ucla can beat uconn and I think they will

Bestbuck36 said:

Diebs needs to hook up with Pitino and adopt some of his game methods. We can get these type of players at OSU with the occasional super prep from Ohio. This kind of hoops will also put butts in the seats at the Schott.

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Here's where Pitino got his top 7 scorers:

Zuby Ejiofor (16.3 ppg) - transferred from Kansas 2023-2024 season
Bryce Hopkins (13.5 ppg) - transferred from Providence for 2025-2026 season
Oziyah Sellers (10.7 ppg) - transferred from Stanford for 2025-2026 season
Ian Jackson (9.6 ppg)- transferred from North Carolina for 2025-2026 season
Joson Sanson (8.2 ppg) - transferred from Arizona State for 2025-2026 season
Dillon Mitchell (8.2 ppg) - transferred from Juggalos for 2025-2026 season
Dylan Darling (7.0 ppg) - transferred from Idaho State for 2025-2026 season

Just sayin': It would be interesting to know what Peitino's available NIL budget is, it may be over $10M*. St. John's does have a billionaire named Mike Repole contributing to St. Johns' NIL fund. Regardless, so far Diebler hasn't demonstrated the ability to land a decent starting 5 from the transfer portal.

* https://sports.yahoo.com/article/st-john-pitino-makes-striking-135558906.html

St. John’s Pitino makes striking statement about NIL pay to college basketball players​

St. John’s has an NIL payroll in excess of $10 million, but Rick Pitino says the money "means nothing at all" to his players....

In fact, the Naismith Hall of Fame coach says money doesn’t mean anything to the majority of college basketball players.

“You know, the greatest misconception is because they’re being paid [they don’t care about winning championships],” Pitino said Thursday on “Boomer and Gio.”

“I would say, there’s no difference than 20 years ago. The pay means nothing at all to them. Matter of fact, I would say that 90% of the players give the money to their families. So it’s really not the compensation. If you watched us practice, you wouldn’t think it was any different than 25 years ago....”
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As far as St. John’s NIL budget, Pitino explained that super-donor “Mike Repole gives us about 40 percent of what we spend, and then we have to go raise the other 60 [percent] and pay the school back. So the school is not really giving us a whole lot.”

“We have to do it the old fashioned way and bang on doors,” Pitino said of raising NIL funds.

Pitino said Kentucky said they spent “$20-22 million” on NIL for its basketball team, and that Alabama -- which St. John’s hosts on Saturday at Madison Square Garden -- “probably spent $14 or $16″ million.

“They raise it privately after what the school gives,” Pitino said.

He added: “We don’t have a lot of money at St. John’s. We do have a wealthy alumni base because they did it by being passionate, hungry and driven and made it to the top of Wall Street.”

As for the professionalization of college sports, Pitino said he has to treat the players a little differently than he did at Kentucky and Louisville.

“I don’t coach the players today the same way I did at Louisville or Kentucky because they’re different,” he said. “Now I can get on them, but collectively. I can’t get on them individually because they get embarrassed very easily. Not that they’re not tough, they just get embarrassed. So I bring them in one-on-one and I show them the tape, and I show them analytically about the mistakes you’re making.

“But they’re the same players. They play just as hard as any team I’ve ever coached, it’s just you gotta handle them differently today. They’re professionals, you gotta treat them like pros. But you also have to be teachers. I teach the exact same way I did 40, 50 years ago.”

Should be on board Friday

Fuck everything about Tennessee except whiskey and Nashville. There, I said it.

If it's a dead ball why not the foul on Estrella before the technical? Ball is already out of bounds according to them.

Tennessee getting the calls and UVA can't make free throws when they're getting them anyway. Sam Lewis is playing a poor game.

Bestbuck36 said:

If there's a God the SEC will be out of the tournament after tonight

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Virginia needs to stop being tournament Virginia and be regular season Virginai

I got Virginia +2 to close a 4 teamer and the SEC hopes. Come on Cavaliers!

buckeyemania11 said:

Florida playing an ugly game so far against Iowa hopefully it keeps up

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Iowa's bread and butter. The B1G is so strong right now it's sickening. Makes it hurt worse that we fell short again.

Florida playing an ugly game so far against Iowa hopefully it keeps up

Holy crap. Sweet ending fur the Johnnies

DZ83CK said:

Miami had it at 4 in the final minute, then chose to foul and not make any shots and blew the cover. Rough.

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Was watching with a friend who had Purdue -7.5 and we were calling this situation a few minutes before it happened but feared the meaningless three at the buzzer.

Islanders goalie with some robberies

buckeyemania11 said:

Would be nice to at least pull 1 point out of this game

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Yup - either way they'll still be in a playoff spot even if they lose in regulation. They'll still have a game in hand on NYI plus they'll still be a point ahead of Detroit.

But it would be nice if they could get 2 points in regulation.

Diebs needs to hook up with Pitino and adopt some of his game methods. We can get these type of players at OSU with the occasional super prep from Ohio. This kind of hoops will also put butts in the seats at the Schott.

Mike80 said:

And.....

Down 1-0 less than 2 minutes into the game

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Would be nice to at least pull 1 point out of this game

And.....

Down 1-0 less than 2 minutes into the game

JohnnyCockfight said:

I thought Davino acquitted himself well. Jax is unreal. Davino is national champ in a normal year without that wunderkind.

I'm low key depressed about Jesse. So grateful to have had him these 4 years, and wish he could have gone out on a winning note. Went up against a human gumby. Can't wait to see what Jesse does next.

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Low key depressed on Jesse too. Not for me, but for him. He's worked so freaking hard and is a great representation of our university and team. Really wanted him to go out on top.

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If there's a God the SEC will be out of the tournament after tonight

This weekend of Buckeye sports has been annoying. Women’s hoops needs to do its job tomorrow.

Fuck.

Bestbuck36 said:

Thanks for the update. Smashed my tv. Might have aggression issue.

My stream said women's college hockey but it kept showing Texas women's basketball. Oh well, idiots at Walmart need a job too so I'll have to buy a new one.

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Follow the score here: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/icehockey-women/nc/2026

It's "crunch time", currently Cheese is up 3-2 with 2:07 to go.