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Looks like Maryland has "One of Us" syndrome, too.

It’s not in the Bible Belt. That’s a very different level of South from Bama.

And Oats is a hardcore Bible banger who’s absolutely at home in the deep South. He’s not going back up North.

And somehow, Penn State is the only Big Ten team to make the Frozen Four.

Interestingly, the conference has recently flipped the script in football, winning back-to-back titles, getting more of the high end talent to even the field with the SEC. I wonder if that’s a product of NIL? And can Big Ten hoops recapture its magic, too?

Missoula is gorgeous, although the campus is kind of run down.

The Big Ten won 3 basketball titles between 1981 and 1989. The conference has won one in what’s looking like what will extend to the last 36 years. Amazing.

I was thinking Dick Bennett, but his team would’ve only given up 18 on defense at half.

Now that you’ve been located, does this mean we have to cancel the plans for the MNVCGUY wake we’d made?

They’re winning it all, and I picked Florida.

And dammit, I actually don’t find either the team or the coach absolutely detestable like I have for every other Duke team in my basketball watching lifetime.

I grew up in Madison watching Badger hockey when it was the only game in town. Their defensive core of Chris Chelios and Bruce Driver from 1981-83 not only locked up back-to-back Frozen Four finals appearances, but also a natty. They played a collective 40 NHL seasons. Absolute studs, and...

Had the opportunity to win the conference by beating Penn State twice. Lost the opener in a shootout. Shit the bed. Lost 2 of 3 to Notre Dame at home in the first round of the conference tourney. Shit the bed. Lost in the opening round of the NCAAs despite having a 2-goal lead in the 3rd...

How does that work, does Niko have a “I regret to inform you” conversation with him, or does the kid make the call because the coach who recruited him got canned and he’s not interested in playing for the new guy?

And the Mormans.

It’s the old Seinfeld line about rental cars: You’re good at HIRING the coaches, you’re just not good at HOLDING the coaches.

A football coach using a baseball metaphor to describe the hiring of the basketball coach. Elite inclusivity.

When the hell did any single Gophers fan say that hiring Ben Johnson was a breath of fresh air who would save Gopher basketball? The reaction was the exact opposite. What rock was Mackey living under 4 years ago?

Chet’s currently walking the runway modeling the nouveau Angus Young collection at an AT&T fashion show and can’t be reached for comment.

Ben turned out to be a much more accomplished leaker to local media than he was as a head basketball coach.