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oh I definitely think there's some power conference collusion going on in seeding...taking from your above post, that Dayton/Nevada game stands out, especially when you have UT/Colorado State and UF/Colorado on 7/10 lines...but what are you meant to do when 3 of your 5 seeds are middies like SDSU, St. Mary's, Gonzaga? 5s have to play 12s and 12s are usually the top programs in the mid-major tier. I mean, I guess you can split hairs that a 5 could've been a 4 (the 4s went 3 of 4, with 2 advancing to at least the Elite8 or a 12 should've been an 11 (the 11s went 3 and 4 as well, all against power conference foes). the 5/12s here read way less of protectionism and more of just math in the end, all I'm really trying to convey is that, ya, maybe the mid-major cinderella is dead, but the evidence of one year's tournament isn't enough to make that definitive determination. and while maaaaaybe the days of building around 4 years-at-one-school players does feel like it's near done, I don't think keeping key parts of a roster together for 2-3 seasons at a Mid-Major is out of the question...relationships still count for a lot in this game. I firmly believe that we'd have a roster of at least Floyd, Newell...maybe B-Lo...and a couple of the bench kids back this season if Hodge hadn't been hired away. and goodness knows that all the CSU kids aren't getting million dollar deals to come to UNT...no clue on their NIL situations, but by and large those kids are here because of Robinson

The thing is, why would any starter at Miami ever think about holding out? It's not like they can go somewhere else and get more money. They're already paying their starting QB more than the $4 million Nico was asking for.

It is, but the rest of us need to move on and hopefully they will join us.

Breylon Charles is in the portal, too. He had a good spring.

All it takes is the RIGHT player to hold out at just the right time and his "hard line" stance will turn to quicksand. Say they make the playoffs last year and Cam Ward threatens to hold out. Cristobal's going to kick him off the team?!? Give me a break. No, some donor will step up and pay him and it would never be made public.