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Things Discussed:

  • HTTV: the only 2023 Michigan preview magazine advocating wheel routes to Edwards and Loveland! Digital Edition, Kindle Edition, Print Interest List.
  • Pat Fitzgerald & Northwestern: Seth recounts getting hazed at his fraternity, which ended those practices in 1999.
  • Who for Northwestern? Brian says they should go retread. Seth thinks they can do better: There are worse lives than being rich in Evanston, Illinois.
  • NIL: Why they can't make all of the donations tax-deductible: Some of the schools were sloppier than HAIL! but the fundamental principle is if you're running a charity, the purpose has to be CHARITABLE.
  • Seven collectives coming together: Is it a union? Call it what you want; industries always have organizations within them to create leverage to benefit them. The big pie is the TV money, but the collectives right now are just trying to bring some kind of quality and standardization to their products.

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a crucial offseason [Marc-Gregor Campredon]

RELEVANT URBANISM CONTENT FOR BLOG. Thank you Ambry Thomas.

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Content supplies are critically low. BTN had some Northwestern memories on deck a few days back. They were extremely Northwestern.

More on Eastern. Brendan Quinn has an article on a whirlwind couple of days in the portal:

According to a source, Eastern and Michigan coach Juwan Howard spoke on Wednesday night.

By Thursday morning, Eastern’s decision was made.

He confirms that Eastern is not immediately eligible, which may be for the best. A year off for Eastern to attend the Zavier Simpson School Of Adequate When Unguarded Shooting could make his year at Michigan more productive. Meanwhile the 2021-22 roster will lose Smith, Brooks, Livers, and maybe Wagner.

That team is likely to be very young, and if Howard is able to secure a big-timer next year Eastern fits more neatly next to a high-usage teammate. Purdue was able to paper over his offensive deficiencies when Carsen Edwards was around; not so much after Edwards left for the NBA. Edwards's ORTG against Tier A and B opponents (top 100 adjusted for location) dropped from 110 his sophomore year to 85 his junior year. There's a reasonably efficient low-usage offensive player in Eastern if he's in the right context. That is admittedly a narrow one.

In other transfer news, Michigan is not listed amongst the schools who have reached out to sit-out Georgetown transfer Mac McClung.

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Aye, me hearties, they're back. The scallywags who've sent far too many of us to Davey Jones's Locker. I say we string 'em up! I say we eat their black hearts! Who's with me!?! 

Rutgers basketball, still bad folks

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