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"Thanks, John." - Pat Summerall

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/tourney/2026/03/17/march-madness-upset-predictions-final-four-picks-to-help-fill-out-ncaa-tournament-bracket-2026/89193610007/ It's fun to see all the upset picks but no one should expect it will be anything other than a tough uphill battle.

I shared what 200+ men's basketball programs were spending yesterday. The women's data was hidden behind a pay wall, but someone provided it for me so thought I'd share. This would be for the 2024-2025 academic year. Edit: It should be noted this figure doesn't include revenue sharing or 3rd party NIL.

No problem! Took me a while to figure out how to get images and such posted due to the file size restrictions.

Thank you

Future tip: right click the image/GIF and select "Copy Image Address" then paste it here.

@clarkwgriswold while everyone else talks about their new Zip swag... https://tenor.com/2pw1.gif

Waiting on my hoodie from the collective, ordered March 8th.

To Travis's credit, I heard him on a show last week crediting the Zips and saying how they got overlooked as a great team with everyone focusing on Miami's undefeated season.

He was also complimentary of Miami and the MAC as a conference this year.

Seth Greenberg told Pat McAfee he likes Akron as one of 2 or 3 mid majors to win their 1st round matchup.

Tavari was on IG live with the redshirt freshmen after the championship and was saying, "These guys are going to get #4 next year!"

Groce was on 92.3 with Baskin and Phelps today. As always, he said all of the right things. He is such a professional. We are so blessed to have him.

Wow, I didn't expect them to sell that many but I'm glad to hear it. We'll need that money to do some work in the portal during the offseason!

I will miss Stan Heath for entertainment value. But this hire does appear to be an attempt to class up the program.

Agreed on all fronts. Unless he found the secret sauce at Clemson, he'll likely lengthen the MAC, keep EMU around 17 wins and sniff 20 every so often, while never truly threatening the top third. NIU hired a solid D2 coach from Northern Michigan and that's more the direction I thought EMU would go.

Honestly, a better hire then I expected for them. He had 2 stints as a D1 head coach and finished better than .500 in conference play in both. Still not all that concerned. He might be able to build EMU into a respectable program, but I don't see them contending.

It's great hearing the merchandise is moving well and people are excited about Zips athletics. I wonder if this will cause a delay in shipping as I'm not sure how many they had on hand to start to start with.

I am a huge proponent of great bars with Touch Tunes jukeboxes. This one is in the Hyde Park neighborhood close to downtown.https://www.retreattampa.com/ Easy Uber from downtown. Some bars in FL that operated before smoking bans took effect were grandfathered in and still allow smoking. Many banned smoking anyhow because of the cultural change. This one still allows and is a great place to drink, listen to music and smoke a cigar. This place shares the same block as Retreat. https://www.chantarestaurant.com/ European style cooking. Eat dinner and then go smoke a cigar and have drinks. The next morning, go back to Hyde Park for brunch at Willa's. https://www.willastampa.com/

I've seen celebration highlights from Saturday night and Josh Henderson stood out as someone who looked really happy. Cody Head also looked like he was enjoying himself. I'm not saying others didn't, just that these two stood out. If Sharron returns to lead the backcourt, we'll be in good hands I think.

That was fun with Bud as a full episode guest. The story about the hats being made prior to the season makes that even more special as it becomes a symbol for "mission complete." 1000+ hats being sold is fantastic; imagine if they produced 3Peat shirts, too.

Well we all know there's only one choice here.

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