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The winning team of this tournament will receive $9 million in NIL for the 2024 competition, and although pay-for-play style tournaments are against NCAA regulations, each participating team will receive $1 million in NIL payouts.

Gavin seems like he is playing not to make a mistake so he doesn't get pulled right away. He is playing tight instead of not worrying about making a mistake. I think if he has one breakout game like Conner just had at Creighton, he will look like a new player and be able to contribute more this season.

Your thread title is wrong. It's HATE Creighton week. That is all....

what a great atmosphere and fun place to go to a game. That is one it would have been nice to steal but once again, our 3 point shooting is not good. Last year, it paid to have Reink to out free throw line since he was a good passer but don't understand the point to have Meah come out as he accomplishes nothing out there. He needs to stay in the block but the bad thing is, he isn't every effective down there either. Tough loss and now put more pressure on that can't drop any more non-conference games outside of Creighton if you want to make the tournament again.

It's hard to say we looked better because that was the worst team we have played so far. If we can't start hitting shots from beyond the arc, it will be a long season. We will know alot more about our basketball team after the next 2 games. Looking forward to road trip to Sioux Falls.

What helped us last year was we didn't have any Q3 or Q4 losses. We beat the teams we should have. With a weak non-conference schedule like we have, you can't afford any slip-ups.

It was certainly some ugly basketball especially in the 1st half. Things got a little cleaner in 2nd half but this team has alot of work to do in a short period of time if they don't want to get blown out by CU in a few weeks. I'm hoping we improve enough to beat St. Mary's next weekend as well. Lots of one on one basketball last night as ball seem to stick in peoples hand. I wasn't impressed with ball movement as seemed people tried to create their own shot instead of setting each other up. I've seen that brand of basketball at NU with teams under Fred and its never good. Just something to keep an eye on that ball movement really needs to improve. Conner - Really like this kid and think he is going to factor in the offense big time by the end of the season. Sam - NIce fill in player when needed but not expecting big minutes from him this year Ulis - didn't play alot. He didn't do anything great but nothing bad either Brice - Scored alot but seemed like he was a ball hog at times with no assists. Hope he doesn't get that mind set that every time I get the ball, I need to shoot. I'm sure they will watch film and point things out to him Juwan - Not a great start for him but not worried. He will be fine Berke - Nothing flashy but has huge upside. Will be interesting to see how he develops over the season with this team Gavin - Needs to get stronger. Had some good and bad moments but will be a nice player to come off the bench and further develop his game this season Morgan - Started out great with some nice down low moves. Could see him taking over for Braxon in starting lineup Rollie - Just solid. Braxton - Wow, he is offensively challenged. You can't teach size so nice to have him on the team for rebounds but based on what I saw, can't expect a lot of scoring from him.

Sam doesn't have alot of other schools beating the door down get him. And we were lucky to get Gary back most likely due to NIL. So that is 2 out of 12 proving my point that the odds are very slim. Not saying it can't happen but it's just more rare than it used to be. NIL is keeping kids in school longer but not necessarily at the same school.

Unfortunately, in today's world, the chances of someone staying in a program 3+ years are very slim anymore.

We can now officially put this "preseason" thread to bed. The regular season is here and it's time for games that actually count. Tonight can't get here fast enough.

I hope your right. I see some decent players but wouldn't throw them in the Super Talented category yet.

I only count 3 that I would say at this point are are Super talented. Who am I missing? Conner Essegian Berke Gavin Griffith

My assumption is most coaches do not want to play in the NIL world but have to say they are in favor of it. I would hate it if I was a college coach. Used to be you would recruit kids based on your school or coaches but now you just recruit them on how much money you can offer them.

That is correct which is why I was so critical of our non-conference schedule. It could bite us in the end with such a low SOS. This a Doc Sadler kind of schedule and absolutely no non conference home games that will draw much of a crowd and/or atmosphere. It would be extremely disappointing to just make NIT this year.

I attended the scrimmage as well. I agree with your assessment. It will be interesting with Rollie and Ahron as they both are very solid and are both good enough to be the starter. We are big this year which is nice for a change. This could be a very dangerous team once they all settle in and accept their roles on the team. Lots of veteran players. Totally agree on Cale. He is a good player but his minutes will be very limited and not sure who you are going to take minutes away from. Branden needs to redshirt. It would be a waste of year for him if he doesn't.