Golfman25

Extremely hard not to like this guy.

I would agree. He's kinda of that used car salesman type. :)

Been a while since you've been at The Bluebird I see. :)

It's Little 5 week. WhoTF is up for breakfast? :)

OMG, tyme/nwg is Scott Dolson. :)

Props to mediocre Mike for doing something few teams have done — getting 2-3 of the top 25 players in the portal. But he still has a long way to go.

With all due respect to the dudes who gutted that first year out, Crean started with less than nothing. With the portal haul, Woodson needs to win the Big Ten and elite 8, minimum.

But they are not the same people, are they?

$6 mil to go 12-8. YGTBSM. That makes us Nebraska/Northwestern. Should be no more than 4 losses.

Gotta find that hump and get over it.

Now get over that hump and translate it to wins on the court. :)

Because it was supposed to be based on their value as an "endorser" of products. It has become a slush fund for "friends of the program."

Within those 5 years it's going to go thru collective bargaining and revenue sharing. Cause right now the schools keep all the TV/Conference money. There will be some type of structure put into place. NIL, if it still exists will probably morph into what it was intended to be -- dudes lining up their own advertising sponsorships. Collectives and slush funds will be "illegal" and bags will go back to under the table.

There's golf to play damnit. :)

Is that before or after he learns their name? :) I kid. I kid.

If we have the luxury, there is no need to rush him. A major injury like that takes time to come back from, not only physically, but emotionally. Going to have to re-learn to trust that knee. I'd prefer to see him as a stud in his later years, than rush him back now.

The basketball savant will be by shortly to explain to you there is no difference between shooting and scoring.

Certainly a reasonable take, which I why I remain cautiously optimistic.

Oh no, did you really say that. That other guy should be by any minute to correct you. :)

Obviously projecting our tourney miss this coming season. :)

I don’t know if that’s good or bad. LOL. :)

I Don’t disagree. But I am taking the “could” out of the equation. What if he doesn’t get there? I know what he is now, for sure.

Only comparing to X and Ware. The others should be upgrades.

As I have said the next few players, plus Tucker, may make the difference. But Tucker has yet to play a game and the others aren’t official yet.

I am taking projections out of the equation and just going on simplistic blind numbers — past performance. It’s not advanced by any means. I am just not seeing how these two moves, and these two moves only, make us a championship contender. They may be some of the better players available, but their stats don’t jump off the charts compared with what we lost. With these two additions are we really significantly better than we have been the past three years? Or will we be back here in November saying the things we did the past three years. Plus we need to pass the time until the next visits this weekend. :)