Quote from: Zog from Margo on January 06, 2026, 07:34:53 PMNot sure how the tiered system awards performance. Hard to argue that James is not worth more than a lot of the upperclassmen. Maybe there's a performance bonus.

Shaka mamdani smart smh

Wednesday, January 7

Xavier at Marquette - 6:00 p.m. (FS1)
Jeff Levering and Nick Bahe
Line: Marquette  -4.5/157

4 Connecticut at Providence - 6:00 p.m. (NBCSN & Peacock)
John Fanta and Donny Marshall
Line: Line: Connecticut -10.5/151


Creighton at Villanova - 6:30 p.m. (Peacock)
Ed Cohen and Tarik Turner
Line: Villanova  -6.5/139

Not sure how the tiered system awards performance. Hard to argue that James is not worth more than a lot of the upperclassmen. Maybe there's a performance bonus.

Quote from: Mu8891 on January 04, 2026, 07:07:08 PMMuggs - this is a serious question...

Why do you think he will pivot / change?

I don't think he will change a thing unless 2 or 3 more guys leave.  He's too dug in. I don't think for a minute that he will tell Tre, Sean or Hamilton to go play in the Horizon League.

That is not what he is saying in the CT papers after UCONN game.

Quote from: K1 Lover on January 06, 2026, 05:31:33 PMLine is Marquette -4.5. Nice to see us favored for a change.

It's an intriguing game in that both teams have some serious issues. 

On paper, our starters (well, unless Hamilton starts) are just about equal in statistics / efficiency.

We'll see.  On the flip side, if MU doesn't win this one, they likely won't be favored in another game until Mar 1, and could go 3 months winless.

I think the crucial word is 'negotiate'.

Quote from: tower912 on January 06, 2026, 10:24:15 AMLike anything good ever came from New Jersey.

Telegraph, Electric Light Bulb, Phonograph, Motion Picture Camera, Air Conditioning, Bubble Wrap, Band Aids, Condensed Soup, Cell Phone and of course the Monopoly Board Game just to name a few things.

Then there is this:
A revolutionary drug made in N.J. is giving cancer patients years of their lives back - nj.com

Quote from: tower912 on January 06, 2026, 04:34:23 PMEgbuono had an agent.

The article says he refuses to deal with transfer portal agents??  It's not a direct quote though.

It also says "incoming portal players should not be paid more than guys who are already in the program."... What's unclear... If you're coming in as a senior, you can at least get senior MU money right?  Not first year MU $$?

That would obviously be a hindrance to portal negotiations.

Planes, trains and automobiles
My daughters went to Poland for New Year's to see the grandparents.  My younger daughter is a nurse and has to be back to work this week in Vermont.  She was supposed to fly home via JFK on Monday, but a freak snowstorm hit Amsterdam and caused a ton of cancelled flights.  She rescheduled for tomorrow through Paris.  She had a 6:00am flight out of Warsaw, which just got delayed to 8:30 which means she misses her flight to JFK.  At this point there are no flights until Friday except Business Class seats which she ended up taking.  And I just received a warning of a snowstorm event expected in Paris tomorrow. 
My older daughter is between semesters so staying a few more weeks.

Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on January 06, 2026, 10:37:48 AMI'm treated like royalty in Quebec and even my French is appreciated because of my last name.  My family ancestors saved the Quebec colony in 1634 with The Percheron Immigration at the behest of Champlain himself.  (I'm not making this up.)  I traced my ancestors to mid-1400's France.  My grandfather and extended family immigrated to the USA in the 1930's after the family's trading post burnt down in Quebec near the border.  There was no home insurance back then.  The first words I usually hear when crossing into Quebec at the border or in the hotel are "Bienvenue chez vous, Monsieur...."

A family friend in Ontario just sent me a link on Canadian citizenship.  Apparently as of December 15, Canada changed citizenship requirements and if your grandparent was Canadian you qualify as a citizen if you can present the paperwork tracing lineage.

Italy messed me up in March 2025, when they changed the rules 2 weeks after I started the process.