. Since I live in Houston, one of the 4 sites, the window opened 3 minutes ago. I logged in with the code. ONLY seats avaialble are behind the basket in the lower bowl [rows 22 and higher] and in the upper bow. Lower bowl tix are $726 per seat. Upper is $456.

Fuck you NCAA. I've been to every tourney window in Houston since 2008 [3 regionals and 3 FFs] and haven't paid that much for TWO tickets.
 
uncsig said:
So....the NCAA presale for Sweet Sixteen tickets opened today. Since I live in Houston, one of the 4 sites, the window opened 3 minutes ago. I logged in with the code. ONLY seats avaialble are behind the basket in the lower bowl [rows 22 and higher] and in the upper bow. Lower bowl tix are $726 per seat. Upper is $456.

Fuck you NCAA. I've been to every tourney window in Houston since 2008 [3 regionals and 3 FFs] and haven't paid that much for TWO tickets.
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The presale thing for any Live Nation event is usually a scam. They do it for basically every concert (probably to create fake urgency) and most of the time I’m still able to get tickets later for a lower price and without the hassle of trying to refresh the page right when the queue opens.

It does suck if it’s an event that you really want to go to though because you still run the risk of it actually selling out if you wait.
 
wmheel1287 said:
Look at college football...half the coaches in the SEC might get fired in any given year.
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I don't think that's reality. We're seeing a lot of coaches at P4 schools get fired this year because the majority of schools who had a coach on the hot seat last year decided to give their coach another year.

After the 2024 season, only these 6 P4 jobs came open...Central Florida, North Carolina, Purdue, Stanford, Wake Forest, West Virginia. There are no SEC schools, 1 (low) B1G school, 3 ACC schools, and 2 B12 schools; so only 1 P2 job was available.

What we're seeing this season is the effect of a lot of football schools giving their troubled HCs one last chance after last year and it not panning out for many of them.

This year is going to be as crazy for new HC opportunities as last year was boring.
 
aGDevil2k said:
This is true. I still get passionate about all of my teams...but a Duke loss doesn't ruin my mood for weeks. We lost to Houston in that epic collapse. I had a hard time sleeping and the next day sucked. But then I was better....and that was basically losing a national title. Same as when we lost to NC State and you guy a few years ago.

It's honestly been sad, but also healthy
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Same here. When I was younger, I would live and die over the outcome of games. My family knew to leave me alone while a game was on TV.
With age comes perspective. I'm much better now. Well ... almost.
 
mynameisbond said:
Same here. When I was younger, I would live and die over the outcome of games. My family knew to leave me alone while a game was on TV.
With age comes perspective. I'm much better now. Well ... almost.
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Same. People didn't want to be around me when these games were on. I don't take this shit nearly as seriously as I used to. The last chair I broke was 2022.
 
Peppers49 said:
The presale thing for any Live Nation event is usually a scam. They do it for basically every concert (probably to create fake urgency) and most of the time I’m still able to get tickets later for a lower price and without the hassle of trying to refresh the page right when the queue opens.

It does suck if it’s an event that you really want to go to though because you still run the risk of it actually selling out if you wait.
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Not a Live Nation location. And I believe the NCAA is controlling pricing and location availability.
 
dukeman92 said:
Same. People didn't want to be around me when these games were on. I don't take this shit nearly as seriously as I used to. The last chair I broke was 2022.
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A kid like Reddick .. Gets better and better every year-a new twist to his game every year...Just bled the dark blue..When that kid loses in an NCAA game it breaks your heart (Well your heart lol)
Ditto for Phil Ford or Armando and his 7 years
Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel (sp?) great players-but we all know why the stars today are playing-one stinking year
Hopefully Caleb Wilson will be a real star this year at Carolina-but 5 years from now I will barely remember his 1 year
I can't tell you where Coby White played HS I use to be able to tell anyone where about 100 Carolina players played HS
 
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