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Are we sure about that? I think the staff's philosophy on this is they view the strength of schedule as a win for both program visibility but also because it really doesn't hurt you. Even if we have no David, I still think this is a what? Top 15-20ish group. And Brad would schedule...

I talked myself into some fun Vaaks + Coleman + Andrej + Lincoln + Z fast-paced lineups.

thing that scares me most about Mirk being out against top teams, is he’s so key to controlling our pace. The games we lost were coincidentally games Mirk was bad, but because he was bad, he was out and the game became a lot more up and down - the bama game you could see in real time slipping...

Oddly enough, you pointing out you’re not even sure how it would factor in for us, is partly why I’m against it hah. I agree with all your points

NCAA has done a ton of nefarious things, I don’t consider this one of them. I think it comes from a good place of trying to be fair to not only Illinois (in this case) but also their opponent. But, you can just go down a rabbit hole of how much you want to apply that use case that ends up being...

Ha. Let’s put the ncaa’s “we take into account injuries” criteria to the test. In theory, they shouldn’t hold those losses against us if we do indeed lose For what it’s worth, I’ve always hated this quirk in seeding by the NCAA- even if it could benefit us here

given the way the scheduling shakes out - this game target makes a ton of sense to me

Feel like @ Duke November 17th is my over/under. That said, following the Duke game its basically another week off then Winthrop and WKU until Uconn on December 4th... If you're looking for a part in the schedule that makes sense for taking advantage of off-time and buy games, that's probably it.

On the bright side. This is a benefit of retention and guys playing with each other previously and not relying on just a single offseason

Without knowing the injury, hard to say. But this is a guy this program has not been shy hyping up as a nba guy this year. Foot injuries with big men are scary. Obviously would love him back soon, and I’m sure he’ll do everything he can, but that maters to me in not rushing him back - which...

Is Reibe actually good tho?

If I could combine Lonzo’s IQ with Lamelo’s gifts, I’d be in.

Not all players who get high assist numbers are created equal. I want Keaton to have the ball in his hands, not some dude shooting barely 40% who think he deserves as much usage as Luka doncic. Lamelo ball having a higher usage rate than ANT, Cade Cunningham, and Jalen Brunson is a form of...

Just feels like one of them are the DH bat. And Herrera's value as you pointed out + all the C depth, I'm not sure. Perhaps the calculus is figure it out in the winter, and that might not be a bad idea. That seemed to work out for the Donovan trade. Right as I type this, Burleson goes yard and...