Recent content by (Zombie) Rocket_Fran

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

    No, objectively, you cannot say that about 4 of those teams. With JuJu returning I think that's safe to say about USC, BUT, objectively, many thought the same thing about the USC team the last time JuJu played Iowa when USC, objectively, LOST. Objectively, you can continue to claim objectivity...
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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.