***2026-27 Mens College Basketball Thread***

[cycloneworld]

The Baylor guys have clearly cashed it in

I initially wanted to play ASU again over Baylor but with how disinterested Baylor is, I hope they come back and win.

I think we handle either team tomorrow though.

 

[theshadow]

Big 12 Tournament - ESPN announcer schedule

Tuesday afternoon: Mike Monaco, Miles Simon
Tuesday evening: Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla, Angel Gray

Wednesday afternoon: Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Kris Budden
Wednesday evening: Sciambi, Fraschilla, Gray

Thursday afternoon: Shulman, Bilas, Budden
Thursday evening: Sciambi, Fraschilla, Gray

Friday: Shulman, Bilas, Budden
Saturday: Shulman, Bilas, Budden

On-site studio set (Tues-Thurs): Kevin Connors, Norm Roberts, Sean Farnham, Miles Simon
College GameDay set (Friday): Rece Davis, Jay Williams, Seth Greenberg
College GameDay (Saturday): Davis, Williams, Greenberg, Bilas

 

[Cyclonepride]

ESPN+ is such garbage. Have to refresh the page every time it goes to commercial on a browser.

 

[HarryClone]

Once again with the "Best Conference in Basketball" by Kevin Connors but only 8 teams projected in the Field of 68 while ACC = 8, B1G = 9 and SEC = 11. What up? Something doesn't add up! Why is this not discussed more?

The 'main desk' host who's on-site is going to say a variation of this at every P4 tournament. The Deepest Conference, The Most Dominant Conference, etc. Their job is to sell viewers on sticking around

 

[Chitowncy]

Big 12 Tournament - ESPN announcer schedule

Tuesday afternoon: Mike Monaco, Miles Simon
Tuesday evening: Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla, Angel Gray

Wednesday afternoon: Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Kris Budden
Wednesday evening: Sciambi, Fraschilla, Gray

Thursday afternoon: Shulman, Bilas, Budden
Thursday evening: Sciambi, Fraschilla, Gray

Friday: Shulman, Bilas, Budden
Saturday: Shulman, Bilas, Budden

On-site studio set (Tues-Thurs): Kevin Connors, Norm Roberts, Sean Farnham, Miles Simon
College GameDay set (Friday): Rece Davis, Jay Williams, Seth Greenberg
College GameDay (Saturday): Davis, Williams, Greenberg, Bilas

That's a great lineup for Wednesday afternoon onward in my opinion! ESPN's two best lineups in Bilas and Shulman, and Sciambi and Fraschilla. Definitely enjoy these announcers.

So much better than King McClure.... haha.

 

[Chitowncy]

$6 tickets on the secondary market to get into this session today.
If I lived or worked in KC, I would be there.
Basketball is Basketball!

That's cheaper than AAU tournament youth basketball tickets;-) See: Youth Sports Thread.

 

[CoachHines3]

I think yesefu for baylor is already thinking about the nba

 

[Jdk]

I was at that game, it was fixed.

Was at that game as well Niang was hosed big time by the zebras

 

[not-the-manager]

I initially wanted to play ASU again over Baylor but with how disinterested Baylor is, I hope they come back and win.

I think we handle either team tomorrow though.

People who see the box score won't know that while Arizona State's offense has been pretty good, they've been playing against little to no ball pressure. Needless to say, that is...not Otz's philosophy

 

[Klubber]

That Houston/a&m one being a big one a couple years ago. Everyone was fouled out, Houston needed a walk on to hit FTs to get the win

That game was crazy.

 

[Klubber]

I was at that game, it was fixed.

It was brutal. The refs should always follow this: Let the players decide the outcome and don't make the officiating stand out as a main decider. This is especially important in the Tourney. Nobody wants to see star players DQ'd on touch fouls or one team with twice as many fouls.

 

[not-the-manager]

Baylor had multiple chances to cut it to 5 with like 45 seconds left. I guess they saved all their garbage time buckets for Hilton. typical

 

[Cyclonepride]

Boy this is the dumbest finish I've seen in a while. It's like both teams can't get out of their own way.

 

[CascadeClone]

The 'main desk' host who's on-site is going to say a variation of this at every P4 tournament. The Deepest Conference, The Most Dominant Conference, etc. Their job is to sell viewers on sticking around

WAITAMINUTEWAITAMINUETWAITAMINUTE

You mean these guys are in sports marketing and not sports journalism?? No. Effing. Way.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

So previously the mid majors were full of players who could hack it at the P4/5 level?

Not full of but for sure had some guys who were late developers, had a late growth spurt or have turned themselves into P4 caliber players after a couple years of good coaching. Those guys no longer stay in the mid majors but jump to the power conferences now

 

[CascadeClone]

Boy this is the dumbest finish I've seen in a while. It's like both teams can't get out of their own way.

There's a reason this is the early tuesday game.

 

[brokenloginagain]

Tough season for Baylor.

BYU took their PG, and despite two nba draft picks still on the roster, will end their 6-yr tourney streak.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

There are a lot of kids that just don't fit but raise the overall talent of a mid. Kids that transfer down are still more talented than the kids mids used to have access to.

Not usually, if they had the talent they would have gotten on at a power conference team. Some guys just don’t play up to their recruiting for a wild variety of reasons.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

If they were to win tonight I think a little. Santa clara is already considered in by most but now they'd be an AQ and be in field of 64.

I've watched them the last 2 nights and I must say that I'm impressed with how offensively skilled they are. They had a guard last night that I'd love to see TJ go after in the portal hitting step back 3 after step back 3.

That said, I don't think they see a lot of tough defenses in the WCC. I'll be proceeding with caution with them when I make my bracket next week.

 

[danvillecyclone]

There's a reason this is the early tuesday game.

Hopefully that’s not the reason on a Wednesday