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I don't really get how NIL runs, who is handing out these contracts, who makes decisions, etc. But presumably, each team is working with their own finite pot of money to spread around. $2 million that goes to one player means $2 million that ISN'T getting spent somewhere else. So, while this...

It seems like a lot of it comes down to confidence bordering on cockiness, doesn't it? Like there needs to be a complete lack of self-doubt in order to come through when it matters most.

Let me say this about Mulvey...I have gotten to know him a bit, and you will not find a better dude anywhere. Smart, humble, great teammate...I love that guy.

That is nuts...I can't wait for some econ wonk to do ROI analysis on some of these NIL deals. In many cases, the money spent probably makes great sense, but that feels like a lot in this case.

I have never been fully convinced that some people are "clutch." That is, that they have some sort of special, psychological makeup that allows them to perform extra well when the game is on the line. Was MJ clutch, or was he just a better basketball player than anyone else? Was Tiger clutch...

I will share my Matt Gatens story (I think I have shared it before). I remember watching him play West High when he was a senior at City. He was obviously a skilled perimeter player, he could have spent much of the game hunting 3-pters or doing fancy dribbling around the perimeter. He did none...

That was Dochterman's and Leistikow's take when they were discussing Fran toward the end of the year. There are things that could improve the situation (D assistant he did not have responsibility to hire; forcing him to make nice with reporters and attend more PR events across the state), but...

If I had a choice between a kid that waited patiently on campus to start at QB as a junior, versus a kid that went G5 or even DII and threw the heck out of the ball for 2 years, and then transfers to Iowa...I would take the latter kid, every day of the week. Those smaller schools will be QB-farm...

The "rut" is not primarily about on the court...the rut is gradually diminishing attendance, bottoming out (hopefully) with a lower attendance this season then we have seen for 60 years. You can't run that back because we have a few decent 4* recruits coming in.

Here is the Athletic's Top-10 list of portal entries (there are over 1,000!): Kind of crazy that 3 of the top-5 are linked to the Hawkeyes (either incoming or outgoing).

And building the culture and continuity that can lead to your whole being greater than the sum of your parts. Better to keep and build up your own guys than overpay for someone who is, at best, a slight upgrade.

Sorry, I meant the 2 before McCollum (including Medved).

Drake's last 2 men's BB coaches are currently at P4 programs, and neither of them matched McCollum in season record, or in advancement in the tournament: And, he did it in one year, and he did it without a single significant holdover from DeVries' teams.

You can now pass my next exam!

Apparently estrogen : progesterone ratio ends up as a happy emoji if you don't put any spaces in there.

The wider pelvis, and resulting greater knee valgus deviation (measured as Q angle) is definitely part of it, as the ACL is stretched under valgus deviation. There is also some evidence for a narrower femoral notch...the ACL runs through this notch, and if narrower, might push laterally on the...

Team A, neither team got any better, and we don't even know if either player It seems like it, but it is hard to say because there is no transparency. We don't know what he was making at Iowa. We don't know what similar bigs are making across the country. Freeman doesn't seem like someone you...

Watkins has played 67 games. Clark played 62 over her first 2 seasons. Clark played a near max number of games over her last 2 years (77 games, total). She averaged 29.7 pts/game over that stretch, accumulating an astronomical 2,289 points.

We clearly need to try to become a Purdue or a Michigan State. We are never going to be able to outbid for top portal talent, so why throw money at replacement-level players to end up with a constant churn of mediocrity (or worse)? Spend the money on retention and development, and reap the...

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