Reusse was on Michael Rand podcast this morning talking about the crazy NIL situation. Said he talked with Uelmen after he helped us beat St Thomas in tourney. Uelmen said he loved UND and Sather gave him a chance ....... Not long after he was in the portal.
Reusse then said he talked to Sather at a coaches function at start of NCAA tourney. He asked Sather about losing Uelmen and Sather said something like "I have no idea who I'll have next year at this point. Almost all of my team is in the portal."
Pecknold in the Quinnipiac Chronicle. Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the guy that just had back to back shutouts in the regional.
“He was ahead of the play the entire night,” Pecknold said of the Czech native. “He was locked in. We didn’t do enough to get bodies in front of him. He overchallenges, which is fine at this level, but that creates rebounds and they’re in trouble for that. We didn’t generate those first shots.”
There are a number of us on here that believe what you are saying and support what you want to get accomplished.
There are plenty of red flags with the program going back over the past 10-15 years to indicate that if things don't change we can't be successful.
I talked with one hs senior/incoming freshman last spring and asked how it impacted her with Mal leaving. She said Hutter was the primary recruiter for her anyway.
edit - I was talking to her and one of her parents regarding how it impacted her offer and commitment. Not regarding the play on the court.
I’d love our guys to stay but hard to argue with the money. If a kid passes up $1M to stay at UND I’d wonder if he even learned anything in his business classes.
When Calipari went to Arkansas 2 seasons ago he was guaranteed $5M for player payments. I remember thinking that was crazy. They’re now at $11.5M per this breakdown of Sweet 16 teams player money.
There's just so much money out there available and it's growing incredibly with the revenue sharing agreement.
U of MN basketball was believed to have $1M available for the 2024-25 season. Estimate for next season is $5-6M. The spare change they can find in the couch is enough to lure kids from schools like UND.