****Official 24-25 College Basketball Thread ****

[Pablo]

It’s that time again. Post about any and all games you like in here

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by TEX

Kentucky

They are forced to have a center run the point because the 3 guys who can play the point are injured.

Just need to get healthy.

And KCC:

Losing to Utah is worse than any loss Kentucky has

[FloridaMan88]

Arizona player… what’s going on with his skin?

[RedRaider56]

Originally Posted by FloridaMan88

Arizona player… what’s going on with his skin?

Looks like he's been doing cupping therapy to remove inflammation around his shoulder

Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine where a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. The idea is to draw blood to or away from parts of your body. People get it for many reasons, such as pain and inflammation relief, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage.

[RedRaider56]

Originally Posted by TEX

Kentucky

Was hoping they beat Texas, which is a huge fraud team.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by FloridaMan88

Arizona player… what’s going on with his skin?

J'wan Roberts from UH also had that going on yesterday. Though not to the extent that the Arizona player had it.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by RedRaider56

Was hoping they beat Texas, which is a huge fraud team.

Texas a fraud? How so? Nobody expected them to be any good, and they never thought they were good. To be a fraud, you have to be a meidocre team posing as a good one. Just like Kentucky... Texas is exactly who they are, which is a mediocre team, who is not going anywhere, but who is just good enough to beat some frauds on their home court, like Kentucky.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

They are forced to have a center run the point because the 3 guys who can play the point are injured.

Just need to get healthy.

That's true. Being healthy is key. Injurirs are real. No way Kentucky is going to do anything meaningful the way they're playing now.

As a UH fan, I know all about them. They have killed us the past 3 seasons. Gotta try and play through them, but sometimes that's not possible.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by RedRaider56

Looks like he's been doing cupping therapy to remove inflammation around his shoulder

Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine where a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. The idea is to draw blood to or away from parts of your body. People get it for many reasons, such as pain and inflammation relief, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage.

This is correct. I believe this was going on during the 2024 Olympics, especially for swimmers.

[Woogieman]

Originally Posted by Pablo

First order of business…

mutts are on a 20 game losing streak

lol pathetic

This has been fun to track...

[RedRaider56]

Originally Posted by TEX

Texas a fraud? How so? Nobody expected them to be any good, and they never thought they were good. To be a fraud, you have to be a meidocre team posing as a good one. Just like Kentucky... Texas is exactly who they are, which is a mediocre team, who is not going anywhere, but who is just good enough to beat some frauds on their home court, like Kentucky.

Maybe I've been living in Austin to long and hearing about how great UT is, even in BB this year.
I guess I let emotions get the best of me when a team like UK comes into town with the opportunity to knock UT off the possible bubble for the tourney.
I'm still pissed A&M let them come back and win after being up 21 in the 2nd half.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by RedRaider56

Maybe I've been living in Austin to long and hearing about how great UT is, even in BB this year.
I guess I let emotions get the best of me when a team like UK comes into town with the opportunity to knock UT off the possible bubble for the tourney.
I'm still pissed A&M let them come back and win after being up 21 in the 2nd half.

Gotcha. I don't live in Austin so you probably get inundated with CRAZY expectations. You definitely know more about the local vibe than I do. I live in Galveston and folks in Southern Texas did not take University of Texas basketball seriously this season. They got lucky beating A&M. The Aggies thought it was over when they were up 21, and allowed UT back in that game...
I mean realistically the Horns are probably the 4th or 5th best team in Texas, right?
UH
Tech
A&M
Baylor
Texas?
If people in Austin see it differently, they're in for a surprise and the fraud moniker fits perfectly. I stand corrected.

[RedRaider56]

Originally Posted by TEX

Gotcha. I don't live in Austin so you probably get inundated with CRAZY expectations. You definitely know more about the local vibe than I do. I live in Galveston and folks in Southern Texas did not take University of Texas basketball seriously this season. They got lucky beating A&M. The Aggies thought it was over when they were up 21, and allowed UT back in that game...
I mean realistically the Horns are probably the 4th or 5th best team in Texas, right?
UH
Tech
A&M
Baylor
Texas?
If people in Austin see it differently, they're in for a surprise and the fraud moniker fits perfectly. I stand corrected.

No worries at all. I agree with you assessment regarding ranking the teams in Texas
The UT ball washing and coddling is way over the top here in Austin, as you would expect.

[Bearcat]

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[Titty Meat]

Nebraska comes back from 20 down to beat Northwestern on the road.

Northwestern is 13-13 but somehow that was considered a quad 1 win?

[KC_Connection]

Another screwjob at Utah. Flagrant one on KSU for fouling a guy on the arms.