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To get Coach Cal, Arkansas reportedly had to offer up a Brinks truck of NIL, so I’m sure Brazille was trying to squeeze out some big bucks.

Omaha Billew committed to Wake Forest.

I got to know Dean a bit years ago. Good dude. Hopefully he lands somewhere good.

I know we desperately need (still need) bigs, but this was the guy I really wanted. It would be nice to have some multi-year players with some real size, skill and shooting.

I feel like a I’ve said this every year the past few years, but with college athletes basically being free agents every year, my interest level continues to wane. I’m all for athletes getting paid to their max potential, but the current system is just such a mess.

Fun season. I’ll remember that more than this piss poor effort. I hope.

Yes. It’s beyond bad.

I just can’t fathom being on this stage with this crowd and giving this kind of effort on defense. We haven’t done a single thing well defensively. We aren’t really contesting. We aren’t stopping the ball. We aren’t even taking away the dominant hand. Everything is easy.

Three straight absolutely pathetic halves of defense.

Would be thrilled to see an ounce of competitiveness on defense this half. Lazy defense on dribble drives, slow rotations, wide open 3s. Even when they miss they’re getting offensive rebounds. Just a complete meltdown on defense.

Talked to a Hawkeyes beat writer who is always been fairly even-handed. He doesn’t think much of him as a player. He said his family and close confidants seemed to get into his head that he should be used differently than how Iowa did. It’ll be interesting to see if he does have more to his game.

I like that these two additions aren’t mercenary types. Williams has been fine coming off the bench and Mast is a secondary initiator on offense. They should fit great with the reshaped style of Hoiberg ball.

It’s a joke. Four or five players would foul out every game if they actually called it like that, but they decided to wait until the final minute to call it twice when neither were clear an ld obvious? I seriously can’t stand watching basketball because of this gross incompetence. It’s infuriating. I don’t even know why I waste my time.

I’m not gonna lie. I barely watch college basketball anymore. Embarrassing officiating has completely sucked the life out of me. What kind of ref has such a raging hard-on to call two illegal screens in a two-point game in the final minute?

When’s the last time we had a team that fit together? Certainly not during the Hoiberg era.