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Looks like EIU hired former Evansville coach Marty Simmons at the end of March. Maybe Madani's departure is some associated house cleaning. He averaged almost 13 minutes last season, which seems decent and makes me a little surprised by this move. Oh well.

That second sentence seems correct, which opens the doors to students receiving additional education-related compensation. So, laptops, iPads, headphones, transportation to-from class or campus (e.g. perhaps a car), etc.... all b on the table as creative ways for schools to provide "education-related" compensation to players without the NCAA able to limit them.

Feels like it's been a while since some really good news came across the board. Excited to have Davell back in the mix.

Then we have a 100% bid rate over the last 3 years.

Absent a global pandemic, it's pretty easy to see us achieving a 7 out of 10 (rounding up from 66.6%) selection conversation rate over the the last three seasons. Last year was weird and frustrating, but taking a 5 game win streak and double bye into the A10 tourney in 2020 may have had a difference result.

Javon Bess, Jordan Goodwin, Hasahn French, Tremaine Isabell, Javonte Perkins, Yuri Collins, TJ Hargrove, Francis Okoro, Jordan Nesbitt. I consider us among the lucky ones.

What was Pete Maravich's caliber?

It's painful how much sense that makes.

Agreed on hoping this makes things easier for Jordan. But it's not clear why Jordan having a kid means fans should avoid speculation. That's what fans do.

Wow. If that data is indeed correct, that means he was making about 1 in 300 3-pointers.

You talking about the Pitt game?

Don't particularly care for any teams west of Wichita. Love the MVC and OVC. Have always had a soft spot for Valpo. Love beating Dayton and VCU, but that's more a matter of respect than hate.

The MAC should be fun for him.

That might necessitate a supplemental "Graduate Assistant Carousel" thread.

That's a fantastic rumor. He'd be a great Billiken.

Nate Oats is big name now?

I think it slowed it down considerably last year. Potentially making for a bumper crop this year.

Seems like they were rolling along pretty well not too long ago - maybe 4-5 years? - with top 25 teams in both football and basketball. Just looking at it more closely. They finished 24th, 21st, and 8th in football the last 3 years. They won the American in basketball two seasons ago and finished 22nd in the country the year before that. What's the problem?

Utah State's coach already got scooped by Utah. But yeah, those are good guesses if Walton's out.

Long shot (bc too close to Miller and CBI Championships don't mean much to AZ), but one can hope: Lorenzo Romar.

Nice. I overlooked the French, Hargrove and Henriquez 4* ratings. Looks like Luis Santos had a 4* as well. Over 1.5 per year in that case.

Can't tell if you're kidding or not, but Jacobs will have better opportunities than the Summit.

Coach's 6th 4-star player by my count. Back to averaging bringing in one a year.

To your point, and what Pistol said about the direct incoming-outgoing comps, I don't see Hargrove's minutes getting squeezed too much. Okoro only averaged 17, Linssen 12. When Ford wants that smaller, faster look I can see TJ in a position to at least get the 10mpg he saw this season.

Led the country in 3-point attempts this year. About 3x as many as GJ.