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I stand corrected.

People are complaining about May's comments, but they are just that, comments. If he has the backing, I think he'd be willing to make a move. He has shown the willingness to make tough calls with coaching changes. He fired Sodie after a 20-win season and Stone after she showed significant progress with the program but couldn't get the team over the hump. The Stone firing particularly felt like a head scratcher at the time. Now look where we're at. If the money wants Ford out, I think that's what will happen. Let's also see what happens this week. Hopefully the seniors are as hungry as they sound.

I asked Hargrove after the game on Friday night if he'd be back one more year. He indicated yes and seemed pretty set on it.

This may have been said - but the absolute best case scenario to me is us getting slotted in the 2 or 3 seed with Fordham as the other 2 or 3 seed. Happens if we go 2-0 and Fordham goes 2-0. We can also go 1-1 if Dayton goes 0-2 (probably not happening) and Fordham goes 1-1.

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Does anybody know if there is any conversation about bringing back Phillip Russell? I think he still has 2 years of eligibility and would be a great add for next season. I understand why he left, but man, would've loved to have kept him.

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If he's truly limping and he's hurt, he should sit for a while. That said, I didn't notice much of a limp vs. Providence or Maryland.

I feel like I want Perkins to play as much as possible. He needs to get his legs back and into game shape. That'll come with time on the court during games.

Ha, ha, ha, ha.

I didn't say it'd happen overnight. But if I annually give $1,000 to the Billiken Club and there's a collective available, I might split my contribution into $500 increments, or something like that.

NIL money isn't necessarily going to come from a growing pot of money. Instead, as more contributions go towards a collective, I think you'll see donations for facilities, programs, and coach's salaries likely drop. I mean, if the NIL money becomes everything, how important is it to pay a coach top dollar or have a sweet locker room?

31% shooting on pull up jumpers. Improve that to 40% and he'll average close to 20 ppg.

Hold up. A definition of mid-major may be needed here. I don't think I'd call St. Peter's a mid-major and I'd like to say we have way more in common with a Houston or Creighton (both made long tourney runs in recent years) than St. Peters or Oral Roberts.

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The one thing about last year was that we had trouble generating any type of offense when Yuri was not in the game. Assuming Perkins is healthy, I don't expect that to be the case so much this year. Maybe he's not bringing the ball up the court, but he can be the one to create, either for himself or for others.

Don't know who's out there, but I'd probably prefer a freshman PG. Someone that's willing to sit a year and learn.

Not that many teams play 2 traditional bigs anymore plus Perkins wouldn't guard a team's 4. Thatch, Hargrove, or Pickett could though.

That's not really what we're suggesting. These are just the things the average fan can do to help because let's face it, a billikens.com fundraiser isn't enough either. The majority of it is up to the athletic department to connect the athlete and big donor $s if that's what's needed.

Was thinking about this yesterday. In addition to the above, how about places like Humphrey's (when it reopens) having NIL exchange nights. 20% of proceeds during and after games go to the exchange. That type of thing is a little easier to swallow.

Exactly. You can't regulate how much a player makes in NIL money. You can regulate transfers though. Start with that. If a coach leaves, they get a waiver and don't have to sit a year. Easiest fix in sports.

I feel like the money has always been there. It's just become so much easier to take it.

This one truly makes me sad. I don't blame Yuri at all for this. Many of us would do the same if we were in his shoes. I just feel like this is sort of the beginning of the end. College sports is already the ultimate laundry sport (cheer for the jerseys), but in most cases you kind of knew what to expect even if they were only here for a year or two. Now we have no idea when or if a player will leave and every year we'll just become more jaded/pessimistic with each surprise departure. My guess is that Ford will get a better than adequate replacement at PG. Hell, he may even get two of them now that he has minutes to offer. But getting a one- or two-year replacement player doesn't compare to watching players like Jett, Evans, Mitchell, etc. for 4 years. I'm not sure what the NCAA can do at this point, but the future of college sports for anyone that is not a fan of a Duke or an Alabama looks pretty f'ing bleak.

It's gonna be hard to remain a true fan of college sports if this is just the new reality.

The answer is not necessarily recruiting another traditional, past-first PG. Go after a combo guard that can handle it and score it, wouldn't mind playing alongside Yuri. Majerus' teams had 3 legit PGs on the team.