2025-26 College Basketball Season thread

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

2 fun ones tonight I'll be paying attention to: Xavier at St. John's and Arizona at Kansas. 

[AggiesAreWe]

15 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

2 fun ones tonight I'll be paying attention to: Xavier at St. John's and Arizona at Kansas. 

I'll definitely will be watching Zona at KU.

Probably watch NC State at Louisville at 6pm to catch some of United's Arceneaux

[AggiesAreWe]

Alabama's Bediako has been denied his motion for a preliminary injunction to continue to play. 

Now will NCAA make Bama forfeit the games he played in?

NCAA had always ruled the player ineligible.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Xavier has pushed StJ to OT. 

 

Peterson is out for Kansas tonight yet again. (Flu)

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

Down goes #1 Arizona! 82-78 at #9 Kansas. 

[TxHoops]

On 2/9/2026 at 6:40 PM, AggiesAreWe said:

Alabama's Bediako has been denied his motion for a preliminary injunction to continue to play. 

Now will NCAA make Bama forfeit the games he played in?

NCAA had always ruled the player ineligible.

They should.  If a school chooses to run a kid out there before the case is final, they should assume the risk.  Jmo.  

[bullets13]

7 hours ago, TxHoops said:

They should.  If a school chooses to run a kid out there before the case is final, they should assume the risk.  Jmo.  

allowing players to play with pending litigation sets a really bad precedent. obviously, I'm no aggie fan, but they were on a fantastic run before losing to Bama. Bediako didn't do anything crazy in the game against the Ags, but he put up a few points and boards, a block, and provided 19 minutes of 7-ft-tall rim protection.  the Ags lost a game by 3 that they may have won had he not played. They've now lost 3 straight. Not only is it conceivable that Bediako being allowed to play changed the course of that game, it could be fairly reasonably argued that it changed the course of their season to some degree as well. Even if the ags get that win back through a forfeit, it doesn't do anything to remedy the poorer form they've been in since the loss, and i assume the committee would have an asterisk by a forfeited win as well when considering tourney seeding.

[TxHoops]

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2 hours ago, bullets13 said:

allowing players to play with pending litigation sets a really bad precedent. obviously, I'm no aggie fan, but they were on a fantastic run before losing to Bama. Bediako didn't do anything crazy in the game against the Ags, but he put up a few points and boards, a block, and provided 19 minutes of 7-ft-tall rim protection.  the Ags lost a game by 3 that they may have won had he not played. They've now lost 3 straight. Not only is it conceivable that Bediako being allowed to play changed the course of that game, it could be fairly reasonably argued that it changed the course of their season to some degree as well. Even if the ags get that win back through a forfeit, it doesn't do anything to remedy the poorer form they've been in since the loss, and i assume the committee would have an asterisk by a forfeited win as well when considering tourney seeding.

Completely agree.  The whole thing was so dumb to begin with - “yeah I went pro for a few years but that isn’t going great so I’ll just hop back into college.”  No way I would have risked that if I were Oates on such a ludicrous position.  

[AggiesAreWe]

3 hours ago, bullets13 said:

allowing players to play with pending litigation sets a really bad precedent. obviously, I'm no aggie fan, but they were on a fantastic run before losing to Bama. Bediako didn't do anything crazy in the game against the Ags, but he put up a few points and boards, a block, and provided 19 minutes of 7-ft-tall rim protection.  the Ags lost a game by 3 that they may have won had he not played. They've now lost 3 straight. Not only is it conceivable that Bediako being allowed to play changed the course of that game, it could be fairly reasonably argued that it changed the course of their season to some degree as well. Even if the ags get that win back through a forfeit, it doesn't do anything to remedy the poorer form they've been in since the loss, and i assume the committee would have an asterisk by a forfeited win as well when considering tourney seeding.

To me it's not about them beating my team (Bama also beat some other teams, one where the player scored 19 points) but it's about rules, policies, procedures. NCAA is so afraid of being sued and so afraid of being the "bad guy" that they have laxed on what used to be cut and dry.

Bama used an ineligible player. They took the risk. They should receive the punishment. 

Pretty clear to me.