Bridges is projected to be a lottery pick by just about all publications. He is as good as gone; anything else is just wishful thinking.
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Nice summary. I have comments on two items.
I fully agree with your take on Underwood. I find it highly disrespectful to the school to tender his resignation after taking another job and without giving the school a chance to negotiate.
I am not sure how much of an advantage us to be near Chicago. It did not do Weber or Groce much good.
About Coach Self leaving...I just don't see it happening. A few years ago, his foundation donated $2M for the Rec, Center next to the new Rock Chalk Park in West Lawrence. You don't give out that much money unless you are planning to stay for a long time. He could have left before and he did not do it and I don't see him starting a new legacy all over again at another school. KU, UK, Duke and UNC are at the top of the prestige list in college basketball and there is no way he does what would be a lateral move at this stage in his career. The NBA? Maybe, but I am not sure he has the type of personality of a NBA coach. I bet he stays at KU and completes one of the better if not the best coaching record in college basketball.
This is as optimistic as I can recall being about our team's chances.
The Big 10 has 3 and the PAC 10 probably 3 as well...what an embarrassment for the ACC.
As I always say...everyday is a good day to be a Jayhawk fan but some are better than others. Today is one of the really good ones.
Who was the poster that kept saying the ACC was the best conference?
Down goes Duke, down goes Duke. - Howard Cosell
Can't say the refs didn't try...
I will take the hit on my brackets just to watch rat face go down in flames.
Refs trying to earn their paychecks from Duke..
Duke gets bailed out huge time by the refs...
SC will gave to win it at the FT line...
Huge break for Duke...
Held ball my ass...that was a foul...
Still getting most of the calls...
SC up by 9. Coach rat face face is turning red and Duke starting to foul hard.
South Carolina taking it to Duke even when the refs are doing their best to help Duke....they don't even try to hide anymore. Kennard with 4 fouls and South Carolina with momentum.
Looks like Baylor survives...3 conference teams in the Sweet 16...
I said KU woul win comfortably by double digits...close enough?
The Cheese man was...well...THE MAN!!!
You should read my posts again before you tell me I don't know about basketball. First, and as I mentioned in my post, he was making $1.3M ($1.1M to $1.4M) at OSU which is good for a coach whose previous experience was at Stephen F. Austin where he made $400K. Next, you should see where I indicated that his salary would have been likely increased after he showed success as it is customarily done.
If you read the various stories on the subject, he did not appear to have a good relationship with the AD and this is more like to be the cause of his departure and not money. He informed OSU that he was leaving AFTER he accepted the Illinois job which clearly indicates he did not have the intention to negotiate. Now, if he was told he would not be getting a raise, I could see him pursuing other opportunities but I have not seen any evidence that he was told this was the case. There is no question he left because of the money Illinois offered. Is he worth the $3M per year that has been reported? In my opinion, not yet...but then, Martin is getting that much at MU so maybe he is worth that much; Illinois seemed to think he is but then, Illinois has gone steadily downhill since Bill Self left and they are desperately trying to get back to being a respectable program once again. As a big program they have the money and now they have the coach they think will lead them back to the top.
You have it exactly right. He was making $1.3M at OSU which is about right for his experience. The main issue appears to be his relationship with the AD. He notified OSU after he accepted the Illinois job...he had no intention or desire to negotiate.
Dalembert was drafted in 2001, Whitehead...I have no clue.
Josh Heart is the main competition and now he is out with no chance to improve his stock.
So he be like...I can go to KU and be like Jackson or Wiggins or one of the dozen plus player from KU in the NBA...or, I can go to Seton Hall and be like...hmmm...like...hmm...when is the last time Seton Hall sent a player to the NBA???
You are pure evil...I like it. 👍
Only one conference team was going to advance from the Midwest anyway.
Nova losing gives Mason the edge in the POY race as long as KU keeps on winning.
TMI...😄
The have to steal the inbound
Wow Burton...
ISU blowing it in the last minute. Still plenty of time...
Seton Hall fans all over it.
The charter plane with the team? Apparently he flew the OSU private plane.
ISU cut the deficit from 16 to 3...they must think they are KU...
The NCAA should be embarrassed to seed a Florida State as the 10th best team...what were they thinking?...or drinking?
You know what they say...never marry the woman that cheated on her husband with you, she will eventually cheat on you too....
Underwood took the OSU job the next day after his previous school, Stephen F. Austin lost in the NCAA. This time he took the Illinois job the day after OSU lost in the NCAA and after flying back to Stillwater on the OSU plane after the game...good luck Illinois...
I am not sure why the link quit working, I tested it several times. Here you go...
Kansas coach Bill Self has ties to both Oklahoma State and Illinois. So naturally, he was asked Saturday about Brad Underwood jumping from Oklahoma State to Illinois after just one year at the former school.
“I heard the news 10 minutes ago. It shocks me. I think it would shock most people, because obviously, Brad was on a roll, I thought, in Stillwater, and a lot of great things and transpired in the short time he’d been there,” Self said. “Without knowing any details, I don’t know what else to say. I mean, congratulate him and that’s certainly not discouraging to Oklahoma State from still moving forward. Because certainly the program is in better shape than it was a year ago. So I’m sure that they’ll — I don’t want to use the word recover — I’m sure that they’ll respond very favorably to this. It is a shock. You know, you see a lot of coaching changes across America, but very rarely do you see one after just one year. But Brad is a really good guy and does a great job. But from the outside looking in, it looked to me like OSU and Brad fit very, very well.
“Well, Illinois is a great basketball job. I was there,” Self continued. “There’s no other way to look at it. It’s one of the better jobs in the Big Ten if you look at recruiting base and institution location, exposure, budget. There’s a lot of things about it that are very, veryr attractive.”
His initial salary was not bad based on his background and I am sure it would have been raised considerably. Sounds like he did not like OSU. Maybe he is setting the stage to eventually go to KSU which would be difficult from OSU.
Miami could no score...there is no way KU shoots 40% and 25% from 3. MSU did not play that well, they won big because how poorly Miami played.
$1M for a starting coach was not bad. I am sure he would have had a substantial raise for the upcoming season. I wonder how long he had been talking to them since he jumped as soon as they were out...I bet the players feel pretty betrayed.
If Wisconsin wins, most brackets will take a huge hit.
...or Donovan to the Orlando Magic...
Very unfair to both teams. WSU was a true 5-6 seed and should have been playing a 11-12 seed and not a 7. Likewise, Dayton got royally screwed, instead of playing a true 10 seed the had to play a higher seed.
...but the only people that would use a calculator to add 2 single digit numbers are MU and KSU fans and they don't have any candidates...and they would prefer fingers and toes anyway. 😂
Steve Kerr said that many NBA GMs are having second thoughts about Ball because of the father and that he is not doing the kids any favors other than placing gigantic bull's eyes on them.
Maybe Ball and Day Tripper will end up in the same team...that would be interesting...
I generally agree with your statement but you are using facts not in evidence to make your more serious point. The statement about a Jackson telling her he was going to kick her arse is not part of her original statement and came out 2 months after the event when the father became involved. The two witnesses, who happen to be her teammates, did not mentioned this at the time or now, so this appears to be pure uncorroborated embellishment on her part to make the incident more serious than it really was.
This is reminiscent of the woman that accused Bragg of pushing her "down" the stairs when in reality, and as shown by the surveillance video, she was trying to hit him, bounced of his arms stretched in a defensive position and fell on her rear end all of 15 inches on the stairs going "up" and quite different than being thrown down the stairs and she was rightfully charged and the charges against him dropped.
I am not saying that Jackson acted right; however, he is still entitled to the presumption of innocence until proved otherwise. Let's not pile up on Jackson for (so far) unproven and one-sided allegations...we already have the Star doing just that.
Another Jayhawks in the NBA is always good news. Congrats to Wayne and hope that he sticks around the League for a long time.
That is not my recollection. I recall you agreeing that when you read the entire statement the context is different than whe reading the one sentence that was the gist of the shoe influence argument in isolation. Of course this does not fit your ongoing shoe war narrative so I really don't expect you to remember it any other way.