College Basketball 2025-26

[eball]

Anybody catch the Tar Heels last night?  What a 2nd half.  We might be back, boys…

 

[Augie]

57 minutes ago, eball said:

Anybody catch the Tar Heels last night?  What a 2nd half.  We might be back, boys…

 

 

I saw a bit of that, and I actually enjoyed it. I used to take our boys to Chapel Hill for hoops camp each summer and became attached to the school and the town. 

 

I was surprised to enjoy it, but then I had no expectation of knowing the players from either team. Sadly, I don’t think I could name a single player from my team (Xavier). I don’t begrudge the players getting paid or having mobility, but the resulting product is not something I really care for. Gone are the days of being proud that you graduated all your players whose eligibility expired. Now you just want to know who’s on the team, and I’m mildly curious if the SG makes more than the PF. It’s like a new pickup game at the YMCA with the best players going to the highest bidders. 

 

It doesn’t bother me in college football, so maybe college basketball in general will still appeal to me. I did enjoy the UNC game. But I will no longer send my school any money if that’s how it’s being used. If we all think alike and that means the program dies, oh well….. 🤷‍♂️

 

EDIT: I stopped making an annual trip to Cincinnati to see Xavier play when Covid hit, and the way things have changed since then I’ll only catch a game if I happen to be in town already, which is fairly unlikely. 

 

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Edited 1 hour ago by Augie

[eball]

I hear ya, @Augie…it has taken some of the luster off for me as well. But some (I’d say most) of these kids are still great kids. The Heels’ Caleb Wilson, for example, who will certainly only be there one year, is a really thoughtful kid who respects UNC’s history and really wants to be there. He’ll be fun to watch.