Any chance we hear someday that RJ Luis was involved with gambling somehow. Watching clips from St John's game, guy played like a player trying to throw a game. I think maybe Pitino noticed it too and that's why he sat the last five minutes.

3 hours ago, theguru said:

UK might be the Cinderella of the field lol.

3 minutes ago, 9068 said:

UK might be the Cinderella of the field lol.

Just win Baby!

On KSR today Matt Jones said that Kentucky is the first team in NCAA Tournament history to ever make the Sweet 16 with 0 points from the previous season returning.

2 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

On KSR today Matt Jones said that Kentucky is the first team in NCAA Tournament history to ever make the Sweet 16 with 0 points from the previous season returning.

I saw that earlier as well. They do have multiple players with post season points with prior teams spanning several years. The portal makes this possible, obviously. I get the stat and all, just don’t know how impressive it is in today’s age.

26 minutes ago, bugatti said:

I saw that earlier as well. They do have multiple players with post season points with prior teams spanning several years. The portal makes this possible, obviously. I get the stat and all, just don’t know how impressive it is in today’s age.

We will have to see how much it happens over the next few years to see how impressive it turns out.

10 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

We will have to see how much it happens over the next few years to see how impressive it turns out.

Correct, it is a TBD stat/milestone. Still impressive. To compare, Arkansas has one player on their roster from last year.

On 3/24/2025 at 9:44 AM, okie1 said:

Seems like Pitino stating non football schools had the advantage might not be quite right...Football dominated conferences has the most revenue sharing thus the cash!!

They will have a huge advantage as soon as the $22,000,000 per year comes into play. Football schools will be spending most of that on the football roster. Non-football schools should have a lot more for basketball since they won't be spending on football. 

1 hour ago, Jumper_Dad said:

They will have a huge advantage as soon as the $22,000,000 per year comes into play. Football schools will be spending most of that on the football roster. Non-football schools should have a lot more for basketball since they won't be spending on football. 

That won't last long. 

On 3/25/2025 at 5:01 PM, theguru said:

UK and Duke tend to move the needle in terms of ratings.  I wonder what the highest rated games of the season were.

I read that the Xavier v Texas game was the most watched First Four game ever.  The Arkansas and Kansas game was the most watched on Thursday.  

I'm not doubting the numbers, but viewership is measured so differently now than the traditional Nielsen ratings we've been accustomed to. Big programs, higher-profile players (Flagg), and higher-profile coaches drive this. Cinderella is cute and all, but the numbers show nobody really cares about George Mason in the Final Four.

Alabama leads BYU 27-26 at the under 12 media timeout.