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Coaching Changes indicating that Chris Collins seems to be dropping on the Villanova list. Jay Wright — who still has a lot of influence there — is pushing for Porter Moser.

DeVries is really, really good. MVC player of the year as both a sophomore and junior.

Just got asked. Seemed to make it clear that it would need to be something that fit both the player's AND the team's goals.

It was said to be about $3 million.

It is pronounced Dar-un

Darren. I linked an article earlier and they mentioned that.

Anybody seen DMV?

my purdue friend loved when IU hired Woodson and did not like IU hiring devries. I’d take that as a good sign.

FWIW, Jeff Goodman -- who likes nothing better than to pick on Indiana fans -- loves the DeVries hire. Calls him a workaholic and great X and O coach.

I don't disagree that the current Big 12 football isn't very good and travel expenses would go down some. But I think ACC football is even worse and are headed down a path that will eventually see teams bolting -- particularly the money drivers. FWIW, Sagarin rates the average ACC team as five points worse than the average Big 12 team last season.

I'm not sure the travel expenses would be all that different given who is in the ACC now. The ACC getting two teams in the playoffs this year was more of a result of Clemson beating SMU in the conference championship -- if that doesn't happen, they only get one team in. Big 12 football was down this year. I don't know the details of each of their television deals. I don't know that each conference had their deals extending this year. The ACC did change their method of revenue distribution in order to keep Clemson and Florida State from leaving that was more in favor or those two schools.

ACC football is pretty mid, and that is more of a money driver than basketball. And with Florida State and Clemson considering leaving the ACC in the near future, the football money starts to dry up.

Coaching Changes believes that Jerrod Calhoun (Utah State) will be targeted by West Virginia. Chris Collins and Richard Pitino Jr are thought to be in the mix for the Villanova job. SI mentioning Ben McCollum, Bucky McMillan, and Jerrod Calhoun as fits for Iowa.

To keep track of coaching changes (power 5 or other noteworthy teams): Team/coach out/coach in Florida State: Leonard Hamilton OUT, Luke Loucks IN Indiana: Mike Woodson OUT, Darian DeVries IN Iowa: Fran McCaffrey OUT Ben McCollum IN Miami: Jim Larranga OUT, Jai Lucas IN Minnesota: Ben Johnson OUT NC State: Kevin Keatts OUT, Will Wade IN Texas Rodney Terry OUT Utah: Craig Smith OUT, Alex Jensen IN Villanova: Kyle Neptune OUT Virginia: Ron Sanchez OUT Ryan Odom IN West Virginia: Darian DeVries OUT

Good mid to small school guards that entered today: Obi Agbim, Wyoming guard and all MWC player, enters the portal. 6'3" guard averaged 17.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.4 assists. Bulk three point shooter. Shot 47/44/79. Dedan Thomas, UNLV guard enters. 6'1" guard averaged 15.6 points, 2 rebounds, 4.7 assists. Two years eligibility. Shot 41/35/72. Quimari Peterson, East Tennessess State 6'1" guard. 19.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists. Shot 47/42/73. Jalen Jackson, IPFW 6'2" guard. 19.2 points, 4.4 reb, 3.1 ast. Shot 48/26/74

Good to hear your opinion as you saw him play in high school. I assume you saw him play when he was a junior in high school (since that would have been Cupps' senior year)?

Happy. He's an honest to God college coach who has both tons of experience as an assistant and head coach. Fact that he turned Drake around from being a horrid program to one consistently winning 25 games screams that a guy is a culture changer. Our player culture has sucked the last eight years with players more interested in things off of the court than on.

30 minutes/game, took 8 shots per game and 6 of them were from three....so was given a pretty decent workload from a freshman who wasn't ranked in the top 150 at a P5.

Harding is a very underrated player. Amazing speed and craftiness.

He got it right......eventually. He was all over McCollum and Brownell until he wasn't.

Chester might get an interview to take the West Virginia job.

Sports Illustrated article on Devries. https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/todds-take-a-curt-cignetti-for-indiana-basketball-what-i-saw-darian-devries-do-at-drake-qualifies-01jpnd62eh7q

I'm assuming three immediately on Devries transfer radar are: His son (duh) Jonathan Powell Nijel Pack

You'd have to wake him up first.

So no tattoo, Home Jersey?