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What happened to “the local AAU community loves Ben”? That narrative goes out the window if he can’t get at least a couple in a local class that is pretty loaded. I’m excited. I think he gets at least a couple. Not like he’s been living under a rock for the last few years. I’m sure he already...

I’d say one or fewer of the local guys plus not making up for it with out-of-state recruits. I’m not at all someone who has ever expected we get all or even most of the local recruits, but the 2022 class has 7 MN players in the top 125 nationally according to 247 composite. 9 in the top 200. One...

Coyle has every reason to give him as much time as possible, but it is true that he’ll have “his guys” much quicker than usual with all the transfers. I think the local Class of 2022 is huge, and that we’ll be able to tell pretty quickly where the Ben Johnson era is headed. If we can show...

Look, fans keeping a positive attitude sounds great in theory, but it is like leaving a kindergarten class alone for an hour with candy and breakable objects, and then being surprised when the candy is gone, the kids are fighting, and some things are broken. And it’s going to be true whether...

There was no interview planned with Dutcher, but they were setting one up and he was on the short list. Medved wasn’t seriously considered.

Mo’s weight issues mostly had to do with the fact that he had multiple knee surgeries in his first couple years, and was unable to do much conditioning. He looked good when he got on the court those first couple years, he was just never healthy for an extended amount of time.

This is some revisionist history if I’ve ever heard it. 4 of the top 5 in games started during Pitino’s first year were holdovers. The top 2 scorers in Pitino’s first year were the top 2 scorers in Tubby’s final year.

With a little over a minute to go Alabama had the ball and the score was 83-80. They didn’t take a three on that possession so maybe that is what you mean, but they did have possession of the ball with a chance to tie. It’s right in the highlights someone posted earlier.

Could be. Part of it for me is that there are just so many players in the portal that it seems like they are expecting to be immediately eligible. Carr has been in college for 4 years so it’s possible he would be a grad transfer, but I don’t know his status for sure. I don’t think there is any...

I am for the most part. There may be a few exceptions for a variety of reasons, but I’d guess at least 95% play right away. I think there will have to be a valid reason to make anyone sit out a year vs in the past it has been there has to be valid reason to not sit out a year.

Ask any MIAC AD about St. Thomas getting "kicked out". They'll just give you a smile and a wink. The MIAC didn't want St. Thomas, and St. Thomas didn't want the MIAC. Worked out exactly how both parties wanted.

Chet is 1. Carr is 3. Robbins is 25.

No disagreement on being disappointed with the hire. Just saying the first part was handled very well, and I’ll give credit where it’s due.

Yes, Pitino deserves some credit as well. The way the buyout works he would have had to stay unemployed for a while (probably a couple years at least, but it depends on the finer language in the contract) in order to collect the full $1.75M. It’s not just “here’s a check for $1.75M. See ya...

This was a ways back in the thread, but Doogie mentioned that it was Tavaras Hardy from LMU. Hardy tweeted this afterward so take it FWIW.

Have to give Coyle credit for this. The athletic department saved a good chunk of money because of the way he handled letting Richard go.

One of the things mentioned during the introductory press conference was that Ben impressed Coyle with his plan for assistant coaches. Yet here we are 2 weeks later and we still don’t know a single one. This is very concerning. 98% of D1 teams have been done playing for over a week now. Unless...

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Distinct possibility. Ryan and his wife are just starting a family, and if they want to be able to set their roots here and he wants to coach basketball again there really aren’t many high level options. It’s basically the U or the Wolves, and the Wolves door is going to be closed for a while.