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Tyler also?

Do you know anything about Austin Lee from Berthold? I've never seen him play, and have no idea what level of college basketball he might be able to play, but I've heard he might be one of those under-the-radar types who could potentially end up being pretty good. I believe he shared the region player of the year award with Heidlebaugh, but I'm not certain on that.

At this point, I'd say Hooker, Crandall and Seales better be ready to play at least 35 minutes per game.

I will grant you that I didn't take Stefan into account. However, you have to use total points scored rather than ppg for the calculations to be truly accurate. UND scored a total of 2526 points in 2013-14, and collectively Huff, Anderson, Webb, Traylor, Schuler and Stefan scored 1757 of those. 1757 is 69.5% of 2526.

I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing. It's more to point out the obvious--that relying on transfers to that degree was an epic fail when you lose big AND you have to replace them after a year anyway. We're now potentially back in a similar situation as it was heading into last year--one proven scorer and a bunch of question marks.

If it does turn out that Tyler and DeRouen aren't returning, that would mean UND will be losing its second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth leading scorers from this past season. That's roughly 60% of the scoring. By comparison, roughly 65% of the scoring was lost after the 2013-14 season.

Yes, I'd assume one would go to Hobaugh. I wouldn't mind taking a chance on a 3-point specialist and hope he develops into a more well-rounded player.

Assuming this is true, it brings up an interesting question--does Jones go the transfer route again, or just try to find the best unsigned high school player(s) he can now that a scholarship or two is available? I know which option I'd prefer. The quick fix hasn't worked very well so far.

They have incredible size and athleticism, but I'm not sold on their guard play at all. As a team they are great defensively, but offensively? Not really. A team that controls the tempo and shoots a good percentage from behind the arc would stand a decent chance against them. Notre Dame would appear to have the best chance of the other remaining teams from that region.

Heidlebaugh named Mr. Basketball and MVP of state tournament.

He's on fire tonight in the championship game.

A 30 or 40 point blowout is pretty rare these days in the tournament. I give Richman full credit for what he did this year with a team that really wasn't particularly talented after Alexander. If he can win 20-plus games next year without Alexander, he's a coaching genius.

What more can you say about Ben Jacobson? You really have to respect what he's built at UNI. Sometimes I wonder what might have been for UND had Greg McDermott decided to remain at UNI long-term...

One-time UND recruiting target Wes Washpun of UNI is playing really well today.

It's too bad Paul Ralston isn't the voice of Baylor basketball. That would have been an interesting post-game interview.

Normally I love it when a big upset happens, but part of me doesn't really want to see anything good happen to the UAB athletic department after the way they dropped their football program. I realize that's not the fault of the players or coaches.

Although it's not an exhaustive list, here's an interesting compilation of coaches' pay and incentives for reaching and winning games in the NCAA tournament: http://sports.newsday.com/long-island/data/college/college-basketball/march-madness-coach-incentives/?currentRecord=1

Sometimes division II success isn't necessarily all that impressive, if the successful team is comprised largely of transfers, many of whom are only playing division II due to being non-qualifiers. But Moorhead's top four scorers are high school recruits from the likes of Moorhead, Staples, Red Wing and Braham. The job Walthall has done at a school where it's not exactly easy to win is nothing short of incredible.

Anybody but Kentucky is fine with me.

You are probably correct with regard to it being a pool. I was basing my theory in large part on Bubba's pay as SIU's associate head coach compared to Lennon's. Whether or not that is similar almost everywhere, or in basketball compared to football, I'm not 100% certain.

I've been wondering about this for awhile. I suppose the issue is that generally speaking, whatever a head coach is paid dictates the maximum assistants' pay, i.e. an assistant won't get more than x% of whatever the head coach gets (probably somewhere under 50%). And obviously by division I standards, Jones' pay is about as low as it can be. Unfortunately, this situation has been allowed to drag out for far too long, due to the fact that Jones has not done well enough to force Faison to pay him more (or get himself a better-paying job elsewhere), and in Faison's opinion, Jones hasn't done poorly enough to replace him. One way or the other, this has to change by no later than after next season.

I couldn't think of a better candidate. Of course, like Craig Smith last year, if you wait you likely lose your opportunity...

I definitely agree that Jones is paid what he is for a reason. And the fact that Jones agreed to his most recent contract extension, which kept him among the lowest paid coaches in the Big Sky, tells me even Jones doesn't think he's worth much, if any more. The frustrating thing is that Faison is sending mixed messages. On the one hand, he's clearly not confident enough in Jones' ability to pay him at least what Brewster gets--and we pretty much know Jones' successor will have to get as much or more than Brew. But on the other hand, he WAS confident enough in Jones to have extended his contract four years into the future after the modest success of the 2012-13 season, almost guaranteeing that the UND's men's basketball budget would remain quite low for several more years, and resulting in a serious lack of continuity on the staff since assistants routinely leave for higher-paying jobs.

Tom Miller season review, and 2015-16 preview: http://millersports.areavoices.com/2015/03/16/und-mbb-2014-15-season-wrap/

For the most part, if anybody does transfer I'd expect it would be to a division II or NAIA school, so that they would be immediately eligible.