Recent content by AdamOnFirst

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    NCAA tourney open thread

    Michigan is really really really really really good
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    Story: Tre Singleton to the portal

    Singleton is definitely making 7 figures next year
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    State of the program

    Except we’re not the pirates, we lucked into being in one of the two high revenue conferences.
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    NCAA tourney open thread

    Dan Hurley is simply on a different level, and he’s built different as HELL
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    Page to the portal

    He’s gonna get gobbled up by another good program.
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    WSJ values college football programs: NU #44 at $479M, OSU #3 at $1.5B, Texas #1 at $2.2B

    Rutgers and UCLA are insanely broke. Rutgers has shockingly low revenue.
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    When are the “normal” seats going on sale at the NRF?

    Another STH posted he was told the non-box/specialty seats will start being rolled out to existing donors/STHs in June/July. So expect to hear then.
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    Northwestern FB has the smallest staff in the B1G and one of the smallest in the country

    This entire thread is about spending on fireworks based on FOIA documents. NU just drastically increased the number of coaches on staff, do you want to link us to the data for your headline claim?
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    NCAA tourney open thread

    Like holy ******* absolute ******* shitballs. Best sporting event on planet earth. Goats and heroes, the duality of humanity, the highest highs and the lowest lows all in 4.8 seconds.
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    NCAA tourney open thread

    Holy. *******. ****. My lord my lord.
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    NCAA tourney open thread

    Iowa is a realistic goal. More than realistic. It should be the expectation to occur frequently with more upside from there.
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    Boo Buie > Braden Smith

    He was fantastic in the first half and the entire halftime crew was glazing him nonstop, calling him the best player in the tournament, the guy they’d want taking the final shot in any game, etc. Then they just got their **** rocked by a mega dominant Arizona team. Again, if you think he’s...
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    NCAA tourney open thread

    He’s probably a top example of a guy who was a good traditional recruiter and then made the transition really well. It’s sort of telling that a lot of the legendary basketball recruiters ten years ago aren’t coaching now or the ones who are have taken a step back. The Calipari formula isn’t...
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    NCAA tourney open thread

    The dude has lots of resources and knows how to scout and build rosters. It’s not quite the same as the old ability to recruit, sitting in a living room and convincing an egotistical 17 year old, his mama, and his AAU coach to give him to you for 1-4 years, but it’s the same end result
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    Coaching Carousel 2026

    Until we have some kind of system that allows multi-year NIL contracts to actually be enforceable rather that guys jus breaking their deal and leaving whenever they feel like… it is what it is.