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Jul 6, 2020Liked by Ricky O'Donnell

My friend came over and didn't wanna watch the stream, so I had to bail in the first half of the Louisville game. Glad to see WIU advancing to the sweet 16!!!!

Also... tied for first after the first two rounds! Boom! 😁 Though, as I told Sean when asking how to update my profile with my name, I think my bracket is gonna fall apart after the Sweet 16 and definitely the Elite 8.

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and I realized I made the bracket my other username and not this one. ugh. lol

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Jul 6, 2020Liked by Ricky O'Donnell

Jorts has to be a $5 center now. He scored 25.9 a game and is the all-time leading scorer in program history. That is excellence on a single season level and a collegiate career level. As Bill James would say -- he outperformed everyone (all players, not just centers) on both a Peak Value level as well as a Career Value level.

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My only counter to this, which I said multiple times during the stream, is that legends are made in March. Regular season numbers count for something, but I put more value in impact on winning at the highest levels. With that said, Jorts was the starting center and a primary offensive option on teams that reached the Sweet 16 (at least) his last two years of school. Let's see what he can do on Tuesday to further burnish his legacy.

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Austen Kleinzweig and Borislav Grimes were cancers to the program. They let the team slip under their leadership, and bounced when things got tough. Now the team of youngsters is flourishing without them

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Also, can’t wait to see Timon Suotamo develop. I haven’t been this excited for a prospect since Bert Draughn!

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Wait is the stream at 7:30 ET or 8:30 ET??

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8:30 pm ET. I had it right twice and wrong once!

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