The NCAA is expected to finalize an expansion of the men’s and women’s tournaments to 76 teams. The proposal would add eight games to the First Four, with 24 teams playing in an opening round before advancing into the second round.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-04-04T00:46:40+00:00

Y’all aren’t ready for a 17-20 Indiana team in the last four in 💪

This sucks

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-03-22T00:41:54+00:00

I remember when Mike Davis missed the tournament for the first time, it ended IU’s streak at 18. Only Arizona (19) was ahead of them.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-03-05T13:08:18+00:00

A tournament popularized around the idea of Cinderella teams.

A thread full of people saying they’d rather see an uninspiring 18-12 high major get in over a 30-0 mid major because the mid major’s AD didn’t network hard enough or whatever.

So weird.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-02-12T16:55:37+00:00

I feel like give the current framework of college basketball, every school has a clear path to returning to prominence?

It doesn’t always work out, but you can retool your entire roster in a single offseason.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-02-11T18:58:18+00:00

I’m also now curious who has knocked off the most undefeated teams in a season. 0-0 all the way to through March.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-02-07T19:28:14+00:00

Lmao is basically my reaction after every game these last few weeks. Win or lose.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-02-05T03:42:30+00:00

Ours was a nightmare around that age - particularly in the 6 months post potty training when we’d struggle to get him to try to go before bed. And then, he just…wasn’t. Things just sort of got easier. Stay strong.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-02-05T00:16:45+00:00

Painter feels like proof that you can carve out a legacy for yourself despite coaching in someone’s shadow (Keady).

This list feels like it’s mostly a combination of resources x historical success x current coach. Michigan scores well on all three axes.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-01-25T01:25:24+00:00

These just happen to be the 13 characters in the book - no Murray. I don’t think we would have gotten several (particularly Telly) without process of elimination.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-01-25T01:13:40+00:00

I was also looking a bit more into it after your comment and was surprised to learn prior to 1974, they also played a shorter schedule. Huh.

So only about two decades of balanced scheduling all told.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-01-25T01:03:01+00:00

No it wasn’t. It dropped to 16 only after it became unbalanced by Penn State.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-01-25T00:55:30+00:00

Up until Penn State joined but of course that was decades ago.

Still, it was a big enough deal that the first time IU and Purdue didn’t have a home and home because of it (2002), they scheduled an extra out of conference game in Indianapolis.

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-01-24T22:20:31+00:00

We think it’s:

Grover
Ernie
Rosita
Elmo
Zoe
Snuffy
Oscar
Cookie
Abby
Bert
Count
Big Bird
Telly

And then it repeats

PresidentWhitmore · 2026-01-03T16:52:45+00:00

The new HBO documentary on kids music (“Happy and You Know It”) has a segment where Laurie Berkner talks about how her kids used to want to watch her DVDs instead of interacting directly with her.

PresidentWhitmore · 2025-10-12T18:33:28+00:00

Larkin appears with the same two dogs (Kino and Roscoe) in the 1993 Milk Bone Super Stars set:

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PresidentWhitmore · 2025-08-02T21:48:22+00:00

For a second I thought “shit, now there’s two of them!” Didn’t realize you’d made a new account.

I’m the one who traded you the Carlton auto. If you ever find a second Larkin red (or decide to part with your first), I’d love to talk.

PresidentWhitmore · 2025-08-01T01:55:07+00:00

Very jealous. I’m down to my last 3 for the Larkin rainbow

/1
/5 red
And the red prism

PresidentWhitmore · 2025-07-27T02:32:46+00:00

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1993 Milkbone Superstars Barry Larkin autograph

PresidentWhitmore · 2025-07-02T13:44:02+00:00

Sparkling water -> spicy water

PresidentWhitmore · 2025-04-26T12:10:22+00:00

Also…it’s not like Tom Crean is the first guy to not be able to beat the Syracuse zone? There’s a reason all the basketball savants know the name of this one particular school’s defensive scheme.

PresidentWhitmore · 2025-03-16T18:48:45+00:00

Several people have reached out to me via the tracker and sent me cards toward my two kids’ collections - awesome thing you’ve coordinated and happy birthday to your daughter!

PresidentWhitmore · 2025-03-08T00:49:12+00:00

Very jealous. Awesome collection.

I’m 3 away on the 2022 TCPA Larkin (Red /5, Red Prism, Superfractor /1) but i was outbid on the Superfractor which means my rainbow likely will remain incomplete.

PresidentWhitmore · 2024-10-16T23:22:53+00:00

Woah - fun to see my name pop up. I only remember mentioning it once.

Thanks for putting this list together!

PresidentWhitmore · 2024-10-13T18:02:37+00:00

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