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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/40115234/amid-portal-era-calipari-hints-limiting-arkansas-roster-8-9-guys In regards to the discussion yesterday about shorter benches in the NIL era.

He'll serve that NCAA tournament suspension one of these days.

https://theathletic.com/5360188/2024/04/05/ncaa-transfers-portal-rankings-list/ Carey Booth - #64 (as of 4/5/24) Former Team Notre Dame Years Remaining -3 Position - Center Ht: 6-10 Wt: 203 "Booth, a four-star recruit coming out of high school and the son of 10-year NBA veteran and current...

The Tre White description from the Athletic's transfer portal rankings. The underlined portions seem particularity relevant here. Tre White - #88 (as of 4/5/24) Ht: 6-7 Wt: 205 "White was a late transfer last season who surprisingly decided to leave USC after an impressive freshman season in...

Zeke Mayo to Kansas on the Storr pivot.

Some comments I read earlier in the year suggested that Boswell had a reputation for enjoying the social aspect of college a little too much; which shouldn't be surprising for someone who has yet to turn 19.

To be fair, you could say the same about TSJ being well positioned to prevent the bad vibes on last year's team.

They finally permitted alcohol sales beginning in January 2023 and our game in Evanston was the first wet event in Welsh-Ryan. It is the only thing that got me through that debacle.

Drawing the line at representation of the University in formal competition, in front of thousands both live and on television, hardly seems random or lacking in underlying rationale.

I’m randomly in Tucson this weekend and watched the game amongst a large Wildcat happy hour crowd. Based on just chatter around me, Boswell is definitely the BMOC.

The decision buys Harris some optionality for next spring. Gets to see who comes in via the portal, see what Fears does, see how the carousel spins, see if advance in strength and skill will translate into assured material role here or elsewhere. Not sure anyone can read the tea leaves well...

He has two years of eligibility left and can also still redshirt. His first year doesn’t count toward his eligibility (all athletes got 20-21 season as a freebie).

For the rankings services faithful, here is the 2024 Class, in a historical context, based on 247 rankings for 68 HS and Juco recruits for the Illini since 2003: #4 - Morez Johnson (sandwiched between Skyy Clark and Meyers Leonard) #44 - Jason Jakstyts (sandwiched between Austin Colbert and...

That comment was great; though Aikman confused me when he linked it Spoon's physical tackling approach. Prime was a lot of impressive things in his day, but his tackling was not among them.

They took Jarrett Jack.