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That's the beauty of it though, the grass doesn't really grow, tumbleweeds aren't that far east yet so there is even more time to have pointless arguments on the internet.

Parts of NW Nebraska does look a lot like SW Wyoming but those are photos are from Scottsbluff and the Toadstool National monument in Nebraska.

I'm sorry, somebody has to I guess but better you than me.

You did a decent job illustrating at least the surface of the festering s-hole. But unfortunately you chose to illustrate the stereotype instead of the scenery of Nebraska:

I'd take either Nebraska or Kansas as neighbors over Illinois any time. Both have better scenery and neither are burdened with the festering s-hole that is Chicago.

He always thinks he's right. He never has been yet.

If by "outworked" Knight you mean that Smith thoroughly explained the benefits of UNC's Wheels for Heels and No Show Courses programs then, yes.

If you have an IU bumper sticker then it would be a recruiting violation. If you were paying a player to go to UNC and you also paid for a non-athlete it wouldn't be a violation. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I know Walton is drug addled idiot but to run his mouth off about Arizona considering he was paid to play at UCLA takes a lot of nerve. To throw Miller under the bus after having defended Wooden is even more so and to consider AZ's likely cheating as worse than UCLA buying 10 championships is laughable.

The problem with this theory is that Crean really wasn't recruiting anyone in 2018. He had some early contact with the 2018s but the writing was on the wall by the time the recruiting would have been getting serious. He pretty well said as much on a couple of his post firing interviews.

Right now I take SO with a more consistent motor over a FR with a lot of potential that hasn't gotten there yet.

He's going to have to mature a lot before he's ready to be a solid college player let alone be better than other more experienced bigs on the team, fortunately he has time.

I think you may be assuming way too many people at Vandy actually care.

I don't doubt that he is leaning a certain way, perhaps even strongly leaning. I also don't doubt that he has leaned more than one direction over the course of his recruitment and especially the last few months. What do doubt is that any top tier, guaranteed to have a spot on the team player like Romeo should make the decision official any sooner that absolutely necessary. A lot can change over the course of a few months in college basketball such as the FBI investigation and Preston/Lambo situation as examples. Besides he can't sign his LOI right now anyway and if he does choose IU, I wouldn't be surprised to see Drew put on a full court press until he was actually signed.

I've thought that several years when they've struggled in the BIG only to see them end up making a run in the tournament.They almost always seem to find another gear when it's tournament time.

I don't think he has to really worry all that much about cheap shots given how in awe of him most of the opponents are but there is a really simple way to avoid it: don't keep him in the game once New Albany has a 40 point lead on some hapless team.

Purdue may have been the first to offer and may be in a good spot now but that wasn't the case until fairly recently. When TJD almost committed at HH MSU was the only other school that was even under serious consideration. Now that OSU and PU have been getting the hype they've been getting for the seasons they've had they've gained some ground to climb into contention. As you said there's a long, long way to go and there will be more schools that show interest as TJD climbs the rankings.

If the past is any indication then I wouldn't get my hopes up too much for that. He may take a short break but he'll be back, he always comes back and with a new outlandish prediction that he's equally certain of.

If the past is any indication, the bitter end is the minimum distance he will ride it. No amount of evidence to the contrary ever seems to sway him until the final results are known, sometimes not even then.

Bailey is being sarcastic. DM, on the other hand , has a track record of making wild predictions, full of hyperbole and sticking with them until the bitter end on numerous other sites. He seemingly intends for those predictions to be taken seriously but given that he has rarely , if ever, been correct I wouldn't taken them too seriously.

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Yes, Vandy will still be second fiddle in the SEC to UK even if they land all 3.

Unfortunately he isn't. You just haven't had the "benefit" of his company over jere until now. If you think you you are tired of the routine already just imagine the same during every recruitment and before every game for the last several years and you will have an idea what it's like for those of us who know him from other boards

IPFW didn't win because they made it a half court game, they won because they clogged the lane to prevent IU from driving effectively, swarmed with help any time IU caught the ball in the post, and dared IU to beat them from the perimeter. That will work when IU doesn't shoot the ball particularly well from the perimeter like they did against IPFW but it is a recipe for disaster if IU is hitting shots at or near their normal percentage.

  I suggest center court at Rupp as the perfect location.