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I’m pretty sure I know who you are talking about and I agree with you. Speaking of, he reminds me a bit of Junior as well. Junior is actually more skilled offensively obviously but Queen is longer and a good bit better defensively (probably in large part due to length). But Junior is now the best player on the biggest franchise in China, apparently about to get a signature shoe deal. I would keep my behind over there, putting all those yuan in the bank a la Stephon Marbury.

Got to watch him for three summers playing for Will Barton’s team, coached by Muggsy Bogue’s son. Even as a chubby 15 year old playing against kids going into their senior year of high school, you could tell he was going to be special. Kind of a throwback game.

So you’re saying the Southland Conference is one of only nine conferences with a team in the second round of the NCAA tournament? Cool!

He’s probably pissed he didn’t get the Texas job. So was another coach was eliminated in the second round who was lobbying hard for that position apparently, even going so far as saying it was his “dream job.” Not sure if that fan base would have lost their minds as much as when they lost their last coach to UT though.

I am afraid you will see more and more of that. Tough to compete in the major leagues with a minor league payroll. Combine that with kids staying in school longer (all but sure fire first round picks can make more now staying in school) and I think we will see fewer and fewer Cinderella stories. Hope I’m wrong.

ACC is way down though and apparently they have put a big NIL collective together in Raleigh. Will knows how to go out and get dudes and should be able to be top half of conference immediately. I think he figured he wasn’t going to jump from Lake Charles to blue blood so this would be a good immediate fit. Also guessing he probably wasn’t on the Nova short list. NC St probably an easier place to win right now that WVU.

Been some heavy lobbying for the Texas job going on for weeks, including by one that would make for some hilarious fodder. I think if WW was in the mix, he wouldn’t have taken the NC St job and I am guessing he wasn’t. Of the viable ones, Quinn Snyder apparently let them know months ago he was ready to make the jump back to college ball. But the main target seems to be Scott Drew. Hard to believe he would take that job after telling Kentucky to pound sand last year but who knows these days.

Give Brooks a half a mil per year to “recruit” like Will has and I bet his recruiting improves tremendously. I would say he’s recruited pretty damn well finding guys who can compete with little to no funds.

They have guys on their bench Lamar would have no chance of getting due to the NIL they command. Their top 3 guys, coming off the bench, were Saint Louis’s leading scorer last year (top tier mid major program) and two guys who started games for Arizona State and Ole Miss. Their bench players. They have more than one guy making 6 figures. In short, every player that plays for them could arguably be Lamar’s best player. They have a high mid major roster if you ask anyone who knows their butt from their elbow about college basketball. So yes, Alvin has improved Lamar’s record every season he’s been there. He played a team with a roster WAYYYY better than his very competitively twice in the past couple of weeks. You guys expecting them to win the conference need to start raising money. Because you give Will his roster and give him Will’s roster, those games have the same winner. It’s about the dudes and McNeese has bought a bunch of them.

I’m still trying to figure out where the haters went? Win or lose tonight, I think we can stop with the Alvin Brooks slander at this point.

Yeah they might have last year but probably not. Don’t see any scenario the Southland will be anything but a one bid conference. Can’t remember who but they had a marquee win or two last year that they don’t have on their resume this year.

Great job West Brook! Very happy for them and Coach T. I would say Southeast Texas showed pretty well this year in SA.

Hurley won’t likely survive this season. But even if he did, I’d be surprised if he ever logs a minute for the Sun Devils hoops team.

Congrats Lions and Coach Joubert on a remarkable season. I think Mr Sells will be one we talk about for years to come. On a side note, @AggiesAreWe, @BBfan061 wanted me to ask you if you were rooting on Kountze or Paradise today?

You saw that too?! My wife found the episode much more interesting than my history lesson of the Four Horsemen of HD…