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Surprised Tahj isn’t on the floor

MMK in

Is this the first we’ve been behind this season?

Colin White, 0 points, 0 rebounds, 3 fouls

What was it?

Link to above story Thanks, @ZipForNow!

Was going to mention I saw KD at the game. Tai Perkins is going to be good! Josh Henderson in a full-leg knee brace. Praying for a speedy and full recovery.

Nice looking crowd tonight

Wouldn't the proposed 2nd half of the season be a spring sport, e.g. baseball/softball? I.e. we wouldn't be playing in January/February, would we? Proposal: start the season in the spring semester along w/ baseball/softball... take ~2 months off for summer, and then conclude the season in the fall?

Not a bad idea (as I post on an internet forum)

Ugh 🤦‍♂️ Recaps the game and, obviously, talks about CB. One thing I learned c/ the short kickoff after we had taken the lead in the 4th... Moorhead explained Akron had hoped to execute a "sky kick" to the Ohio 25, not the 40, while avoiding dynamic Bobcats return man Darren James-Hamilton. Concerning CB: Broughton has intangibles the Zips should covet. He accepts coaching. He doesn't blame teammates. He takes his leadership role seriously, even making a concerted effort to maintain it during his rehabilitation from injury.

I'm thinking these could be two related issues? When Barre was out & 6'7" Hammer was playing C (instead of Max Burton) I think Ford felt to make up for size disadvantage in the post our wings had to be bigger? So Halligan saw more minutes than if we had a healthy Burton, while Oriol saw fewer. Thoughts?

Nowadays the only thing I'm occasionally doing at 3 a.m. is taking a leak.

Soooo... we don't control our own destiny by beating Villanova today?

I haven’t heard anything. Only mention of injury were to Burton & Henderson.

Yes. I’m on my phone so typing is kind of a drag, but I’ll try to explain my understanding of the statistics. 7% is the total number of college players. The bottom of that 7% would be playing D3. From the 7% you whittle it down for players with D2 offers (for illustration let’s just say 5% of high schoolers.) From that 5% you whittle it down further for players with FCS offers (let’s just say 2% of high schoolers). And then from that 2% you finally whittle it down to ~>1% receiving FBS offers. You could probably even whittle that ~1% even further if you separated players out w/ P5 offers as opposed to only G6 offers, but I’ve not seen stats on that. Also, if fewer high schoolers are playing football nowadays than in years past that would also affect the percentage b/c the number of available scholarships would remain constant.

You’re absolutely correct. I’m just so old I have a nearly impossible time not thinking within the old paradigm of PG 2G SF PF C. 😭😭😭

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Agreed. I was only joking. These stats are from a few years ago but are probably still pretty accurate in that only 7% of high school athletes will play college ball on any level. Less than 1% are good enough to go D1… but even at the D3 level you’re still watching the top 7% of athletes the country has to offer.