Jacob Bigelow

Have been lucky enough to have direct ties to both him and the CSU program, so I've been able to see how he operates up close. I cannot say enough good about him.

Completely and totally agree on all three assessments.

Financial support will never be an issue at Indiana. Medved will be willing to do the grassroots stuff needed to drum up support at Minnesota, have been told that the hockey side of the booster base there loves him and they'd be willing to crossover to hoops. McCollum at Iowa will be the interesting one with the financial side.

The Big Ten's cast of coaches going from Mike Woodson, Fran McCaffrey, and Ben Johnson to Darian DeVries, Ben McCollum, and Niko Medved is a vast improvement. Especially McCollum and Medved. No slight to DeVries, that dude is a winner, but the IU fishbowl may chew him up and spit him out.

Texas Tech's NIL operation is pretty damn good from what I've been told. JT Toppin and Elijah Hawkins didn't just end up there by accident. They ponied up big time for football this offseason a well.

Two pretty damn good basketball coaches with one not-so-great one in between the two.

Barring a last second setback, expect Berke to play tonight. Guessing he’ll still be listed as questionable when the availability report drops.

The boards will determine a ton tonight. Illinois doesn't send guys back in transition, all five guys crash the glass.

Second up, some audio. Pregame listening and pregame reading material for anybody who may be interested.

Don’t know what in the world came over me to put out both an hour and 10 minute long solo pod and an 1100 word column today. But hey, here we are. First up, some reading material.

Braxton Meah has not played a single minute in the second half.

The two he missed back-to-back came off of great offensive possessions too. Brutal.

I'm usually a believer in "it's not how you start, it's how you finish," but neither the start nor the finish was particularly great for Nebraska. Those middle 12 minutes however..

My brain is still mush from last night so I forgot to add the link, appreciate the share Matt.

Some morning after reading from me for anybody interested