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Penn State really putting that money to good use.

I'll throw this here

5-8 combo guard from Jackson, Michigan. With the jumps Michigan and MSU have made in the past couple years, it seems as if it would be tough to beat them out -- but she's just a sophomore, so there's plenty of time.

Nice

Women take the weekend opener 8-5 but it wasn't a piece of cake. Hooks started but never made it to the 2nd as Illinois scored 3 in its first at bat. We got 2 back in our 1st and then added 5 in our second with 4 coming on a Parker grand slam. Illinois picked up 2 more in its 5th and we added a run in the 7th. Troutt relieved Hooks and pitched the middle 5 innings before Hess closed out the 7th. We had a total of 7 hits and Parker had 4 RBI and Bird 3.

Devin Williams (6'10", FAU) is a player that would really fit for IU. After he entered the portal he received interest from Kentucky, Arizona, and Syracuse -- but so far has not signed anywhere. 7.5 ppg and 5.2 rpg in 24 mpg; defensively he's a big rim protector -- averaged 2.6 blocks per game.

Yes both!

I feel like this is similar to a fantasy football auction draft. Patience and you get a diamond for lower cost later in the draft. Or, I’m with my wife and her friends and I’m already drunk. Maybe both.

Definitely has recruiting chops. Suppose it would depend on what jobs open up next cycle but I think in the current environment Miami is probably a pretty good place to be. Place sells itself, has a ton of money, and conveniently located to some great talent. Very curious to watch and see how Lucas sets Dorn up for success (or not) next year. Interesting point on the Harris comparison for sure.

I think Dorn will be solid. I think Dorn vs Harris will be an interesting comparison this season. They’ve got a nice roster in Miami. Will be interesting if Lucas pops for a bigger Job next cycle. Especially if he has another good season. I think he has the potential to be an elite recruiter.

Surprised a bit. Better landing spot than I anticipated for him. He will probably do pretty well in that role on that team IMO.

He was up and down. I thought he was going to stay and that would be good for depth, but he struggled a lot in the second half of the season to score

Final ESPN '26 recruiting class rankings

Nick Dorn to Miami. He’s the one i would have liked to keep. Not fretting it, but Miami is doing some nice work. This one was be curious to watch.

Yaak Yaak gone?

The Daily Hoosier - Indiana's Lamar Wilkerson/Tucker DeVries got G League Combine invites. A couple players each year parlay this into an NBA Combine invite later in the week.

While I mostly agree, the part that brings me a lot of optimism is that we won 18 games with a pretty terrible roster last year, upgrades across the board at each position besides Lamar. Make the tournament and win a game or two.

If we could have signed both the San Fran bigs…. Wang Fuchs….

Evan Miya on the Hysterics and his take on the roster. Pretty good summary. His metrics don’t love Burton. Roster offensively limited. Lack of returning minutes. Didn’t get into the freshman at all. I personally think and have stated that’s where our roster building is flawed. We’ve got 2 that I have zero expectations for. And right now those guys are 9 and 10 on the roster. I feel those guys should be our 12-13. This in a nutshell sums up my roster concerns. I think the top end is strong in 3 of the 5 spots with some decent hope in the other starting spots. What’s not calculated into this, guy 9-13 might outplay and win job from 1-8. But if spots 11-13 are literal placeholders, no real inside completion is ever happening. Flawed model.

They got a good one with Nowakowski

If we can watch preseason games on TV that would be excellent.

And his agency and representation is awful imo. The Kentucky saga and how that was handled was botched. Don’t like that group much.

This sounds great! Heard this too.

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