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Western Illinois from 92-03.

Eh, maybe. They'll score, but they weren't very good defensively this year and we'll see if he can recruit Chicago and to the Big Ten. With only one year at a high major school, I'm not gonna give him the "proven" tag just yet. He also appears a little flighty.

Yeah, but you rarely have a season where you need as few as 8, 9 or 10 players. We've seen the need for more depth each of the past 3 seasons. Whether it be injury or a player not living up to his end of the bargain. Downplay the competition factor if you want, but you need it for a number of reasons. Iron sharpens iron. The more of that you can provide, the better. And when you don't have cupboards stocked full of dudes that can fill it up, having someone who can threaten to take playing time is a powerful motivator. I think we've carried an extra scholarship into the season every year under Miles. Only once have we filled it with a mid-season transfer. I'm excited for his potential, but I'd love it if at least occasionally that scholarship had been filled. Someone like a Tre'Shawn Thurman would have been a perfect use of that open scholie. There are plenty of in-state guys that could have been the 13th guy on the roster. That doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

Vasturia's shot has been flat all day. Looked kinda like Glynn's last year.

this is a top 10 all time gif, IMO.

I think he's be leaving millions on the table if he left after this year. He should come back, get bigger, stronger, better and he'll be a top 5-10 pick a year from now. He's talented, but gets pushed around quite a bit. One more year and he'll be unstoppable.

Probably a year or so.

I mean, his timeline's probably not quite right, but the sentiment isn't entirely off base, either. There's high end D1 talent coming through the state and we're ceding it to the school in Omaha (and other places), almost without a fight. We might be able to do this already, but we're gonna look back on this stretch as a missed opportunity if something doesn't change soon.

So, I'm gonna stand up for the crowd a bit. I went to the Iowa game in Iowa City. Perhaps it was because it was Super Bowl Sunday. Or maybe it was because NU's not a big name opponent. Or, IDK, there might have been a different reason, but the atmosphere there wasn't as good as it was in Lincoln. Their fans weren't engaged for the most part until they made their last push to put NU away. Their student section was virtually non-existent. When the yell squad shouts into those mega phones, it's just a couple of dudes yelling a couple of words and it's more awkward than it is motivating. Frankly, the crowd at PBA, based on my small sample size, was significantly better than the one at Carver-Hawkeye. I started paying attention to crowds at other places. If it was a big game, like when Kansas went somewhere, or the Duke/UNC game, the crowd was obviously great from start to finish, but I watched the Kentucky/Georgia game and the UK crowd was listless. Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconin, Penn St...none of them were anything special. None of them sustained anything for more than a few possessions. And, believe it or not, there were a lot of empty seats at the end of just about every game I watched, unless it was a close game. All this to say, the crowd at PBA gets a bad wrap. I don't think we know how good we really have it. It's, at worst, a pretty typical college basketball crowd. If the team lives up to it's potential, I think the crowd will, too.

Yes, they use the ball they'll use in games leading up to road trips.

That was about as terrible a possession as Minnesota could have had.

I've never had a problem with Mowins.

Another Even Taylor is not what we need.

Kill it next year, kid. Graduate; see ya in Lincoln next June.

After Marshall takes the Indiana job? That'd be something?

I hope not.

This report isn't the first Miles has heard of it.

Well, that woulda been fun.

We'll see. I think they'll fill 'em.

I'd rather know now than, say, in July. These two were somewhat expected. If anyone else leaves, which I don't think will happen, then there will be reason for alarm.

Just because he hasn't had his formal meeting doesn't mean the player and coaches haven't had any communication.

That was my first thought as well.

If Wingett can get the grades...get him on campus.

...I wasn't actually expecting the announcement to come that quickly...