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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

zwem
buckeyemania11 said:
I never said Michigan "wasn't worthy" that's you making stuff up. All I said is that it makes things a lot easier when every capable team in front of you is snake bitten by some injuries or suspension
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Yet, you won't even take into consideration Michigan's injuries. The main reason people like Clark Kellogg and Jay Bilas (two of the few guys I respect in the business) didn't pick Michigan is because of Cason's injury (Who upped his game late in the season and was consistently scoring in double figures while shooting 50% fg and 40% from 3). His injury had an impact on rotations that Dusty May had to figure out quickly which he did in time for the NCAA tournament. Michigan had an easier path due to injuries to other teams, but Michigan's guard depth was severely depleted when Cason tore his ACL. The versatilely he offered to counter smaller/quicker lineups and providing another shooter/driver was missed late in the season.
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

buckeyemania11
zwem said:
I never implied that. Stop making shit up.

The difference is that I can look at a team and give them their props. I can look at the 2024 Buckeye football team and say that they were the best team that year and deserved to win the championship. I don't come up with excuses to why they aren't worthy. You on the other hand.....yeah that is a different story. If Michigan wins tonight, you will probably come up with some bs excuse instead of saying...."yeah, I hate them but they were the best team this year." Then just move on.
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I never said Michigan "wasn't worthy" that's you making stuff up. All I said is that it makes things a lot easier when every capable team in front of you is snake bitten by some injuries or suspension
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

zwem
buckeyemania11 said:
Yes we get it Michigan is basically the 95-96 Chicago Bulls
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I never implied that. Stop making shit up.

The difference is that I can look at a team and give them their props. I can look at the 2024 Buckeye football team and say that they were the best team that year and deserved to win the championship. I don't come up with excuses to why they aren't worthy. You on the other hand.....yeah that is a different story. If Michigan wins tonight, you will probably come up with some bs excuse instead of saying...."yeah, I hate them but they were the best team this year." Then just move on.
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

buckeyemania11
zwem said:
Holloway just adds more offense. He doesn’t change anything on the defensive side. It would also be a completely different game if Cason was healthy giving Michigan the ability to have 2 point guards on the floor at the same time with the ability to guard quicker guards. Cason’s excellent perimeter defense along with not putting all the pressure on EC has been missed. One again, you don’t even factor Michigan’s injures. Big shocker. If you don’t think it would have been completely different with Cason on the floor then you are delusional. After Alabama went up 11-2, Michigan outscored them by 22 points the rest of the game. Michigan made adjustments and held them to 28 points in the second half after waking up. Alabama has 10 losses for a reason.
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Yes we get it Michigan is basically the 95-96 Chicago Bulls
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"We Choose to Go To The Moon!"

Zurp
BuckBackHome said:
Looking forward to pictures of the alien base on the dark side of the moon;-)
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That's gotta be the most ignorant post I've seen so far today. There's no moon base built and/or operated by any aliens on any surface of the moon.
Everyone knows the moon is hollow and totally artificial. The aliens flew it into its current orbit. The bases are in the hollow center.
May Big Foot have mercy on your soul for your ignorance.
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

zwem
buckeyemania11 said:
Bama was leading Michigan by 2 at halftime. If you think it's not a completely different game if Bama had Holloway you are delusional.
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Holloway just adds more offense. He doesn’t change anything on the defensive side. It would also be a completely different game if Cason was healthy giving Michigan the ability to have 2 point guards on the floor at the same time with the ability to guard quicker guards. Cason’s excellent perimeter defense along with not putting all the pressure on EC has been missed. One again, you don’t even factor Michigan’s injures. Big shocker. If you don’t think it would have been completely different with Cason on the floor then you are delusional. After Alabama went up 11-2, Michigan outscored them by 22 points the rest of the game. Michigan made adjustments and held them to 28 points in the second half after waking up. Alabama has 10 losses for a reason.
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

ScriptOhio
zwem said:
Teams in football or basketball that don’t invest in NIL are going to be left behind and that gap is going to increase in the next several years. The teams that had the best seasons in football and basketball this year had the biggest spending. Texas Tech has come out of nowhere with their spending in football. Schools need to adapt if they want to win. Is winning important or not? We are going to find out in the next several years.
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In the NBA players are a free agent after 5 years, 4 years if the team doesn't exercise the player's 5th year option. In college basketball players are a free agent right out of high school and can transfer at will. Some players have even been known to play at 4 different schools to complete their 4 years of college eligibility.

Yeah, for those teams that want to be a "contender" for a National Championship; the spending on NIL deals to get and/keep players is only going to go up. In addition, it would be impossible for the NCAA to establish a "salary cap" and enforce it without some "collective bargaining agreement". No elite or top college player in his/her right mind would ever want to unionize since it would ultimately restrict what they could earn. I'm sure they are happy with the "status quo" of several schools bidding for their services and no limit of what they can get. Now sometime in the future I could see the ≈ 90% of the lower tier players (i.e. have nots) get extremely jealous and/or resentful of the huge amounts of money the ≈ 10% top tier (i.e. haves) are getting and want to unionize to make the distribution of NIL dollars more equitable, etc.

Note: In the United States, unionizing a workplace generally requires a simple majority vote—defined as 50% of the votes cast plus one—in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

buckeyemania11
zwem said:
It makes it easier. It doesn’t matter when it comes to winning. Michigan isn’t going to struggle with any of those teams at full strength based on matchups. There are just a few teams that matchup well with Michigan and none of them were in that region. May figured out his rotations just in time right after the Cason injury.
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Bama was leading Michigan by 2 at halftime. If you think it's not a completely different game if Bama had Holloway you are delusional.
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2026-27 Ohio State Men's Basketball

DZ83CK
Losing Cupps, Chatman, White and Royal means they need multiple bench additions now to help cover the 1-3 spots. The first and most critical decision is finding the right starting guard. After that, now they need some quality depth in the backcourt, at the wing, and in the post. They ought to get 4 rotation players from the portal to add to the core group of Mobley-Thompson-Bynum-Ojianwuna.
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

zwem
ScriptOhio said:
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Michigan Hoops' NIL Spendings Revealed as Similar Info for Rival Nowhere to be Found

With the Sweet 16 tipping off on Thursday night, On3's Pete Nakos published a report on what each program that remains in the NCAA Tournament spent on their ros
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Michigan Hoops' NIL Spendings Revealed as Similar Info for Rival Nowhere to be Found​

On3 reported what Michigan basketball spent in NIL for the 2025-26 season

With the Sweet 16 tipping off on Thursday night, On3's Pete Nakos published a report on what each program that remains in the NCAA Tournament spent on their rosters for the 2025-26 season.

To no surprise, Michigan was reported to be one of the biggest spenders in college basketball for the roster head coach Dusty May assembled in the offseason. Nakos' reports states the Wolverines spent at least $10 million on its 2025-26 team.

However, narratives that rival fans have floated around—some of which insinuated the Wolverines paid UAB transfer and Big Ten Player of the Year Yaxel Lendeborg $10 million alone, or that Michigan spent far and away more money on its roster than any other member of the Big Ten, have proven to be categorically false, according to this report.

Joining Michigan out of the remaining Sweet 16 in the "$10 million" club are Arkansas, Duke, Houston, St. John's and Texas. Kentucky, who is now out of the tournament, is reported to have spent $22 million on its roster this season.

While Houston, Duke and Arkansas all went big on its high school recruiting classes this season, Michigan went big in the portal with Lendeborg while St. John's retained forward Zuby Ejiofor.

Three other Big Ten teams remaining in the Sweet 16 come in right behind the Wolverines in terms of spending, including Illinois, Iowa and Purdue, who were reported by Nakos to have spent in the $8-$10 million range on its rosters this season.

Alabama, Arizona, Tennessee and UConn are the other teams in the Sweet 16 reported to have spent in the $8-$10 million range.

The two programs getting the most "bang for their buck" includes Iowa State and Nebraska, with Iowa State having spent roughly $6.5 million and Nebraska's payroll sitting around $4.5 million, according to the On3 report.
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May commented on narratives that fanbases created about Michigan's budget earlier in the season, jokingly saying he was ready for the IRS to open the books on programs in college basketball to reveal true numbers.

"I’m ready for the IRS to come in and open up the books and show what people spent versus what the spin zone has said they spent,” May said.... :lol:

The spending in college basketball is only expected to increase next season, according to the On3 report, with the high end budgets expected to be in the $12 to $15 million range.

Just sayin': I think it is given that the top teams are spending something in the $10M range. I don't know how much NIL money the Ohio State basketball program was allocated the past 2 seasons; maybe they were outbid on the players that they actually wanted. I think it is given that the top teams are spending something in the $10M range. However, I do not think that Ohio State (Jake Diebler) "chose very wisely" in most of the portal transfers that they got. Ohio State is being hurt in their depth by not being able to keep solid players that my be 2nd string and/or role players too.
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Teams in football or basketball that don’t invest in NIL are going to be left behind and that gap is going to increase in the next several years. The teams that had the best seasons in football and basketball this year had the biggest spending. Texas Tech has come out of nowhere with their spending in football. Schools need to adapt if they want to win. Is winning important or not? We are going to find out in the next several years.
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