Who Will Win the 2025 National Championship?

[kyjeff1]

If Duke doesn't win the title Scheyer should be fired because they will never have a team close to this talented again.



AFAIK they haven't lost any of their coaches either which helps the continuity even more. I don't think they are favorites, but it will be interesting to see how they change without Clingan in the middle destroying everything/everyone.

IDK, something happens to young players in the NCAAT that makes them pee down their leg, especially the last 5 or 6 years. When the tournament starts.

I like having good veteran players.

Reed, Edwards and Dillingham urinated all over themselves against Oakland last year, seemed like Mitchell was the only one that had a set of balls in that game.

You have to be a really special player to ball out as a freshmen under that pressure. Duke's guys look the part now, so we'll see.

 

[winin11]

Still kicked your ass...

your 10RC banter parallels the awbren tigers.....something to be real proud of.

 

[della]

your 10RC banter parallels the awbren tigers.....something to be real proud of.

Did you want us to send these carcuses back to Tuscaloosa?

 

[winin11]

No, you can stick them up your caverness as
but thanks for asking

 

[kyjeff1]

The SEC is very deep and very stacked.
Alabama looks to be the class of the league, but there are 8+ teams behind them that look damn good on paper.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

Watching @della and @winin11 argue about which of their mid schools is better is like watching two people argue about what is tastier, a bowl of dog shit or a plate of dog shit.

 

[della]

Watching @della and @winin11 argue about which of their mid schools is better is like watching two people argue about what is tastier, a bowl of dog shit or a plate of dog shit.

This is rich coming from a DeFault fan.
bama was FF and UT was E8, both have been Conference Champs and run over so called blue bloods along the way. Neither have been flashes in the pan and as long as Oates and Barnes are at the helms high quality CBB are the norm.

 

[winin11]

Watching @della and @winin11 argue about which of their mid schools is better is like watching two people argue about what is tastier, a bowl of dog shit or a plate of dog shit.

I wouldn't know what it tastes like, but of course you know. How's DePaul gonna beat anybody dick head?

 

[WeAreDePaul]

I wouldn't know what it tastes like, but of course you know. How's DePaul gonna beat anybody dick head?

This is rich coming from a DeFault fan.
bama was FF and UT was E8, both have been Conference Champs and run over so called blue bloods along the way. Neither have been flashes in the pan and as long as Oates and Barnes are at the helms high quality CBB are the norm.

Keep it coming. I'm about the only poster here that you guys can claim school superiority over. Meanwhile you two are sitting here arguing over who is better between two programs that basically rank the exact same on the national level historically, mediocre.

 

[della]

Keep it coming. I'm about the only poster here that you guys can claim school superiority over. Meanwhile you two are sitting here arguing over who is better between two programs that basically rank the exact same on the national level historically, mediocre.

Someone posted a post showing relevance in the last 200 games and Vols and bama led the SEC. That ain't 1910, but it's a reasonable time frame.

DePaul is historically irrelevant and irrelevant today and thus lies the difference.

 

[ExitFlagger]

Someone posted a post showing relevance in the last 200 games and Vols and bama led the SEC. That ain't 1910, but it's a reasonable time frame.

DePaul is historically irrelevant and irrelevant today and thus lies the difference.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

Someone posted a post showing relevance in the last 200 games and Vols and bama led the SEC. That ain't 1910, but it's a reasonable time frame.

DePaul is historically irrelevant and irrelevant today and thus lies the difference.

DePaul definitely irrelevant today, but historically DePaul is far more relevant than a school that hasn’t even been to a single Final 4.

 

[della]

DePaul definitely irrelevant today, but historically DePaul is far more relevant than a school that hasn’t even been to a single Final 4.

You've never been to the finals and only the FF twice and that was a half a century ago. It is more relevant to be a player today than 50 years ago. Y'all are nobodies with a trajectory of nowhere. The only thing you have is a misplaced sense of arrogance.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

You've never been to the finals and only the FF twice and that was a half a century ago. It is more relevant to be a player today than 50 years ago. Y'all are nobodies with a trajectory of nowhere. The only thing you have is a misplaced sense of arrogance.

You specifically said DePaul wasn’t relevant historically or today. I’m just pointing out how you’re objectively wrong about the “historically” part. Last I checked history includes “over 50 years ago”

 

[winin11]

Keep it coming. I'm about the only poster here that you guys can claim school superiority over. Meanwhile you two are sitting here arguing over who is better between two programs that basically rank the exact same on the national level historically, mediocre.

when was the last time depaul was ranked at seasons end? stfu

 

[della]

You specifically said DePaul wasn’t relevant historically or today. I’m just pointing out how you’re objectively wrong about the “historically” part. Last I checked history includes “over 50 years ago”

Yeah, but you haven't won anything ever. That means lately, 50 years ago, 100 years ago and never. So, to brag about getting your ass kicked 50 years ago is beyond ridiculous. Basketball ain't horseshoes.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

Yeah, but you haven't won anything ever. That means lately, 50 years ago, 100 years ago and never. So, to brag about getting your ass kicked 50 years ago is beyond ridiculous. Basketball ain't horseshoes.

Once again, not true. 1945 NIT champs! Back when the NIT meant something and back when DePaul had the greatest player in the game.

 

[della]

Once again, not true. 1945 NIT champs! Back when the NIT meant something and back when DePaul had the greatest player in the game.

Winning the Maui classic means something, but it ain't the NCAA Championship. The greatest player in the game is subjective and irrelevant, but you know that already. You are reaching for straws, but I have a soft spot for you as a fellow Pick em Champion and bestow you this advice. Get onboard with the new order and the new order is Orange.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

when was the last time depaul was ranked at seasons end? stfu

Congrats on making it to the F4 last year. One more time and you have as many F4's as DePaul.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

Winning the Maui classic means something, but it ain't the NCAA Championship. The greatest player in the game is subjective and irrelevant, but you know that already. You are reaching for straws, but I have a soft spot for you as a fellow Pick em Champion and bestow you this advice. Get onboard with the new order and the new order is Orange.

When DePaul won the NIT it was considered the equal to the NCAA and the winner had just as much of a claim to the national title as the NCAA champ. A far cry from winning Maui. To show they could succeed in both, DePaul also went to a NCAA F4 two years prior in 1943.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Better Team All time: Depaul or Tennessee?

vs.

forums.rivals.com

 

[della]

When DePaul won the NIT it was considered the equal to the NCAA and the winner had just as much of a claim to the national title as the NCAA champ. A far cry from winning Maui. To show they could succeed in both, DePaul also went to a NCAA F4 two years prior in 1943.

If you choose to believe the NIT is as important as the NCAA Championship that is fine with me, but we don't share that opinion. That would be cause for a strategy shift for postseason. "Ok team, we are a bubble team, so we need to lose the next game so we can secure an NIT bid and have a shot at an NIT championship".

Winning is everything and losing is nothing. Unless you win it all, the best you can be is Best of Losers, but you'd have to be in the finals to accomplish that. It is pretty pathetic to brag about losing. DePaul has never won a NCAA CBB tourney.

Bragging about games 90 years ago is beyond pathetic. You don't get to count ancient wins twice or over and over again. It goes without saying if you didn't actually win it, that goes double for you. The further back in time something happened the less relevance it has as relevance pertains to people and if everyone is dead, they don't care.

Finally, you need to understand that UT/bama are major athletic programs that happen to be hated rivals. It is my job as a Vol to smack him down and visa versa for him. It is what we do.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

If you choose to believe the NIT is as important as the NCAA Championship that is fine with me, but we don't share that opinion. That would be cause for a strategy shift for postseason. "Ok team, we are a bubble team, so we need to lose the next game so we can secure an NIT bid and have a shot at an NIT championship".

Winning is everything and losing is nothing. Unless you win it all, the best you can be is Best of Losers, but you'd have to be in the finals to accomplish that. It is pretty pathetic to brag about losing. DePaul has never won a NCAA CBB tourney.

Bragging about games 90 years ago is beyond pathetic. You don't get to count ancient wins twice or over and over again. It goes without saying if you didn't actually win it, that goes double for you. The further back in time something happened the less relevance it has as relevance pertains to people and if everyone is dead, they don't care.

Finally, you need to understand that UT/bama are major athletic programs that happen to be hated rivals. It is my job as a Vol to smack him down and visa versa for him. It is what we do.

Stopped reading after the first sentence. Are you being purposely obtuse? No one with even half a brain would read my posts and come to the conclusion that I am saying that the NIT is CURRENTLY as important as the NCAA. But, in 1945 it sure was.

 

[della]

Stopped reading after the first sentence. Are you being purposely obtuse? No one with even half a brain would read my posts and come to the conclusion that I am saying that the NIT is CURRENTLY as important as the NCAA. But, in 1945 it sure was.

You are the one clowning on UT/bama for apparently no other reason than to provoke. Are you surprised by the fruits of your labors? Who's the obtuse one here?

I will concede that DePaul almost won something with her 2 ancient FF's, happy? Now you need to recognize that UT is a major CBB power that pulls in over 300,000 fans a year 19,000+ per game #3 Nationally and that Depaul average around 3,300 fans a game under 60,000 fans a year. That is the equivalent of 3 UT home games. I doubt at the height of y'all's almost winning something you never pulled in those crowds, but since they haven't digitized those scrolls yet, I can't prove it.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

You are the one clowning on UT/bama for apparently no other reason than to provoke. Are you surprised by the fruits of your labors? Who's the obtuse one here?

I will concede that DePaul almost won something with her 2 ancient FF's, happy? Now you need to recognize that UT is a major CBB power that pulls in over 300,000 fans a year 19,000+ per game #3 Nationally and that Depaul average around 3,300 fans a game under 60,000 fans a year. That is the equivalent of 3 UT home games. I doubt at the height of y'all's almost winning something you never pulled in those crowds, but since they haven't digitized those scrolls yet, I can't prove it.

I don't need to recognize anything. You said that DePaul was not historically relevant and now you have finally acknowledged that you wre incorrect in stating that. Was that so hard?

 

[della]

I don't need to recognize anything. You said that DePaul was not historically relevant and now you have finally acknowledged that you wre incorrect in stating that. Was that so hard?

No, I didn't cause I don't recognize almost winning something as relevant.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

No, I didn't cause I don't recognize almost winning something as relevant.

so your position then is that neither DePaul or Tennessee have ever been relevant in mens basketball?

 

[della]

so your position then is that neither DePaul or Tennessee have ever been relevant in mens basketball?

My position is that more goes into determining relevance than one arbitrary factor.

 

[ExitFlagger]

Della…while DePaul does suck currently and historically, an NIT championship from that era is arguably as prestigious or more so than an NCAA title.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

Della…while DePaul does suck currently and historically, an NIT championship from that era is arguably as prestigious or more so than an NCAA title.

You look it up, they did a poll in 1945 to determine who had the best year and the results went like this:

1. DePaul
2. The Allies
3. Oklahoma A&M

 

[della]

You look it up, they did a poll in 1945 to determine who had the best year and the results went like this:

1. DePaul
2. The Allies
3. Oklahoma A&M

Define best year?

 

[Demarcus Kidd-Miller]

Now you need to recognize that UT is a major CBB power

Do you get drunk and grow beer muscles when you post or are you really this delusional?

 

[della]

Do you get drunk and grow beer muscles when you post or are you really this delusional?

 

[Demarcus Kidd-Miller]

Whats this have to do with the fact that youre the lone person on planet Earth that considers UT a "major power" in CBB?

Do you really want to have the conversation again where I show you several times throughout history that UT has had a better stretch than UK? You know what happens every single time right? I know you do. UT falls back to mediocrity after accomplishing nothing of note and UK rises to the top with a new coach.

 

[della]

Whats this have to do with the fact that youre the lone person on planet Earth that considers UT a "major power" in CBB?

Do you really want to have the conversation again where I show you several times throughout history that UT has had a better stretch than UK? You know what happens every single time right? I know you do. UT falls back to mediocrity after accomplishing nothing of note and UK rises to the top with a new coach.

It is similar to a reflex test. You hit me with that tiny hammer and my foot is going to kick upward.

I suppose we need to define Major power. In the last 5 years UT has avg the top 10 during the year climbing as high as #1 for parts of that time and routinely finishing top 5. UT has also advanced 16 and 8 in postseason while a lot of traditional powers have been bumped in the opening round. Finally, UT has beaten highly ranked teams both in and out of conference.

 

[winin11]

Della…while DePaul does suck currently and historically, an NIT championship from that era is arguably as prestigious or more so than an NCAA title.

that's bullshit, it was much easier competition wise.

 

[ExitFlagger]

that's bullshit, it was much easier competition wise.

In that era? No. Many of the top-rated teams opted to (or had to) play in the NIT.

Many people considered it the more prestigious event in the early years of the NCAA. Look it up.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

what is tastier, a bowl of dog shit or a plate of dog shit.

Let's ask the expert. So, which is it @lurkeraspect84?

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Let's ask the expert. So, which is it @lurkeraspect84?

It just comes down to the preference for bowls or plates.

 

[WeAreDePaul]

It just comes down to the preference for bowls or plates.

If i was skilled this is the perfect spot to insert the Gif where Trump is saying "China"