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This is the best thing you will watch today.

In this interview on the Selection Show, chair Keith Gill indicated that the committee's belief that BJ Edwards would be available for the NCAA Tournament tipped the balance to make SMU the last team selected. The Mustangs lost four of their last five games while Edwards was injured. SMU told the committee and the public that Edwards would be available for the NCAA Tournament. Now we learn that he will not play tonight vs. Miami (Ohio). I understand that injuries and availability can be an inexact science, so we should not be quick to assign motives. But it is highly unusual for an injury to have this much consequence on selection, only to have the information prove to be incorrect. There needs to be a full accounting as to what happened and why, and how much the information that SMU provided to the committee was a factor in this decision. It goes directly to the integrity of the process. I hope this question will be further addressed and clarified in the coming days. In the meantime, I hope we get a great game!

Pope is asked about the pressure to win with people talking about $$$ spent on rosters today… It’s something we’re all chasing. If there’s no pressure, you’re not in the mix. But it can add distractions. Accuracy in reporting has taken a massive, insane hit on a daily basis. We’re constantly seeing things asking if anyone believes this stuff. Pope is directly asked about offering a player $7-9M… Kinda dances around the question, reiterates that reporting may not be the most accurate. Says to BBN: Please don’t believe anything you read about anything. It’s probably around 5% accurate. But that comes with the job at Kentucky. Asked about the $7-9M again, Pope says he’s not going to give people a headline, but encourages someone to dig in and do some good reporting.

Mark Pope was asked about a quote from Yaxel Lendeborg that he was offered between $7-9 million by Kentucky He doesn’t answer the question and does media commentary instead

Greg Gard in March: 2026 - L in R64 (5 Seed)❌ 2025 - L in R32 (3 Seed)❌ 2024 - L in R64 (5 Seed)❌ 2023 - Missed NCAAT❌ 2022 - L in R32 (3 Seed)❌ 2021 - L in R32 (9 Seed) 2020 - Cancelled 2019 - L in R64 (5 Seed)❌ 2018 - Missed NCAAT❌ 2017 - L in S16 (8 Seed)✅