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Can't remember if this was mentioned before but to Brock: are the NSBB archives also coming along to the new site? Or at least remain archived and available online? Need to know if I should be making one last trip down memory lane and relive some of my most brilliant posts.

Huh? I think he meant Pace, and specifically Pace not attacking the loopholes until just before they were closed. It's like when the Cubs finally figured out that you can draft committed high school kids in the mid rounds and give them ridiculous sums of money to forego college one year before the MLB said 'screw that' and changed the rules. At least it caught Theo's attention

5 Big Ten Tournament games, 5 lower seeded teams winning. If Minnesota beats Maryland :shock:

I don't understand quote how comp picks are distributed. How the hell did the 49ers get 7 picks - 3 of them after the 3rd round, and how do we game the system like that?

Thanks for sharing a highlight from yesterday afternoon's games

Ohio State winning the following game has to be pure salt in the wound. :hello: I have like maybe 5% of the hate for Ohio State basketball than I do Ohio State football. They're not going to the tourney either way unless they win 3 more so whatevs.

On to the next season which is *checks notes* oh god the Cubs?

I’ve given up trying to understand the last 2 years of Bulls basketball as they trounce the Nuggets who were 30-4 at home this year. Edit: I realize this post comes right after a post where I mention I don’t even pay attention to whether they’re playing anymore, but it’s hard to not notice on Twitter when the Bulls blowout the top team in the west on the road.

Poles found his David Bote

Tank win! Hurts when its the Wings though

I saw a mock earlier today that had the Bears ending up with the following haul via 2 trades: Will Anderson (1.04), 2024 1st (HOU), 2024 1st (IND), 2023 2nd (HOU), 2023 2nd (IND), 2023 3rd (IND). Imagine getting 2 1st's, 2 2nd's and a 3rd while still getting the top player off the board. I'm trying not to let my mind drift too much here because its bound to lead to disappointment

The Ringer has a good article today about Poles' decisions as he attempts to trade 1.01 and the possibility of overplaying his hand. Of course its littered with Rounders references because its still a Bill Simmons website

While acknowledging that its stupid to draw much from Spring Training performances, I really hope Edwin Rios becomes a thing. Could really use an extra power bat.

Hawks are now 3 points behind Columbus for worst record. I didn't realize this but the difference between finishing with the worst record and second worst record is huge in terms of odds of #1 overall. Worst team has 25.5% odds 2nd worst team has 13.5% odds If the Blackhawks can just suck a little harder they will have 12% better odds of Bedard. Regardless of your views on tanking, if you are gonna tank and are in mid-March of an already lost season, tank your ass off

Have the Bulls dropped like completely off the radar for anyone else? I didn't even realize that "accomplishment" against the Pacers. I vaguely remember seeing that they lost the game, but I've lost all will to care about this particular team. They need to switch things up in the offseason because this is a hatable squad, but I don't think they will.

Barkley, Pollard and Jacobs were all tagged over the last 2 days. Running back market is getting pretty thin.

I'll still believe a double trade down when I see it happen. Never seen that happen at the top of the 1st round, so seems too good to be true. Edit: Nevermind, I just read the article and saw that this has happened twice before. I am still dubious but hey if they can pull it off thats amazing.

Michigan actually has a great draw for someone in their position. They get a Q1 game against Rutgers which will possibly be an elimination game for one of them. Then they get a chance to make a statement with a Q1-A game against Purdue. If they win that somehow, they could get MSU on Saturday. MSU 31 in NET right now, 1 spot away from being another Q1 win for Michigan, so they may be in a situation where regardless of result they walk out with a Q1 win. So win 2, lose 1 but gain 3 Q1 wins. Maybe still not enough for Michigan, but they'd at least be in the conversation on Sunday. Why do I keep talking myself into having hope with this damn team?!!

MEH TBH all the options sort of blur together me but that's one I see toward the top of people's lists, and figure with Poles' KC connection and the vast resources we have its noteworthy. PFF grades in KC were good, not great and he was a lot better in Baltimore. At the very least it gives the Bears another option to play with. He'd certainly be a solid upgrade at RT even if he isn't everyone's choice.

LETS GO

He'll draw it out if he feels he needs to but I get the impression he really wants to close this out before FA

That's what I want at this point. I'm taking a guess that Carolina is the team they are talking about that might be offering this year's first, second and third, next year's first, second and third and then the first in 2025. If someone is offering that, how can you say no? Hell, I'd take that without the 2024 second and third. I seriously doubt they can get that much, but it is going to be fun watching the process play out these next few months. I'd love to know the 4 teams. I guess Carolina, Las Vegas, Indi, and the Texans. The article mentions that one of the teams is farther back in the 1st round than you would expect. Not sure how I feel about that but I'm sure the haul would be massive if we moved down that far. Without putting too much thought into it, I'm thinking Washington at 16, Tampa Bay at 19, and Baltimore at 23 seem like possibilities. The Ravens don't have a 2nd round pick this year, so you can probably eliminate them. The Commanders and Bucs don't really have a surplus of picks in early rounds, so I don't see how they can make an attractive enough offer unless they is a player involved..someone like Godwin or McLaurin. Another thing the article points out is that you can only trade draft picks from 2023, 2024 and 2025. On draft night you can also trade 2026 picks. None of those teams have surplus picks in the first 3 rounds of those 3 drafts so I'd say the trade would have to be like 2023 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2024 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2025 1st, 2nd or something crazy like that.

Well Illinois is going to the NCAA tournament and because of the last 2 painful OT losses Michigan almost certainly isnt, so yes. But I have noticed that a ton from Illinois. Gotta be frustrating. Michigan's issue was not the last 2 games....it was what they did before February. Obviously. The last 2 games were an extension of a season long problem. They have lost 6 games this year when they had an 80+% win probability in the second half. 5 of them were Q1 games, and the other was the resume anchor loss to Q4 CMU. Win one of those games and they are probably in the field right now by a hair. 12 of their 14 losses have been by 1-2 possessions or OT. Insane how this team repeatedly falls apart when it matters most. They have true Freshman and a sophomore playing 4 of the 5 most minutes on the team so in a sense I get it, but its still crazy.

A ton of great info from Poles here, read all the way til the end. He seems convinced that he’s gonna get 1sts in 2024 and 2025 for 1.01 and that there are at least 4 teams he’s talking with. Some of this could definitely be negotiating through the media but I’m super excited to see how this plays out https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/03/06/ryan-poles-chicago-bears-nfl-combine-draft-peter-king-fmia/?cid=fmiatw

Would you trade Michigan’s end game collapses for Illinois’ seeming need to be punched in the face (almost literally) before they wake up and realize that there’s a game going on? They turned the ball over in their first 4 possessions and allowed Purdue to score in their first 5 to go down 11 points three minutes into the game, had to play catch up the rest of the way and end up losing by 5. I’m looking around the Internet to find Illinois’ first half vs second half point differentials. It’s got to be substantial. Well Illinois is going to the NCAA tournament and because of the last 2 painful OT losses Michigan almost certainly isnt, so yes. But I have noticed that a ton from Illinois. Gotta be frustrating.