Bryce Fortner

@AyAyRonnnnnn @stoolpresidente There’s 16 first weekend sites though. If you are a top 4 seed you host.

@Orange_Blue_Red @stoolpresidente You do know there are four regions right?

This is an all time wild rant. Syracuse Women’s coach complaining that they keep losing to UConn in the East bracket. 😂😂😂

@AyAyRonnnnnn @stoolpresidente Have a better team and get a better seed and you get to host your own first weekend.

@stoolpresidente Yall aren’t getting it. It doesn’t make sense to pair the same team almost every year. She has a point. Maryland is always in UConn’s bracket too. Screw the proximity preference, pair up different teams.

.@GovPritzker, I saw your post honoring lives lost in Minnesota—standing publicly, naming Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and laying flowers in their memory. But where was that same compassion on January 19, 2025? That is the day my 20-year-old daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed here in Illinois. She was innocent. She did not knowingly put herself in the middle of an ongoing law enforcement situation. She was not making a dangerous choice. She was simply living her life—and it was taken from her. You have never said her name. You have never come to where she died. You have never acknowledged her publicly. And beyond that—you have never even responded to me. I sent you a simple, non-political letter. Not for attention. Not for headlines. Just a father asking for clarity, for answers, and for understanding of the state’s position. You never replied. And now, in the wake of another tragedy here in Chicago, your public display of compassion elsewhere—while remaining silent about victims in your own state—feels deeply disconnected from the reality families like mine are living every day. Instead, you continue to defend sanctuary policies that create the conditions where preventable tragedies like hers can happen. This is not about politics. It’s about leadership and accountability. When you choose to publicly mourn some victims while remaining silent about others—especially those lost under policies you support—it sends a message. Whether intentional or not, it tells families like mine that our loss does not matter the same way. So I am asking you directly: Where is your compassion for my daughter? Where is your acknowledgment of victims here in Illinois? And when will you take responsibility for the consequences of the policies you defend? Say her name: Katie Abraham. Stand where she died. Show the people of Illinois that every life matters.

@RedbirdFarmhand Church should be in center and Velazquez in left. Scott is the one who should be on the bench or AAA. Church is a better fielder and hitter

As much as the Nelson Velázquez news is surprising I'm not against giving Saggese and Church the first crack at that left field in the absence of Nootbaar. Church has worked his butt off to even get to this point, and Saggese has deserved a consistent chance for a while now. For Fermin, he has a personality that the Cardinals really like, "glue" type of guy, which is valuable in that last bench spot (also had a .794 OPS in 30 games last season)

@RockChalkBlog Don’t a lot of people go to Arizona to retire?

Whoa. Of all schools to get Randy Bennett away from St. Mary’s, it’s Arizona State??

@IlliniBreakDown Not just that. He’s their 2nd or 3rd best player.

I still can’t believe that Tre White plays significant minutes for Kansas

@dombknowing @TomFornelli I heard the same thing about Matt Campbell.

@TomFornelli I don’t think he leaves Iowa state Tom

Iowa State fans stop reading this tweet. ... .... ....... .. .... North Carolina should throw a Brinks truck full of cash at TJ Otzelberger.

@OtisJackson3164 @RobDauster They knew one of those starters was going to be out for a while when they gave him all the money. Wasn’t a good bet.

@RobDauster They lost two starters and the 6th man for 2 months. If Duke didn’t have boozer, foster, or khamenia what would be expected of them?

Iowa State beating Kentucky by 20 plus without their All-American should be surprising, but it isn’t. It is telling. Of the importance of roster fit, culture and development. They lost a star, but he was just a cog in the machine. Thats how a team with ~1/3 of the NIL can win a game like that.

@TheOskeePowWow Because he’s not a flopper like nearly every other guard.

Why can't Wagler ever get the same whistle as other guards? Dude gets hammered every single drive.

@RedbirdFarmhand A decision on Church making the roster? He should be starting.

The decision tomorrow or in the coming couple of days between Saggese, Fermin, and Church will be a tough one Only two can make it

@BDforTrump @Zigmanfreud Why do they insist on bringing in people to cover the tournament that don’t cover the sport all year?

@Zigmanfreud Charles Barkley is also the only one that can get away with correcting the DEI hire that doesn't know the difference between Michigan and Michigan State

Charles Barkley, the one major commentator who can get away with saying it, drops some truth bombs about how Tom Izzo is one of the last major college basketball coaches who can still get away with not always coddling his spoiled players… 🔥💪🇺🇸

@RaphealDavis3 It’s not NIL. It’s NIL plus being allowed to freely transfer. More guys would stay mid major even at a discount if they had to sit a year to go to a high major school.

Saying NIL killed the mid majors is lazy. Dudes have been getting paid long before NIL came around.

@JCP34shoes @RobDauster @CharlesPPierce Maybe because it offers him the most money?

@RobDauster @CharlesPPierce Why would a player sign a contract that limits his movement?

There's disincentive to leave in every profession. Pro athletes have buyouts. Coaches have buyouts. Most industries have non-competes. Making transfers sit a year isn't the answer. But transfer fees? That might work, and it would give mid-majors some money to go out and add players/retain them. Buyouts written into multi-year contracts would help too, especially if schools actually have the balls to enforce them.

@RaphealDavis3 @thagamblerx No one forced you or anyone else to play.

@thagamblerx Not worth more than the Billions that were made off their physical labor.

I do not understand why people want players to sit out a year for leaving, but not Coaches.

@rolledupAAs @Sturdy32 I know what you are talking about, but it literally happened 2 years ago and went just fine.

@Sturdy32 I have seen this situation before. Let’s not repeat that please.

Illinois now has to beat a 14 seed and an 11 seed to make the Sweet 16.

@TheOskeePowWow Ayo. The only thing they are missing is a closer and he is one of the best in the last 25 years.

Who is 1 former Illini that you’d put on this current roster? Mine, TSJ. Add another wing-shooting threat/downhill driver and transition demon to this team for a national title.

@GamblingRigged @wx_MatthewG @hennycamenzyn Ok how about Michigan?

@wx_MatthewG @hennycamenzyn Yeah dude please don’t use that Portland game as your reason to fade Gonzaga. I watched the game and Gonzaga didn’t play like themselves at all. Ugly ass loss but they have elite players.

Im not confident in a single team here, who tf is coming out of this

@kerwinhaunts @itsAntWright With football dominating conference realignment I don’t understand why we can’t just have one set of conferences for football then go back to traditional regional leagues for all other sports.

@Orange_Blue_Red @itsAntWright unfortunately focus shifted to football won’t be leaving the ACC anytime soon

Not trying to be mean but Syracuse feels like one of the more overrated jobs in the country

@NathanHam87 @CBB_Central Mara has to stay on the floor for it to matter. Purdue made him guard on the perimeter and absolutely torched him. 6’6” dude can’t guard him, but he can’t guard a 6’6” athlete either.

@CBB_Central Their 6'6 center guarding Mara will be fun.

I'm not saying Howard is beating Michigan, but I'm also not saying they're not beating Michigan