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According to USA Today, McDermott made just over $2.9 million this year. When he signed his extension last year, CBS reported he was amongst the highest paid Big East coaches. https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/mens-basketball/coach/3180 https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/creightons-greg-mcdermott-agrees-to-four-year-deal-making-him-one-of-the-big-easts-highest-paid-coaches/ My favorite part of the CBS article: "It's a notable development because McDermott had been speculated as a candidate for the Ohio State opening, in addition to the looming Louisville vacancy. "There is no place I would rather be for the rest of my career than Creighton," McDermott said in statement."

You know, I'm not really worried about the DATCU being booked after our season is over in November.

Exactly. I'm not saying we don't need experienced guys but we need balance and I'm never going to be upset about signing a 4 star HS recruit. If that 4 star recruit averages 15 a game on the way to an NCAA tournament bid then leaves, so be it. Enjoy the ride but you need balance on your roster.

Not hating on Brown, just wild to read that a college LB with 50 career tackles has an agent. Is that production really worthy of an NIL deal large enough that an agent is needed to help negotiate?

You could say this about any player regardless of experience level. Somebody else said it on a thread here but you can't just have a roster full of experienced guys who are expecting to play. It's a recipe for an unstable locker room.

Because of a coaching change. A good roster requires balance. Haugh and Condon are sophomores who were recruiting to Florida and ranked 185th and 214th nationally. Aberdeen was 187th in his class the year before. Stinson is 208th per 247 and a 4 star recruit per ESPN this year and is committed to us. None of the guys we got under Hodge were nationally ranked recruits, at least per 247. You're comparing apples to oranges.

Depends on the high school talent you're getting. Most HS recruits won't be anywhere near Cooper Flagg level but if we can get a couple of that next tier recruit to play a season or two in Denton, we're probably making some NCAA tournaments. Experience is great but a roster loaded with experience but little pure talent and athleticism probably gets you 20ish wins and an NIT run like we just had. You need some of those explosive young athletic talents to compete with teams like Memphis and the high major programs. A couple top 100 high school recruits coupled with a few experienced guys and good coaching can be very dangerous come March if those freshmen get experience early on in the season.

He ain't going to college to play school.

You don't want more guys like Stinson? Proven winner with accolades including Iowa Hs Gatorade player of the year in 2024 and two time state champion. Strong pedigree as his dad played 3 seasons at Iowa State and 8ish years of pro ball (overseas and NBA D League including a D League championship and MVP season). Could we lose him after one season? Sure. We can lose everybody after a season. Get the best guys on a yearly basis, win, rinse, repeat.

Worth noting, Todd Golden was HC for 3 seasons at San Francisco prior to Florida. He went 22-12, 11-14, and 24-10 in his three seasons leading the Dons, never finished higher than 4th in conference, never made it past the conference semifinals, made 1 NCAA tournament as an at-large where he lost to Murray State. Just pointing this out considering our recent hiring. I'm skeptical or Robinson's track record but Golden should serve as a reminder that record doesn't always mean a coach isn't capable.

Y'all are hating pretty hard on a redshirt freshman. 0-2 from 3 but his shot was smooth. Didn't get many opportunities.

Not exact game numbers but I can almost guarantee Memphis got more exposure for their 1 and done game. I would rather get blown out in the first round of the NCAA tournament than win the NIT. It's a worthless tournament for exposure now. First round of the big dance average 9.1 million viewers.

Interesting comment from a Vanderbilt fan.

Weird but ok.

Not a hot take at all. I'm sure everybody around realizes it's not about how you start, it's how you finish. Most games the past few weeks have come down to the final 5 minutes or less. If you can keep it close for about 35 minutes, you can win the game.

Commits to Michigan.

I saw him at the Kerr cafeteria regularly. Not sure if he pretended to be going to class, if he actually went to class and we had a similar schedule, or if I spent too much time at the cafeteria. Also hard to tell.

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Florida allowed UConn to score 11 points in the final 28 seconds of their game, probably didn't deserve to win, yet they'll get to play for a national championship tomorrow. Any other hot takes?

So if in this draft Scott and Lorient were both drafted but Scott was announced as from St John's and Lorient as from North Texas, you'd pull for Lorient over Scott even though Scott spent 4 out of 5 seasons here while Lorient only spent 1 out of 3?

Wasn't just you but others as well. Yes, Lorient is still raw, but some of the ways fans are describing him are unreasonable. And for what it's worth on his end of the season, he was still very efficient from the field except against UC Irvine I believe. Otherwise his shooting percentages stayed high. Just didn't get many shots off and if I recall correctly, he regularly attracted extra defenders.

Vito did also tweet no UNT players are officially in the portal yet. Question for those don't recognize players who came and go after a season or two as true UNT guys, if Lorient sticks to the draft this off-season and gets drafted, how will you view him?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31795157/the-rise-college-football-general-manager

AAC 6th man player of the year All conference first team Yeah well all he can do is run and jump, he's got a lot to work on, can't dribble, ended the season poorly, won't miss him. Are y'all serious? It's ok to say he's a great player and the program will miss him.

All of those bids are worth money for the following 6 seasons. I wonder how much we could earn being part of that conference on basketball tourney credits alone.