College Basketball Thread 2024-25 Season (General)

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Sounds like Jai Luvas is headed to Miami. That's an important loss for the Duke staff. Think he'll be a good head coach.
 
UConn down 18 at the half to St Johns, and the "best coach in the fucking sport" coaches them up at halftime. UConn commits turnovers on their first 3 possessions of the 2nd half.
 
For everyone slamming Hubert, it's worth noting that UNC is 44 in kenpom, and UConn 37.

Obviously Hurley has just won two titles, so it puts him in a different category. I remain agnostic about retaining Hubert. But thinking about it like this might have some utility.
 
dukeman92 said:
Auburn and Florida are great. Houston has a stifling defense.

But I feel pretty confident that Duke is the best team in the country. Doesn’t mean they will win, but it will take a monstrous effort to knock them off.
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Think the Mali Brown injury could be costly. He's part of their defensive units and really gives them some veteran grit. Wrong injury at the wrong time of the year. They really need him to be back at Sweet 16 when thing start getting tough.
 
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Think the Mali Brown injury could be costly. He's part of their defensive units and really gives them some veteran grit. Wrong injury at the wrong time of the year. They really need him to be back at Sweet 16 when thing start getting tough.
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He's a huge loss, but last I heard they think they can get him back this season.
 
They should get him back in 4 weeks (maybe a week earlier but that increases risk). Think he's particularly critical against teams with more mobile 5s (particularly if the opponent has two capable bigs). Malauch puts in the effort, but his foot speed on the perimeter is just not there yet.
 
t.co

Texas wants the NCAA to start “sex-screening” its student athletes

The state lawsuit comes as more women athletes are being physically scrutinized to determine if they are transgender.
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Any players in Texas that we might want?

I'd be transferring if the state government wanted to inspect my balls to ensure I am a man before being allowed to play.

It would be so funny if this passed and 90% or more of the college athletes transfered immediately.
 
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Strange betting on (mostly obscure) college basketball games under scrutiny in connection with federal investigation of “SugarShane”:

www.si.com

Inside the Gambling Ring Allegedly Linked to Point Shaving Across Pro and College Basketball

Authorities are investigating potential links between the ring that ensnared Jontay Porter and wagering on at least nine college games the past two seasons.
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Inside the Gambling Ring Allegedly Linked to Point Shaving Across Pro and College Basketball​

Federal and NCAA authorities are investigating potential links between the gambling ring that ensnared former NBA player Jontay Porter and wagering on at least nine college games across last season and this season.

“… Hennen posted a number of these large bets on his Instagram account, including a $300,150 wager on a single Duke-Virginia men’s basketball game in March 2023. That was a high-profile game at the peak of the season, but an executive at one Las Vegas casino, who spoke to SI on condition of anonymity, said his sportsbook would not accept a wager that large on a college basketball game.

Some of Hennen’s other bets are on far more obscure contests: $100,000 on Loyola Chicago against Tulsa on Nov. 17, 2022; $28,500 on Ball State against Kent State on Feb. 24, 2021; and $60,000 on Toledo against Buffalo five days earlier.

… Hennen also posted on Instagram that he wagered $155,700 on two first-half college basketball spreads on March 4, 2023. He bet $70,000 on Iowa State’s first half against Baylor; Iowa State covered that spread by 15 points. He bet another $85,700 on Tennessee’s first-half spread against Auburn. Tennessee led by seven before an Auburn three-pointer at the end of the half cut the Vols’ lead to four—still a cover for Hennen.

That same weekend, Hennen bet on Longwood to cover its 3.5-point first-half spread against Campbell in the quarterfinal round of the low-level Big South Conference tournament. Longwood covered its first-half spread, leading by six at the break before getting outscored by 19 in the second half. Afterward, Hennen took the unusual (for him) step of obscuring the size of the wager when he posted a screenshot of his betting slip.

… He tilted the camera toward his left hand, which held a $75,000 betting slip for Drake to cover a 9.5-point spread against Murray State.

“Try to get this money,” Hennen said. “Let’s go.”

Drake jumped out to a 22-point first-half lead and won by 23.

… Curious does not necessarily mean criminal. SI did not obtain any information indicating the aforementioned games were rigged. (If Hennen did rig any of those games, the culprit would presumably be a compromised player or players on the team he bet against.) …”

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