February: Other NCAA D1 games

[kobe]

Haven't seen @kobe around in a while. Wonder why? Lol. Life in a real conference isn't so easy, is it? 12-9 overall and 2-8 in the Big 12.

West Virginia 63-50 Cincinnati (Feb 2, 2025) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Cincinnati Bearcats NCAAM game from February 2, 2025 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.

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well said! it's no joke playing in a real conference. see this case study:

uconn (church league): loses to colorado, dayton and xavier

cincinnati (power conference): beats colorado, dayton and xavier

it's tough when you play actual teams every game instead of church league bums

 

[superjohn]

well said! it's no joke playing in a real conference. see this case study:

uconn (church league): loses to colorado, dayton and xavier

cincinnati (power conference): beats colorado, dayton and xavier

it's tough when you play actual teams every game instead of church league bums

Since you guys never make the tournament who do you root for in March?

 

[bendm]

What is this

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Funny end to regulation of Clemson/Georgia Tech. Powell on GT goes full hero ball, taking a contested 3 from about 25-28 feet out, barely hits the rim, but grabs his own rebound and drops it in to get to OT.

 

[uconnfan68]

well said! it's no joke playing in a real conference. see this case study:

uconn (church league): loses to colorado, dayton and xavier

cincinnati (power conference): beats colorado, dayton and xavier

it's tough when you play actual teams every game instead of church league bums

You have troll balls, big ones, coming here to diss us. You’re irrelevant. Might get 4 wins in your conference. Just a doormat.

 

[Hunt for 7]

well said! it's no joke playing in a real conference. see this case study:

uconn (church league): loses to colorado, dayton and xavier

cincinnati (power conference): beats colorado, dayton and xavier

it's tough when you play actual teams every game instead of church league bums

What is it like knowing that even though you are in a “power conference” your schools brand is never going to allow you to be competitive year in and year out. Even making the tournament is a bridge to far. You are doomed to be the DePaul of the Big 12. Since you are comparing common opponents how much did you lose to Baylor by, was it 30 points.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

well said! it's no joke playing in a real conference. see this case study:

uconn (church league): loses to colorado, dayton and xavier

cincinnati (power conference): beats colorado, dayton and xavier

it's tough when you play actual teams every game instead of church league bums

What are Cincinnati’s chances of being able to qualify for the Crown Tournament? Is.500 overall good enough or do you actually need a winning record?

 

[storrsroars]

This looks like one of those years where the Committee will have trouble filling the field with deserving teams. Pitt has as good a shot as about 20 other teams fighting for the last 10 spots.

This might be the worst looking bubble in a long time. If things remain more or less static, I'm wondering if there's even going to be whining about snubs.

 

[FLDawg16]

This might be the worst looking bubble in a long time. If things remain more or less static, I'm wondering if there's even going to be whining about snubs.

If anything I'm going to guess more whining. "There's a lot of mediocre teams that got in, so why didn't MY mediocre team get in"

 

[nelsonmuntz]

This might be the worst looking bubble in a long time. If things remain more or less static, I'm wondering if there's even going to be whining about snubs.

If anything I'm going to guess more whining. "There's a lot of mediocre teams that got in, so why didn't MY mediocre team get in"

Between 3-4 SEC teams whose only rationale for a bid is quality losses, to the typical Big 12 bubble teams running up the score on Southland opponents to juice their metrics, to mediocre Big 10 teams that are painfully boring to watch, to Xavier's ugly metrics, to the ACC having the worst year a major conference has had in history and its bubble teams still losing to the bad bottom-of-standings teams, this bubble is a train wreck.

 

[SoFla Steve]

#2 Duke at the Dome and leading Cuse 37-23 at the half. Not the rout I thought it would be . . . so far.

 

[RuffRuff]

#2 Duke at the Dome and leading Cuse 37-23 at the half. Not the rout I thought it would be . . . so far.

14 point lead at the half on the road seems pretty routy to me. If they win by 30 is that not a route?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

#2 Duke at the Dome and leading Cuse 37-23 at the half. Not the rout I thought it would be . . . so far.

Duke is sleepwalking and can still get whatever they want.

Wild that Syracuse broke out the wallet for Eddie Lamkin. He'd be the out of shape guy in an open run at LA Fitness.

 

[RuffRuff]

Duke is sleepwalking and can still get whatever they want.

Wild that Syracuse broke out the wallet for Eddie Lamkin. He'd be the out of shape guy in an open run at LA Fitness.

Very weird, but beggars can't be choosey. Is it weird that I kind of want the Cuse relevant? I just have no idea why these schools commit the chronic sin of letting their old coach weigh in on the new coach. Does it ever work? They need to get rid of Red ASAP. Hire a smart search firm and let them do the work if needed.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Very weird, but beggars can't be choosey. Is it weird that I kind of want the Cuse relevant? I just have no idea why these schools commit the chronic sin of letting their old coach weigh in on the new coach. Does it ever work? They need to get rid of Red ASAP. Hire a smart search firm and let them do the work if needed.

They thought Lamkin was a whale when they signed him. And not because he's overweight.

I don't dislike their team, I don't particularly care about them one way or another. But their fanbase danced on what they thought was our grave for years, and as recently as Autry being hired were saying he was going to run circles around Hurley. Their collective misplaced superiority complex is ridiculous. They can be bad forever as far as I'm concerned. Make Indiana good again, I'm fine with that.

 

[UConnRock]

Very weird, but beggars can't be choosey. Is it weird that I kind of want the Cuse relevant? I just have no idea why these schools commit the chronic sin of letting their old coach weigh in on the new coach. Does it ever work? They need to get rid of Red ASAP. Hire a smart search firm and let them do the work if needed.

I want Cuse, BC, Pitt, and Rutgers to be the most irrelevant possible.

 

[Kolumbo]

this is one of the features i like at the espn scoreboard. duke has a 99.9% of winning with 8 minutes left. it never dipped below 91%. I don't care if none of those former Big East programs are ever relevant again if they are not in our conference.

 

[mike012]

Watching Syracuse get treated like a low mid major is worth the time watching.

 

[SoFla Steve]

14 point lead at the half on the road seems pretty routy to me. If they win by 30 is that not a route?

I'm greedy, I wanted more. Currently Cuse is down by 31. That's more like it.

 

[millertime7774]

Fruit blown out at home, check. BCU blown out at home, check. Just need Creighton to complete the daily trifecta! (Even though a Pee Cee win helps us)

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I'm greedy, I wanted more. Currently Cuse is down by 31. That's more like it.

They shaved some off of that pressing Duke's walkons.

 

[mike012]

Acc is pure garbage. It’s unbelievable how far that conference has collapsed in basketball. Only good news is Duke will think it’s good and lose to an 8 seed in the tourney

 

[aceboon]

Arkansas has looked much better since Boogie Fland went down

 

[HooperScooper]

Duke is sleepwalking and can still get whatever they want.

Wild that Syracuse broke out the wallet for Eddie Lamkin. He'd be the out of shape guy in an open run at LA Fitness.

Maybe they wanted someone to take the Joe Girard role.

 

[aceboon]

Benefit of playing in the SEC is you have plenty of opportunities to pick up quality wins, Arkansas probably gonna make a run to get a bid now with the way they're playing. Up 20 on Texas's home floor and Texas has been playing pretty well lately.