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Yeah I get that part, but aren't we top 5ish in NIL then the bidding war part just wouldn't be true.

If it's a bidding war, why would an SEC school have a better chance than us?

He's a ramblin man

I don't know enough about Bidunga to fully agree, but having to try to play against Payne in the paint seems like it would make for a long day and a sore tomorrow. That dude plays hard and is physical.

This tribalistic rage is weird by some of you.

We lose one recruiting/budget battle and this dude just crashes out, lol

I would hire Tom Crean before Josh Pastner everytime.

Illinois fans didn't feel that way about him. They're not happy to see him go. Go read their boards: he played hard, was a good teammate, sound fundamentals. The problem for him at Illinois is Kylan Boswell is going to continue to be the starter.

Why are you the way that you are?

He's an Indiana kid, people will ask. Over on Peegs people are still starting new threads asking about Mullins despite the 5 other threads and Rabby responding 10 times that Mullins is happy with his choice, likes Murray and Hurley, will at least listen to Drock, but don't expect a miracle.

And 4 teams that are currently having their end of year conversations plus 4 more teams that will next week. Patience is a virtue.

and the extra covid year that all of those players got. Those players are now gone.

What's the date today?

Some people sheesh, man. Desperation is not a good look.

I think Izzo did, too. I think that's a small part of the problem. Booker's game is far more like KD and Chet than JJJ and other bigs who are primary down low but can step outside.

But what about Braden Smith signing with Kentucky?

AJ Hammons was the same way. Supposedly he loved band and playing music but he was 7 feet tall and athletic, so basketball became his initial path.

Goode is a perfect 6-7 man for a second weekend + team in the tournament.

From what I hear about it, Ya had a pre-existing relationship with Carlyle which helped things move quickly. It wasn't like they chose one over the other (and there weren't only 2 options), but they got deeper in with Carlyle right away. It's also not like Carlyle hadn't produced at all as a freshman at Stanford. He was pretty good and and pretty good target for a sophomore jump. Like everyone else under the Mike Woodson program, improvement was few and far between.

I love Tom Crean. I don't want him as Indiana's basketball coach, no thank you, but I love his passion for the sport and coaching. I also think deep down he's a good guy. I want to add I think Tom Crean can be a really good basketball coach in the right places.

Fair is fair, sorry Mick.

The fact it is enforced differently across sports is going to hurt the NCAA's case big time.

I want to see Tom Crean somewhere in the NIL/Transfer Portal era.

Are the rules or the law what is important? I get where you're coming from, but the NCAA seems to have been acting illegally and largely unchallenged for a long, long time.

Donations for NIL are often just rounding errors from investments for the ultra wealthy. It's all just bragging rights and power to them. The money is largely insignificant to large donors. The ultra-wealthy's piece of the pie is growing fairly quickly historically in this country, so I can see NIL increasing steadily correlated to the wealth gap just as easy as it contracting due to losses. This is play money.