https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

First AP Poll out

1	Purdue (35)
2	Houston (16)
3	Florida (8)
4	UConn (2)
5	St. John's
6	Duke
7	Michigan
8	BYU
9	Kentucky
10	Texas Tech
11	Louisville
12	UCLA
13	Arizona
14	Arkansas
15	Alabama
16	Iowa State
17	Illinois
18	Tennessee
19	Kansas
20	Auburn
21	Gonzaga
22	Michigan State
23	Creighton
24	Wisconsin
25	North Carolina

Others receiving votes: NC State 101, Oregon 98, San Diego State 74, Texas 35, Ohio State 23, Kansas State 13, Ole Miss 11, USC 10, Missouri 8, Washington 7, Vanderbilt 7, Iowa 6, Boise State 4, Mississippi State 3, VCU 2, Saint Mary's 2, Virginia 2, Baylor 1, Oklahoma 1, Indiana 1

Bruce Pearl is headed to TNT to do guest appearances on a college basketball show with Jalen Rose, Jamal Mashburn and Chris Webber

And Steven lost his first (unofficial) exhibition game to OKST in OT

78 FTs.  Refs were in midseason form with bullshit lol 

 

5 hours ago, Js1 said:

Bruce Pearl is headed to TNT to do guest appearances on a college basketball show with Jalen Rose, Jamal Mashburn and Chris Webber

And Steven lost his first (unofficial) exhibition game to OKST in OT

78 FTs.  Refs were in midseason form with bullshit lol 

 

 

Pearl working with Blacks?

 

Surprised to see Tugler not at the top of this list, but I'll take it.

 

IIRC, a victim of reclassifying at a too young of age and especially at a fishbowl school like UK. 
 

But in the immortal words of renowned Surlyite @Js1 

“Get a job!”

 

I never put much thought into the results of these secret scrimmages. There's no real gameplan being executed.

 

9 hours ago, Derka said:

 

Those be WBB scores, yo. 

12 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

I never put much thought into the results of these secret scrimmages. There's no real gameplan being executed.

Yeah -  the one where Nebraska beat BYU, I don't think the BYU PG even played the entire 2nd half of it. 

Teams try out weird lineups, the stars may not play more than 10-15 minutes, etc.  Texas didn't have 2 of theirs play in their scrimmage. 

 

1 minute ago, Derka said:

 

Yup, I can tell things have changed just by looking at Tech's schedule. Still have our fair share of cupcakes on here, but last year we only had A&M on the schedule before conference play.

 

 

“i love my job, i don’t respect my profession.” oof

 

 

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Derp... wrong BB.... my appologies...

what are todd golden’s thoughts?

Yeah, I was wondering if O’Sullivan was taking a leave from baseball to handle hoops this season. 

12 hours ago, Derka said:

what are todd golden’s thoughts?

 

 

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I would be very surprised if we were a 6 seed this year. I think we have a better team than we did last year, assuming team health holds up.

Anything can happen, though, of course.

On 10/22/2025 at 3:50 PM, Derka said:

what are todd golden’s thoughts?

Probably something along the lines of "I should send O'sullivan's wife another picture of my dick" 

UK/Purdue wrapping up on SECN and KU/UL just starting on ACCN. 

 

duke and tennessee both look good. star freshmen shining for each team. boozer has 12 pts, 15 reb, 4 ast at the half. tennessee leads 43-37 from TBA.

On 10/22/2025 at 10:45 AM, Derka said:

“i love my job, i don’t respect my profession.” oof

 

 

interesting point, and he's not wrong.

 

 

What little I watched of it Arkansas looked good vs Memphis last in their exhibition matchup. 

 

At the direction of the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Committees, the national office will implement player availability reports for the 2026 Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships.

The NCAA is committed to protecting student-athletes' well-being and competition integrity from sports betting influences and continues to analyze the current landscape to devise effective initiatives to increase protections. Player availability reports during the tournaments can reduce the betting-related pressure, solicitations and harassment student-athletes receive connected to their playing status.

Speaking of the Hoyas, they put a whoopin’ on Big Blue last night in their exhibition matchup. 

 

 

Happy Hoops season, y’all. 

lol

 

 

Zona looking salty against the defending champs

Not much defense in this game so far

At New Orleans/TCU, old friend Javan Felix is one of NO’s assistants. 

Frogs were -21.5, they’re down 20. 

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That big freshman for Arizona is a fucking beast 

Zona looking salty against the defending champs
Not much defense in this game so far

Peat looking pretty legit. Big & athletic

Impressive win for Zona out the gate

Rough week for Florida and officiating.

UNO beat TCU

Whitey from Austin/TX St balled out for NO.