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Somebody with a lot of time on her/his hands.

I guess that makes sense. These are cutthroat times.

I'm not sure what you mean by a "deep dive" but there have been examinations of the percentages of players entering the portal who haven't found new homes.

Carrington may have to go to a low D1 team, like some of the ones we played in nonconference this season. Interestingly, Carrington didn't perform particularly well against those teams with the exception of Bethune-Cookman in the opener. Maybe Keinys will return home. I'm not sure why so...

I'm not shocked by your reports of Cal's basketball fundraising. Cal may have been bad in recent years but they had pretty fair basketball teams earlier this century (9 NCAA tournaments this century). I'm mildly surprised that the funds raised for basketball weren't that much lower than for...

I think that's the approach most teams are taking today if they can. 12 of the 18 current Big Ten teams have 2 or fewer freshmen recruits when I checked recently. If you can't get enough raw talent get the experience and physical maturity. The strategy might be a bit less effective when the...

Given multiple weak free throw shooters on the team, I could see him entering a game in the closing two minutes if we have a modest lead. I also could see him entering a game shortly before halftime to take free throws or an open three.

Yes, it would appear that way. Patterson did average almost 15 points a game this past season and about 10 points the year before in a decent league. Mitchell averaged a little over 10 pts/game last season and might be able to increase that a bit. Somebody else could be a better scorer than...

Agreed (C'mon Lu'cye, finish it off!) Johnson took a big hit in this offseason but he dug in and faced the challenge. He might have assembled a better team under the circumstances and with the resources available than we would have expected. One visible theme of his efforts is that he went...

Last week I looked through the freshman recruits for all 18 Big Ten teams. 12 of the 18 had two or fewer freshman recruits. Purdue was the big outlier with 6 freshman recruits and one other team had 5. Remaining "old" probably is the way it's going to continue in the near future for the...

That and we have to remember that Fox isn't the greatest free throw shooter either. We may have to go with a one forward and four guard lineup late in the halves.

I think the earliest NBA draft related camp opens on May 10th and the official one opens May 12th. I believe that the U of M's exams end May 8th so he should have time if he wants to complete the semester. Plus, almost anything can be done online these days.

There are 10 players in place for next season so I would say two more at most and maybe only one. In this environment of pay-for-play I don't know why a team that isn't flush with cash would want to spend for 13 players when they can spend more per player if they have only 11 or 12.

No way. The coach's team has to perform well enough for him to get a 5th year. Whatever was earmarked or planned for Payne, Hawkins, and Christie has to be spent on the best players he can get. He's only going to get a couple more at most anyway (there are now 10 players in place for next...

This guy led his league in blocks per game (2.3) despite averaging only 13.7 minutes per game.

Can't argue with that. Too few players playing too many minutes was a problem this past season. It seems like the coach is trying to recruit enough players who have maturity and an extensive record of playing at the collegiate level. Perhaps that means that he has a goal of playing more of his...

You're really reaching on this one, Bob.

Why do you keep posting pictures of the CA governor on a basketball board? Do you have some perverted obsession for the guy?

Only if one is a fan of repetition and tedium. Do you think there is a single person on here who didn't question this hire? Do you think there is a single person on here (at least among the regulars) who hasn't read what you've written a hundred times before? Are you one of those people who...

Can you really call people "mobsters" if no one is trying to prosecute their behaviors?