Curry Hicks Sage
@CurryHicksSage
Followers
17K
Following
240K
Media
3K
Statuses
119K
Eminence grise, humorist, and connector in the college basketball world. It’s always #SearchSZN.
Joined September 2015
Your team is dancing. Or searching. Or waiting. Whatever they’re doing, you need merch. Merch to celebrate in. Merch to mourn in. Merch to complain in. And @HomefieldApparl promo code SAGE20 gets you the best merch 20% off and helps me take #SearchSZN a bit more legit. Buy it.
11
12
104
Shout out to the tipsters.
There was an absolutely wild brawl during the UMass Rutgers women’s soccer game today in which a Scarlet Knight connected on an absolutely vicious haymaker and judo throw.
84
587
11K
KState paid a kid 2 million bucks to come hoop for them this year. Drake paid a guy a bit less than half that to coach them. He brought 4 D2 kids with him and has now beaten the Wildcats and the other deeply sham NIL team, Miami. Coaching still matters.
Drake STUNS Kansas State in OT in the Wildcat Classic 73-70! 🔥 . The Bulldogs improve to 10-0 under first year head coach Ben McCollum. 🐶
44
471
10K
Can an NCAA President be impeached? Asking on behalf of a country.
NEW: NCAA President Charlie Baker believes there is room for March Madness to expand to 72 or 76 teams. (via @BryanDFischer) .
18
203
7K
I feel like a Nova Pope is a massive L for Notre Dame and Georgetown.
38
135
5K
Look, it’s time to realize that Duke isn’t the old Duke anymore. Scheyer is just objectively more likable than K and now he’s reached a final four. There’s no Graysons or Laettners in this group. Pains me to say it but this group is eternally likable.
96
94
4K
I forget who said it but the best thing to happen to women’s hoops is the rise of (non misogynistic) haters. I’m so glad we are done with the “celebrating women’s sports” bullshit. That’s so patronizing. Real sports spawn legions of team and player-specific HATERS. It’s great.
8
169
2K
On principle, no conference should ever be permitted to get 14 teams. I now want the SEC to lose every single game. Preposterous.
50
81
2K
Everyone's understandably dunking on Gottlieb but it's the AD who deserves the criticism here. He was the one who thought hiring a talk show host with no college coaching experience and letting him keep the talk show were good ideas.
Green Bay loses a buy game to Michigan Tech. The epitome of brutality.
28
68
2K
It’s 10:30 eastern on Election Night. Reports of stochastic acts of political violence at polling sites in exurban Phoenix and Kalamazoo are emerging. The nation is on edge. Jon Rothstein is live tweeting the final moments of an overtime tilt between Evansville and North Texas.
18
60
2K
My goodness is Jay Wright good at getting his guys jobs or what?!.
4
64
2K
I swear if the NCAA puts Texas A&M or some decidedly mid SEC team in over either Drake or Indiana State I’m going to lose my mind.
50
64
2K
THEY HIRED A SEARCH FIRM AND THE SEARCH FIRM FOUND THE GUY WHO WAS ALREADY THERE. I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING INSANE.
Sources: Colorado State has promoted assistant Ali Farokmanesh to head coach.
32
19
2K
New York, NY,,,. Welcome to Birth SZN. Our baby girl arrived earlier this morning and we are extremely blessed.
142
13
1K
Caitlin Clark doesn’t play a single iota of defense. Not a scintilla. Just flat out doesn’t guard.
275
41
983
Source: the start of the Columbia LIU game is delayed 15 minutes because LIU head coach Rod Strickland is delayed due to traffic. I am not making this up.
39
64
973
My hottest CBB take is that some timber magnate in Maine should pay through the nose to bring Flagg and a few other ballers to UMaine for one year. Play an insane non conference stage all around the country, steamroll the America East, and get a 6 seed, still be the top pick.
5⭐️ Cooper Flagg, the top-ranked prospect in the country, is reportedly planning his first three official visits to Duke, Kansas, and UConn. 👀.
28
61
855
This is what college basketball can be at places that don’t needlessly over invest in football.
College basketball may be in a weird place, but you will never take this away
18
39
860
If anything about treating human beings like this appeals to you I’d ask that you never associate with me again in any way. I’ll defend your right to live freely and say what you want but I don’t want to know you. This is as grotesque a tweet as I’ve ever seen.
32
61
768
@Mpfairchild @UMassFootball Rather lose every game than support a school that was run by a fraudulent grifter infidelity maven who tells everyone else how to live their life while doing all the things he condemns.
5
3
583
UC San Diego is 40th in Kenpom in their first year ever being eligible to make a D1 NCAA Tournament. They’re 23-4. To me, if the season ended today Eric Olen should be National Coach of the Year. Higher kenpom than UNC with legitimately probably 1/30th the budget.
11
52
652
Source: in a beautiful twist of internet fate, virtually the entire FDU team is stuck in an elevator **at LIU** and the game is being delayed as a result. What a sport.
18
46
618
As a Nova alum, the new Pope should attend Big East Media Day and publicly criticize Val Ackerman for not getting enough teams in the NCAA tournament. MY COLUMN.
12
35
617
Arkansas fans lowkey taking over a subway station right now. Genuinely impressive turnout.
9
30
598
Everyone chased football money but in the end the Big East is still way cooler than SEC basketball. Talent wise SEC hoops in 2025 is the best league maybe of all time but the Big East still wins the vibes war.
24
25
574
Will Wade to Charleston would be incredibly fun for college basketball. That place is a ten year Will Wade stint away from being Gonzaga South.
22
27
553
One thing Woj explicitly understands about this era is that being a feeder program to bigger programs is, in itself, a pretty good strategy for staying relevant. Naturally, that runs counter to how fans think about these things but it’s a really smart way of navigating the.
14
25
561
Small city low level professional soccer culture is sneakily the coolest thing going in American sports fandom today.
23
30
560
Indiana State just hung 100 to win its 32nd game. The committee still gave us Virginia.
8
37
515
There was an absolutely wild brawl during the UMass Rutgers women’s soccer game today in which a Scarlet Knight connected on an absolutely vicious haymaker and judo throw.
14
14
512
And you won’t really hear much about it from what remains of the college basketball media because sports gambling advertisers essentially fund it.
RJ Luis Jr. deleted his Instagram because of overwhelming harassment from degenerate gamblers and miserable freaks who didn’t watch a single second of college basketball up until this week. This shit is disgusting.
11
38
504
This is so embarrassingly petty from ISU. You guys paid him 1/6th what he got at SLU and even if you tripled it you’d be around a million off of what he’s getting now in a better league. He dramatically improved a long struggling program and made you better. Thank him.
Head Coach Josh Schertz declines contract extension, resigns as Indiana State men's basketball head coach. Thank you for your efforts over the last three seasons with the Sycamores, Coach!. . #MarchOn
16
20
476
If this is not made right by the end of the month, the world will ultimately learn every last detail concerning whatever personal skeletons lurk in the closet of the executives who run this grotesquely cheap company. Extramarital affairs, problematic group chats, you name it.
🚨🚨UPDATE: Noah was just notified by INSURANCE he is NOT getting the money😡😡😡. They say his foot was on the line DESPITE not being told BEFOREHAND that it had to be BEHIND the line. OddsOn Promotions is the company. This is what UMass offered instead:.@espn @zoomasschicks
15
22
474
Impossible to overstate how talented this kid on TikTok is. These videos make me feel alive.
5
29
473
Indiana got an upgrade in Devries but not getting Dusty last year will still go down as one of the great bag fumblings of the last decade or so in the B1G.
30
25
471
Creighton’s fans travel so unbelievably well. One of the sneaky best fan bases in America.
14
29
461
One thing I dig about Louisville is the sheer volume and variety of their fans. You take a look at their bios and some have MAGA, some have rainbow flags, some are truck drivers, some are surgeons, some are black, some are white. All are endearingly batshit. All LOVE their Cards.
27
48
418
The thing I love about Crean is that while the other 70K fans in attendance are locked into this game you just know he’s sitting there thinking about the ball screen defense schemes of two middle of the pack MO Valley teams whose game he’s doing on ESPN2 12 days from now.
7
16
422
Arkansas fans, it was fun mixing it up with you for the last couple weeks. In the end, you got the coach of my childhood team, a guy who made me fall in love with the sport and is in many ways responsible for the existence of this Twitter account. Go be great.
23
10
407
Sovereignty over Journalism is an almost impossibly Trumpian headline.
10
23
428
Hiring a basketball coach at Louisville.
5
12
411
Objectively obnoxious behavior. Also objectively very good for the sport of college basketball.
"Bye! Bye! Two Rings! Two Rings!". Dan Hurley hit Creighton fans with the ring point after UConn's first win in Omaha. 📽️@GraceBBoyles . #GoJays #RDJ
18
12
378
PREDICTION: I now believe that Buzz Williams will be the next basketball coach at the University of Maryland.
39
28
371
OK which neutral site should it be played at? Wrong answers only. I’m going with Old Sturbridge Village.
NEWS: Boston College and UMass will meet in a neutral site game during the 2025-26 season, according to multiple sources.
150
11
346
Multiple sources: UConn is about to make a very strong hire to bolster an already terrific staff.
57
19
365
I believe New York City Mayor Eric Adams will be federally indicted within the next 48 hours and we will have a mayoral #SearchSZN.
29
12
348
This is such such such horrific news. I am at a complete loss for words. May his memory be a blessing. He was one of the very best up and comers in the coaching business. Tragic.
13
46
343
Rick Pitino is the greatest coach in the history of college basketball and no one will ever convince me otherwise. Congrats to all the Johnnies fans on this special night. Enjoy it.
21
30
347
NC State fans are undeniably my favorite fan base since WVU. Unapologetically passionate yet deeply self aware. A true force. They deserve the world. #WadeToState.
22
19
337
There is no better feeling that I’ve known on this earth than the calm contentment and joy that overcomes your entire soul 6-8 hours after the birth of your healthy child. Just the absolute greatest shit ever.
23
2
330
Years ago, in the pre NIL era when kids got paid under the table, a guy who was close w/Fran Dunphy told me Temple couldn’t get a particular kid because “Dunph won’t pay.” In a game where almost everyone “cheated” at least a bit, Fran never did. Still won 600+ games. Legend.
10
27
327
UConn may have back to back national titles but they also awarded a degree to this guy so there’s always that.
20
7
305
Though getting out of Rutgers was a third world horror show, everything *inside* that stadium was unmistakably big time last night. As an NYC resident I’d love to have a big time program and consistent winner an hour away and will always root for them despite the dysfunction.
10
11
309
BYU is like the hardest team in the country to dislike. Their fans/alums are all like really successful people who also happen to be quite kind and not particularly arrogant about it.
10
23
307
I’m fine with sports gambling but it’s a legitimately a bit unnerving watching ESPN turn into a gambling network in real time.
27
22
301
Check out Stanford coach Kyle Smith’s 2012-2013 staff at Columbia. Hartman now an asst. on elite 8 team led by Golden. Hoevde also an asst. there but will be the next Columbia head coach. Magpayo is now the head coach at Fordham. Jacques is the head coach at Cornell. Wild.
11
34
313
ANY Coach, administrator, or commentator who so much as hints at the idea of reducing the number or percentage of mid and low major teams in the tournament should forever become persona non grata for the rest of their days. It should permanently ruin their legacy. No compromise.
17
51
287
Brown to Grand Canyon—extremely normal academic trajectory.
NEWS: Brown transfer Nana Owusu-Anane has committed to Grand Canyon, agent CJ Ward told ESPN. The 6'8 power forward was named Second-Team All-Ivy League in 2024. Previously committed to SMU.
9
9
307
WEDNESDAY #SearchSZN predictions***. Wade to NC State .Moser to Nova.Odom to UVA.McCollum to Iowa.No idea yet on WVU. ***subject to change at any time.
58
17
300
The funniest thing about this Trump campaign is that the dude’s greatest accomplishment by far was getting the vaccine done way faster than anyone foresaw and yet his entire base hates vaccines so he can’t run on it at all.
12
11
273
Coming soon as part of a new project I’m working on…
10
25
298
Cringe content alert.
6
5
294
Some personal news: Baby Sage II arrived earlier today. A little guy at 6 pounds 15 ounces, he will be listed at 7’1 on the official family roster. Mom and baby boy are doing well and UMass has yet to lose a basketball game during his time on earth.
62
0
279
Shout out to the members of multiple different faiths for the prayers today for my little man and shout out to the non believers for the thoughts as well. Both meant a ton to me. The #SearchSZN community represents the very best of this country. He’s out of the OR and resting!.
26
0
273
Leaving the place that gave you a second shot when your career had hit rock bottom is, famously, having “amazing loyalty.”.
Sean Miller says he can't answer yet if any of his players from Xavier will follow him to Texas. "Obviously I have amazing loyalty to Xavier and all of those kids have choices.".
5
21
282
Shout out to student newspaper reporters.
BREAKING: Sources have confirmed to The Villanovan that Kyle Neptune was informed that he is no longer the Villanova head men’s basketball coach.
2
8
276
Me getting tossed from the A10 play in game at 11:45 am after a dubious goal tending call against UMass gives Richmond a 13-7 lead in the early going
3
4
273
School that produced Doctor freaking J is about to be a MAC basketball program and I’m sorry but I still can’t quite get my head around how it all was allowed to happen.
35
10
265
Please refrain from lecturing us until you’ve paid back all of the welfare money you stole from your state’s poorest citizens.
If you’re born in the USA or an American citizen and you put other countries above us, then that’s unpatriotic. That’s it. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸.
7
20
247
@stoolpresidente Dave as someone who has an entire twitter and podcasting persona built around the Cage please provide the couple hundred thousand bucks necessary that would make the Cage usable for one game a year. Been hounding the administration for years. Could use your support.
11
5
259
@KFCBarstool @tyleroday Thank you KFC. This is absolutely the right take. City is so much better since congestion pricing was passed.
7
4
261
I’d love to do a 3 hours podcast where Jon Rothstein is just completely stoned and vividly recalling specific moments from early oughts conference tournament quarterfinal games.
10
6
257
The United States of America,,,,. Welcome to #SearchSZN.
12
24
250
**ESPN alerts sound**. Updating with a change: now predicting Willard to Nova. No other changes at this time.
WEDNESDAY #SearchSZN predictions***. Wade to NC State .Moser to Nova.Odom to UVA.McCollum to Iowa.No idea yet on WVU. ***subject to change at any time.
26
15
257
If Marquette loses this game you cannot blame Shaka. At a certain point kids have to make wide open threes.
38
11
242
Kamala just fucking destroyed this old fuck. And I don’t even particularly like her. But that was utter destruction.
18
6
230
I cannot tell you how perfect last night at Rose Hill was. Truly felt like a message from the heavens that investing entirely too much of your time and energy during your short time on this earth into mid tier collegiate basketball is a worthwhile endeavor after all.
11
12
248
Believe it was the Goodman guy and the Ron Dauster dude who went after me for saying Strickland was late for the team bus. Jeff went so far as to track down an official LIU spokesman for comment. Ron said I was threatening Rod’s livelihood. Good times!.
17
11
242
Just the absolute biggest dorks I’ve ever seen. Like the lamest kid on a freshman floor in 2004 whose walls are covered in those posters you get at the dentist with the Ferrari and a sunset that says like “inspiration for higher education.” Fucking dweeb city.
11
2
243
When I tell you that Mullins can get as loud as anywhere in America you have to believe me.
25
13
235
This whole time of year just continually reminds me how absolutely insane it is that we’ve just let college football completely drive the bus, something even more insane in the northeast.
13
19
233
When you ask an AI Image Generator.to generate a photo featuring “room full of Boston College football donors.”.
11
11
232
Completely earnest tweet: Congratulations to UConn football and their fans on one of the most impressive turnarounds in the history of the sport.
12
4
223
@GoodmanHoops Dude, really? Are you this tone deaf? I never had an issue with you until yesterday but this is beyond egregious. Show some earnest contrition and move on.
7
1
225
I am now prepared to say that I believe the Porter Moser to Nova chatter is extremely real.
29
13
231
Anthony Grant is a very good basketball coach and it’s WILD to me that a subset of Dayton fans can’t seem to understand that. They’re like all freshman and lost their PG to an injury and got beat by a group of 24 year olds who needed that win to salvage their entire legacy.
12
8
213
This is as cogent and nuanced of a case as I’ve ever heard a coach make about the specific nature of how bad officiating works to hurt small conference programs. Kudos to him for making it. Really good stuff from Gallo. Deft, subtle, convincing.
Merrimack coach Joe Gallo on the technical foul called against him with 1:39 left in Merrimack's 69-67 loss to Georgetown. After Budd Clark was called for a travel, Gallo picked up a towel, wiped his hands, and tossed it back to the bench.
14
13
211