Do we have any updates on portal activities ? Who are we in on, what are our chances ?
Some insight would be appreciated

Figured it was worth the ask here. Obviously will pay more than face value if wanted.

Email me if so: mjkelly1982@gmail.com

I'm sure the votes will be virtually unanimous for Trump given how overwhelmingly pro-Trump and super-old this board is, but let's see anyway. Answer truthfully. And assume the race was today given the questionable capacity of at least one of the candidates.

I'm as down on Earl Grant and the BC hoops program as I have been since Christian's last couple of years. Having said that, I thought I would try to find a reason for optimism. Things ebb and flow in college hoops and maybe Earl can engineer a turnaround. Here is the data that gives me a small reason to believe that Earl can turn this around and, at a minimum, make the NIT...

• The teams that BC has lost to in the ACC are a combined 24-15.
• If you exclude Clemson, when we had nobody available, the teams we have lost to are 21-11. (This is skewed by 8-0 UNC, but our schedule has been front half loaded.)
• The teams we have beaten are a combined 4-11.
• The record of the teams we play going forward excluding FSU and Duke are a combined 26-41.
• So let's look at this two ways:
  • If BC loses all 3 games against FSU and Duke and wins 75-80% of the rest, their final ACC record would be around 9-11.
  • If BC beats all the teams at or under .500 left on their schedule (the only .500 team is Cuse, who we have at home) and loses to every team above .500, their final ACC record will be 9-11.

Let's assume they go 1-1 in the ACC tourney. Is a final record of 19-14 overall and 10-12 in the ACC (including the tourney) good enough for the NIT? Given that there are no more autobids from non-power conferences, I would bet that is probably good enough. If they could swing one extra victory in the ACC and be .500 in conference as well as 20-13 overall, I would feel very good about that. I know we all wanted NCAA, but making the NIT could be sold as progress by Earl Grant and maybe that gets us some better players.

I still think Grant needs to fix his coaching, but I'm trying to be optimistic where I can.

TV: ACCN
Line: VT -6.5/148.5
Kenpom: 78-72 VT
Does BC need this one to make the tournament?: I think this is the highest leverage game of the season. This would probably be a quad one win. 3-5 with three winnable games before Duke at Cameron is a reasonable launching point considering the last 8 games of the season are what they are. I just think our penchant for gagging winnable games means 2-6 with one less Quad 1 win leaves almost no room for error.
Will bshay21 bet this?: Why not go down with the ship at this point?
Bshay21 bet: VT first half winner/BC full time winner +800.
Scariest thing I've seen since Jaws as a kid:

Does anyone think BC makes the call to him in the next year or two?

Thornton was on a visit this past weekend from American Heritage HS in FL and committed to the Eagles on Tuesday night.

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Merrimack 2 BC 1 late second period

As requested by arklj

2024 Florida LB/DB

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This week upcoming

My Bowl predictions. 11/25/2023, 11:50 pm:

Assumptions:

• Georgia beats Alabama for SEC Championship
• Michigan beats Iowa for Big Ten Championship
• Washington beats Oregon for Pac-12 Championship
• Ohio State will be highest ranked Big Ten or SEC team outside top 4 in final CFP rankings

If Florida State beats Louisville for ACC Championship:

• CFP Semifinal Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans): Florida State vs. Georgia
• Capital One Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens): Louisville vs. Ohio State

If Louisville beat Florida State for ACC Championship:

• Capital One Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens): Louisville vs. Ohio State
• Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Atlanta) Florida State vs. highest ranked group of 5 champion

Other bowls:

• ReliaQuest Bowl (Tampa): Notre Dame
• Pop-Tarts Bowl (Orlando): NC State
• TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (Jacksonville): North Carolina
• DirecTV Holiday Bowl (San Diego): Clemson
• Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Charlotte): Duke
• Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl (New York): Georgia Tech
• Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (El Paso): Miami
• Military Bowl (Annapolis): Virginia Tech
• Wasabi Fenway Bowl (Boston): Boston College
• TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham) or Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa): Syracuse

Was in line ahead of me at security. Four star QB recruit for Texas A&M, currently attending The Hun School. From Marblehead. Very nice kid, had a nice conversation with him.


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Tons of activity by the staff including a lot of '25s, so we're getting an idea of who exactly the staff plans to pursue.

BC #1 with 34 first place votes. Kenmore Community is #2 with 8 first place votes.

This Nick Dunlap amateur winning a PGA event, despite at one point losing a 4 shot overnight lead in the final round and battling back is crazy theatre to add to the NFL divisional round!!! If he does pull it off it’ll be the first since Lefty in 1991. Youngest in over 110 years.

https://www.espn.com/womens-college...veer-sets-record-most-wins-ncaa-hoops-history

Does combining mens and womens sports for the sake of records make sense to other people? Like congrats to the Stanford womens coach but not really sure how you can compare what she did to Coach K. I’ve seen this referenced in non-ncaa sports as well and it always sounds kind of strange to me.