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They've opened part of it in the past for the championship game.

Decided to get the hoodie, and I said what the heck and got the groce vest as well. For the people that bought the gear before me, how long did it take for the stuff to ship?

Is there a world where they open the upper bowl?

Word is that as of last week there has been record ticket sales for the tournament. In the neighborhood of a 50% increase over total sales from last year with a week still to go. Rocket Mortgage is going to be rocking!

Nate had 19. 5-8 for 3s. Dybantsa had 40 for BYU Utah and Okonkwo (2 points) were also eliminated form the Big 12 tournament.

Oh you know they did.

Toledo is favored by 1.5 over BG. The Kent game still isn't listed yet.

I believe with revenue share it’s spread around the different sports and their players. The players don’t have to do anything special, but perform their educational and team duties. The collective contracts can be tailored to a specific player for a specific amount of money to do PR work in the community or advertise for a specific company. Two completely different buckets of revenue with different functions.

But he's rich and Wentz Financial has a very nice chunk of change to build his portfolio with.

Nate Johnson's college career is officially over. K State went 12-20, losing in the 1st Round of the Big 12 tournament.

It was from Owen Siebring from Cedar Rapids Iowa. Somebody voted Miami at #8!?

I saw him wiping away tears during the senior night ceremony.

I just love seeing Groce interact with the players. You can see just how much he loves those kids and his job.

The last line is mostly it for me. Also, I believe all my money going to the collective is going to players and the athletic department would have other uses even if it's all to basketball. I'm not saying there's a bad choice either. I'll get the official athletic link in here too when I have a chance. Bottom line we should all support however we are able imo

Something from the NIU game is what I heard. A pull or a tweak

I'm almost certain athletic department contributions are no longer tax deductible unless it's to do something like endow an athletic scholarship. Even if it is you would have to itemize to get the deduction. Only 7%-10% of Americans itemize. I'm not one of them. I'm fairly certain the athletic department is only allowed to revenue share 22% of athletic department revenue. This excludes Hollywood math, like student fees, that ADs try to claim as revenue. That means if Akron generates $10M in revenue they are only allowed to revenue share $2.2M. That excellence fund is to help cover that $2.2M so Akron doesn't have to pay for it out of pocket. FTR isn't tied to any cap. I'm not 100% certain of everything I've said, but that's the conclusion that I've gathered from my previous internet search into the matter. If I misspoke someone please correct me. At the end of the day there must be a reason to have both otherwise we likely wouldn't have both. I trust Bud with my money more than I do Akron's administration.

There will be many more fans than that on Thursday at 11am.

Nate was also MAC player of the year. Eric is currently the fourth or fifth option on a very good team.

That's actually really funny. We actually did eat there to celebrate her win there. 😂 You are correct, it is quite good.

Please tell me you at least at here. https://bistrobellavita.com/ In all my years of business travel, it's one of my top five restaurants.

Yeah I mean we can probably send the same video fifteen minutes before the first game Thursday in Cleveland too

Serious question - what’s the point of donating to the collective at this point when you can donate directly to the sport of your choice’s revenue sharing fund (and potentially get a tax deduction you wouldn’t get from donating to the collective).

My wife is an award winning quilter. Very proud of her. 😊

Banged up other than his broken nose that he has been playing with for weeks? Haha