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Tweets have come during games previously. Likely it is someone connected with staff but not staff.

How much is it about finding a Kurtis Rourke and how much is it about coaching a Kurtis Rourke?

So who are you saying ‘isn’t as confident as they were yesterday’? I don’t follow what you are saying.

? I'm not sure how you can read anything into Mullins' recruitment on that. Has nothing to do with it. And if Tyme is just a mouthpiece for the university, wouldn't make sense for him to bash Hurley if he feels that Mullins is U Conn bound....would seem like he would be doing the opposite, complimenting the guy who 'got him over Woodson'. Just seems to me like a post about Hurley's reaction to another Twitter account. I did find it strange that a coach would take offense at *gasp* a computer model putting U Conn ninth to start the year, and has nothing to do with Mullins.

He’s not going to know the offense that IU runs on October 23rd.

Chris said your were unbanable, not un****able….so he can’t be your wife.

I used to feel the same way but ultimately the marketplace is what the marketplace is. If someone is willing to pay an 18 year old kid $1 million +, they are worth it.....for the simple reason that someone is willing to pay it. I'm a teacher, don't get paid much and certainly am getting paid less than many kids I taught in high school as soon as they graduate college and have their first job. But it is what it is and while I can fight for my and other teacher's salaries to increase, I can't begrudge someone else getting paid.

Don't doubt you one bit, but I"m having trouble finding when a predictor changes their pick. Did you find that or remember that?

Crystal Balls are really starting to be a thing of the past.....a lot of the most knowledgeable insiders out there have stopped bothering giving them. It's why you don't see many. So when you see a guy you haven't heard of give one out early it's usually to try to catch lightning in a bottle knowing that if something changes they can simply change their pick and it doesn't effect their prediction total. And the numbers in terms of 'average days correct' on 247 aren't accurate. The Maryland insider is listed at something like '203 average days correct', but take a look at 2025 recruits he's 'predicted': Kareem Staggs to Georgia on 10/8 -- he announced for Georgia same day Jaden Toombs to SMU on 9/25 -- he announced SMU same day Simon Walker to Auburn on 9'24 -- he announced Auburn two days later Darius Adams to U Conn on 9/24 -- he announced U Conn on 9/30 Derek Dixon to UNC on 9/24 -- committed to UNC on 9/27 London JEmison to Alabama on 9/17 -- committed on 9/21 Chance Mallory to Virginia on 9/17 -- committed on 9/20 Keyshaun Tillery to Cincinnati on 9/17 -- committed on 9/20 Jayden Forsythe to Xavier on 9/17 -- committed five hours later Mason Blackwood to Penn State on 9/16 -- committed on 9/18 Jermaine O'Neal to SMU on 9/16 -- committed on 9/18 Adlan Elamin to Utah State on 9/14 -- committed on 9/16 Hudson Greer to Creighton on 9/13 -- committed five hours later Christian Jeffery to Maryland on 9/12 -- committed on 10/2 Austin Willford to St Joseph's on 9/11 -- committed two hours later Matt Gilhool to LSU on 9/9 -- committed next day Omari WItherspoon to Pitt on 9/5 -- committed 9/11 Ryan Crotty to Oklahoma State on 9/5 -- committed next day Silas Barksdale to VCU on 9/4 -- committed next day Alex Smith to Ohio State on 9/2 -- committed within an hour (247 does not count this as a correct call -- they call anything within an hour a 'zero zone' pick) Matthew Able to Miami on 8/29 -- committed next day Nyk Lewis to Xavier on 8/27 -- committed on 8/29 Malachi Moreno to UK on 8/14 -- committed on 8/16 Darius Acuff to to Arkansas on 7/26 -- committed same day NIgel James to Marquette on 7/16 -- committed four hours later Akbar Waheed to BC on 7/15 -- committed next day So let's examine his 26 predictions -- which to be fair, were all correct: 8 of his predictions committed the same day he prediction; 4 committed the next day. So that's 12 of the 26 'predictions' which at that point had to be obvious ones from just reading the internet. Only ONE player committed later than a week after he made his pick and that was a player who committed to Maryland -- the team he covers. His average days correct on picks other than the single player to Maryland for the class of 2025 is 1.6 days. So I wouldn't worry about his pick now -- if he still saying U Conn the morning of October 23rd, maybe. But with his pick history, I wouldn't be too concerned with picks two weeks prior to an announcement.

Suspending kids for allowing their pictures to be in a charity calendar didn't align with my values either. A lot of where college basketball ended up today is due to the NCAA's failure to change their rigid rules in the past. They forced this into the courts.

It ain't my money. If someone is willing to pony up huge NIL money, I'd say it's worth it. Because again....not my money. You can be upset about where NIL has taken the game, but not to play that game now that it IS what the college landscape has went is just nuts.

Rumor was more like $1.2 or $1.25 from what some 'insiders' were posting....think it started at $1, Arkansas was trying to bring him in, IU sweetened the deal. But today's $1.25 million is probably going to be next year's $1.75 to $2 million. NIL increasing incredibly fast each year.

Sheppard was better at the college level I think that anything Tyler Herro was. Not a strike against Herro, just Sheppard was really good. I don't know how that Kentucky team went 23-10 with the amount of shooting that they had. Herro has been a very good pro, but I expect Sheppard to be such a well rounded player even at the NBA level that you are going to see huge things from him.

We need a Barrel Eric.

Regardless of who started, Sheppard played more than Wagner or Edwards.....Sheppard averaged 29 minutes/game. Wagner was at 26 and Edwards 21. I would say it's more about game management not getting Sheppard shots. Kid is a pure shooter.

Someone explain to my like I'm five how Cal could only manage to get a kid shooting 54% from the field and 52% from three eight shots per game.

"Guessed" is the operative word. We all have guesses. Not sure why you are sour about people doubting you on something that is just a 'guess'.

Which is why when you say 'nobody trusted me on X', then no one should trust you on Y. Trust me bro isn't a source.

I don't recall you predicting anyone to IU, only ones 'not coming'. Did you predict Mgbako, Tucker, or Sisley to IU? If not, that really says all you need to know.

You have zero sources and infinite pessimism. Of course no one believes you. You never predict anything good for IU, only bad.

For the record, the tweeter in question: 1. Did not predict Sisley to IU 2. Predicted that Haralson was coming to Indiana per his ‘good source’.

Meh. One random guy who is using the same 'source' who said Haralson was coming to IU says that Mullins is going to Connecticutt, throwing in the cavaet that 'it's not a done deal'. Random people saying random things is older than the internet.

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Don't see that happening. Teams ahead of IU that lost were #1 Alabama, #4 Tennessee, #9 Missouri, #10 Michigan, #11 USC, and #22 Louisville. Even if -- and it won't happen -- IU moved ahead of every team in front of them that lost, they will only move up 7 spots. IU won't move ahead of Alabama or Tennessee. Don't see them moving ahead of Missouri as it was Missouri's first loss and it was on the road at a ranked opponent. For Michigan and USC, it was each of their second losses.....IMO, IU could move ahead of USC because there loss was to 2-3 MInnesota but I don't think IU moves ahead of Michigan. So IMO that's three spots IU moved up but I think Texas A&M leap frogs IU because they just beat the #9 team by 31 points. My guess is IU is at #21.

Alabama losing without class.