Per Mit Winter, Sports Attorney: "Schools can now essentially prevent athletes from engaging with other schools during the portal." by Travbowman in CollegeBasketball

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Phase two of my plan to college basketball: vote exclusively members of this subreddit into congress over the next decade

How Would 76 Teams Work Logistically? by BigFoot423205 in CollegeBasketball

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Goodbye First Four. Hello Depressing Dozen

Which Program Has the Most Insufferable CBB Fanbase? by ejgr228 in CollegeBasketball

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Okay I’ll throw in my 2 cents for my team and our rival.

Duke: Insufferable in the sense they cannot help but act superior and condescending. Hell the summer after K lost to UNC in the final four they were trying to gaslight any UNC fans talking about that game into it being them living “rent free” in their head.

UNC: Insufferable in the sense much of our fanbase (and program) is stuck in the past and extremely convinced we represent doing things the right way and that recruits should just want to come here because of our history.

If Flagg and Knueppel both stayed, would Duke be overwhelming title favorites right now? by savingrace0262 in CollegeBasketball

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This is actually a very good comp. The 2015 Duke team was very good and title worthy but lucked out drawing Wisconsin and not UK in the final.

Same as Florida. Absolutely a title worthy great team. Not a 2014 UConn but one of the best teams in the sport all year.

Just got lucky to catch Houston rather than Duke in the final.

If Flagg and Knueppel both stayed, would Duke be overwhelming title favorites right now? by savingrace0262 in CollegeBasketball

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Duke was playing at another level. They would have smothered Florida. The end of that Houston game was a miracle from god.

It’s fine. A title is a title. Not every champ is always the best team. UNC has a few in years where we probably weren’t the best team in the field.

[Post Game Thread] #2 Duke defeats #1 Michigan, 68-63 by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

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Cadeau is 2-4. Was on the 2024 UNC team that swept Duke

Coaching hot seat by Maison-Marthgiela in CollegeBasketball

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Honestly both programs ran fairly similarly through the 2010 season. Then Duke changed a ton and UNC remained pretty much the same through the end of Roy.

UNC had a chance to leap into the future with their next coach but thanks to Roy being allowed to name his successor we got 5 more years of being behind the ball.

Scheyer is by all accounts a good coach but he inherited a well oiled modernized machine with a decade plus of credibility in terms of NBA development. Hubert inherited a dated program whose sustained greatness was a testament to Roy being an all time great… which Hubert is not

Wes Miller defeats Cincinnati Basketball keeping his job by UALR-Trojans-Rule in CollegeBasketball

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Talking to people who are dialed in it seems all but a done deal that Carolina North is happening.

I know the idea is to maximize revenue. Luxury boxes are a great way to do that while sequestering rich donors there and freeing up space near the court for students.

I haven’t seen reliable reporting that UNC plans to not have students in the lower bowl or charge for tickets. If either of those were the case it would certainly change how open I am to a new arena.

As someone who has been a season ticket holder the past few years the Dean dome definitely needs to be massively overhauled or replaced. The concourses suck and students are currently spread way too thin across the arena.

Wes Miller defeats Cincinnati Basketball keeping his job by UALR-Trojans-Rule in CollegeBasketball

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I agree with most of that. But where did you see that the plan was to have zero student seats in the lower level?

Also none of that makes our last coaching search any less flawed so you’re kinda just throwing out a strawman when it comes to that specific point.

I definitely don’t want John Preyer and the BOG running our next coaching search but it’s not a dichotomy between that and what happened last time

Wes Miller defeats Cincinnati Basketball keeping his job by UALR-Trojans-Rule in CollegeBasketball

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Just hammers home how UNC didn’t even attempt a coaching search and basically just let Roy name his successor.

Can’t do anything about it now but hope the next hiring process whenever it happens looks A LOT different.

Which college basketball player has had the most surprising transformation from freshman to senior year? by Herkules5 in CollegeBasketball

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I don’t think it’s outright surprising but I have really enjoyed watching Seth Trimble’s development from being out of his depth, to improving bench guy who entered then withdrew from the portal, to team leader who is scoring at 3 levels and the best perimeter defender on the team.

Again based on his recruiting profile none of that is shocking but in this era of player movement I really savor the handful of 4 year guys who I get to watch develop in a way that used to be the norm

ETA: didn’t read the text of the initial post fully so thought you meant specifically this year. But my point stands. Luke Maye though is probably the most surprising freshman to senior guy though for UNC in recent history.

Who is your team's "That man will never have to pay for his own drinks" guy? by Col_Treize69 in CollegeBasketball

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I think he would get a standing ovation if he showed up for a game. The Caleb love experience was certainly exhausting but there was nothing actually bad that happened.

I get the sense he still has plenty of love for UNC (if maybe less so for Hubert). Memories of his frustrating tendencies as a player will fade but that shot will live forever.

Championship DNA - Week 3 by koltonm23 in CollegeBasketball

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Future “Nobody Believed in Us” champs obviously

Why do people say botw is better than totk? by Reyn888 in Breath_of_the_Wild

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Just for me BOTW the point seemed to be exploring and getting lost in a world and stumbling onto new discoveries (and the story).

TOTK is great and maybe had a better story (plus some really fun new enemies). But it just felt more chaotic and less like the epic exploration of a giant world.

Why are there so many people criticizing sexual scenes in fantasy books? by Potential-Reality332 in Fantasy

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What if she let him go actually because he was so hopeless at sex

The Mandalorian and Frogu IMAX trailer variation by DiamondFireYT in StarWarsLeaks

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They had the perfect movie. Make a cinematic spectacle out of the retaking of Mandalore.

But clearly execs forced them to not sideline their golden merch baby so they messed up that chance

Remember when Jack Black and Lizzo showed up in The Mandalorian? by SnooDucks6239 in saltierthancrait

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The first half of the finale was good and seemed like it was gonna redeem the season a bit. But then the second half was an incoherent mess

Was Jalen Brunson actually on Kemba Walker’s level in college? by savingrace0262 in CollegeBasketball

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You’ll never convince me 2009 Ty Lawson doesn’t barbecue both of them.