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https://x.com/pointmadebball/status/1966534525791482008 Muurinen doing Muurinen things. This isn’t Ristic playing U19, Jokic and Doncic played this event. Watched parts of a couple of those games and a couple of AZ Compass games from last year. That kid has legit #1 overall pick talent level. Been thinking a lot about Muurinen vs Allmond lately. Really interesting philosophical question. Really like Allmond. He’s gonna be a very good multi-year college player. Top 2 option eventually. Also seems like a good teammate and a good kid. Winning player. But Muurinen, wow, the stuff he can do. But he’s a 1 year kid and that’s it and do you like where you are enough to take a 1 and done lottery talent over a multi-year foundational piece? 1 other thing on Muurinen, that kid’s an a$$hole. He spends all game, every game, running his mouth. And not just at the opposition, teammates, coaches, refs, name it. He said something to 1 of his teammates in 1 of the Finland games and if that was practice that guy would’ve punched him. He was not happy. But most guys seemed to ignore it so maybe it’s not a big deal. Doubt it matters ‘cause they aren’t gonna have their choice and I’m sure they’d be happy with either, but it is a fun thought experiment. I’d be inclined to prefer Allmond, but, man, if Muurinen goes somewhere and gives them 18/8 and they make an Elite 8 run or something, yeesh.

Pretty impressive turnout. If you discount Utah’s crowd were there 10k Bruins fans there?

https://x.com/overtime/status/1966665979208831239 I don’t know where to put this, don’t even care, needs to be here somewhere. 40-something Chinese hooper in business casual putting on an absolute footwork clinic on some young dudes. Imagine when he was younger that guy got some work done against some pretty legit players.

And after that they’re at negative yardage.

ISU has 2 yards of offense. 2. Doesn’t get a whole lot more gross than this. Just get it the hell over with before somebody gets hurt.

Loving listening to this. How many times has USPS said through the years, “Just hire a professional college basketball coach and the guy WILL succeed here.” Whenever you listen to DDV he’s just a straight up, no frills guy with a vision. Kind of feels like a Rick Barnes sort of you-ain’t-ever-losing-‘cause-of-coaching situation and with the available resources here that has a chance to be consistently really good. Very happy.

Couldn’t tell exactly but it looked like Wilkerson made 5 wing 3’s in a row as they were asking DDV the 1st question. Does this old heart good.

When I’ve had a really good Negroni and am feeling irrationally optimistic, which has been known to happen, I see within a range of outcome with Wilkerson and Conerway where they’re Chaz Lanier and Zakai Ziegler last year. Don’t think you even have to squint that hard. That was a top 5 backcourt in the country, so is that likely, no. But the complimentary styles of play and kind of the way they carry themselves is pretty freaking similar.

Love him. Everything about Wilkerson screams good kid but whenever he’s playing he looks like he wants to kill people.

I’d never heard of him until this morning. Looks like he has some Hudl stuff. Probably try to find some games tonight. 1st blush feels like maybe a Clifton Moore situation. S’pose we’ll see if they offer.

IU. 52 ISU. 6

https://x.com/TMarkwith14/status/1965941666126418072 Another new name to keep an eye on. Appears to be pretty under the radar to this point.

Mentioned this game in the ‘26 recruiting thread. Brown did a number on Jordan Smith and Prince Moody. There’s a lot of unconscious going on here, but what really stood out when I was watching the livestream is how clever the kid is. He figured out how to get anywhere on the floor he wanted to go. And then he made everything. Btw: Moody is #5 for Team Takeover.

https://x.com/antbrown0_/status/1965854157023359065 On to the next PG. Attends Archbishop Carrol HS in Washington DC and played on the EYBL circuit for Team Durant. https://247sports.com/player/anthony-brown-46142863/ https://www.on3.com/rivals/anthony-brown-244074/ https://www.hudl.com/profile/23814544/anthony-brown

Just like that

https://x.com/antbrown0_/status/1965854157023359065 Brown basically knocked Team Takeover( Prince Moody, Jordan Smith) out of Peach Jam by dropping like 35 on them and there was nothing they could do with that kid. He straight abused Smith. Played for Team Durant with Oladotun.

I don’t hate the idea of taking it a different direction, but 2 things: 1) Don’t love it on a week night. Somebody from Indy or Louisville taking their 10yo down there on a school night? 2) Not sure about having to rely on dry weather the 2nd week in October.

They have a week off between New Mexico and Northwestern. Wouldn’t think so but stranger things have happened.

If you hire someone for your job that no one else in your industry would hire for their’s, you’re gonna be wrong way more often than you’re gonna be right. Foster wasn’t even getting OC buzz. He was never gonna be a high major HC anywhere else.

https://x.com/daily_hoosier/status/1965246470497710249 New name on the radar.

I’ve seen a bunch of X accounts who fancy themselves Colts thought leaders suggest over the years that Irsay mandated taking a QB in ‘23, so it was Richardson or Levis. No idea if that’s true, but given what a traits guy Ballard is it’s tough to picture him not being on board unless AR just interviewed terribly.

https://x.com/hoopvision68/status/1965121562065158372 Interesting. The long 2 continuing to go the way of the dinosaur.

Of all the nonstarters this may have been the nonstarteriest. Bryant and Crowe, Mizzou is throwing some cash around. Interesting note with Bryant, he’s really old for the class. He’ll play his entire freshman year as a 20yo.

Went to bed on the Bills-Ravens. Absolutely thought it was over. Grrrrr….