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The B10 has a lot more revenue to share. Doesn't change the balance within the conference, but they should be able to compete for and beat out most non-B10 schools for higher levels of transfer talent.

In regards to the bolded, well ... I do. We'll disagree. The fact he has to fill out a whole roster wouldn't sway me in either direction - with the revenue-sharing money kicking in and plentiful PT available, the sales job is easier for whoever the coach is. The poor Ben crowd will say he'll...

If you believe the primary reason for the inability to get higher level transfers is the NIL situation, then yes. With the revenue sharing kicking in, whoever is coach should no longer have that as a primary excuse. With the added attractiveness of major PT available, it should be a much easier...

It's grayer than you are portraying. People aren't convinced Coyle won't make the change (I guess "people" in this case is me), they're concerned about scenarios where retention could be justified. It's not the same as the Whalen scenario money-wise. I believe the goalposts of making the tourney...

Let's say they win somewhere between 6 and 8 conference games. While the rooting side of the brain might be entertained, the bigger-picture side is thinking about a kind of purgatory regarding the coach. That result - coupled with the impending revenue sharing - makes the decision to retain a...

I'm for fuller arenas, but they need to make sure the technology is up to date and functioning - there was about a 10-minute delay because the shot clocks were not synced on both ends of the floor. That might have had nothing to do with the age of the building or how few games are played there...

If I were a Kentucky fan, I think the perfect reaction to his introduction would be …nothing. The opposite of love is apathy. That won’t happen, of course.

Washington is not a good team, but they are not incapable of jumping up and biting someone. Their one win was Maryland, albeit at home. If you haven't seen them play, they have a thick, but surprisingly agile big (Great Osobor) who can go off - he scored 28 in the loss to Purdue. He does most...

OK, replace them, too. :) FWIW, SS had WF in his latest bracket. 7-2 in the ACC.

I would rather those games be replaced with Texas, K-State, and ... well, WF is an acceptable game. There's only downside in having a pussy schedule - if you win, you were supposed to, and if you lose, it haunts you for the rest of the season and causes you to need an extra win or two in...

Yes to this. You can't get a resume-building win if there are none on the schedule. A North Texas or a San Francisco do not move the needle. Put a couple P5s on the schedule and if you lose'em, you're no worse off than you are today. Happen to win one or two of those games, you put yourself in a...

Mansplain alert. You learn more about what needs to be fixed when you play good teams, especially for teams that had high roster turnover. You don’t get better playing on “easy mode”. You can even develop bad habits because you can get away with anything against the Morgan States of the world...

Can you say more about why WF gets in? I see only 19 of 80 brackets at bracketmatrix have them in, but they're generally in that FFO/NFO range. The ACC is bereft of Q1 opportunities compared to other P5 conferences, and I really see only one good win (Michigan - on a "neutral" court in NC...

Looking at their analytics profile, these are the same points I'd use, too. Given the continual beating he takes on this board, people will be surprised (and object based on eye-test) that Patterson is the second-best Gopher, and it's not particularly close. Even his shooting has picked up -...

Nebby maybe? You also don't know when old guys like Izzo and Altman decide to hang'em up.

Iowa's profile - they are just terrible at defending inside the arc and do not know what a rebound is. However, they will turn you over while being stingy in giving it away. PaSandfort is by far their leader in 3FGAs, so it will really change them if he can't go. Dix and Freeman will already be...

I'm in the camp that the Gophers should find a new coach. I actually thought that after year 2. I'm - concerned isn't the right word, maybe anticipating - that the revenue-sharing thing that's kicking in could be used as a counterpoint justification for one more shot. Especially if they make...

I saw the weekly @SelectionSunday thread and thought this might be a fun revisit...

On this front, I am conflicted. I don't think it was better before, at least on the out of bounds calls. I want the calls right. It just is so close on a lot of these that it takes longer and is more disruptive than anyone likes. I have to believe technology and AI could be brought to bear here...

And Vandy beats #6 TN yesterday. I like their coach, btw - first year there after success at JMU. Keep an eye on Byington….