College Basketball 2025

[HeelsPanthersCanes]

15 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

Better program lol

Sadly, Florida is a better program.  Their NIL budget is 5x what Carolina's is and that is what makes a "program" these days.

Gone are the 90's where every kid and rapper wants a Carolina Starter Jacket and Teams hat.  

This program is not even in the top 20 of jobs or merchandise for anyone under the age of 30.  Which last I checked, is every single recruit.

I've said it over and over again, even before we hired Hubert.  Make Mark Few the richest college basketball coach in history by a mile, and MAYBE this gets fixed.

Otherwise, we will hire someone like High Point's coach or some Tarheel re-tread that Roy approves of and continue this same nonsense. 

Edited 2 hours ago by HeelsPanthersCanes

[uncfan888]

16 minutes ago, HeelsPanthersCanes said:

Sadly, Florida is a better program.  Their NIL budget is 5x what Carolina's is and that is what makes a "program" these days.

Gone are the 90's where every kid and rapper wants a Carolina Starter Jacket and Teams hat.  

This program is not even in the top 20 of jobs or merchandise for anyone under the age of 30.  Which last I checked, is every single recruit.

I've said it over and over again, even before we hired Hubert.  Make Mark Few the richest college basketball coach in history by a mile, and MAYBE this gets fixed.

Otherwise, we will hire someone like High Point's coach or some Tarheel re-tread that Roy approves of and continue this same nonsense. 

The NIL budget could be increased for UNC.. They did it for the shitty football program. UNC is one of the top 3 biggest brands in college basketball. If the budgets were equal, the only people that would say Florida is a better program is Florida or duke fans

[LinvilleGorge]

56 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

The NIL budget could be increased for UNC.. They did it for the shitty football program. UNC is one of the top 3 biggest brands in college basketball. If the budgets were equal, the only people that would say Florida is a better program is Florida or duke fans

The idiotic huge investment into Belichick and the commitments he contractually forced to be spent on the football program is a big problem right now. If he was delivering promise on the field it would pay off but Belichick isn't holding up his end of the bargain in that regard.

I have heard from a big Rams Club booster (a whole row of third row tickets at the Deam Dome) that Hubert is gone. With the Belichick disaster and basketball floundering the money is gon a dry up if they don't do something big and it's cheaper to do it with Hubert right now than Belichick, plus most of the donors are still just way more into basketball based on the history of Carolina athletics. 

[uncfan888]

14 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The idiotic huge investment into Belichick and the commitments he contractually forced to be spent on the football program is a big problem right now. If he was delivering promise on the field it would pay off but Belichick isn't holding up his end of the bargain in that regard.

I have heard from a big Rams Club booster (a whole row of third row tickets at the Deam Dome) that Hubert is gone. With the Belichick disaster and basketball floundering the money is gon a dry up if they don't do something big and it's cheaper to do it with Hubert right now than Belichick, plus most of the donors are still just way more into basketball based on the history of Carolina athletics. 

They did it because college football brings in so much more money than basketball.. Unfortunately they spent it all on the wrong coach. 

I'm glad Hubert is gone but they have to get this hire right 

[LinvilleGorge]

9 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

They did it because college football brings in so much more money than basketball.. Unfortunately they spent it all on the wrong coach. 

I'm glad Hubert is gone but they have to get this hire right 

That's how the sold most of the donors on it. More money driven from football would equal more money for basketball but then they had to commit to guaranteed spend on football in Belichick's contract so if football isn't driving additional revenue then in essence it's just stealing from basketball.

[toldozer]

High point, the best team in North Carolina 

[HeelsPanthersCanes]

2 hours ago, uncfan888 said:

The NIL budget could be increased for UNC.. They did it for the shitty football program. UNC is one of the top 3 biggest brands in college basketball. If the budgets were equal, the only people that would say Florida is a better program is Florida or duke fans

You're severely misunderstanding how NIL works.  BYU, literally a non-brand for any coach, recruit or just casual fan, landed the highest paid player in America. 

And if "budgets were equal", the entertainment company I currently run would be Disney.

We live in a world where Michael Jordan and his influence/money could buy us anything we wanted.  And he's not willing, so be prepared for all the mediocrity. 

Hire the High Point coach, let him bring his PG with him.

[t96]

wrong thrad

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[Brooklyn 3.0]

2 hours ago, uncfan888 said:

Better program lol

Dude. They're the defending champions and are still in this year's tournament. Meanwhile the Heels have Hubert Doofus Davis as their coach (for now). You're talking about prestige. I'm talking about right now. Florida is the better program.

[TLGPanthersFan]

5 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

That would be a Tinderbox thread.

Oh so it is the person you do not like. I would be very happy if UNC could pull him away from Florida. I care how he coaches. Could give two shits how he is as a person.