Kansas vs North Carolina championship - Monday night 9:20pm ET, TBS

[azcatz11]

People will talk about what a great game that was, but honestly that was some of the worst basketball I’ve seen in a long time. It was only close because both teams were awful and stupid.

It really just goes to show you what a massive jump it is to the pros from college. Most college players cant even handle a basic pick-in-roll or bounce pass into the post. Woof. Both team’s Guards were turnover machines. Neither plays any defense off the dribble. Just yikes.

Seriously that game was trash. I prefer college basketball to the pro's because every basketball means something but that was ugly

[CptCrunch]

Love was brutal tonight.

He is brutal every night. Prior to this game, he was 36% for the year from 2. His 55% shooting night against Duke was the best game in his career. He hasn't shot above 50% 4 times in 40 games.

[falcolombardi]

People will talk about what a great game that was, but honestly that was some of the worst basketball I’ve seen in a long time. It was only close because both teams were awful and stupid.

It really just goes to show you what a massive jump it is to the pros from college. Most college players cant even handle a basic pick-in-roll or bounce pass into the post. Woof. Both team’s Guards were turnover machines. Neither plays any defense off the dribble. Just yikes.

you have to turn off your professional level expectatives

remember most of these kids are not gonna be profesional, let alone nba players

the average G-league guys that make 10 day contracts are a couple levels above the average ncaa final four player and those guys are seen as scrubs at nba level

[Reeko]

He might get a good shot at summer league or training camp to attempt it,but I don’t see it.

Yeah, I think he's likely a G Leaguer or Europe bound.

McCormack likely has a better shot, because of his real NBA size, but even him it will be hard to make it as rotational player.

I agree, McCormack needs to add a jump shot if he wants to make it in the league.

[CptCrunch]

People will talk about what a great game that was, but honestly that was some of the worst basketball I’ve seen in a long time. It was only close because both teams were awful and stupid.

It really just goes to show you what a massive jump it is to the pros from college. Most college players cant even handle a basic pick-in-roll or bounce pass into the post. Woof. Both team’s Guards were turnover machines. Neither plays any defense off the dribble. Just yikes.

College basketball is such a bad product for real. Usually a team of upperclassmen with no NBA prospects wins the tourney. Then let's not forget the talent disparity across teams and the fraudulent one and done era where pretend academics is basically a joke that has taken a backseat to NCAA ba$ketball.

[Michael Jackson]

Yeah, I think he's likely a G Leaguer or Europe bound.

McCormack likely has a better shot, because of his real NBA size, but even him it will be hard to make it as rotational player.

I agree, McCormack needs to add a jump shot if he wants to make it in the league.

Which he might. He surely has a big boy NBA body and teams will give him a chance if he wants to improve.

[Sprewell4Three]

Caleb Love, who was the hero against Duke, went 1-7 from 3. It always comes down to 3s.

He was 5/24 from the field! And that doesn’t include all his costly turnovers. He was absolutely horrendous. Dude single-handed lost Carolina the game lol.

I wouldn’t even touch him in the 2nd Round of the draft.

There will be a team that will. I think with some coaching and some training he can improve in the nba. He was able to get into the paint just wasn’t able to finish.

[falcolombardi]

i dont watch much ncaa but i enjoyed this maybe because the novelty of it

one thingh i wonder about is what would have happened if lebron had to play ncaa if the draft rules were changed earlier

2004 lebron at this level would have been crazy to watch, 18 years old luka would have been crazy too if for some reason he left europe to play in college

[CIN-C-STAR]

He might get a good shot at summer league or training camp to attempt it,but I don’t see it.

Yeah, I think he's likely a G Leaguer or Europe bound.

McCormack likely has a better shot, because of his real NBA size, but even him it will be hard to make it as rotational player.

Both are listed as 6' 10"
I thought Bacot played bigger than McCormack tbh, on offense and defense.
Neither is quite big enough to play starter minutes at center at the NBA level though, and neither is skilled enough to be a power forward. Backup center at best would be my guess.

[Sprewell4Three]

Of course the skill level is not going to be as good as the NBA. Cmon. The NBA still has its flaws with the foul fest and barely any defense being played. One thing I liked about this game was that the refs were letting the kids play and not calling too many ticky tack fouls.


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[Sprewell4Three]

Bacot is a big body that can rebound and score a little bit. I think he has a place in the NBA as a back up.


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[CIN-C-STAR]

People will talk about what a great game that was, but honestly that was some of the worst basketball I’ve seen in a long time. It was only close because both teams were awful and stupid.

It really just goes to show you what a massive jump it is to the pros from college. Most college players cant even handle a basic pick-in-roll or bounce pass into the post. Woof. Both team’s Guards were turnover machines. Neither plays any defense off the dribble. Just yikes.

College basketball is such a bad product for real. Usually a team of upperclassmen with no NBA prospects wins the tourney. Then let's not forget the talent disparity across teams and the fraudulent one and done era where pretend academics is basically a joke that has taken a backseat to NCAA ba$ketball.

So college basketball is a bad product because:
1) Players with more experience do better in the postseason (just like in the NBA)
2) There is talent disparity in a league with hundreds of teams. Presumably this is supposed to be contrasted with the NBA, where there isn't a massive talent disparity between, let's say, the Orlando Magic and the Milwaukee Bucks?
3) The basketball players don't have rigorous enough academic hurdles and that somehow makes the basketball worse

I'm not going to argue it's a great product but none of this reasoning makes much sense to me tbh

[Perseus1966]

Watched first half and said ok its done ,then ...

[WestGOAT]

i dont watch much ncaa but i enjoyed this maybe because the novelty of it

one thingh i wonder about is what would have happened if lebron had to play ncaa if the draft rules were changed earlier

2004 lebron at this level would have been crazy to watch, 18 years old luka would have been crazy too if for some reason he left europe to play in college

I was also thinking how Luka would have fared in college. Would he have been more dominant than Kevin Durant who played for Texas?

That said for Luka's development it was definitely better to play against professionals than this level of talent. I don't think he would have as NBA ready playing against fellow kids

[FreeThrowLine]

The only guy I saw out there that looks like he could be an NBA player was that Agbagi kid, I think he has potential if he can be a little more aggressive

[PlatinumState]

The only guy I saw out there that looks like he could be an NBA player was that Agbagi kid, I think he has potential if he can be a little more aggressive

Agbaji is the only one thats gonna get drafted in the first round (lottery)

[leolozon]

i dont watch much ncaa but i enjoyed this maybe because the novelty of it

one thingh i wonder about is what would have happened if lebron had to play ncaa if the draft rules were changed earlier

2004 lebron at this level would have been crazy to watch, 18 years old luka would have been crazy too if for some reason he left europe to play in college

Yeah, Doncic in this tournament instead of being in Europe would have been crazy. He would have done what he wanted to. I still can't believe the scouts couldn't see the enormous gap between Europe and the NCAA.

[SmoothLefty21]

People will talk about what a great game that was, but honestly that was some of the worst basketball I’ve seen in a long time. It was only close because both teams were awful, sloppy, and stupid.

This has been college basketball for about a decade now. It's been a terrible product.

[dribble1614]

bill self is officially, if he wasn't already, a mount rushmore legend head coach. one of the top 5 college coaches of all-time.

[Billy Goat]

Bacot is a big body that can rebound and score a little bit. I think he has a place in the NBA as a back up.


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Hell be a good NBA player on rebounding alone.