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If Shai returns look for a potential Quade Green transfer with Quickley coming in. Also would not be surprised to see Wenyen leave.

Agree on Green, who may need to become more of a 2 if he stays; but the guard spot could get very crowded, especially if Hagens comes as seems to be a very viable option (but would it be for '18 or '19?).

Wenyan's another story as it seems to be more of an immediate money thing with him; but would love the front court depth & experience if he stays.

You have to wonder about Shai delaying his announcement because he wanted to talk it over more with family.....IMO, one of three things is happening....

 

1) He's trying to decide if he should go with/without an agent.

 

2) He was planning on going and is having second thoughts.

 

3) He wants to wait and see what Knox decides.

After reading Knox, Sr.'s quotes, I'm thinking #3. Knox seems genuinely torn, and knows he might be better served staying due to his extreme youth (doesn't turn 19 until August). Dad says "if he comes back it's to win a championship......." and referenced Shai stopping short of saying they're discussing between themselves about coming back together. Getting interesting, especially with the incoming class small by UK standards.

Game, set, match! Congrats 'Nova!!

If Michigan doesn't make a run here in the next few minutes, it's over.

Wynard is gone, Cal is 0-2 asking big men to be organizational depth.

Are we sure he was "asked back", or did the suspension have ramifications?

I think I ask for my $100k back if I was AZ. Obviously, contract was not good for postseason play.

Forgot to include a post-season bonus??

I don’t think the Pac 12 was ever overrated. Nobody gave them respect all year and obviously they didn’t deserve it. Pac 12=Properly Rated.

Really don't know and too uninterested to investigate, but Pac-10 got 3 in; how many did Buffalo's conference get in?

Complete domination. Maybe all the drama caught up with Arizona.

Or maybe they & their conference were overrated?? Buffalo's really good, and hopefully used up all their shots tonight?

Buffalo looks pretty darn good!

Good showing by the often overrated PAC-10.

I'm quite certain the Browns messed this up, and maybe even got cold feet; but if my team was getting high 2nd & 3rd rounders for an unproven backup QB who didn't figure in my plans, I'd have had someone sitting in their offices feeding the fax machine, computer, etc. In business, you can't just sit back & hope things go as planned sometimes. Good front office's find a way to get things done, and bad one's sit back & hope.

Sounds like a typical Bengals' move--May get a 5th or so in the end, when if they knew how to pick up a phone, they'd have gotten two high Cleveland picks?? Good job by their GM, I mean owner--Wait, they're one in the same??

1. N. Mex. St. over Clemson

2. SD St. over OSU.

3. Davidson--No

4. Murray St.--Heck No.

For the NIT it is. Most of the attention is on the NCAA so they have to do whatever they can do to draw in more fans.

Shocking to think money would figure into any of these tournaments? :lol:

Which is my point. Cal feeds into the frenzy that is BBN in regard to UK apparently always getting shafted somehow.

Hard to argue, even though he does do it rather "tongue in cheek". By that logic then it would seem ESPN is feeding the BBN haters as well??

BTW--All involved seemed to enjoy the exchange, and it made for great TV.

While never pretending to understand any of the NCAA's twisted "logic"; it does appear teams seldom improve their seed or tourney chances (auto bid aside), but can diminish their standing in the conference tourneys? The power leagues' tournaments seem to have little effect on their teams' seeding when it's all said & done.

Listened to the "rationale" by the committee for Oklahoma getting in and they said the old "body of work" explanation; without mentioning the dreadful second half of the season (which by the way is when they played the meat of their schedule). I'll always believe this was a Trae Young selection, plain & simple and was predestined regardless of their record, etc.

Rece Davis starts the interview by mocking him about liking his draw, but I’m sure we’re just making it up. :lol2:

 

It's called entertainment--ESPN crew & Cal know exactly what they're saying & their audience.

No they always get the cake walks, just don't convert sometimes.

BTW--Texas another joke that got in.

Wrong thread.

You'd be willing to give me 40 points on that bet? Where can I collect my money?

We might be able to arrange that, IF the Trae Young's get that far. Might just say Duke will win by however many shots Young takes (usually 30-40/game).

I predict a second round loss.

If they get OK, they'll win by 40+.

Duke, uncharacteristically, didn't get their normal cake walk to the elite 8.

I would speculate that Arizona is probably more irked than Kentucky, having to play a fast improving UK in round 2. High seeded Wichita State got that treatment in 2014 with an early matchup vs UK that ended their unbeaten season.

I'd say Virginia has the biggest beef in this draw. #1 overall seed gets and underseeded "Zona, the best 5 seed in it's immediate draw; and then a very strong #2.

Oklahoma getting in is a real joke. Two victories since January, and 7-12 in 2018--WOW.

I got you!!!

 

I would imagine most are but at the same time I can’t help but think that some of these coaches may have gotten way too comfortable. I still feel like this is the tip of the iceberg. We’re going to find out who was smart and who was dumb. There’s no way this Duke fan thinks that Duke is clean. How smart they have been remains to be seen.

Great point--Put me in the camp that thinks most of the top guys aren't lily white. Heck, even Xavier up here in our area does't look too clean; and they're certainly not getting the 5 stars. As one poster said, "This in one runner for one agency"; lots more possibilities out there. Hoping the boys in Lexington have been smart as well, as Cal's certainly been a marked man by Emmert & Co.