It was my birthday, too, TOK. And Matt McKillop's. Teams left: SEC(3)- Bama, Tennessee, Tex A&M Big East (3)-UConn, Creighton, Marquette ACC (4)- UNC, NC State, Clemson, Duke Big Ten (4)-Mich St, Purdue, Northwestern, Illinois Pac 10 or 12, whatever they call it, AKA Defunct Conference of Champions ...

Bernadette McGlade is into her fifth glass of Pinot Noir.

I was under the impression that Spadone was given a scholarship, but I could be wrong.

As for the Colonial, I will just keep calling it the Colonial. I'm resistant to P.R. change.

Spadone surprises me. I thought he had a good niche here as an 8-12 min per game player, which I think fits his talent level. He might play more with a Colonial/Patriot level team. We might need Coval to play next year, depending on what we do in the portal. I am sad to see Jarvis go, but he just ne...

I didn't see the level of offensive skill in Rikus to which others are referring.

Ian's two best games were his first v. Duke and his last v. Ohio St.

Didn't match that level in the interim, though a nice finesse player.

No on Ian (not close), no on Himes (nice player), no on Richie D (not close). No on Jon Axel, though he was a very good player. Landry is close, but not quite there. Tyler K. is closer. I'd rank him a bit above Jack Gibbs. I don't remember much about Doug Cook, but I tend to think he should be in th...

In response to an above post, getting Foster was as big a net win as we could get in the portal.

Brizzi over Spadone could potentially be a large net win, but it's at worst an upgrade.

And Rikus v. Skogman. Are you kidding me?

Some reassessment of Dambrot may be taking place.

I should have been more excited about our win at Duquesne.

This is not optimal for the a10.

None of the teams from my era (76-79) made the list. Our win total during those 4 years was 27. We did have 4 head coaches, one of whom never coached a game, as well as a committee of assts acting as head coach after the disappearance of the head coach at the time. I wouldn't put the 2005 team on th...

I can't even imagine a team that could make fewer plays in the last minute that could have put games away over the course of half a season. If we get even one stop...We did, but they got the offensive rebound. If Reed makes the 2d FT, Fordham has to take a 3. That makes it much tougher. (We got a bi...

I am not that hopeful based on what I just saw v. Loyola and St Joe's. We were totally outclassed. I think the loss of Skog killed us, but he won't be back. An upgrade from Brizzi is certainly likely. Reed, I'm not so sure, unless he gets stronger (but he did get to the FT line a lot and had a fairl...

The atmosphere for the 11:30 tip should be electric.