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Sure there are a lot of pitfalls in that as well or teams would be doing it.

I don't think the current college landscape in football and basketball compares well with any professional league. Those leagues have contracts and structure. Of the 4 MLB might be the closest because it allows for the biggest disparity in spending between teams. In college athletics right...

Gotta love it when people can just flat out admit to buying players.......heck of a time to be a college athlete.

Ok....so now I am conflicted.....I don't want to see Drake get a suspension but the tattoo would be funny as hell.... But yeah, think you are in the clear. At most he would maybe get held out for a series or something but I don't even expect that to happen. It will be handled and as long as he...

I, and I assume many others in here, believe he will be disciplined internally by the team. I also assume he will get in front of the cameras and address it at some point. Above and beyond stuff like that, what do you think needs to happen in this case? He screwed up, there will be...

Being a starter does matter....typically your top guys are going to be rewarded with that honor but yeah, in general people can get a little too hung up on who is starting vs. coming off the bench. In the end it comes down to minutes played and who is out there at crunch time. That is way more...

Have zero doubt he will be held accountable for his actions by the team/coaching staff but in the grand scheme of things this was a screw up but a pretty minor one. Wasn't driving (at least in the accounts I have seen), nobody was injured, first offense of any kind that we are aware of..... He...

I feel like the assumptions that JCJ, Evans and Asuma are highly likely to start and Durkin is going to play a huge role either as a starter or off the bench are all pretty safe. But yeah, beyond that there is a ton of guesswork going on but that is what the off season is for. Hopefully...

There is no doubt that Durkin is a key piece for next year but like others I feel like his best role is as a 6th man and not a starter. Let him come in when guys are starting to wear down some and maybe not closing out quite as fast giving him more open looks.

For power 4 level talents in the transfer portal I would rank it like this: Top factors - $$$ and playing time big gap Head Coach, Team Success massive gap Academics

It is going to be really interesting to see how it shakes out. I think Evans and Asuma are the starting back court but wouldn't shock me to see us role out a 3 guard lineup. JCJ seems locked into a starter spot as well. I would love to see Durkin off the bench in a 6th man role but to start...

With the Palmer addition my assumption is we are done adding guys but these days can't rule anything out. Will be interesting to see how the rotation works out. Hopefully we have better fortune on the health front and that leads to lots of competition for playing time.

You gotta stop living in the past man....can't expect these college athletes to waste time with that whole school nonsense. :)

They will have to discipline Drake but this doesn't have to be a huge thing. Bad judgement on his part but misdemeanor counts....

Injuries are part of the game but what we dealt with last season was off the charts. It wasn't just losing the 3 starters (which was bad enough) it was also having multiple bench options out as well. Knock on wood, we will never have another season like that in terms of injuries.

Maybe, but there are not a ton of programs that will be able to get a deal like this either.

He also had Smith listed in the 26-30 range (only did writeups on top 25 and then listed next 5 in alpha order). I will say this, if Drake is getting first round NFL buzz at the end of they year it probably means we had a hell of a season.

Not really sure it impacts us either way. We weren't exactly playing in the same sandbox as Duke anyway.

All true and yet we have tracked it on the football side and the picks are worthless for the most part until you get very close to the actual selection day. But yeah, at least there are some constraints on the football side. Predicting the NCAA tournament right now is almost completely...

Fit is important in all sports but in basketball it is vital. It's why a team like Rutgers could have 2 lottery picks and miss the NCAA tournament 24-25 and it is also why our 6 man roster could compete in the Big Ten in spite of being out matched in nearly every way.