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Just further reaffirms my opinion that there was something there with him. On to the next.

Miles was a pretty high usage player last year. A) can he willing accept a lesser role playing alongside DeVries and Wilkerson B) is he efficient enough to be a consistent 3 and D player? He was a good, not great 3 point shooter on volume this past season. UNF was horrific defensively last year as a unit, but appears he may possess some quality individual defensive traits. Definitely an intriguing prospect with multiple years of eligibility remaining

Overton and the kid from North Florida visiting today as that 3rd wing spot make sense as they have both have multiple years of eligibility left. The JUCO kid is intriguing to me although I'm not sure I'd be totally confident with him in that first big off the bench role. But the roster is coming together and Wilkerson and DeVries are two players who you can absolutely build a successful team around.

Assuming Conerway commits this week, a 3&D as your 3rd guard/wing and a big with size and strength who can defend the rim for ~20 mpg need to be the biggest priorities. Conerway Wilkerson 3 and D DeVries Bailey Would make an incredible and efficient offense to watch. Do still need to add some levels of size and athleticism however.

Well the game in Rupp this coming December certainly just got more interesting.

And the coveted "he doesn't care about winning"

My son is sending screenshots by the minute. It's better than you can imagine. They're definitely on level 4 of cope right now.

Who cares? It's good discussion

You're vastly underestimating big money college athletics and how it pertains to university marketing. Why do you think so many athletic departments are content to operate in the red, sometimes $10-20 million dollars? None of that happens without good players and coaches who win games and championships. It's not the players faults the NCAA ran an illegal model for as long as they did. Research the University of Alabama's enrollment spike and tuition hike the last 20 years, a timeframe that directly coincides Saban's dominance. Both have nearly doubled in a 20 year frame. Whatever Saban was making, he was worth 10x more the university....as were the kids he recruited who won him games.

How did the Duke brand get to where it is today?

Duke built its brand by consistently winning. How do you win consistently? By having the best players. Those players, up until the last few years, weren't compensated anywhere close to their fair market value. If Duke decided one day they only wanted to admit athletes who fit their admissions standards, they would lose their brand and lose it rather quickly. We know that will never happen though.

He wore Duke across his chest for 5 straight months. He's one of the more visible athletes in the country. That's $4.8 million in marketing and promotion alone. Not every college athlete is worth what they're being paid in NIL but Cooper is easily an exception.

Easily.

Probably more

It's nothing that hasn't already been said on here...basically says it's IU or UK for Wilkerson. Says Freeman has visited IU and Auburn so far and visiting Tennessee this week; too early to call a leader. Also Conerway down to IU, Miss St, and Vanderbilt with IU in the lead. Also mentions that NC State is the favorite to land Mgbako and Alabama F Derrion Reid.