*Omnibus 2025-2026 College Basketball Thread*

[BBK]

?

I fuckin jinxed. They were down by 12 to South Carolina Upstate. Currently on a 17-0 run

 

[Herbie2]

Fuck. I thought I was in the football thread....thought maybe Rhule was getting fired or something.

 

[Fletch]

I fuckin jinxed. They were down by 12 to South Carolina Upstate. Currently on a 17-0 run

 

[BBK]

Nebrantska might be undefeated, but they are pretty mediocre

 

[Thrawn II]

That’s a lot of voice for one booth and would be bad for an extended run but should be entertaining. Also nice to see that Vitale will get to do a tournament game at last.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6852326/2025/12/01/basketball-broadcast-dicky-v-charles-barkley-college/?source=user_shared_article

 

[Hawk&Balls]

. Also nice to see that Vitale will get to do a tournament game at last.

Way to jinx it

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Lol Indiana. Minnesota is AWFUL

 

[J1973s]

Minnesota outrebounded them by 10…

 

[Dr. Zaius]

I was bamboozled

 

[Fletch]

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Iowa State up 20 at Purdue. Holy shit.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

We might be in danger

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

Iowa is gonna lose to Iowa State in every sport that matters, again.

 

[Gushawk]

They’re really buttfucking the boilers

 

[Uli Kunkel]

We have a Drake roster dressed up in Iowa uniforms, of course we're in danger.

 

[ABeardedDragon]

Michigan State down 2 to Duke at home with 3 mins left.

 

[KitKatApples]

Iowa is gonna lose to Iowa State in every sport that matters, again.

It’s almost as if they have nothing else of significance to compete against and of course the iowa athletic department is oblivious

 

[Rolo Tomassi]

Iowa State is either really, really good, or Purdue is highly overrated. It's probably a little of both.

 

[eclone]

Iowa State is either really, really good, or Purdue is highly overrated. It's probably a little of both.

Purdue is really good. Second half got flukey with the final score. But Purdue is a top 2 seed tourney team

 

[OlePeep]

Devries calls a TO down 16-0

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Tucker is so fat and slow

 

[Thanksgiving Dinner]

 

[BBK]

Creighton v. Nebrantska tomorrow has my attention

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Creighton v. Nebrantska tomorrow has my attention

you could see similar athleticism at church

 

[UnKnOwN_SeRb]

you could see similar athleticism at church

Baptist?

 

[Herbie2]

Baptist?

 

[douglasbader]

The Ultimate Former Player Fran game happening right now. Creighton vs. Nebrantska.

Fat Freeman / Lil' Dix vs. Fartman Jr.

Dix is awful and acting like a pussy refusing to shoot. Freeman got chewed out by McDermott and benched. 0 points combined. They paid over $3m for these turds.

Nebrantska up 33-19.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

 

[douglasbader]

I am soooo glad that Dix didn't stay, because what he has isn't fixable. Just a total gutless pussy on the court. He's terrified being guarded by Hoiberg's midget son.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Dix is good as a third option, can't be counted on for more than that

 

[douglasbader]

I know they are doing it for data tracking reasons, but the whole men's players wearing sports bras is a pretty weird trend.

 

[douglasbader]

Another ridiculous trend is watching even low level college programs expand their staff so much they far outnumber the players. Nebrantska has what looks to be 18 staff member at the game. Creighton has over 20 staff members. Most NBA teams are on the verge of 30+.

Somehow programs were able to get by in prior years with about 4-5 coaches and a couple student managers and a trainer. Less than 10 total staff. Now they've doubled them.

It's such a stupid unnecessary waste of money.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Football isn't any better, you just don't see them on the sideline

 

[douglasbader]

Football isn't any better, you just don't see them on the sideline

For sure, and they started this trend. I bet there are 40 Football staff members.

 

[Herbie2]

For sure, and they started this trend. I bet there are 40 Football staff members.

I bet it is WAY over that.

 

[douglasbader]

I bet it is WAY over that.

Yeah, maybe 75? I think the video team alone is like 10 guys.

 

[douglasbader]

Website list 44, and there has to be 2x that in just support people.

 

[Thrawn II]

Website list 44, and there has to be 2x that in just support people.

kind of hard to place every single role due to different titles, but even excluding video/trainer staff the ops staff looks to have gone from around 6 to around 18 from 2010 to 2025

https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-prod/2025/08/25/YdcTrdxada6ZskvFYLzw998Z5G4w7s1oh7rzRZvi.pdf

https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-prod/2020/04/1a059f27-mediaguide_10.pdf

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

kind of hard to place every single role due to different titles, but even excluding video/trainer staff the ops staff looks to have gone from around 6 to around 18 from 2010 to 2025

https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-prod/2025/08/25/YdcTrdxada6ZskvFYLzw998Z5G4w7s1oh7rzRZvi.pdf

https://storage.googleapis.com/hawkeyesports-prod/2020/04/1a059f27-mediaguide_10.pdf

I am pretty sure that is on the smaller side for douche football

 

[Shawneemicks]

I’m gonna be pissed if Kirk or Mary aren’t doing the goddam laundry for the team I know that much

 

[CamelTones]

Someone is going to be dumb enough to pay Freeman again in the spring. Taking 2 starters off a bad team and expecting to be good is quite the gamble.

 

[hawkeyealum]

In their four losses he has averaged 3 points and four rebounds

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

You can’t win with a low effort big who doesn’t rebound.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

His finger is going to start hurting again

 

[Fletch]

He was great as a freshman. How did he turn into a worthless turd?

 

[The Dad]

He was great as a freshman. How did he turn into a worthless turd?

He found out that the jersey chasers and those doling out NIL aren’t particularly concerned with production?

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

He was great as a freshman. How did he turn into a worthless turd?

Motivation is fleeting. He probably found out he isn’t an NBA player and is only doing what he needs to do to get paid.

 

[KitKatApples]

So in a way he is an NBA player?

 

[Squat Cobbler]

He's still got a year left to get paid. You'd think he would be motivated to get that last paycheck.

 

[Jim Tebow]

his problem is he's just not that good. a lot of players could put up 12 points or whatever in Fran Mccaffrey's system if allowed to go hog wild the way he was. he parlayed that well in my opinion. the problem is when other coaches catch on you don't play defense or rebound, they're not going to let you shoot so much.

he will probably still go pro as a basketball player somewhere if he wants to. He's big and looks like he'd be good which is worth a lot in today's world.