Me too … Rupps Rafters is pure gold … the UK fanbase is so entertaining. Fran Fraschilla commented on them being whacked and the immediate response is for him to get back to the job of Bill Self
BBN is the best. A week or so ago they were threatening a mass boycott if the AD hired Pope. He gets hired and it immediately becomes “In Pope We Trust!”. Ya gotta hand it to em.
This is how the power conferences push out the mid-majors without publicly stating such … athletic/recruiting budgets are already tight at many schools, now they’re being used to farm for the big boys.
What if you go back to pre-portal/Covid? I would gather that Top 30 guards got much more run. I’m sure there’s other factors (like G League or Overtime Elite) but coaches comfort level with upper classmen has to play into it. Are you going to trust your career to a freshman if you don’t have to?
Wright and Givens were on the roster, Newell was left off only because of the rule that one team cannot have more than five. But all six are in the Top 25.
I love the Johnell Davis talk in the article … go hard after he and McNeeley, re-recruit Ball, and find a serviceable big in the portal and we’re good to go. See how easy that is?
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