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@DamonDawg @colincowherd Wow probably the goats of Fox sports radio you Colin and Coach @GottliebShow can’t wait to listen later.

Game Update: @hutchccmbb takes down #23 Coffeyville on the road 74-68 Top Performances: @ThomasDaleron 23pts 5rbs @BobbyCannon2024 20pts 6rbs @lolorudolphh 10pts @Jack_Sorrell11 18pts Rashid Kuta 15pts 6rbs @ulysses_webb 10pts

Wisconsin Lutheran's Zens requests release from NLI with Northern Iowa. jsonline.com/story/sports/h…

Breaking: Wisco Lutheran star/ Mr. Basketball winner Zavier Zens has requested his NLI release from UNI, after a coaching change with Ben Jacobson, sources tell @247Sports Look for high major interests here

@DamonDawg I’m a uwgb mens basketball fan. Sorry.

@CeraWill @colincowherd Do you just spend all day tweeting about/at Gottlieb or what? Because an entire account sucking up to your (former?) boss is insane

Doug Gottlieb claims the Tommy Lloyd to UNC rumors are very real. Apparently Michael Jordan even made a personal phone call to recruit Lloyd. (Via @ColinCowherd Podcast)

@colincowherd @TheVolumeSports @GottliebShow Pretty 🆒 Colin cowherd is talking about uwgb mens basketball head coach to bad it was the podcast and not on an episode of the herd.

New @TheVolumeSports podcast @GottliebShow and I discuss - insane UCONN/Duke ending - NBA Draft prospects - Rick Pitino and Billy Donovan LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uco…

@JamesALight Interesting I have been a big social media guy and there positives lots of coaches can see your game film when you tweet it out. Negatives though if your a player who looks at social media and see negative things said about u it can be hurtful.

UCONN HC Dan Hurley - Leadership & Culture - "Leadership and culture have never been more important." - "Your culture better be on point, your leadership better be on point, you better be the driving force behind your organization every day that you step foot in to that building. And you better set the tone. You better be a tone setter every single day of what you want to reflect in your culture." - "I keep my players happy because they know that there is very few places in the country, if any, where they're going to get the same level of commitment in terms of time & effort that's going to be in to their career, skill development & personal development." - "And they know that every day that they're on campus in Storrs CT... That full staff is in the office and we're working towards making them better. I'm not out playing golf in June... I'm in the gym with them, I'm in the weight room with them, I'm in the office with them." - "I want my players to feel like they're not going to get better service than they're going to get from our staff. And they literally see a person that is trying to kill themselves on the job to help them reach their dreams and goals."

Not many coaches meet with the local media of the school they're leaving, but anyone who knows Ben Jacobson is not surprised. Here Ben explains why he's taking the Utah State job after 25 years at UNI. The question is from @MarkWoodleyTV. Video: UNI Athletics

Billy Donovan explains the Bulls cutting Jaden Ivey after the guard posted a homophobic video today. “Organizationally, there’s certain standards I think we want to have as an organization and live up to those each and every day.”

The real question is - what options are available to build a winning team that has a chance to win a championship ? The issue isn’t draft odds. In today’s system the worst 3 records have about an 86 pct chance of not getting the top pick. Then you have to multiple that by the odds that any given draft has at least one generational player. 1984, 2003 don’t come around very often. A team can do all it can to have the worst record and if the draft is awful, they did nothing to impact their chances of turning around their team. Every team knows this. Where teams get the most optionally with rebuilds is from collecting draft picks. Once you realize the team you built isn’t good enough or your best players don’t want to stay , you trade your best players. ( see OKC/clippers Celtics/ Nets, and others attempting it the last couple years ) Once you have some picks and no great players, the best way to collect draft picks these days is to stay below the cap. The best way to stay below the cap is to sign players that are very inexpensive or are on over paid short term contracts with non guaranteed elements to make them more trade-able and to allow you to reach the required salary floor. Those contracts are more trade-able to collect bad last year contracts that come with attached picks. And of course retaining cap room. Look at the teams that started the season with the most cap room. Those that created the most cap room during the season. And those that are chasing the top pick. If they didn’t already trade the pick, they match pretty closely. That’s all because of the economics of the nba. A good player on a rookie contract is the most valuable asset in the nba. A franchise player on a rookie deal is the holy grail. But getting a great player on a rookie contract is as much luck as science. You need as many draft picks as you can get in hopes that more than one clicks, and while they are on a rookie contract, you have cap room or trading resources to add the player(s) you need. Bottom line, accumulating draft picks is the best path to building a contender. Staying bad is less about winning the lottery than it is about doing all you can to accumulate those picks. Some ideas 1. Stop allowing teams to accumulate 1sts or trade so many 1sts. 2. Don’t allow players released after the trade deadline, that make more than the MLE , to be picked up and play in the playoffs ( keeps better last year players on worse teams ). 3. Only allow teams to use cap room 2 years in a row. Forces teams to try to get better sooner. 4. Allow old CBA trade rules to apply to MLE or more contracts signed under the old CBA. These will require the players to approve. So probably difficult to make happen. And finally. The one exception that proves these rules ? Dumb ass trades. If you can get another team to be stupid, none of the above matters. But you can’t count on them. Trading down to get Dirk doesn’t happen often !

Anyway, storms are firing and the one SW of Wausau has produced nickel sized hail. At the moment, all severe storms are in northern Illinois.

Here are my senior year highlights with Green Bay Notre Dame Academy! youtu.be/yX-vXAUyStY

Sophomore forward Riccardo Greppi is entering the transfer portal, he tells @Buckys_Burrow He appeared in 23 career games for the Wisconsin Badgers and was a member of the 2024 recruiting class.

Blessed & thankful to share 6’6 G/W Justin McCarter has received a D1 offer from Tarleton State University after a great talk with Coach Jake Williams and Eric Haut. Big thanks to the staff for believing in him! 🙏🏽 #HOF #UAC #GoTexans

Thank you BU 🙏🏽❤️

So, it now appears that with graduations and portal announcements, we'll have entirely new All-#HLMBB teams next season.

I’m entering the transfer portal with 3 year of NCAA eligibility remaining. 6’7 195lb G/F 3 Level Scorer Versatile Wing Practice Film:

Missed this one last week. Another TRO was granted by a state court in an eligibility rules lawsuit filed against the NCAA. It’s the same argument as the Pavia case, that a JUCO season shouldn’t count as a season of DI competition. Preliminary injunction hearing is April 6.

“We don't win a lot of popularity contests at UConn, we just win championships." - Dan Hurley