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    Judge Wilken, asking about the settlement being intended to cover the next ten years, affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the future who are not yet in college: “Can you have a class of future people who aren’t known yet? ... Can they be understood to release claims for things that haven’t happened yet?" A little later she asked: "Is that the death knell?"
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    I don't see how anything I said can be interpreted into a suggestion that I think Vokeitaitis is some kind of recruiting miss. My intro was "I'm happy for this pick up," and my conclusion was "could be awesome, but don't give up on him if he appears to be something less than what you hoped in his first year here." I just don't think anyone should expect a 30 mpg, 20 ppg, and 10 rbg guy in year one in the SEC, but if we add Traore, then they will split the time, and that will work well for us. We will definitely have upgraded in the middle with those additions.
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    I'm happy for this pick up, but I'm not over the moon about it. He's a true freshman, so there is plenty of room for improvement, but he's not a plus shot blocker, a guy with big offensive range, or a guy you can expect to beat a guy of similar size and strength on the block. He is someone who seems to understand the game very well for his age, and he is terrific at positioning. Check out his transfer portal highlight vid, and you will see what I mean. There is nothing there that wows you with his athleticism, but it is a terrific exposition of understanding how to get into position to score. Give this guy 3 years of S&C training, and he could be awesome, but don't give up on him if he appears to be something less than what you hoped in his first year here.
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    Ok, you got me with that one. But I was thinking mainly of perimeter first players.
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    Not really. James had a really good year at it. Atchley was killer as a junior, but that was 17 or 18 years ago.
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    I've been trying to think of anyone we have had in the last 15 years who was both a plus 3 point shooter and a guy who could sky and be a great target for a lob. Nothing comes to me.
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    McMillan is a very good coach. If you saw the inbound play he ran with the two guys running around for the first guy to get open on an elevator screen against Kansas, then you would recognize this guy can coach. This is brilliant stuff. I doubt A&M donors will get fully behind this hire, but if they do, then this could prove to be a very good hire. Of course, if he gets A&M to the Sweet Sixteen in the next three years, then he's gone, because let's admit it . . . It's College Station.
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    Yes and no. 44 PPG is not a fair picture when you consider the bench players numbers aren't included, Pope, Mark, and Weaver (when playing) were not primary scoring options for us last year, and Swain was third in fga on Xavier. Give each a maturation year and a bigger role in the offense, and you might see some big jumps in offensive production. Heide was on a Purdue team that ran an offense that was Kaufman-Renn/Smith/Loyer/or get the f out of the way. We could maybe use a big time scorer, but I'm more a lot more concerned about getting someone to a) help us on the boards and protect the rim, and b) get in the paint to disrupt the defense to create openings for the rest of the offense.
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    Nice acquisition. Still need a big guy and a plus penetrating guard.
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    That was a really moving clip. But the best thing ESPN did was hire Keith Olbermann to really put entertainment into the "Entertainment and Sports Programming Network." The punchline is that he hated being a sportscaster.
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    Try again. From TexAgs
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    Plane took a 40 minute pit stop, then it took off for Vegas.
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    Maybe it will just be his faux negotiator stepping off the plane to use A&M to get a raise from Charleston.
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    Chris Mack appears to be heading right now to College Station to talk to Alberts.
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    They'll hire Lutz/Byington/Jans long before that. If they were really offering $7+M per year for Beard, then they will buy someone away from his current job.
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    Already at "Texas A&M University (Ole Miss)" according to Wikipedia as of 4/2/25 1:38 p.m. CST. He was the coach at High Point before the latest edit.
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    As I understand it, the House settlement provides both an absolute $ cap and a % of athletic revenue cap for NIL spending. Big East schools don't make big football $, so none of them should be able to spend 8 figures without going way over the % cap. Last Big East basketball TV deal was for $80 million a year for the conference, which has 11 members. Not getting anyone past the round of 32 won't help either. Of course, the Big East is not a defendant in the case, so it would have to opt in, and I haven't heard that it has.
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    New Mexico hired Olen. I wonder if he will find out the Big West will be a better conference than the remnants of the MWC.
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    UNM down to Eric Olen and Andy Kennedy. The former is in his early 40s and took a DII team into DI and eventually took it to the NCAA tournament this year and lost a naibiter to Michigan. The latter is in his late 50s and made 2 tournaments in 12 seasons at a P5 school and 2 more in 5 years at UAB.
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    He's not. He can dunk with two hands.
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    Hawkins. Was a dynamite PG for them this year.
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    Oldest coach in today's games is Nate Oats, who is 50. Average age of coaches today is 44. Youngest coach in tomorrow's games is Bruce Pearl, who turned 65 this month. Average age of tomorrow's coaches is 70. Another unique thing about this Elite Eight is that the eight teams remaining were the top 8 in Pomeroy rankings on selection day. This final 8 has the lowest amalgam of seeds ever since the tournament went to 64 teams. Oh, and thanks to a three landing on the bridge and crawling in at the buzzer, Pomeroy bull's-eyed his prediction in the Michigan State-Ole Miss Ole Iss Ole Ipp Ole I game.
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    Willard meeting with Villanova today and expected to make decision tonight (if it hasn't already been made).
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    Willard was booed by MD fans while entering the arena tonight. MD is said to already be hunting for a new coach. Last time MD was in the S16 was in 2016. Nice way to celebrate the return.
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