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Totally, will be interesting to see what happens. Wouldn't call it a grand slam HR, but a lot to like IMO: -Recent NBA success should resonate with recruits -Carolina definitely has the resources and infrastructure to support him in a quasi pro style operation -Based on how it ended, he probably has a chip on his shoulder and feels like he has something to prove From Carolina's perspective, I'd think even if it doesn't work out, you have peace of mind knowing you went for the prestige hire of a recent NBA champion than tried to take a guy like McCollum from D2 NW Missouri State to Chapel Hill in the span of four years. Credit to their AD for thinking outside the box if nothing else IMO

Awesome pull for them IMO

Hurley and one of the refs tonight, Breeding, have bad history

Wonder who else we will have portal out... that's a big part of the equation. We will probably ask some guys to play bigger roles than they did at their last school. Our roster for next year will likely have plenty of question marks on paper. Hopefully it works out better this time.

These two apparently have a budding friendship. Hurley said some very nice things about May looking much younger than he is, lol

UConn fans starting to talk about Sam Orme... lol

Little doubt left that Michigan is the best team in CBB this year. Only question at this point is will they play a better game than UConn Monday. The winner will have to earn it. Been a fun tournament this year.

Yaxel going to the locker room with an apparent ankle issue. Will be back after getting ice and tape. Zona needs to at least get this to within 10 before half

Maybe this is a hot take but I find Yaxel really unlikable.

Maybe. I'd personally love to see it. I think they have a better shot against Arizona than Michigan. Tough to bet against UConn though. Should be a fun game either way.

This result confirms that the OSOC (one seed or Connecticut) model will be accurate for an 18th straight year I believe

I like that he enjoys playing the heel of the CBB universe too.

Let's go Zona

They were really slumping before the tournament too dropping games to Marquette and Creighton. All year their fans felt like the team had never clicked. Hurley and staff have them playing their best basketball at the right time. They turn it up in March.

UConn's second unit is maintaining the lead pretty comfortably lol. Finish strong and an Arizona win will make tonight a perfect night of basketball

With a year of college basketball under his belt and another year of conditioning, he probably won't be as foul prone as he was this year. Like Demo said... he plays so hard. Really fun guy to watch and with 3 years of eligibility I'd love to see us in the mix but don't want to get my hopes up. Brutal for Shaheen and SHU that he just can't pay guys enough to keep em.

Did he announce he is entering the portal? Pretty sure the staff was involved with him before he committed to SHU. He played pretty well for Shaheen as a freshman. He'd be a great back up big guy for defense and rim protection. And we can definitely pay him considerably more than SHU without breaking the bank. I'd be excited for this one since this staff was involved previously. One to keep an eye on IMO

I saw this kid play for Link Academy a couple years back. He never met a shot he didn't like. It was borderline ridiculous, but I think he scored about 40 points in a loss to Brewster Academy and Purdue's Jacobson. His running mate was Tre Johnson now on the Wizards and Johnson was clearly the smarter / more mature player. Jasper was not trying much on defense. I know his family has had a very negative experience with the UK fans, supposedly. And he didn't get much run for Pope this year. If he could be swayed into a Cadeau like reclamation project at a price that doesn't break the budget, I wouldn't hate the move, if the staff thinks they can address some of his deficiencies. The shooting stroke is pure.

Montverde and AZ compass heading to 2OT on ESPN2. Hell of a game

Jason Drake announced he'd hit the portal. No news yet from Miles, Harris, Dorn, Ristic, or Andrej

Lloyd just confirmed he is staying at Arizona during his press conference per Norlander

For different reasons, I'm not convinced any of these 3 were realistic candidates. And I don't think fans "didn't like" the DeVries hire. I think most people didn't know anything about him yet but were pretty satisfied with pulling a P5 coach.

Spot on... Feels like the old adage about building something "greater than the sum of its parts" rings especially true in the era of 8 figure player payrolls in CBB.

Two part equation and you need both... Accurate scouting + Sufficient money We have the second part. Hopefully we see the first part this year.