Recent content by Piotyr

Michigan 3, Illinois 4, MSU 8....I think that's 3.

The thing about the B1G is you can be 10th best and still a clear tournament team at this point. I'm not completely sold on USC yet, though. I think they're closer to 10th than 4th.

Stop treating the sportsbooks like they're a source of information or expertise. They're more interested in gauging public opinion and money and coming down in the middle, and are completely divorced from actual analysis or statistical projection of how a team will actually perform.

I keep seeing the argument of "But Ty was a starter 3 years ago on an elite 8 team, he must be good enough to crack the rotation this year" Ty's numbers from 2024 would have been good enough for the 9th best player on the team last season, below Z (and Jake and Ben). Keeping 5 players from...

Dybantsa just did a 42" vertical jump, so Drej's only 2nd on the list now. Dreams of Drej being a top 10 pick are fading.

I remain a bit concerned for Keaton that his measurables will damper his draft stock a bit, but that's encouraging for him staying in the top 8 for sure.

Fun fact, Yaxel is a month older than Josh Giddey, who is going into his 6th year in the league.

The Bulls have the easiest pick in the top 5. Just wait for whichever of the top 4 falls to you and call their name. The only way it gets even remotely complicated is if one of the top 3 makes an incredibly stupid pick and you get to choose from 2 of the top 4.

This would be what I think would be a slam-dunk draft by the Bulls FO: 1. Hope the top 3 drafters are wowed by Peterson and Wilson's athleticism, so Boozer falls to them at 4. 2. Use what other capital you have to try to get a second pick in the top 8. 3. Use that pick to draft one of the 4...

Heck, I'd say the top 8 in this draft would have gone 1 in 2024 (though everyone sees Castle should have gone 1 now).

The Rays are 5-10 against the NL Central and 19-2 against everyone else.

Happy Kerry Wood day to all who celebrate.

They may not win it, but they've had a good front nine, 5 under as a team and have climbed to within 7 strokes of UCLA.

I mean, it's expanding from 68 to 76 of 365 teams (20.8%). It's still the most exclusive tournament in college and professional sports, edging pretty close to baseball now (which is at 22%)

It's laid out pretty definitively in Norlander's article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ncaa-to-expand-march-madness-mens-and-womens-college-basketball-tournaments-to-76-teams-in-2027/