Bradford Rutherford

@AaronGogley @theoldcfo @MattNorlander The participation number of NCAA men's d1 basketball players was 5,769 this past season.

@BennettRayford @theoldcfo @MattNorlander It’s probably closer to 5500 since roster caps now limit a team to 15.

There are now 1,500 men's D-I players registered in the portal. The activation started at midnight.

@Blottskie @JomboyMedia I don't follow this enough, but with no context, it seems like a textbook balk. But I didn't know there was an exception that this was granted. If so, wow

@JomboyMedia Honestly I don’t understand this call it goes back years now where I thought they understand it’s Gausman’s timing or typical pitching process and give him an exception to the balk rule?

@harrop_katie Sure, the actual number is going to be high and likely higher than last year, but you are quoting a self-described satire account.

This is so stupid because many of those players will not get picked up in the transfer portal and won’t have a place to play next year.

@theoldcfo @MattNorlander ~ 5,800 ncaa.org/sports/2018/10…

@MattNorlander ~360 D-1 Schools. ~10 players/school. 3,600 players. 41.6% of players checking the market. Now.

@Steponaduck Laughed at the gas station part. Whenever I go in, there are people always playing the gambling machines in the back. 😂

This is one of the worst displays of biased journalism I’ve ever encountered. There was zero education given to this man and he was wagering somebody else’s money with no consequence of loss. There was no talk in his article about the extent of his research, money management techniques or seeking out information about what to avoid. His solution after losing half his company’s money was to go all in on a Super Bowl bet that lost. This guy never once talks about his process, metrics, factors he considers important when handicapping any sport, and now draws prediction markets into it by cautioning betting on the Oscars or the weather. There was no personal governor put on his unit size, leagues he would bet on or avoid, or how much time he would spend gambling each day/week. An attempt to correlate gambling with some subtle changes in health was made. There was no talk about how many Big Mac sandwiches he ate during this six months, now many workouts he went to or missed, or how much he worked at his job, all of which have a significant effect on one’s health. Frankly I’m embarrassed that someone will review this journalistic material and automatically assume gambling and those associated with it are bad/stupid/immature or something else negative. There are more addictive or dangerous substances sold to you at the gas station, fast food restaurants or provided by doctors but yet gambling takes it in the shorts via the media. I ain’t buying this one. This experiment was so badly flubbed up. This is not a personal attack on the writer who went through this experiment. His company set him up to fail and now people will be mislead everywhere he speaks on the subject.

@lMLrodgers @ZooMass Which one?

@ZooMass There is literally an entire 30 for 30 on it man lmao

Our Final Four appearance was vacated?!?

@Jubbitie @ILoveLuDort @PranavSriraman What? 😂. I get that he wasn't trying to shoot. I'm saying it doesn't matter at all because this is the moment the play was dead

@BennettRayford @ILoveLuDort @PranavSriraman It does, because if he were aiming to shoot he would be turned the other way

What in the hell was he thinking he should’ve just shot it again lmfao

@tomazz23 @NickCh91892 @MichiganPodcast Who now?

@NickCh91892 @MichiganPodcast Bill Hader pretending to be Naismith followed by Chainsmokers mini-concert.......

Awful segment leading up to game. Unreal. One of the worst pre-game programming decisions leading up to a major sporting event I’ve ever seen.

@Jubbitie @ILoveLuDort @PranavSriraman The mentality of which he catches the rebound doesn't change the location of his foot.

@ILoveLuDort @PranavSriraman He wasn't established inbounds because he looked to throw it at Harden. If he actually caught the rebound with the mentality to shoot it then he would have been inbounds

@Ladiezzzman217 @ILoveLuDort @PranavSriraman No. They reviewed and Lu was called out of bounds. But they did get another possession after fouls

@ILoveLuDort @PranavSriraman Chris Paul called a timeout before he threw it out of bounds so we got another possession

@AndrewDBailey I feel like the premise of the belt is different. I doubt Bill has any qualms with Curry being the unanimous MVP in 16. I just think when playoffs ended, LeBron earned/retained that belt title

For what it’s worth, box plus/minus over the course of the two years Stephen Curry won his MVPs (playoffs included): 1. Stephen Curry (10.3) 2. Kevin Durant (8.9) 3. LeBron James (8.4) 4. Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook (8.1)

@TheJackWaynick @coleadamss Missing about four UCLA players from 06-08

@coleadamss I might be missing one but Charlie Bell from Michigan State from 99-01

Who was the last men’s college basketball player before Alex Karaban to play in 3 Final Fours?

@cmrump @coleadamss It's Lorenzo Mata-Real for 2008 UCLA. He had three teammates that started and accomplished the feat. When he came off the bench against Memphis, he technically was the last.

@coleadamss So no one has the answer?

@jsims389 @coleadamss Played in zero Final Fours

@coleadamss Jon Hood, Kentucky 2011, 2012, 2014

@ElJefeTwoloom @erikandersennn @coleadamss The list he posted is wrong, of course, in answering the question. For what it's worth, (minus AK at the moment) that is a list of all the players that have played in and won three national championships

@erikandersennn @coleadamss Greg Koubek played in 4 Final Fours Danny Ferry 3. Brian Davis 3. Thomas Hill 3. I mean, this is ridiculous.

@180_NoScope @AlexProspero28 @coleadamss And there were starters. Mata-Real came off the bench and played in 08 against Memphis so he was probably the last

@180_NoScope @AlexProspero28 @coleadamss First four on the list all played

@AlexProspero28 @coleadamss Robinson and Roll did not play in all three FFs

@coleadamss I knew it but I doubted my memory. UCLA Bruins 06, 07, 08 Darren Collison, Josh Shipp, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Lorenzo Mata-Real, Michael Roll, and DeAndre Robinson

@williammmmc @game7__ Love the argument of saying Doc is the worst and leading off by saying here are guys I think that are worse...

@game7__ Did anyone else stop reading the moment he said JJ Reddick and Steve Kerr are worse than Doc Rivers just to come laugh in the comments??

There are only 2 coaches in the NBA right now worse than Doc Rivers: J.J. Redick and Steve Kerr. That's it. Doc Rivers is the worst (and maybe the dumbest) coach in modern NBA history. Allow me to explain why: Doc Rivers blew a 3-1 series lead with the Orlando Magic. He blew a 3-1 series lead with the LA Clippers. He blew another 3-1 series lead with the LA Clippers. He blew a 3-2 series lead with the 76ers and got fired. He took over a 30-13 Bucks team. They're 95-99 since. And this week, he was voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Here's the full timeline. In 2003, Rivers was coaching an eighth-seeded Orlando Magic team led by Tracy McGrady. McGrady scored 43, 46, 29, and 27 points through the first four games against the top-seeded Pistons. The Magic went up 3-1. After Game 4, McGrady told reporters it felt good to be heading to the second round. Detroit won the next three games by a combined 61 points. In 2008, Rivers won a championship with the Celtics. Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo. Beat the Lakers in six games. The clinching game was a 39-point blowout. He went back to the Finals in 2010, led 3-2 over the Lakers, and lost Game 7. He hasn't been back since. In 2015, the Clippers led the Rockets 3-1 in the conference semifinals. In Game 6, they were up 19 in the third quarter. Houston outscored them 51-20 the rest of the way. Josh Smith and Corey Brewer led the comeback. Harden was on the bench. Game 7: Rockets won 113-100. In 2020, still with the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George held a 3-1 lead over Denver in the bubble. They blew double-digit leads in each of the last three games. In Game 7, Leonard and George combined for 24 points on 10-of-38 shooting and missed every single fourth-quarter attempt. Murray scored 40. Jokic had a triple-double. Nuggets won 104-89. Rivers was fired. His explanation: "They wanted to go home more than they wanted to win." In 2023, the 76ers held a 3-2 lead over the Celtics. Embiid had just won MVP. In Game 7, Jayson Tatum scored 51 points. The Sixers scored 10 in the third quarter. Embiid finished with 15 on 5-of-18 shooting. Harden had 9 on 3-of-11. Final score: 112-88. Rivers was fired again. The full breakdown of how Doc Rivers became the most paradoxical coach in NBA history, and why the Bucks are about to fire a Hall of Famer, is here: itsgame7.com/nba/doc-rivers… His Game 7 record: 6-10. The most Game 7 losses by any coach in NBA history. No other coach has more than five. He's the only coach to ever blow three 3-1 series leads. No one else has blown more than one. In January 2024, the Bucks fired Adrian Griffin at 30-13 and handed the job to Rivers. He went 17-19 to finish the year. Lost to the Pacers in the first round. Went 48-34 the next season. Lost to the Pacers again, in five games. Damian Lillard tore his Achilles in Game 4 and was waived that summer. Now the Bucks are 30-46. Giannis has missed 29 games. The players have reportedly lost confidence in Rivers. The front office reportedly regrets hiring him. And the expectation around the league is that he'll be fired before the season ends. In October 2024, Rivers was asked about the criticism. His response: "I've never come up short, in my opinion." When asked about the three blown 3-1 leads, he said: "I don't get enough credit for getting the three wins." He's being inducted into the Hall of Fame in August. His team might not let him finish April.

@JoshEberley Troll gotta know troll. What's up with you lately? Way off your game

Just a brutal understanding of Coop, +/-, and basketball on a whole honestly