You down wit RGV? Yeah, you know meeee!!

Quote from: Superfan on March 01, 2026, 09:11:09 PMIf that happens I will not be renewing my season tickets.

Fortunately, the MUScoop renewal fees are quite reasonable.

Quote from: rocky_warrior on March 01, 2026, 08:56:37 PMlol

I'll bet you a years MUScoop subscription Sean, Tre, Caedin, Josh and Damarius will be back for next season.

If that happens I will not be renewing my season tickets.

Quote from: Pakuni on March 01, 2026, 09:00:08 PMhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/trump-iran-war-interview.html

I'll use a share for those that want to read:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/trump-iran-war-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QFA.eRwS.PXp85mkvfF2J&smid=url-share

So much for ridding the world of the Iranian regime.

In a brief telephone interview with The New York Times, Mr. Trump offered several seemingly contradictory visions of how power might be transferred to a new government — or even whether the existing Iranian power structure would run that government or be overthrown.

Among the options he suggested was an outcome similar to what he engineered in Venezuela, in which only the top leader was removed during an American military strike and much of the rest of the government remained in place, but newly willing to work pragmatically with the United States.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/trump-iran-war-interview.html

Quote from: Viper on March 01, 2026, 06:46:17 PMagreed!...but, I don't think Shaka 'buzz' cuts anyone. Two newbies via the portal is it...Zaide's spot and i will assume Sean's spot too. Caedin, Tre...back!

Cutting Hamilton and Norman should be an obvious move. MU doesn't owe them anything in this era. With 4 spots to fill, it will be a fun April.

Quote from: Daniel on March 01, 2026, 08:10:37 PMTrue. But much easier to get a 20 loss season when you play a 32 plus game season than when we played 24-26 games a season

Still, we suck right now

That's fair, but another way of looking at it is that with a .345 winning percentage, this team sits 6th worst in MU history.
Finishing out 0-3 would drop them to 4th worst. Dare to dream of a BE tourney win? That puts them at 5th worst.

FWIW, only one other season in the top 10 occurred within the past 60 years ... 1987-88 under the Piano Man. That season, at least in terms of won-loss, will almost certainly be better than this one, though this team probably wipes the floor with that bunch.

Quote from: JTJ3 on March 01, 2026, 08:43:39 PMSeriously.  There are multiple departures happening that are pretty obvious.

lol

I'll bet you a years MUScoop subscription Sean, Tre, Caedin, Josh and Damarius will be back for next season.

Serious question: Can we really expect any portal additions next year to be *that* much better than Ross and Gold?  If we found out we were adding a 6'4 slasher who averaged 14.5ppg and a 6'11 big who averaged 8 and 6 and could step out and hit the occasional three pointer, we'd probably be ecstatic.  I'm not saying it's impossible, but without dropping a bag, I'm not sure how much of an upgrade we can expect from those two.

Maybe I am too simplistic in my thinking - if most all the players are on one year NIL deals why not just reduce the offer to a Tre or Caedin to nothing or just enough to pay their own tuition if they stay and push them down the bench? In essence take the spot of a walk on or two allowing the team to honor the commitment to the kid they recruited but then just not play them like they do the walk ons. In other words, if you've got to make roster space for portal transfers in, why not push off the walk ons. Couldn't have happened prior to NIL but couldn't the team just pay two or three guys enough that they could pay their own tuition bill?