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This is a look inside the $100M home of Vandy's MBB & WBB facility. Vanderbilt's Huber Center is the largest college basketball facility in the country, which is built inside a football stadium. (via Sports Dissected)

Universities had 17 years of warning. They responded by doing the opposite of what the math demanded. In 2008, American birth rates fell off a cliff. The Great Recession made people stop having kids. Those never-born children would be turning 18 right now. The number of U.S. high school graduates peaked at roughly 3.9 million in 2025. By 2029, that number drops 15%. By 2041, it drops by nearly half a million students per year. Every school in this tweet had access to the same Census data. They all saw the same curve. Administrative positions at U.S. colleges grew 60% between 1993 and 2009, ten times the rate of tenured faculty growth. Non-instructional spending (student services, administration) grew 29% from 2010 to 2018. Instructional spending grew 17%. Average tuition at public four-year schools went from $3,500 in 2000 to $10,560 in 2023. Yale now has more administrators than undergraduate students. 5,460 administrators for fewer than 5,000 undergrads. They built the cost structure of a growth company on top of a customer base that was mathematically guaranteed to shrink. The split in this data tells you everything. Clemson, Syracuse, Duke, UNC, and Indiana are all cutting because the model broke. Alabama, Ole Miss, and the University of Florida are turning away more applicants than ever. Harvard gets five applications for every spot. The middle is where the cliff hits. Elite schools absorb demand. Everyone between elite and community college fights over a shrinking pool. The Fed published a study in December 2024 predicting 80 colleges will close in the next five years. Since 2016, over 100 already have. In 2024 alone, 28 shut down. One per week. These program cuts and layoffs are a decade late. The birth rate data was sitting in Census spreadsheets the entire time. Everyone in higher education administration saw the enrollment cliff coming. They hired more administrators anyway.

Congrats @GA_Dumont_2027!!! #PDESPY #pdschargers

Congrats Jane Updyke!!! #PDESPY #pdschargers

In 2022 NIL collectives were scrappy booster clubs run out of someone's basement. In 2026 they're multi-million dollar machines that control who wins championships. Here's the wildest four year run in college sports history. 🧵👇

The new women's basketball league UPSHOT starts today at 7pm! You can watch all the games on YouTube. Here are the four teams and their rosters

Now is time to sign up for @PDSgirlsBBALL Camp of Champions for all rising 4th-9th graders, running June 1st-5th from 8:00-12:00! #pdschargers summer.providenceday.org/dates-rates/su…

Happy 20th Anniversary to my beautiful bride, Holly Napier Springer!

The Upshot League just announced rosters ahead of their inaugural season starting May 15. Some notable names: Deja Kelly, Shyanne Sellers, Megan McConnell, Asia Durr, and Christyn Williams. More on Upshot, which is trying to be the WNBA's G League. ⬇️ frontofficesports.com/wnba-upshot-le…

Kids today just don’t understand.

Logan & I dodged a few rain drops last night as we chased Rory & JT at @TruistChamp! Shout out @JustinRose99 w/ slick handoff of golf ball to Logan at #5! #TruistChampionship

The shot clock in NC high school basketball will have to wait....again. The NCHAA Board of Directors voted against a proposal to allow a shot clock to be used during scrimmages, invitational tournament and special events next season. Use of the shot clock would’ve been voluntary by participating schools. Currently, 32 states use a shot clock nationally. There was a pretty vigorous discussion among board members about using the shot clock with some asking how many schools had a clock or the personnel to run it. One member said if a clock was made mandatory, it could cost schools $5,000 to $6,000 dollars to install them, plus training for a person to use it.

The transfer portal is a wild place. @CitadelHoops surely just pulled one of their most unique transfers. He'll be a 30-year-old junior. A father. A navy veteran. He never played HS hoops. Went from military teams, to JUCO, to Green Bay to here. Meet Mel Bethea.

@Layla_Clark4 is heading to Wolfpack Nation!!! Congrats Layla as we are so proud of you!!! #pdschargers #11 #NCState

The Reality is this: These kids are likely pocketing way more cash than you think… 🤷‍♂️

College sports had the most important week in its history this week. Most fans completely missed it. Here's everything that actually happened and what it means for the future 🧵👇

The NCAA's "5-for-5" eligibility model is heading to a Cabinet vote reportedly set for May 22. How the clock would work. Start. The regular academic year after age 19 or HS graduation, whichever comes first. 5 years. All five seasons inside a five-year window. No more 4-in-5. Routine medical redshirts and most waivers go away. Carveouts. Reportedly only maternity, military service, and religious missions. Not retroactive. Athletes whose eligibility ends spring 2026 are out. Watch the May 22 Cabinet meeting. Educational content. Not legal advice. ncaa.org/news/2026/4/27… #RonaldTheLawyer #SportsLaw #NCAA #Eligibility #5for5

I STUDIED 50 PEOPLE WHO SEEM "LUCKY" IN LIFE. None of them journal. Or wake at 5am. Or have a "system." But They All Do These 12 Things Religiously: 1. They don't wait for the weekend to live.

The NIL era is flipping the NBA Draft on its head. Only 71 players entered the 2026 NBA Draft, per the NBA. Down from 106 last year and a peak of 363 in 2021. That's the lowest early-entrant total since 2003. College basketball stars are staying in school, overwhelmingly.

NEW: The NCAA will move FORWARD with the 5-for-5 eligibility rule change. Rules would not be retroactive, meaning players who have exhausted eligibility will NOT get an extra season 😳