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This RGB has been boring all day then Scottie finally makes a birdie and Fitz bogeys the final hole. Sneaky challenging course on the back.

Which of our current guys do you think Dorn will push out of the rotation? I suspect the staff has Harris penciled in as our spot up shooter.

Woody is going to randomly flip on ESPN next year, see us playing two seven footers and absolutely lose his mind.

Smart, NC State, Mullins?

We are not going to be in NC conversations. On an expedited timeline—like the one May took—maybe next year. We wasted last year and started over this year. If you want to be optimistic think of this as UMay Yr 1. Contend for a B1G title, win the BTT, and make the S16 and everyone will be over the moon.

It’s bad enough to crash in front of 70k people. Then you have to sit there in front of that giant tv, playing that stupid video, listening to that dumb song blare. That’s what you call a bad day.

He’s a good coach and he’s struck gold in the portal every year. His luck has to run out sometime.

They have some rich boosters. They just don’t care about athletics that much.* Their legislature just passed a $10mil boost to their AD to help out with NIL, too. I have met their AD (or now fired AD?). He wanted a clean break from the Alvarez era and to do things his own way. It all sounded pretty dumb to me, but he at least knew if the Fickell thing fell through he was toast. I’ll give him that much. He was a former OL, had a cup of coffee in the NFL, and then made some money on a biotech startup-up out in NY or something. It’s one thing to think you’re smarter than everyone else. It’s another thing to prove it. Whether Dolson got lucky with the Cig hire or not, he and whitten have proven they can maneuver through this NIL era about as well as any. I’ll give them that for sure. *(They may not be that smart either. I have a couple stories).

If just one frosh plays rotation mins and you add a backup big you’re at a 9 man rotation already. There isn’t really room for anyone else of note. I’m not sure what people are expecting.

It’d be funnier if we won 25 but still couldn’t beat NW…in a perverse way. Also, I can’t believe the office lounge is still around. lol

If they really like Moody I can see him and Lindsey being the combo-guard/backup Pg options. That gives you some flexibility.

Dang. Almost have to think he was ours if we wanted him. There’s nothing wrong with liking Lindsey better, but 44% from 3 on 7 attempts in one of the toughest mid major conferences is pretty intriguing. Has 3 years of eligibility left too.

That would be fairly normal turnover for any year. But I doubt we lose too many to money concerns. In any event, the staff will likely want 2-4 spots open for HS recruits and a portal upgrade or two. Seems like we’d take at least two HS recruits, no?

Where is all this coming from?

It would be nearly impossible for us to get less shots in the paint.. So I suspect we’ll see quite the change there. In any event, I would guess that we’re “returning “ enough production to put us into the top 25 at places like Torvik and Kenpom.