🏀 GAME THREAD 🏀 2025-26 Season Archived Game Threads.

I got curious. There's no ML on the game tonight. Bama is -32.5.

I noticed a parlay on ESPNBet that has the total tonight at Over 168.5 with a few other legs.

What's a little crazy is you can find some BIG money lines tonight. You might look at Vandy playing Lipscomb and see -20,000. Okay, right? But then you look at Bethune-Cookman...who is playing Auburn with that ML at -100,000. Geez.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Baylor-Creighton is a much better game. Baylor up 44-42 right now

 

[Bammerboy321]

God dang what an offensive board by Baylor. Physical and-one

 

[Bammerboy321]

Well TN just hammered garbage ass Rutgers to start the Players Era tournament. Fuck them

I am so fucking ready for Barnes to retire.

 

[TerryP]

UT's performance was solid. But, I don't see it being repeated tomorrow. The last I looked they were 50% or more for FG's and 3's. I haven't looked at the final box.

 

[TerryP]

1. Plus / Minus Tiebreaker. (Here's where it gets weird. There's a max of +20 so teams won't be encouraged to run up the score. But #4)
2. Total Points Scored.

@Brandon Van de Graaff you have any idea how they intend to figure this one out?

 

[Bammerboy321]

Creighton ties it with Baylor. Huge 3!

 

[Bammerboy321]

Three offensive boards for Creighton there. Baylor is still physical but man they look nothing like the Baylor squads Scott Drew used to have.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Glad we're not the only team sloppy in transition. Will say the floor at this tournament seems awful. Players have been slipping all game.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Baylor starting to make tough shots around the rim

 

[Bammerboy321]

Cameron Carr taking over. Glad he left TN

 

[Bammerboy321]

Fun game. Baylor wins.

Turning it to St Johns-Iowa State now. Does anyone ever get any work done this week?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

@Brandon Van de Graaff you have any idea how they intend to figure this one out?

No idea. Saw the post earlier but that’s it. I haven’t really thought anything about it.

 

[TerryP]

No idea. Saw the post earlier but that’s it. I haven’t really thought anything about it.

I didn't until today. I briefly looked and couldn't find anything.

Pearl said something about seeing UT hit the 20 +/- mark as one of the main reasons he was picking the Vols to advance.

 

[mrchase]

Not sure if anyone here will be at the games, but I’ll be at the Bama/UNLV game tomorrow

 

[252BAMA]

Using that logic Tennessee would have an advantage over everyone. The ones you listed have a 24 hour break, UT gets 29.

Bama and Oregon get a few extra hours of rest before game two, Tuesday. Michigan and Maryland are two teams with less than the 24 hour rest period.

To me, it would have made more sense to have the third place game Wednesday instead of Thursday.

Correct. If any of their opponents win on Monday, as did ut, and are playing in a later time slot on Tuesday, as is ut, then the advantage switches to that opponent.

 

[Bammerboy321]

St Johns blew it vs Iowa State. Their guard play is just not good. Pitino's squad is overrated (currently)

 

[Bammerboy321]

Oregon and auburn are playing. Oregon keeps missing wide open shots but they are rebounding well.

 

[Bammerboy321]

auburn's offball movement is nonexistent under Steven Pearl. I think they pass the ball very well and are very good at getting downhill. But it is a noticeable change from Bruce. They ran some very tough offensive sets under Bruce because he understood matchups very well. Steven likes to let them play hero ball.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Apparently Bethea is warming up. Dude could make his debut tonight.

*edit - he and Collins are out. So is Wrightsell. Just our fucking luck.

 

[Bammerboy321]