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

With Players Era bracket announced, I think this is what we know so far for 2026 non-con ... any revisions, please advise.

Nov. 2 vs. Memphis (Sioux Falls)
Nov. 6 Southern Miss
Nov. 10 Southern
Nov. 24 vs. San Diego State (Players Era 16)
Nov. 26 vs. Tennessee/Maryland (Players Era 16)
Nov. 27 vs. St. John’s/Oregon//Louisville/Texas Tech (Players Era 16)
Nov. 28 [vs. TBA/pending (Players Era 16 championship)]
Dec. 5 (date TBA?) Purdue
Dec. 10 (date TBA?) at Iowa
Dec. 18 vs. Missouri State (Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City)
Dec. 29 New Hampshire
 
With Players Era bracket announced, I think this is what we know so far for 2026 non-con ... any revisions, please advise.

Nov. 2 vs. Memphis (Sioux Falls)
Nov. 6 Southern Miss
Nov. 10 Southern
Nov. 24 vs. San Diego State (Players Era 16)
Nov. 26 vs. Tennessee/Maryland (Players Era 16)
Nov. 27 vs. St. John’s/Oregon//Louisville/Texas Tech (Players Era 16)
Nov. 28 [vs. TBA/pending (Players Era 16 championship)]
Dec. 5 (date TBA?) Purdue
Dec. 10 (date TBA?) at Iowa
Dec. 18 vs. Missouri State (Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City)
Dec. 29 New Hampshire

Purdue confirmed for Dec. 5.

 
"Three of the top six scorers are back" sounds nice if you ignore that it's #4-5-6 and #1-2-3 accounted for ~65% of that scoring. Normally when you say something like that, it's #2-4-6 or something.

I expect Toure and Batemon both make big steps are scorers though.
 
"Three of the top six scorers are back" sounds nice if you ignore that it's #4-5-6 and #1-2-3 accounted for ~65% of that scoring. Normally when you say something like that, it's #2-4-6 or something.

I expect Toure and Batemon both make big steps are scorers though.
I am way more concerned about the amount of assists graduated. 4/5th of the primary ball handling graduated. Toure is capable of filling some of that, but there are multiple other players that also need to step up.

On a plus, having both Pleta and BB back is huge. I expect jumps from both.
 
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I am way more concerned about the amount of assists graduated. 4/5th of the primary ball handling graduated. Toure is capable of filling some of that, but there are multiple other players that also need to step up.

On a plus, having both Pleta and BB back is huge. I expect jumps from both.

I’m much more concerned about the off ball guard than the point guard. Toure and Batemon were very good freshmen in running the offense when needed. I assume they’ll be even better as sophomores We just need a guy that can get buckets on their own when called upon. Lipsey and Jefferson are two big losses there.
 
glad UNI finally knows their place and is traveling to these places now. The door is open if they want to come to Hilton
ISU should play both UNI and Drake every year, the games should ALWAYS be in Hilton. Its not 1993, we aren't playing road games at low to mid majors anymore. They need to realize that.