2025-2026 College Basketball General Discussion

[DubCoffman62]

It's going to be a typical year for Arizona. Start off with a new unproven team, be ranked 15-20 to start the season, get some big non-conference wins, shoot up to the top three, win the conference and then get punked the first weekend of the tourney.

 

[DZ83CK]

USC held on to beat Boise St in Maui. That was another crazy game for the Trojans. They had a 3-point lead under 1 minute to play, and turned it over on the inbounds pass by not catching the ball & letting it bounce out of bounds. They got the ball back later on with a 3-point lead, and then got an offensive foul on the inbounds play with 6 seconds left, then the same player that just got the offensive foul picked up another foul without any time coming off the clock to put Boise on the line. USC was lucky that they didn't give that game away.

 

[DZ83CK]

Big 12 just signed a new deal to link themselves with the Players Era festival, which guarantees $1 million in NIL for each school that participates. UM and Oregon are involved this year. Oregon just lost to Auburn today & I believe UM will play Auburn tomorrow in the event.

espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/47085242/big-12-players-era-sign-50m-hoops-deal-nil-payouts

 

[DZ83CK]

Rutgers is in the Players Era festival, they got boat-raced by Tennessee today.
OSU will participate in the Players Era the next 4 years.

Ohio State to join Players Era Festival in 2026

Ohio State men’s basketball is cashing in on the NIL era. The Buckeyes inked a four-year contract Monday to play in the Players Era Festival, according to a report by Matt Norlander of CBS Sports. The agreement will start in 2026 and run through 2029. The midseason tournament will be played in...

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