2022-23 College Basketball

[DrJay]

Oh, we had a wind-charger-powered radio.. and have you never ridden a horse to school?

Dangerous things, horses. Everyone I know who's been on one a bit has been thrown and broke bones. Good for lookin' at and bettin' on.

[bambam1729]

Quite obviously, the way they have been playing lately, Duke will win the entire tournament with ease. Hard to understand why they are even playing it rather than just giving the Blue Devils the trophy now.

[SoCal45]

As I recall, in olden days The NIT was more prestigious than the NCAA.

yes, very olden days. basically pre 1960's...Bill Russell and KC Jones at USF changed all that...also Oscar Robertson!

[dukehjsteve]

Quite obviously, the way they have been playing lately, Duke will win the entire tournament with ease. Hard to understand why they are even playing it rather than just giving the Blue Devils the trophy now.

I second that emotion !!!

[bambam1729]

yes, very olden days. basically pre 1960's...Bill Russell and KC Jones at USF changed all that...also Oscar Robertson!

They also were not held concurrently back in the 1940s and 1950s and teams could play in both. CCNY (now CUNY) famously won both titles - I think it was 1951. (I wasn't born yet!)

[dukehjsteve]

1950

[NotDutra5]

They also were not held concurrently back in the 1940s and 1950s and teams could play in both. CCNY (now CUNY) famously won both titles - I think it was 1951. (I wasn't born yet!)

CCNY is part of CUNY but, like other entities of CUNY, has their own sports teams.

[lonewolf]

yes, very olden days. basically pre 1960's...Bill Russell and KC Jones at USF changed all that...also Oscar Robertson!

I was thinking 1940s when Oklahoma A&M, with Bob Kurland, was a national power

[DrJay]

Quite obviously, the way they have been playing lately, Duke will win the entire tournament with ease. Hard to understand why they are even playing it rather than just giving the Blue Devils the trophy now.

hu·bris
/ˈ(h)yo͞obrəs/

noun

1. excessive pride or self-confidence.
   "the self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s"
   Similar:
   arrogance
   conceit
   conceitedness
   haughtiness
   pride
   vanity
   self-importance
   self-conceit
   pomposity
   superciliousness
   feeling of superiority
   hauteur
   uppitiness
   big-headedness
   (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.

[bambam1729]

hu·bris
/ˈ(h)yo͞obrəs/

noun

1. excessive pride or self-confidence.
   "the self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s"
   Similar:
   arrogance
   conceit
   conceitedness
   haughtiness
   pride
   vanity
   self-importance
   self-conceit
   pomposity
   superciliousness
   feeling of superiority
   hauteur
   uppitiness
   big-headedness
   (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.

N-I-T

noun - A basketball tournament UNC gets invited to.

[TN1965]

Duke's women's team has 11 transfer players, including six graduate students. I have nothing against transfers in general, and I understand many players left the program when they changed the head coach. But this still looks excessive to me.

https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster

[dukehjsteve]

N-I-T

noun - A basketball tournament UNC gets invited to.

Bambam 1, Dr. Jay 0

[DrJay]

Well, I got nothin’.

[donley2]

Duke's women's team has 11 transfer players, including six graduate students. I have nothing against transfers in general, and I understand many players left the program when they changed the head coach. But this still looks excessive to me.

https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster

I believe Kansas States men's team has 12. Most were a significant upgrade in talent. Nevermind it's actually 12 new team members. Nine transfers and three Freshman.

[steveu]

What's the link for the T&FN Message Board bracket contest?