Recent content by Calvin

At the very top, sure. If you move down the food chain, it's easier than ever for schools with money to poach from the rest. How you define flatter I think depends on where you sit.

Guy says NIL and the portal have brought equality?? I suppose if you're Kentucky you think that. Pay for play only works to equalize things though if you've got money, or exceptional talent evaluation and development. It's more like Animal Farm equality, where everyone is equal, just some are...

The consensus I've seen have the top 3 all as strong picks so there doesn't seem to be any scenario barring alien abduction. Aggregator site

Was Kendall Gill? He was an absolute stud that had a good NBA career. Deron I believe was in the 50s. Also a stud.

He's a freak. I'm not sure I can point to another Illini I'd put above him in terms of athleticism. Been too long since the flyin Illini days --maybe in that group? Really impressive the range of teams BU has had. Guys with great transition games, and then this past group that played...

I don't watch a lot of NBA, but when I do, it's a shock how much more physically developed the players are after getting used to the college game.

Agree, but was wondering how they feel about that next level, practice, etc. Seems like historically they've added one more

"Duke's agreement with Amazon allows the program to generate real NIL opportunities for its players." I may be reading too much into that, but it sounds like they're trying to make payroll, or give players upside.

We're at 13 officially? Seems light. Think most years we've had 12 plus several walk-ons. Did he think one of the portal guys would return?

Blue blood seems like a relic or the pre-NIL era. Recruiting cache back when money was under the table and kids stayed at one school...roster construction is so different now, and the delineation between haves and have nots is heavily tied to conference and program $$. Even Cignetti on the...

Definitely Michigan for me. Had a great seat at half court for that road win, and watching him get through that contact to still get enough on it...chef's kiss. 😘

Ha, love that a league lists a players percent for 3 point, 2 point, and 1 point shots.

And knows how to rock a 'stache. Can always use style points.

Easy for us to say, but yeah, the life-changing payoff seems like the obvious choice. Not sure what kind of price you can put on the college experience, but it would have to be really high in his case!

100%. In the interview of QC, he oozed competitiveness to go with that talent. The freshmen should be easy to root for.