MidwayJ There is talk about this happening going forward. Major NIL policy changes are being pushed forward. Wisconsin led the charge in the Xavier Lucas NIL deal by not releasing him and living up to his signed NIL deal. Nothing is going to be gained here but at least Wisconsin put their foot down no other college entity would risk it.

Since, the is March this happened over the weekend. Wisconsin Women's Hockey took their 8th Nat'l NCAA Div. 1 Championship. 1980 Miracle on Ice player Mark Johnson is the head coach of Wisconsin women's team and a great coach.
Highlights vs. Ohio State. 3rd Period 18 secs. to go
OT winner.

    Saw a headline yesterday that asked if the NCAA needs to advertise the women's March Madness more due to lack of interest. Then I watched two games yesterday where the higher seed basically annihilated the other team on their home floor and thought that no amount of advertising will attract viewers to that.

      professor Jamie Dixon

      I thought it was foolish to move on from him, but they did. Can't say I've followed/paid attention to their plight since🤔

          johnnydoom
          On the woman's side the difference between the haves and have nots is huge. Their tournament doesn't get watchable until teh sweet 16 maybe.

            MidwayJ They don't reshuffle the entire roster every year,

            Correct! But then that is what becomes the new and very real challenge for both coaches and players! The ones who succeed in creating an actual "team" mentality that only has one season to sprout and then blossom is what garners success in the championship games.

              ode I thought it was foolish to move on from him, but they did. Can't say I've followed/paid attention to their plight since

              Their "plight" has been basically atrocious. Although, after a rough couple of years it did appear last year that head coach Jeff Capel had finally figured things out - and they were truly competitive in the ACC, only to get snubbed last year by that damn "committee". They sucked this year!
              But, Jamie Dixon went down to Texas Christian and has had a great career there. Really dumb move by a long gone Pitt Athletic Director. Oh well...

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                The other noteworthy observation... is Cinderella....is it all but over, gone, finished🤔....I think we will see less and less. The lowest ranked team left = BYU and I would hardly consider them Cinderella.....this needs to play out over some time but I think chalk will the status quo. That is OK IMO as long as the games are exciting!

                I'm in a 17 player pool. I currently hold the top 3 spots. Still probably won't win. I saw on ESPN Seth Greenberg has picked every game right but two.

                  azgreg JFC Alabama.

                  What a buzzsaw! Nobody can beat a team that's raining 3's like that. Not even Duke.

                    @ LBlack14 Fuck. Shon millor. That is all.

                    LBlack14 You're 1 dumb C.U.N.T.

                    Such great talking points...
                    Where's the Buzz?

                      LBlack14 don't sweat it, now you have Richard Pitino, don't that have a nice ring to it😆

                        Ya know what's worse than NIL is these fucking stoppages.....followed by Gene Saratore saying NOTHING consequential EVERYtime they go to him. Forget these stoppages.....forget them!