2025-26 College Basketball Season thread

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Another thriller. Bama survives 90-86 over Illinois. 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Starting at 12pm today til past Midnight on TNT/TruTV:

Players Era Festival 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

I forgot it was Feast Week. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

#25 Hogs putting a whippin on #6 Louisville currently. Halftime Hogs up 47-29.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Close game in Fayetteville again smh. 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Hogs win over Louisville 89-80 💪🏾

[navydawg31]

49 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Hogs win over Louisville 89-80 💪🏾

I know you happy! My bank account is too. Had a little change on them hogs tonight! 

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A&M basketball seems alive and well. 

[TxHoops]

Tech with a big upset of Duke in MSG last night.  

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Just now, TxHoops said:

Tech with a big upset of Duke in MSG last night.  

I definitely enjoyed that 2nd half 😁

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

This is the craziest night of the season so far. Wow!  

Bag full of crazy games across the country tonight. 

[PhatMack19]

Bucky Ball!   Crazy game.  I think he got the shot off 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

I'm rooting for this guy. 💪🏾

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[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

"Mother-in-law defense". Lmao. That Bucky guy gonna be alright at aTm. 😁

[TxHoops]

21 hours ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

"Mother-in-law defense". Lmao. That Bucky guy gonna be alright at aTm. 😁

I agree

[TxHoops]

On 1/24/2026 at 7:53 AM, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

"Mother-in-law defense". Lmao. That Bucky guy gonna be alright at aTm. 😁

I am admittedly biased because I am fairly tight with one of his assistants who was also with him at Samford.  But this appears like it could be a tremendous hire by Alberts. Bucky wasn’t a “sexy” type hire that many Power 5s are tempted to make.  He had a really good 5 year run at Samford but that was his first collegiate job after being a very successful HS coach.  That’s not the “safest” of hires for an AD in the SEC. 
 

One sign of a great coach is who he hires as his assistants.  My buddy aside, I loved the Kyle Keller hire.  I always thought he was exceptional at SFA with obvious roots in the state.  I was hoping he might bring in Joe Jones, one of the all time Aggie greats on the court who is a very well-respected coach now in his own right.  But staffs are often tricky, especially for new hires so maybe he will get to come home in the future.  

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

2 minutes ago, TxHoops said:

I am admittedly biased because I am fairly tight with one of his assistants who was also with him at Samford.  But this appears like it could be a tremendous hire by Alberts. Bucky wasn’t a “sexy” type hire that many Power 5s are tempted to make.  He had a really good 5 year run at Samford but that was his first collegiate job after being a very successful HS coach.  That’s not the “safest” of hires for an AD in the SEC. 

I wanna see how well he recruits after this 1st season in comparison to Sean Miller. 

 

Also: (random) wth is going on at LSU? I keep getting told that HC is on the hottest of seats right now. How long has he been there?

[TxHoops]

29 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

IAlso: (random) wth is going on at LSU? I keep getting told that HC is on the hottest of seats right now. How long has he been there?

Not a fan of that guy.  I am probably biased there too but I don’t have a lot of respect for guys that sacrifice their friends to attempt to hold on to their job a little longer.  Tim Kaine was a top assistant of his for years and was widely credited for getting Ja Morant to Murray State (without which, I’m not sure McMahon ever gets the LSU job).  I half expected them to can him after last season and try to bring back Will Wade. 

[TxHoops]

36 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

I wanna see how well he recruits after this 1st season in comparison to Sean Miller. 

I’m a huge fan of Del Conte and think he’s a helluva an AD.  He was also more of a basketball guy prior to coming to UT so far be it from me to criticize any hire he makes. But Miller is pretty much the opposite of the Bucky Ball hire (i.e, big name, splashy-type hire). Different approach, often times “safer” both in results on the court and in justification by the AD.  Time will tell how each hire plays out. 
 

In terms of recruiting at this level, I’m not sure how much coaching comes into play anymore.  I’m afraid wayyyy more often than not, it simply comes down now to who brings the biggest “bag.”  I also have no idea how the NIL for basketball stacks up with these two schools.  
 

On that note, I think Grant McCasland has the easiet recruiting job of any coach in the state now.  If Cody Campbell is willing to pump a few million into softball, I gotta think Tech hoops is gonna have the biggest NIL fund of any of the Texas schools.  )If only Chris Beard hadn’t thought the grass was greener…)

Speaking of the Red Raiders, read yesterday that Duke, U of H and BYU have a combined 5 losses this season.  3 of those are to Tech…

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11 minutes ago, TxHoops said:

I’m a huge fan of Del Conte and think he’s a helluva an AD.  He was also more of a basketball guy prior to coming to UT so far be it from me to criticize any hire he makes. But Miller is pretty much the opposite of the Bucky Ball hire (i.e, big name, splashy-type hire). Different approach, often times “safer” both in results on the court and in justification by the AD.  Time will tell how each hire plays out. 
 

In terms of recruiting at this level, I’m not sure how much coaching comes into play anymore.  I’m afraid wayyyy more often than not, it simply comes down now to who brings the biggest “bag.”  I also have no idea how the NIL for basketball stacks up with these two schools.  
 

On that note, I think Grant McCasland has the easiet recruiting job of any coach in the state now.  If Cody Campbell is willing to pump a few million into softball, I gotta think Tech hoops is gonna have the biggest NIL fund of any of the Texas schools.  )If only Chris Beard hadn’t thought the grass was greener…)

Speaking of the Red Raiders, read yesterday that Duke, U of H and BYU have a combined 5 losses this season.  3 of those are to Tech…

IMO UofH and Texas Tech are the same team without uniforms. They are a mirror image of each other. 

[TxHoops]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

IMO UofH and Texas Tech are the same team without uniforms. They are a mirror image of each other. 

They definitely each have one of the most unguardable players in the county, albeit at different positions.  The Flemings kid is almost impossible to stay in front of and Toppin has some of the best footwork you will ever see at the collegiate level. 

[AggiesAreWe]

I am liking me some Bucky Ball but I need to see what they do these next few games against some stout competition. My Aggies have been fortunate enough to have only played one ranked team (lost to Tennessee) thru the first 20 games (16-4).

It's definitely a good start and one that most wasn't expecting after Buzz left and took most of the players with him.

A&M is at #21 Georgia Saturday, then at #17 Alabama, home for #16 Florida and Missouri, then at #15 Vanderbilt. This stretch will tell us where we are as a tourney team.