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Durkin is a really nice player. From an advanced stats perspective, he's comparable to (and slightly better than) Jamison Battle at the same stage. Same conference, same year in school. Durkin: 15.8 PER -- .541 TS% -- 18.9% USG -- 11.2 AST% -- .123 WS/40 Battle: 14.5 PER -- .577 TS% -- 19.6%...

Some of y'all are impossible to satisfy. There are innumerable posts throughout this board stating that Coyle is inept and the (comparative) lack of money in the athletic department is typically near the top of the list of reasons why. Here he is pursuing some of the lowest hanging fruit...

One thing you're overlooking - you're not alone in this thread and others - is that the NCAA is not the only partner institution that schools have. They are part of conferences, and the conferences also have rules. If a school were to intentionally and publicly run afoul of NCAA rules in this...

This sounds a lot like the Fred Hoiberg Camp for Troubled Young Men that used to be in Ames.

While we wait for news on this front - not that I'm disappointed, I'm just impatient - I'm curious if anyone has thoughts about the possibility of market inefficiencies in the portal? e.g. We know and understand that experienced players with a track record of performance command top-level...

Does anyone have any insights about Niko's (and his staff's) recruiting hotbeds? Are there schools/regions where he's had particular success?

On this note, I believe I've seen that all the B1G schools get the same $ rather than $ based on participating sports. e.g. the six schools with hockey would get slightly more $. I'm assuming this is to avoid OSU, Michigan, et. al. claiming a larger chunk because of the ratings they generate for...

Right. While there are many who are disingenuous about player movement, there are, in fact, guardrails for coach movement. They are buyouts.

Sharing the quotes from that interview via KFAN: I think Pitino is referencing the school, but more broadly the Twin Cities community. I think he's right, but part of the coach's job is to figure out how to generate that support.

And who is to blame if he's not allowed to do his job?

Coyle's ability to get this done without any drawn out "search" is additional evidence he was not given full autonomy last time.

It's really happening! Welcome, Coach Joe Scott!

First Round Update: Elijah Hawkins vs. UNC-Wilmington Nearly a triple double (14p 10a 9r) in 40 minutes. Texas Tech wins 82-72. Next up: Drake Isaiah Ihnen vs. Oregon DNP - Injured. Liberty loses 52-81. Pharrel Payne vs. Yale 25 points and 10 rebounds in 25 minutes. Texas A&M wins 80-71. Next...

While we sit and wait for the Gophers to name their new head coach and dream of returning to the NCAA Tournament, here are the former Gophers whose teams are playing in it. Elijah Hawkins - Texas Tech Hawkins spent the season in Lubbock as the starting PG and put up numbers similar to his...

Thanks for this. It's a math problem that actually gets easier for the lesser NIL schools because of revenue sharing. Regardless of the actual numbers - the reported ranges are still fairly large - revenue sharing creates a salary floor that guarantees B1G schools can spend enough to create one...

Yet another reason the school needs to embrace the Clem years. John Thomas, Quincy Lewis, and Bobby Jackson are accomplished former players with NBA ties that could offer something to the program in a non-coaching capacity. There are surely others that I've not identified off the top of my head.

The Mariucci naming rights were part of 3M's overall investment in Gopher athletics, which included the Athlete's Village and other assets. So the naming rights were less than the $800,000 annual value, likely closer to $600,000. That was also 8 years ago and Williams Arena hosts both the men's...

Is this how the media covered Jim Wacker?

Regardless of whether the new coach brings a star (however one would interpret that), it's a massive advantage to bring in several players that understand and embrace the system. This was a huge problem in Ben's first season. Under different rules, Pitino brought Malik Smith from FIU and DeAndre...

This comment perfectly summarizes why Ben needs to go. The head coach has to be a capable NIL fundraiser, and clearly he's fallen short of that. There's been plenty of in-season improvement the last two years, but the job is much, much bigger than that, and it includes taking responsibility for...