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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,314
    ZoSoTim said:
    Poncier said:
    NC State and DJ Burns are a fun watch.
    He’s amazing. I’m surprised how skilled he is for a dude his size. Been watching them since the ACC Tournament. 
    He’s listed at 275. I think 3 bills, easy.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • GB281198
    GB281198 Virginia Posts: 631
    Being a NC State grad I didn't think I would ever see them back in the Final Four. The last couple of weeks have been a wild ride.
  • ZoSoTim
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    Wobbie said:
    ZoSoTim said:
    Poncier said:
    NC State and DJ Burns are a fun watch.
    He’s amazing. I’m surprised how skilled he is for a dude his size. Been watching them since the ACC Tournament. 
    He’s listed at 275. I think 3 bills, easy.
    With as tall as he is I’d bet closer to 350. 
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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,871
    Pretty cool
    both UConn teams
    both NC State

    party oarty


  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    well my brackets are busted..

    Duke beating Houston killed my brackets...

    Only 1 team left in the FF w Alabama.

    Oh well.  It was fun.
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,255
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    It's going to be the have's and the have nots, and the have nots won't be able to compete. And if they do get a good recruiting class, that will probably be mostly under-recruited players or just improve in a year or 2, they will leave where they can get more NIL money. It'll be a vicious cycle.  

    Probably the main reason why coaches like Jay Wright and Nick Saban got out?
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,314
    cutz said:
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    It's going to be the have's and the have nots, and the have nots won't be able to compete. And if they do get a good recruiting class, that will probably be mostly under-recruited players or just improve in a year or 2, they will leave where they can get more NIL money. It'll be a vicious cycle.  

    Probably the main reason why coaches like Jay Wright and Nick Saban got out?
    I think so.

    here’s another gripe: the less prestigious NIT used to take all the conference champs who didn’t get the automatic NCAA bid by winning their conference tourney. If I’m not mistaken Toledo has won the MAC 6 of the last 7 years but never gone to the big dance because they haven’t won the crapshoot of the conference tourney. Now, the NIT doesn’t even take all mid major conference champs…the new agreement is they take at least two power 5 and two big east.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,314
    I found this funny.


    If I had known then what I know now...

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    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,314
    I think we’re going to get the best final matchups, men’s and women’s.

    What the hell do some of these commentators do the other 49 weeks of the year? Seems Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis only pop up in March.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,314
    ^^^ that is, unless Bama wins.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,314
    cutz said:
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    It's going to be the have's and the have nots, and the have nots won't be able to compete. And if they do get a good recruiting class, that will probably be mostly under-recruited players or just improve in a year or 2, they will leave where they can get more NIL money. It'll be a vicious cycle.  

    Like Mark Sears of Alabama? First played at my Alma mater, lil’ ol’ Ohio University :angry:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,314
    Auburn alum Barkley just shaded Bama by saying if Bama wins there won’t be enough Natty Light and PBR to go around.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,255
    Wobbie said:
    cutz said:
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    It's going to be the have's and the have nots, and the have nots won't be able to compete. And if they do get a good recruiting class, that will probably be mostly under-recruited players or just improve in a year or 2, they will leave where they can get more NIL money. It'll be a vicious cycle.  

    Like Mark Sears of Alabama? First played at my Alma mater, lil’ ol’ Ohio University :angry:
    YES.

    Another Alabama player,  Aaron Estrada, who I saw play in HS, went to St. Peters(MAAC Frosh of the year)  his Frosh year and the went to Oregon where he didn't do much, then to Hofstra(CAA player of the Year) then to Alabama. It seems to me that I saw him in HS about 8 years ago-LOL
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,440
    cutz said:
    Wobbie said:
    cutz said:
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    Wobbie said:
    Was just reading about NIL as how it relates to the school up the road from me…Utah State.

    they had a new coach this year. They won the Mountain West and won a game in the tournament. Washington swooped in and signed the USU coach for 6 years, $22M. He wants to compete for a national title and I’m sure he liked the raise. The thing is, USU can’t pay for championship level talent. They say a good Mountain West player will cost you $100k. Half a mil for a good starting five. Power 5 conference schools can pay that to one player. I’m all for players getting some money but a half a mil seems crazy….and not good for “the game.”
    It's going to be the have's and the have nots, and the have nots won't be able to compete. And if they do get a good recruiting class, that will probably be mostly under-recruited players or just improve in a year or 2, they will leave where they can get more NIL money. It'll be a vicious cycle.  

    Like Mark Sears of Alabama? First played at my Alma mater, lil’ ol’ Ohio University :angry:
    YES.

    Another Alabama player,  Aaron Estrada, who I saw play in HS, went to St. Peters(MAAC Frosh of the year)  his Frosh year and the went to Oregon where he didn't do much, then to Hofstra(CAA player of the Year) then to Alabama. It seems to me that I saw him in HS about 8 years ago-LOL
    I saw Estrada at Hofstra. I go to one or two games a year there since one of my best friends is a season ticket holder so I know a lot about Hofstra hoops through him.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,929
    Looks like Calipari is headed to Arkansas.  Who goes to Kentucky? Hurley, Nate Oats?  Doubt Hurly goes so I think it's gonna end up being Oats.
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,290
    Oats has an $18 million buyout. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them go after Scott Drew. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    pjhawks said:
    Looks like Calipari is headed to Arkansas.  Who goes to Kentucky? Hurley, Nate Oats?  Doubt Hurly goes so I think it's gonna end up being Oats.
    Isn't Hurley happy where he is?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    So my womens bracket I thought was doing EXCELLENT!  Until i realized I put Iowa st to go to the FF and not Iowa...

    Whoops.

    I did pick SC to win though.  Didn't win the Nissan...
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    So the SC vs Iowa game.  Beginning the Iowa team was looking great then they seem to fall apart.
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,218
    tempo_n_groove said:
    So the SC vs Iowa game.  Beginning the Iowa team was looking great then they seem to fall apart.
    I'll admit I was nervous when Iowa jumped out to that 11 or 12 point lead. I kept telling myself to wait for the 2nd and 3rd quarters where we typically take control of the game. Happy that Raven Johnson got some revenge for last year. She didn't shoot well, but played stellar defense against Clark. She held Clark to something like 1-7 shooting with 3 steals and 2 blocked shots. Go Gamecocks!

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