Recent content by MDchicago

Given the projected lineup, must be hard for writers to pick just three names when writing that last sentence. Tough to leave out QC and Tomi when talking about exploiting mismatches, but suppose editors gotta edit...

Great get. Also love that he was also on the Varsity chess team that made it to the IHSA state tournament. Envisioning him bringing physicality to the chess team like he brings strategic thinking and Fb IQ to the football field...

Great guy but... Maybe just getting triggered by years of watching corporate exec comings and goings and the early moves sometimes associated with that, but gotta say its a bit concerning having anyone I associate with the Guenther/Thomas regimes who left and picked up 12 years of low D1...

And Efrem Winters was MVP of the McDonalds AA game that year. Quite a haul for Lou and Jimmy...

Kendall was not a McDAA. Rankings didn't go as deep then as they do now. Of the 3 guards in that class (Smith, Bardo, Gill), Larry Smith was the highest rated (e.g., ranked 28 by Hoop Scoop (who ranked Nick 8th that year)). Bardo was coming off an injury and Gill was the skinny but athletic...

This one made me laugh. Great to see TJ persevere (again) and shine on a big stage.

>>>>After guiding the Iowa State men's basketball team to its third Sweet 16 appearance in five years, head men's basketball coach T.J. Otzelbergerhas agreed to a new contract that will keep him leading the Cyclone program through June 30, 2036 and increase his salary to $6 million annually...

It would have been simpler to just say "I'm waiting until after the NBA season is over" to see if my dream job opens up. And barring that, my advisors tell me I can use that process as leverage to extract better terms.. Either way, can't be real comforting to Michigan administrators, fans or...

That will happen when you have a 80% eFG% and KP 174.4 ORtg (by far the highest on the team). 😃

Wally Pipp comes to mind...

Love the tracker. Above is look at the BPM column of the Roster Tracker by tiers as things stand as of now. (Chose to focus on the BPM since it incorporates offensive and defensive efficiency as well as strength of schedule; WS is interesting history but less useful as a predictive metric...

Hoping Gabe is gone by then, but maybe, just maybe...