brianstl

Just a name we should watch.

Quentin Jones

Otieno is a big talent upgrade offensively. A great start to the portal season.

Rob Martin to High Point

Florida is an easy team to root far.

It isn't him rejoining Schertz.

The bigs aren't going to get hurt. There is still going to be NIL money and collectives. Courts have clearly and consistently ruled that college athletes have the same rights as anyone else in this country to enter into contracts for the use of their name, image and likeness. It is settled law at this point and the House settlement won't be able to change that.

If he doesn't know if he doesn't know if he can play basketball, I wouldn't even have him classified as a walk-on. Just give the kid some kind of scholarship and tell him you are going to help him in every way possible as he moves on with the next phase of his life. If he is medically cleared right now or has a very clear time line on when that will happen then I want him to stay. For the example of a kid on academic scholarship instead of an athletic scholarship, Paul Eckerle was on a Presidential Scholarship. If I remember correctly our own @billiken_roy interviewed him for it. That said, I think @HoosierPal is correct on the new roster rules.

Being on scholarship doesn't mean you have to be on athletic scholarship. The school can give Thames some kind of other scholarship. It is a different world than what Majerus coached in. You can't have a guy on your roster going into the year you have no confidence at all in their ability to physically step on the court. Roster spots at a school like SLU are too important now because the very nature of the portal means some of the guys you get just aren't going to work out and some others are likely to check out come December if they don't think things are going their way. Now you add in injuries and suddenly that 15 man limit seems much smaller.

https://x.com/TheFieldOf68/status/1904274418827919820

Since we need multiple PGs

NM

Bubu Benjamin a guard from Tarleton State might be a name to watch.

Pitino isn't taking the VCU job. Now Villanova is a different story.

There is no way that will withstand court a different court challenge.

You need to structure your NIL deals so a part of payment is dependent on being available for post season games.

It is great that the guys getting paid to play get to decide what is the best decision for the program. I thought that is what we paid the athletic director to do.

Umm yeah, many pensions don’t work like that and the NBA is one of them. You get paid a set amount per service year earned in the NBA. The pension amount is not connected to what you earned.

My guess is so teams will only have to make one trip to Vegas and at most only be there a little more than a week.

I get it. I probably would have preferred the Crown since we aren’t getting home game. I would have preferred what is likely a power conference team on a neutral court than Arkansas St on the road. Plus, doing Fox a solid isn’t a bad idea if you want to keep dreaming about the Big East.

It has to be. When the Big Ten and Big East teams are obligated to the Crown and the Crown gets the top two choices from the Big 12.

Only 4 power conference teams. The College Crown really weakened the field.

https://x.com/nitmbb/status/1901445725633892402?s=46&t=6urbQRIhStGl70a4QUhnHA