Playing as a 5 seed in Cleveland would certainly bring a smile to MOR. With the lackluster performance this century, I guess the B1G needs to have 11 teams from the gun. https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...ld-predictions ..read more

Anyone else intrigued by the Nova-Knicks? These guys were low 1st round, 2nd round guys that are playing on their 2nd or 3rd teams. They 3 missed 9 games this year total. Impressive, because as parts on other teams they each were solid, but this reunion is very interesting. Chemistry. Or gelling ..read more

Doug Gottlieb was hired as head Men's Bball coach today @ UWGB. Apparently it was the second time he applied for the job, losing out to someone name Sunshine the first time. Being a West Coast guy he apparently has never watched a late season or playoff game @Green Bay, and doesn't realize what crappy winters they have. He is said to continue his Fox radio show. This has disaster written all over it ..read more

Has requested to be released from his NIL and is opening up his recruitment. Wow. Have to wonder if this might be the beginning of a trend for many others ..read more

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) and Team Zip 'Em Up have been a great excuse to have a little July Xavier basketball fun. Seeing BJ Raymond hit a 3 was awesome. JP's been a bit injury prone, but his presence is huge but it's been great to see him and Trevon on court together. This year, UC hosts. I got my ticket but feel dirty registering on their ticket site (link). Maybe having a UC ticket account will boost my ability later to get a ticket to the Shootout. I won't start it here, but I'm sure that the NIL/portal will eventually have an effect on TBT too ..read more

I thought it would be interesting to swap out the guys we just lost with the guys we just brought in. We basically have 3 guys returning. So lets remove the guys that left and add the new guys and recalc our per game statistical averages. I will normalize the minutes if necessary. I'll also adjust for games played and injuries. And then I'll add back Free and Hunter using their stats from the prior year Guys lost: Q, Des, Abo, Lazar, Gytis, Ciani, Nzeh, Craft (didnt Play), Ducharme total Lost: 4599 minutes, 646/1484 FG (43.5%), 156/445 3PT (35.1%), 377/532 FT (72.1%), 277 OReb, 636 Dreb, 313 ..read more

I realize this is not breaking news at this point, but I wanted to show the love to our newest Muskie. Welcome to the X family, Lassina! Can’t wait to see you (and the rest of this team) in action next season! I don’t know if we are going to see any more players added to next year’s roster, but I feel like Lassina is that piece we were really missing that now makes our team complete: A Legit big (6’10”) who defends well in the paint and rebounds at an elite level ..read more

I am curious - are there examples, yet, of guys who have made it to the NBA, AND have a significant role, who might not have made it had they not been able to utilize the new transfer portal rules? For example, someone from a mid-major conference who transferred to a major program which increased his visibility and resulted in being drafted by the NBA and now he starts or plays significant minutes. Principle ..read more

Does anyone know when X is due for new Jerseys? I thought it was either this coming year or next year ..read more

Welcome to the Twilight zone. It seems inevitable that the topics of NIL and the transfer portal will be an ongoing conversation for the foreseeable future, but as they are seeping into almost every other thread, it’s time to give the conversation its own home. Perhaps now we can limit the Transfer Portal thread to the excitement and anguish of roster comings and goings, and maybe even satisfy some posters’ crack addictions. Shame-shame-shame can also now be cast here on backbenchers like me, while the “Final 2%” thread can be left to focus on the important people working to fund the war machi ..read more