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If you don't think these cancerous attitudes had a lot to do with our late-season swoon, I don't know what to tell you.

RJ just confirmed that as far back as the Nebraska debacle he knew from team sources that Payne, Carrington, JOJ and Ihnen were causing issues in the locker room and pouting. Also said Dawson was growing increasingly frustrated with these guys as the year went on. Also when Carrington and Payne...

I'm just trying to share info as it evolves here

Not sure if you know who Ryan James is but he has direct sources in the program.

For the last freaking time...Payne, Carrington and JOJ all got NIL offers from the U. They felt they should be making more money and have larger roles on the team. Ben let them know where they stand and they want to look for greener pastures. THERE IS NIL MONEY to keep guys. It's just not...

Developing scuttlebutt that Fox returns as well

Gaard just said the Gophers are in a good place with Dawson Garcia.

It's noted that he was upset with Ben and thought he should have been starting more. He, Carrington and JOJ all joined forces to become a locker room issue.

Payne was told by agents/other schools that he could get entry-level NBA money elsewhere. That's what he is chasing. He also was a malcontent in the locker room along with Carrington and JOJ.

Okay, so we didn't have enough guys, so that meant all the guys sucked. Got it. So you think Ben is selling the same thing to transfers coming off a 9-win Big Ten season as he was after a 2-win season? There was no change or progress in the program this season.

Payne had a ton of upside, yes. It's disingenuous to act like - outside of maybe Morgan - any of us know who we will end up bringing in through the portal.

I'm just saying, let's not act like he is the 2nd coming of Wilt Chamberlain. Last year, we had no guards and the sky was falling at this time. Then we ended up with an All-Big Ten guard, a guy who shot 40% from 3 and a potential 1-and-done NBA kid. Did you predict all that after Cooper left...

Are there bigs out there who can shoot outside of 4 feet? And don't habitually pick up fouls trying to hedge 20 feet from the basket?

Hate to bear bad news, but Hadley will be at Iowa State

That's just what someone is telling him. That and reality can be vastly different. See: Dennis Evans

They can go back if the team would take them back. It just very rarely happens because the team has to focus on replacements right away or they lose out

I wouldn't pay Payne $1.1m. Rather spread that around to a few other transfers IF that were even possible

It's an unfortunate reality in this Wild West of college basketball. Nobody to filter the noise from outside and nobody to really know if they will get paid what they're being told. In many cases, they won't see these actual amounts.

People are telling Payne's people that they can get him entry level NBA money ($1.1m). Let's see if that happens. But you can see how that would influence a 20-year-old

Nobody that has known Carrington or Payne since HS and their recruitment would have ever guessed these outcomes. But the landscape has changed greatly in a couple years and other teams reaching out planting seeds in the heads of people close to these kids can obviously impact things.