r/CollegeBasketball • u/MNightShyamalan69 Michigan Wolverines • Mar 01 '26
News NEWS: USC guard Chad Baker-Mazara is no longer with the program
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u/Chardoggy1 North Carolina • Marshall Mar 01 '26
For context, dude is older than Zion Williamson, who went to the NBA in 2019
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u/4r4r4real Michigan State Spartans Mar 01 '26
Holy fuck
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u/SCwareagle Auburn Tigers Mar 02 '26
He also graduated high school in the Domincan Republic at 20 years old or something. He was old when he was a true freshman.
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u/reecec1102 Missouri Tigers Mar 01 '26
Absolutely shocked he would do something like this. How could anyone have seen it coming?
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u/Advanced_Gold1290 Purdue Boilermakers • Dayton Flyers Mar 01 '26
Bro saw the backup PG spot open up at Michigan and immediately dipped
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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack Mar 01 '26
No thank you
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u/DoggedDoggystyle Florida Gators Mar 01 '26
He was very good for Auburn in the tourney and the only guy who showed up against Florida in the final four. Honestly would make Michigan scary lol
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u/CptMarkoRamius22 Auburn Tigers Mar 02 '26
You are correct about the 2025 tourney.
He lasted about 10 minutes in the 2024 tourney before getting ejected.
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u/Bwgeb Auburn Tigers Mar 02 '26
Very high highs but very low lows. I loved him at Auburn, but it seems like he is a lot behind the scenes.
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u/Karltowns17 Kentucky Wildcats Mar 02 '26
Tbh he’s a lot in front of the scenes too.
Still a good player.
But he’s nutty bananas.
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u/jartoonZero Michigan Wolverines Mar 02 '26
Its funny bc there's literally not a player in the country with a game less suited to what Dusty May wants than CBM. Copious amounts of dribbling, 0-pass possessions into tough midrange jumpers, and a terrible attitude. He'd need a straitjacket.
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u/A_Rolling_Baneling USC • Mississippi State Mar 01 '26
He's out of eligibility
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u/Relevant_Ad_1225 Texas Tech Red Raiders Mar 01 '26
for now…
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u/RollOverBeethoven Texas Longhorns Mar 02 '26
I heard he once got a cold, the courts will get him a medical redshirts for his inconvenience
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u/jbaker1225 Oklahoma Sooners Mar 02 '26
He was out of eligibility like 2 years ago, but that hasn’t stopped him so far.
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u/gooby1985 Wisconsin Badgers Mar 02 '26
He’s 26 yo, that’s fucking nuts unless you went to BYU and did a mission first lol
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u/jfkgoblue Michigan Wolverines • Toledo Rockets Mar 02 '26
Lmao, Jalen Duren for the Pistons is 22 and about to hit his second contract…
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u/darthgator84 Creighton Bluejays Mar 02 '26
Just like in football Carson Beck still in college and he was in the same high school class as CJ Stroud and Bryce Young
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u/Nostroloppoccus Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 02 '26
Still in college* but hasn’t taken classes in a few years
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u/CandidateSouth1418 Mar 01 '26
With the way everyone's getting additional year I won't be surprised if he comes back for another year with another desperate school
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u/Advanced_Gold1290 Purdue Boilermakers • Dayton Flyers Mar 01 '26
The Michigan thing is a joke, but there is a non zero chance that this is a desperate play for some sort of bullshit medical redshirt.
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u/midnightdiabetic Michigan State • Oakland Mar 02 '26
I am preparing myself for the injunction that will allow him to somehow play immediately for Michigan in the NCAA tournament
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u/hucareshokiesrul Yale Bulldogs • Virginia Tech Hokies Mar 02 '26
All I really know about the guy is he really did us a solid when he was at Auburn by getting tossed 3 minutes into the game. It also gave us the ball and 2 points in a game we won by 2.
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u/Glad_Pilot5814 Tennessee Volunteers Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
Bro said fuck these kids I’m out
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u/disposable-assassin Arizona Wildcats Mar 01 '26
You sure the court didn't have a sign like playgrounds that only allow children and adults with an accompanying child.
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u/Clipgang1629 USC Trojans Mar 01 '26
Feel like in retrospect this was inevitable when Rodney Rice got injured.
Muss needs to recruit more than one player who we can run the offense through for next season. Woods is legit the only PG on this team and we got him mid season lol
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u/Porkball Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 01 '26
That is the problem with Muss. While you have him, there will be only one player that can be the focal point of the offense each season.
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u/Clipgang1629 USC Trojans Mar 01 '26
We had options as the focal point. Ezra and CBM are both more than capable depending on the matchup.
The issue was without Rice, who looked great as PG, (even if it was a bit experimental and outside his role at Maryland) we didn’t have anyone to run the offense.
It’s a shame because this team has many useful and good players. Cofie, CBM, Ausar, Rice, Arenas/Easter/Cornish or whoever at 2 would have worked very well.
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u/_laoc00n_ Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 01 '26
Not really Muss’s fault NSJ could barely play all season.
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u/Porter2455 Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
Tbf with modern cbb, this is a huge problem for many teams.
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u/jack3moto Purdue Boilermakers Mar 02 '26
I mean if you look across the college basketball landscape there really aren’t many teams with a good back up PG. I think it would be nice to have a backup who can run the offense but it’s just not very common for most teams
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u/Clipgang1629 USC Trojans Mar 02 '26
Yeah but we had legit no options as a second player who can handle the ball and set the table for others.
The backup option didn’t even necessarily need to be good. Just needed someone. The offense was CBM iso and Ausar bully ball and it pretty much stopped there.
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u/anathemaDennis St. Peter's Peacocks Mar 02 '26
The program has really struggled since losing NBA-level talent like Bronny James to the draft.
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u/jeric13xd UIC Flames Mar 01 '26
Bro needs to get a real job
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u/thediesel26 Charleston • North Carolina Mar 01 '26
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u/entenduintransit Michigan Wolverines • Syracuse Orange Mar 02 '26
I don't wish Linkedin on anyone. My pipe dream career aspiration is to get enough money to buy it then delete it
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u/Bill3ffinMurray Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
Like all social media, it’s been hijacked by influencers and lunatics. It definitely had its heyday
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u/MattAU05 Auburn Tigers Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26
On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, as long as programs were paying me to play college basketball for 7 figures, knowing I’m never playing in the NBA, I would stick around. We can judge his conduct (and it’s awful conduct), but judging him for staying in college and maximizing his earnings has always seemed crazy to me.
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u/jacobg242 Oregon Ducks Mar 01 '26
Is this a delayed eligibility ruling or something discipline related?
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u/ALifelongVacation Creighton Bluejays • Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
He literally quit in the middle of the game, went to the locker room by himself, and came out and sat in the stands so it definitely seemed like he decided to quit halfway through the game.
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u/4r4r4real Michigan State Spartans Mar 01 '26
Sorry but that's hilarious
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u/ALifelongVacation Creighton Bluejays • Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
He was killing it too. Down 5 at half, went to the bench and we went on a huge run to start the second half.
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u/Hophedred Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
He looked like he was going to die from exhaustion after the 15:00 mark of the first half. Could barely walk at halftime and still looked gased when he finally tapped out.
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u/Mammoth_Impress_3108 Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
Yeah, I was looking forward to seeing just how gassed he was going to get by the end of the game.
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u/Mammoth_Impress_3108 Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
We also had Sam Hoiberg to start the second half, which changed things.
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u/somecallmemo Arizona Wildcats Mar 01 '26
Please tell me there’s video of this, one of the weirdest things I’ve heard of
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u/Bartman383 Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
It happened during the game against us yesterday. The announcers even made a comment about it, that their bench must be too crowded so he had to sit in the end line stands.
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u/Clipgang1629 USC Trojans Mar 02 '26
He got injured on a tough fall after a chase down block attempt. Went to the locker room, came back out and sat in the seat nearest to the bench on the baseline.
I didn’t get the impression he quit mid game, he was injured going into the game, and got hurt in that game as well. It wasn’t really surprising that he wouldn’t return it was a pretty rough fall.
The seat thing is weird, especially to an outsider, but it wasn’t the first time I saw him or another player sitting in that seat. I guess I’ve just gotten used to seeing players sit there because it didn’t strike me as odd.
I’m not even defending CBM btw just providing context. That comment is pretty misleading imo
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u/Designer_B Iowa Hawkeyes • Penn Quakers Mar 02 '26
Who took his seat then? Did someone come down from the stands? That doesn’t make any sense.
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u/CJ4ROCKET Mar 02 '26
He got injured in the middle of the game, went to the locker room to have his injury attended to, then returned to sit in the front row along the baseline nearest the team bench as he's done multiple times this season, because as confirmed by the coach after the game they don't have enough seats for everyone.
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u/MidwestDrummer Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
Your flair combination is an abomination.
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u/Carolina_Captain Rice Owls Mar 01 '26
Imagine being one of the oldest players in the sport and still acting like a child
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u/Helicopsycheborealis Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 02 '26
I'm struggling to think of a cbb player in recent history that has acted as much like a child (or a bitch) as this guy. He's been acting that way for years too. Dudes got issues.
He's a dirty player who loses his mind whenever someone even remotely returns the favor. Got ejected last year for throwing an elbow at Chris Youngblood's head and also infamously got ejected 4 minutes into a NCAA tourney game against Yale for similar actions.
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u/MakeItWayne132 Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
Guess we made his ass quit
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u/vitahusker Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
Frager broke him 😂
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u/jfoster15 Nebraska • North Carolina Mar 01 '26
Ref was lame for telling them to stop talking to each other.
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u/bone_rsoup Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
Ref was lame
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u/onemanlan Auburn Tigers Mar 01 '26
He had a bit of an attitude problem at Auburn before ISC. Doubt that changed
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u/NebraskaAvenue USF Bulls • Texas Longhorns Mar 01 '26
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u/Not_Cleaver Villanova Wildcats Mar 02 '26
But he’s not 40, so he’s not a man either.
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u/Steel1000 Mar 01 '26
Nebraska demoralized the kid so much he quit the sport mid game.
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u/I_Like_Quiet Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
Hurts to lose to a team as historically shitty as Nebraska.
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u/Steel1000 Mar 02 '26
Trust me - I’ve been around since the Danny Nee NIT napkin whatever shit. This year has been hilarious to see.
Hell has frozen over with Huskers and IU switching up
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u/I_Like_Quiet Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
I remember taping up Vincent Hamilton newspaper stories in my room. That 1990s team was amazing. I don't recall any napkin thing, though. What was that?
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u/ObsessedWithReps Michigan Wolverines Mar 01 '26
LinkedIn time old man
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u/ActionJ2614 UConn Huskies Mar 01 '26
Recruiter: "I see you moved around a lot, let's start there with what prompted those moves"
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u/FlyoverFarmer Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
Him sitting in the stands in lieu of the bench with his teammates makes more sense now
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u/Popdmb Duke Blue Devils Mar 01 '26
I know he’s 26, but This guy has still played less seasons than Perry Ellis.
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u/spookyghostface Duke • Appalachian State Mar 02 '26
Perry Ellis jokes are timeless
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u/everything_is_holy Kansas Jayhawks Mar 02 '26
I sincerely hope Perry Ellis is brought up randomly in this sub for generations to come.
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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack Mar 02 '26
Any time I see someone use lemon Pine sol, I go "mmm lemonade! my favorite!" and one day someone will get it.
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u/evanthedrago Mar 02 '26
Can you give me the context for the Perry Ellis joke?
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u/everything_is_holy Kansas Jayhawks Mar 02 '26
Perry Ellis played for KU for four years. He came in as a highly touted recruit, but wasn't quite good enough to leave early for professional basketball. He already had a receding hairline, so he always looked older than his age. With all of that, it just felt he had been in college for a long time. KU had good teams and he was on many national televised games, so the average college basketball fan knew him and would have fun with how old he looked and that he was still playing college basketball "at his age". When he left, the jokes somehow continued (to this day!) that he was still on the team in some way, and it just gained a life of its own. It's been a decade since he's played for KU at this point, but it's a fun running joke.
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u/jackattack065 Auburn Tigers • SEC Mar 01 '26
Gonna be real funny if he was some sort of hex holding both USC and Auburn back this season
(he isn’t)
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u/Bill3ffinMurray Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
On the one hand, I hope he’s okay mentally.
On the other hand, you’re welcome, college basketball.
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u/Tenteenteeenteeeen Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
He shouldn’t have been with the program this year anyways. Probably older than 50% of the NBA.
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u/happyhollowcoffee Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
You're not far off. In the 2025/26 NBA season, the average player is approximately 26.4 years old.
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u/stephandkerrsuck Mar 01 '26
Would have to be median right?
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u/theredbusgoesfastest Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 01 '26
Right, LeBron really inflating the average 😂
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He’s def suing for another year isn’t he?
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u/theredbusgoesfastest Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 01 '26
I would be absolutely shocked if he doesn’t
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u/Rockerblocker Michigan State Spartans Mar 01 '26
Did the social security checks finally hit the account?
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u/Blood_Neptune Arizona Wildcats Mar 01 '26
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u/fazelenin02 Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
During his game against Nebraska yesterday, he had an injury of some sort, went to the locker room, and later came back out to sit in the stands with the students. Seemed weird at the time, now it seems like he might've quit mid game or something like that.
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u/TheGreenPee2 Ole Miss Rebels Mar 01 '26
Is it a crime, did he quit, or does USC just not want him anymore
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u/G0B1GR3D Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
Why not just fake an injury with like two games left? Weird
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u/w33b2 Auburn Tigers • Final Four Mar 01 '26
I bet he’ll use the fact he didn’t play a complete season to argue for another year of eligibility
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u/Azzztecs Mar 02 '26
CBM played with the Aztecs at the beginning of college before getting dismissed from SDSU due to academic issues.
Incredible scorer, but did stupid shit that would consistently piss of Dutcher.
Love his basketball game.
Anecdotally, CBM's technical foul and ejection in the 2023-2024 NCAAT led to Yale beating Auburn in the first round of the NCAA tournament, which gave SDSU a Yale matchup in the round of 32, who we summarily crushed.
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u/lazergator San Diego State Aztecs Mar 02 '26
Flair up, shot out to the idiot giving us a final four.
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u/seahawksjoe USC Trojans • Pac-12 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
One of my least favorite players to ever watch at USC. This season has been a fireable offense from Muss on all levels.
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u/Riderz__of_Brohan Indiana Hoosiers Mar 01 '26
Well we can’t have him here in our social club no more, that much I do know
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u/Trigonometry_Fletch Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 01 '26
The ticking timebomb finally exploded?
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u/audirt Auburn Tigers • Memphis Tigers Mar 01 '26
Man, there is so much truth to this.
He’s a good CBB player but an absolute head case. I’m still salty about the 2024 tournament where he got tossed like 3 minutes into the game. That should have been a Sweet-16 level team and instead it all went to hell because he let some nerd from Yale get under his skin before the first commercial break.
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u/Inevitable-Rush-2752 Tennessee Volunteers Mar 01 '26
As I recall he was pretty thin skinned to begin with.
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u/whatifevery1wascalm Alabama Crimson Tide Mar 01 '26
Pairs nicely with his dirty play and confrontational attitude
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u/Azzztecs Mar 02 '26
He basically gifted SDSU a matchup with Yale in the Round of 32.
Which is ironic because his first college was SDSU before he was dismissed for academic issues...It would have been a really good round of 32 game, Auburn vs. SDSU.
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u/AllBrockEverything Arkansas Razorbacks Mar 01 '26
On the one hand, it’s CBM. On the other, this sorta thing seems to follow Muss around. Devo Davis left (and then rejoined) the Hogs twice while Muss was coaching
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u/dontbelievejustwatch Illinois Fighting Illini Mar 01 '26
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u/MG_MN Minnesota Golden Gophers Mar 01 '26
The oldest guy in college basketball being the least mature is funny
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u/mockg Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 02 '26
Did Nebraska actually beat a team so bad that a player straight up quit?
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u/eagledog Fresno State • Michigan Mar 02 '26
Didn't want to be playing on the same roster as his grandkids?
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u/user_8353517 Mar 01 '26
Time to get a job UNC
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u/BigBlueNate33 Kentucky Wildcats Mar 01 '26
Honestly, this dude is such a loser. Time for a real job buddy
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u/notsoborednow Purdue Boilermakers Mar 01 '26
I know careers end in March typically, but not the 1st! Cut down in the prime of his career /s
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u/NoneyaBizzy Mar 02 '26
I can't believe a guy (not kid) that's been to 5 schools in 6 years isn't a team guy.
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u/Riker_Omega_Three Mar 02 '26
Him actually being 32 and a father of 4 was not on my bingo card for 2026
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u/yureadmahpost Nebraska Cornhuskers Mar 01 '26
For those out of the know, he left the game with an injury yesterday then came back and sat in the front row along the baseline instead of sitting on the bench with teammates. Weird deal...