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

they are running Clayton Thorson-themed Coronavirus PSAs pic.twitter.com/HTMCPtMhaJ

— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) May 13, 2020

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.

[After THE JUMP: Jacobi brain good?]

Harbaugh's draft proposal. Jim Harbaugh released an NFL draft revamp plan that I'm dubious about. Major points:

• You can enter at any time, no more three year wait.
• If you're not drafted by the middle of the seventh round you can return to college.
• Anyone can transfer once without sitting out.
• Everyone's eligible for five years.
• Eliminate the cap of 25 initial counters.

I'm ambivalent about this. As I've discussed many times, I prefer the hockey system where you're automatically enrolled in the draft at a certain age and retain your college eligibility. Once you're drafted by a team you have specific conversations with that team about when to turn pro. Michigan knew the score with Quinn Hughes and knows the score with Cam York, so they can be prepared to fill in their roster slots based on an informed conversation with the player and the team that holds his rights.

Meanwhile the players are not forced to give up their eligibility to take a swing at the pros. Draft and follow solves the problem of the undrafted early entry by eliminating the idea of early entries. It removes the step where an agent hoping to get a client encourages you to leave college for his benefit, not yours. It removes magical thinking about where you should go with the hard facts that you were a sixth round draft pick.

Harbaugh's plan encourages every eligible player to put their name in, so why not just put every eligible player's name in? Do a hockey.

I would absolutely watch this. Times are so desperate that I am occasionally thinking "Adam Jacobi's brain is good."

This caused many jokes on signs in the crowd about Harbaugh's habits of vaping during games and eating plain rice as a meal, both of which were now also true.

I miss you so much, sports.

— In These Uncertain Adam Jacobis (@Adam_J_Tweets) May 15, 2020

I think Harbaugh might eat plain rice as a meal already. The milk provides all the other stuff.

Get ready. The MAC tightens their belt:

SOURCE: Can confirm that MAC football coaches were told two weeks ago that teams will no longer stay in hotels the night before home games to cut costs. The MAC will also reduce the size of travel rosters from 76 to 70 for conference games. @NickPBlade first reported the move.

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) May 15, 2020

Get ready to hear about a lot of cuts that make you think "really?" The gold plating will be the first thing to go. Meanwhile Akron has just cut three sports, which is an economic move more dubious than it's proposed to be on the micro level:

This question frames it well

“You have to decide: How much money are we saving by cutting this sport, or even postponing or canceling the season, compared to how many students are we going to lose if we do this?” Brunet said.

I'm not sure the article gives many answers, though. https://t.co/NXJfJg9SoB

— Andy Schwarz (@andyhre) May 14, 2020

There are a finite amount of students to go around, though.

BONUS ITEM: I know this directly contradicts the facts laid out in the tweet but I assume this was Greg Robinson.

One of my fav moments of college: My prof was making a point about excess spending & brought up teams staying in hotels before home games. A player, who will remain nameless, put up his hand &, dead serious, said "We stay in hotels before road games too" https://t.co/hj0SR0ATMb

— Yost Built (@YostBuilt) May 15, 2020

"Greg Robinson didn't take classes at Michigan during his year as defensive coordinator," I hear you say. Is that the hill you want to die on? I'm not dying on that hill. I'm dying on the "Greg Robinson failed a Kinesiology class he was not enrolled in" hill.

You may want to factor in some things. ESPN has a list of the top 40 basketball coaches under 40 which is mostly notable for the baffling selections of Will Wade at #3 and Richard Pitino at #6. Wade was caught on tape discussing a "strong ass offer" to a recruit and is likely to get LSU basketball blown up whenever the NCAA's glacial punishment process finally grinds to a halt; Richard Pitino is where he is because of his last name and has been better than .500 in B10 play once in seven years—the Gophers were an overseeded 5 and promptly got bounced by MTSU.

Most of the list is mid- and low-majors and there are a lot of assistants on it, who seem impossible to judge in any meaningful way. Maybe the problem with the list is that it exists.

USHL draft takes. A couple of guys on hockey's radar draw mention in the Neutral Zone's USHL draft recap. NZ on Chase Pietila, who may be a silent commit:

One of the premier ’04 defenders in the US with a versatile skill set. He’s a tall, long reach, athletic, mobile, multi-dimensional defenseman who makes a crisp first pass, is patient and reads lines rushes well and works to be an outlet for his D partner. He has a maturity to his game, he keeps his hips low on take offs and doesn’t cross his feet when he’s pivoting; a young prospect who is ready to play in this league and has potential to play beyond.

Commit Connor Levis went in the sixth round to Muskegon, which is speculative:

Value Pick: Connor Levis (F, R, 6’1″, 180, Yale Hockey Academy, 10/05/2004, Michigan) -Levis is a former first round pick in the WHL Draft, has stayed loyal thus far to the NCAA route with a verbal commitment to Michigan so drafting him in the 6th round is quite a value for this type of player. He has great size and athleticism, he’s tough and plays an honest north-south game and can finish with an array of shooting talent and power. He’s the type of player who just gets better and better the more he plays.

Levis can always play close to home in the BCHL if he sticks with his Michigan commit.

Neutral Zone also notes that Adam Fantilli is very good at the hockey.

Etc.: Michigan falls in future offense projections on ESPN. Andy Staples on the Harbaugh proposal. Sci-Fi Western Legends of the NCAA by furloughed SB Nation persons like Spencer Hall.