2023-2024 College Basketball

[Pelado]

The thing with OOC SOS is that if you put too much emphasis on it then everyone goes crazy scheuduling just top 35 teams or just P6 teams and then the mid majors or bubble teams are still left out.

I don't think there's much risk of teams only scheduling top 35 teams in the OOC. Top 35 teams only have so many OOC spots available. And a lot of teams schedule more for revenue purposes than for maximizing their chances of getting their name called on Selection Sunday.

Power conference teams typically have several chances for good wins in conference, so really they don't have to schedule particularly aggressively in the nonconference. They only get hurt with regards to the NCAA tournament when they haven't distinguished themselves in conference and their OOC SOS is atrocious.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Tom Izzo is an asshole for advocating that mid majors not get autobids. You have to wonder whether schools like Gonzaga or Butler would have ever been able to build up programs without their conferences autobids which they needed 20-25 years ago.

Aside from that, why does he think anyone watches the first couple rounds? Does anyone care about his 8 vs 9 game today, or are people watching for the inevitable underdog upset?

[MartyFunkhouser]

Kentucky and BYU upset in the first round, this tourny is a success. And now Bedard is about to play hockey. This is a day Ice Cube would declare is a good day

[Omaha 680]

At the west regional. First game (clemson/arizona) was boring and sloppy even though it was close at the end. Carolina/Alabama is making up for it. What a game.

[BigPiney]

lucky

[falafel]

Kentucky and BYU upset in the first round, this tourny is a success. And now Bedard is about to play hockey. This is a day Ice Cube would declare is a good day

It was a success before it even started because the Utes didn't make it.

[Joe Public]

What a dominant UConn team. No significant weaknesses.

[byufan4ever]

Can UConn 3-peat??

I was really impressed with Clemson's team and their win over a bigger, more "talented" Arizona team. Clemson could shoot the 3, but weren't overally reliant on it. They are an above average P6 team that had a good tournament run. I don't think it would be unrealistic for BYU to try to model their offense and success (at least this season).

[myboynoah]

Holy crap.

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[falafel]

Okay, this is officially the beginning of the end of college sports as an extension of the student body of a school. These are just professional teams that have a lot of regulations and can offer you an education in addition to money if you sign with them.

[BigFatMeanie]

With NIL money being touted in public, it will be interesting to see how fans/boosters respond when a highly paid player stinks it up. My guess is there will be several college players who will cry like babies when they're harshly criticized for not "earning their pay".

[falafel]

With NIL money being touted in public, it will be interesting to see how fans/boosters respond when a highly paid player stinks it up. My guess is there will be several college players who will cry like babies when they're harshly criticized for not "earning their pay".

Those guys will just hit the portal and take another NIL deal for the following year. That's the type of guy who already blames everyone else for his problems, so just blame his poor play on the coaching staff's misuse of his talents.

[Omaha 680]

Those guys will just hit the portal and take another NIL deal for the following year. That's the type of guy who already blames everyone else for his problems, so just blame his poor play on the coaching staff's misuse of his talents.

This is why they only way college FB and BB can be saved in a format that will hold interest and maintain the charade of being what people like about college sports is if NIL money is tied to a contract with the school.

[falafel]

This is why they only way college FB and BB can be saved in a format that will hold interest and maintain the charade of being what people like about college sports is if NIL money is tied to a contract with the school.

So, if you want to transfer and you received NIL, you just can't? Or can the new school match it (not exceed - just pick up the remaining contract)? That wouldn't seem to slow the NIL money even to be effective. I'm sure there's a better proposal along these lines out there but I'm not up to speed on this topic.

But FTR, I agree something has to happen to restrain the NIL money or FB and BB are done in their current iteration.

[Donuthole]

So, if you want to transfer and you received NIL, you just can't? Or can the new school match it (not exceed - just pick up the remaining contract)? That wouldn't seem to slow the NIL money even to be effective. I'm sure there's a better proposal along these lines out there but I'm not up to speed on this topic.

But FTR, I agree something has to happen to restrain the NIL money or FB and BB are done in their current iteration.

There needs to be a cap. This is overly simplistic, but something like each team gets X amount of NIL space. You can spend up to Y amount on any one player and you can only spend that amount for up to Z players. If a Y-level player wants to transfer and the team he is transferring to doesn't have the cap space for another Y-level player, then then the player takes less or transfers elsewhere. This prevents one team from hoarding/acquiring too many Y-level players, and evens the field (which is probably why the big programs wouldn't want this plan). Regulating excess/underhanded payments would be an issue, but that's going to be an issue no matter what happens, IMO.