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How the F did I miss that? Thank you.

You’re right, of course. Stevens has the sort of flexibility that we all dream of. But since idle speculation is the nature of the beast around these parts, my guess is if David Bonderman ends up securing the Seattle NBA expansion franchise which is inevitably coming, and it’s hard to imagine it would be anyone else, I will be very, very surprised if Stevens isn’t the EVP there with an ownership stake. I think he’s outgrown coaching. But we shall see.

I don’t if anyone else has looked for this, but this is the full track of the music from the B1G commercial. Interesting choice. A 10 yo largely unlistened to track from a smallish Indie band. Ok song, though. Overproduced for my taste, but not bad.

Incoming: Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Deion Sanders

If Rothstein wanted to make this IU fan take a leisurely stroll into traffic, comping May to Beilein is just the ticket. Thanks, Jon.

Mazel Tov to the Roarke family. So, 5 weeks pregnant as of January 6? I thought I enjoyed the Purdue beatdown, but Kurtis appears to have enjoyed it more.

https://x.com/KySportsRadio/status/1878302544360866296 Demo’s Paradox: When a school you loathe hires a guy you like so much that it makes you loathe them even more.

In the past I would have agreed, but this one was different than most of the other bad losses in that in this one they straight up quit. Watching Reneau giggling on the bench down double digits, and I’m not busting him specifically, was emblematic of where this team is. I think the best you can say is they’re tuning him out.

https://x.com/SWiltfong_/status/1878179539395788815 The ULM coach gets it.

https://x.com/tsnmike/status/1878099437165117880 Really entertaining thread of DeCourcy slapping around a bunch of guys critical of the new format like a speed bag. Big fan of Mike.

https://x.com/CBB_Central/status/1878118420144648239 Dude makes my freaking skin crawl. Yeah, what NFL/NBA agents do and what NIL agents do are EXACTLY the same.

RIP to R&B legend Sam Moore, of Sam and Dave fame. 1 of the best-selling R&B acts ever. If you want to check out a very cool music doc, seek out “Only the Strong Survive.” It’s about a reunion show of Stax Records artists maybe 20 yrs ago and it’s terrific. Sam Moore was great in it.

How much NIL does some school want to give Ewers? 6 mil? Guess it doesn’t matter since it’s uncapped, but if you’re gonna give that kind of Jack to a guy shouldn’t he be a GUY?

Got to watch Hall at a showcase event a few weeks ago. He’s a really good athlete who competes his a$$ off. His skill level may not get to high major by ‘26, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he takes the Javon Small path and ends up a big-time mid-major kid who becomes a serious portal target for HM’s as maybe a junior.

I might take the 19-20 Montverde team that had Cunningham and Barnes and Moses Moody and that bunch on the strength of a little more depth. But those 2 teams are the entire list.

Was thinking about the micro-debate in basketball circles about this time last year about whether the 23-24 Montverde team could contend in some mid-major conferences with a fair number of experts arguing that they couldn’t contend in any conference or really compete over a full conference schedule. 15 or so games into their college careers, all at at P4 schools, this is what they’re doing: Cooper Flagg(Duke). 17.5pts/8.5rebs/3.7assts w/1.6stls & 1.3blks on 46/31/78 splits 31mins Liam McNeeley(UConn) 13.6pts/5.8rebs/2.6assts on 43/38/85 shooting splits 30mins Derik Queen(Maryland). 16.0pts/8.0rebs/2.0assts w/1.3stls & 1.1blks on 56/11/76 splits 27mins Asa Newell(Georgia). 15.5pts/6.9rebs/1.1 assts w/1.2stls & 1.1blks on 59/29/67 splits 27mins Rob Wright(Baylor). 12.4pts/2.2rebs/4.9assts w/1.0stls & 2.5 to 1 asst/to on 47/41/77 splits 27mins Curtis Givens(LSU). 5.0pts/1.4rebs/1.7assts on 29/26/77 splits. 15mins Fww

Can’t really argue.

I felt the same. Credit where it’s due. Dude made it happen. But I can’t root for them. I want to see ND and OSU in the NC game solely for the IU angle, but since I can’t then root for both to lose I’m just looking for an entertaining game.

Check this out. This is just plain cool. I’d be a sucker for it under any circumstances because Amadeus is probably a top 10 movie for me, love it, and the Confutatis scene is the brilliant climax. That this guy inserted this beautiful graphic score scrolling in real time with the writing and playing is awesome. Bravo to the guy. Oh, and the music’s pretty good.

Some NFL team is gonna spend a top 5 type pick on Allar and give him a bunch of money in 1 of the next 2 drafts and they’re gonna be getting Daniel Jones. Every Penn St game the broadcast media spends the entire game telling us he’s a Guy and he’s just not.

https://x.com/PDTScouting/status/1877104781006622938 Giing out on a limb that this is the 1st of these they’ve done using what I assume is Bosnian pop music.

What? Don’t be cute. Foul the living hell out of them.

Sometimes it takes a minute, but it really is the damndest thing what the right guy can do.

LaVelle Moton, the HC at North Carolina Central is a really, really good coach. His team’s are really disciplined and they play hard, always. But you’re only gonna get so much done at a school with those resources. I wonder if a really smart, thinking outside the box kind of guy taking on a high profile high major job could perhaps poach him for an AHC? Wonder if any jobs like that could be coming open in the next few months? Hmmmm

Jesus, can they do something about the woman next to the mic in the Iowa-Nebraska game who just keeps screaming? My Lord.