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I questioned this early in the game thread. Tavari had one layup bounce HARD off the backboard and he seemed to shy away from using the backboard the rest of the game. His floaters and reverse layups went straight for the cylinder which requires more precision, especially with over-inflated balls. Our bounce passes seemed to catch the recipient off guard as well. One team made their 3s - the other didn't and tried doing their damage in the paint. To completely dismiss this is silly.

both teams play with the same ball, this is nothing imo

But it could have affected Tavari especially with his layups. I can’t believe this is another thing we have to think about. Good grief!!

They didn't used to. You have to understand, the people working in college athletics don't care about the average fan. They are catering to drunks and degenerate gamblers. Those two groups tend to get their days started later than most. Since they also tend to be life's failures, they don't have much to do on Monday morning.

Groce is a member of the Summit Circle. It's completely legal, whether by design or not.

It's probably a loophole since they aren't paying any specific player directly.

I think Akron was the only Over because of TTU's hot 3P shooting.

In this country, how to spend one’s own money has come to be seen as an inalienable right. I wonder how this would play out in court. It seems like a bad idea for coaches to be able to do this.

It’s a really good question.

For some reason I thought coaches weren’t permitted to contribute. Then again, it’s not like rules are being enforced anymore

Alabama must have saw my earlier comments. They're putting on a shooting clinic in the 2nd half.

Yep, and it cements my opinion that the Zips definitely had a chance at an upset.

It's not even that Alabama is shooting particularly well. They're only 44% from the field and even that percentage is a bit inflated from the run outs. Even if they had a couple fewer 3s fall they would be up comfortably in this game. They're spanking Texas Tech with effort. They nearly have them outrebounded 2:1. Nearly have as many offensive rebounds as Texas Tech has total rebounds. They're not giving Atwell any opportunity to catch and shoot. Forcing Anderson into bad shots. Pretty much taking away what Texas Tech does well. Edit: This is an opponent that Texas Tech needed Toppin. They're too one dimensional offensively.

I've never understood why they go so late on Sunday night. I guess it's for the west coast.

TTU down by 25 at the half. They're getting Akron'd - Bama can't miss.

Also ridiculous that that game started at 9:45 p.m. Eastern standard Time.

TT losing to bama 26-10 after 10 min..

It looks like Utah State's run is over. It might provide some more clarity to the coaches search as Calhoun was linked to Cincy job. Interesting enough I saw an interview from Calhoun who said last year Utah State had $800k in NIL. This season they increased it to $2.3M. He said he was the 2nd largest contributor as apparently he put up $150K. His phrasing was if he's asking others for money it only felt right for him to lead by example.

Don’t forget conference realignment. That contributes.

Not really anything NCAA can do. The minute they tried to place a cap players will challenge it in court and would win.

NIL should be capped, but good luck enforcing it.

Assuming "upset" is referring to simply the seeds, then this isn't stating Cinderellas are dead - this is stating the gap between the elite programs and the field is growing. Kentucky just got beat by 19 today and Iowa State's best player (arguably) didn't even play. It's not a NIL problem - it's a Transfer Portal problem. That is the #1 issue that needs resolved in college athletics. Not only does there need to be some sort of limitation on movement, but commitments need to be minimum 2 years contractually. Also, teams need compensated for losing talent, especially mid majors.

Well, it was Texas-Pan American when he started. 😉Looking at their history, it's a tough place to win or even be respectable for that matter. Fennell had two winning records there his two years. Maybe WMU is on to something.

Does anyone happen to have the link to Groce’s post-game interview?

Richie’s cross/assist…