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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, etc.

Say the SEC does start to break away. But the Big Ten hesitates. Do any teams in the Big Ten leave to join the rebels, or is conference loyalty high enough that schools would rather stay in the Big Ten?
This is kind of an “unknown” at this point….to date, the Big 10 hasn’t really given a shit about TV contracts and the $$$ coming in from football, like the SEC is hyper-focused on.

The Big 10, through its AAU collaboration (research institutions….not the AAU for HS athletes) has generated so much $$$ in grants it has dwarfed TV $$$.

I think the wild card here is a focus by federal gov’t to reduce spend on universities. I’m curious how this will impact funding of associations like the AAU. This is not a political post, as I don’t have a strong opinion one way or the other on how federal dollars should be spent on things like AAU.

It’s definitely something to watch though,,..,a decrease in grant funding is a negative for the Big 10 in terms of leverage it currently holds over the SEC (and all other conferences).
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Just like the real world, it's up to you to make a place they don't want to leave.

The coaches, by and large, are really not impressing me in this new era. They seem to want to return to the days of indentured servitude from the players so the coaches can get rich...err I mean they seem to really care about the condition of the sport. Yeah. That's the ticket, for the good of the sport.
Their hypocrisy for the lack of a better word is… hilarious
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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

If Bama lost to UGA and Missouri instead of Vanderbilt and Oklahoma I could maybe see the point.

But just screaming "BUT LOOK AT THEIR SCHEDULE WHAT WOULD THEIR RECORD BE WITH OURS!!!" which is basically trying to excuse your own failures losing to 2 teams that finished with at least 6 losses, get outta here with that.
When we lost to Iowa and Purdue, we weren't allowed to hide those terrible losses with a good overall record. Those losses eliminated us before the clock hit 00:00 in the 4th quarter. And probably rightfully so. They can get all the way fucked with this argument.
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LGHL Ohio State women’s basketball guard Kaia Henderson enters the transfer portal

Ohio State women’s basketball guard Kaia Henderson enters the transfer portal
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The Upstate New York native appears to be on her way out of Columbus

Although the transfer portal closed on April 24, 2025, that does not mean that there is no more movement into the system. On Wednesday, On3 reported that Ohio State women’s basketball guard Kaia Henderson entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer.

The portal deadline is only for players who wish to not sit out a season, with exceptions and Henderson falls into one of them. Players who are graduate level or receive a waiver are eligible to play without missing a season and Henderson is reportedly entering the portal as a graduate transfer.

Despite the 2024-25 season being Henderson’s third season in the program, the guard graduated high school early to enroll early at Ohio State in the 2022 Spring semester. Over three years, Henderson earned enough credits to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication degree this spring, making her eligible to transfer as a graduate.

In addition, Henderson reportedly added a “do not contact” tag to her move to the portal, which likely means that her landing spot is already determined.

Henderson never made it into the starting lineup for Ohio State in two seasons before head coach Kevin McGuff sat the Utica, New York native for the entire 24-25 season. In 26 appearances over two seasons, Henderson averaged .9 points per game. Henderson’s most productive appearance came in the 23-24 season when the then-sophomore scored six points against the Ohio Bobcats. It was one of only four appearances where Henderson played at least 10 minutes in a game.

The 5-foot-6 guard faced stiff competition from the moment she joined the program, with current WNBA pro Jacy Sheldon and recent graduate Madison Greene occupy nearly all the minutes at the point guard position. Then, this season, No. 2 overall 2024 prospect Jaloni Cambridge joined the Buckeyes and started every game she was healthy.

This season, McGuff put Henderson in a group of four players who all received redshirt seasons. Of that group. Henderson is the second player to join the portal, following center Faith Carson who entered on March 24. Then, on March 26, three-year Buckeye forward Cotie McMahon joined the portal and no one on the roster joined since reports of Henderson’s move came Wednesday.

Carson and McMahon both found new homes in Grand Canyon University and Ole Miss, respectively.

Time will tell where Henderson ends up after three years in Columbus. Despite not making an impact in games for Ohio State, Henderson positioned herself well with NIL opportunities, business networking and representing the women’s basketball program in university events. On Wednesday, Henderson took part in a college athlete panel during the Memorial golf tournament week in Dublin, Ohio.

With Henderson potentially on her way out of the program, the Buckeyes have 11 spots filled of 15 available scholarships. The Buckeyes added two names from the portal in the offseason with Boston College’s T’Yana Todd and Kylee Kitts out of Florida. Ohio State also flipped the commitment of incoming 2025 freshman Bryn Martin, out of Springboro, Ohio. Plus longtime 2025 commit Daria Biriuk out of the Webb School in Tennessee.

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This is a great idea, but it needs to also be extended to the coaches as well. This is rich coming from a guy who I believe left a program before his contract was up to pursue another position.

Just like the real world, it's up to you to make a place they don't want to leave.

The coaches, by and large, are really not impressing me in this new era. They seem to want to return to the days of indentured servitude from the players so the coaches can get rich...err I mean they seem to really care about the condition of the sport. Yeah. That's the ticket, for the good of the sport.
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