Recent content by (Zombie) Rocket_Fran

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    *****2026-27 Transfer Portal News*****

    Let me ask you a question in return, do you think these coaches are infallible to group think? NASA engineers and physicists can succumb to this social psychological condition but not basketball coaches?
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    *****2026-27 Transfer Portal News*****

    In the last 3 games in the NCAA tournament, the UCLA starting 5 scored 168 out of their 200 combined points. I'm not saying that is a blueprint that SHOULD be followed. I also don't know if "very good" here is relative or absolute. I do know that relying on the bench for certain aspects of...
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    *****2026-27 Transfer Portal News*****

    Can't remember if I posted this in a different thread a week or two ago, but Kachine the Machine made an off the cuff comment about Johnson a couple days ahead of the IA/UVA game during a preview of the first couple of NCAA tournament games for IA WBB. It was a specific comment about her...
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    *****2026-27 Transfer Portal News*****

    I think you need to take a long hard look at your internal notions of subjectivity and objectivity. You won’t, but you should.
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    2027 Recruiting

    The data agrees with this method. As I've stated before, you "only" need 1 mcdonalds all-american per recruiting class to have a championship caliber roster. Hitting on recruits #30-65 to fill out the recruiting pipeline with this coaching staff's ability to develop is sufficient to build a...
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    Jenica Lewis commits to ND

    I keenly remember getting lambasted for suggesting such a thing last summer.
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    Woliczko money.

    We would be hearing about the scrimmage results if an agent could leverage public knowledge of those results to get more money in his pocket.
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    South Carolina forward Chloe Kitts tears ACL.

    The menstrual cycle and it's impact on ACL injury and specifically the non-contact variety (the specific kind that is much higher in women) is a very, very mixed bag. This risk has been known and the subject of research for while but historical research had more of an emphasis on anatomy or...
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    Here's a guy.......who has Iowa at #13 in the country

    https://bcftoys.com/2025-fei This (and my personal favorite) advanced stats model has them 18th.