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So, for the record, you're suggesting that Mark Coyle wants the Gophers to be bad at basketball, so he told Ben to be bad on purpose so Ben could take a pay cut and move to cushy $400k job? So, after the season, we should expect that Ben Johnson to get a $400k per year job lined up by Coyle...

One of the great movie lines of all time.

Dude, are you just trolling now? That's in poor taste, if so. For the record, the total of his contract was worth $11 million, over six years.

Utah, South Carolina and Iowa State are P4 schools, and Creighton and Marquette are considered Power Five being in the Big East with budgets quite comparable to most anyone in the nation.

Would we rather him say "we know we won't have much of a chance tonight or any night this season, so we'll go through the motions." ? Ben is at the unfortunate stage where he gets ripped for everything he says.

Musselman coached Nevada to the Sweet 16 and Arkansas to a pair of Elite 8s and a separate Sweet 16. Fran McCaffery also took Lehigh to an NCAA tourney. There is no border line. Bo Ryan is already in the Hall of Fame and Tom Izzo certainly will be. Matt Painter almost counts as a hire from...

Yes, any Division I or professional head or assistant coaching job. That's exactly what happened with Pitino and Ben's contract is the same.

That would be incredible to coach the Detroit Pistons and the Minnesota Golden Gophers from Chicago. Way ahead of the curve!

The Tribes want it at their casinos. That's what will happen. Mystic will have a sports book by this time next year or soon thereafter.

It'll pass this coming session. Has to.

Currently 14.5 at Fan Duel. Very tempting. I don't see how this game is under 20.

Do folks not realize that Bickerstaff is in the first year of a 4-year deal paying him $6 million per year with the Detroit Pistons? He has a team option for a fifth year at $6 million. He is among the early favorites for NBA Coach of the Year for what he is doing in Detroit. So, he's likely...

I just cross checked a couple of the Big Ten teams. I don't think this is an accurate list. Gophers have 32, so that appears accurate. However, I have Iowa at 36 (chart says 32), Ohio State at 46 (chart says 43), Michigan at 45 (chart says 38, wtf) and Penn State at 39 (chart says 35). Those...

Yikes! Not taking into account the 50% buyout......let's says he's owed 100%......Ben Johnson is only owed $3.95 million total after this season. Two seasons at $1.95 million each. Even if Marcus was correct and he had three years left, he would only be owed $5.85 million at 100%. So, how...

In real terms, because of buyout language, the extra year potentially would cost the school an additional $975,000 (50% of $1.95m). Certainly not nothing, but also not $1.95 million. There is also offset language that if Johnson gets another job in basketball, the school would stop paying...

Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Marcus has the facts correct here. Ben Johnson has two years remaining on his contract after this season (through 2027). Does Marcus realize it is 2025 now? Originally, Johnson signed a five-year deal, which in 2022 was extended by...

While a big part of last night's problem was from the guys who are the team's best FT shooters (Garcia, Patterson & Mitchell), the overall issue on poor percentage stems from recruiting a lot of guys who simply cannot shoot free throws. I'm not suggesting you shouldn't recruit these players...

He might be wise to dip into the West Virginia well again.

That's going to be the case at every P4 basketball program. If a college basketball head coach wants to be first fiddle at his school, he better coach in the Big East. Otherwise, he's taking a backseat to football everywhere else. Football will take most of the revenue share money and a lot...

Patterson is an interesting case study. His college career 3pt percentages: Missouri State (FR): 4-32=12.5% Missouri State (SO): 6-39=15.4% Charlotte (JR): 27-69=39.1% Charlotte (SR): 41-117=35% Minnesota (GR): 14-65=21.5% TOTAL: 93-322=28.6% I would say the evidence may suggest he isn't a...