This is an article today in Bloomberg Law discussing how boosters are gearing up to offer "lucrative deals" to top high school athletes to get them to go to certain universities of their desire, because of the TN court case issuing a preliminary injunction prohibiting the NCAA from enforcing their rules in this area. Right now it is a system without any guardrails as a result of this court case and other issues accoridng to the article (which is behind a paywall). At the same time, the NLRB is moving to make almost all college athletes into employees with all rights of employment (minimum wage, right to organize, right to collectively bargain, employee protections, leave rights etc.

We are dealing with a wild wild west situation right now.

johnnies by 8. pressure and shots win game.

damn.

Hilarious

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Women beat Bluejays and on to finals of the BE Championship

generic report follows:

first off cooley had MAD energy. was large and in charge, teaching. hahaha

all the assistants were there.



happenings

--worked on an offensive set, 5-out...worked options out of it

---worked on deploying full court pressure

...reviewed an aggressive zone with a twist

...shooting drills - 3 ball, 2 man 3pt shooting (they do this everyday apparently)

...3 man layup drills, ball no touch

free throws

...spirited up and down, 5 on 5, coaches dialing plays. cook excelled defensively with activity and hustle

five guys full court, running stuff offensively

4 on 4

shooting stations

motion off work

physical conditioner.



heard

Those guys are nothing more than catch and shoot guys. Let's have a great practice
--cooley running through player scout before practice

He can't keep up with the speed of the ball...drive the big man
---cooley on attacking bigs in space

...ball side of the midline...can't cheat up
...take that away
...go get 'em...either here or here
...in traps, be urgent and physical
.....cooley teaching press foundations

You;re gonna pressure me...with your hands up
...cooley teaching zone principles

take his right hand away
...cooley dialing in zone

mentally, you aren't letting them run anything.
...cooley fine tuning defensive approach

it takes a different kind of effort in the second half of practice to win
...thomas getting guys to go harder, later in practice

stay under cutters. You're gonna be married and hear coach cooley sat that
...cooley pounding in on fundamentals

you're right ish. you're right
...cooley on a scoring error Ish caught

as long as we get what we're supposed to get, we are god
...cooley on positive energy on misses

oh yeah epps!. oh yeah!
Fielder after epps hits a three

...that's physicality
...thomas on being truly physical

who is the next open guy? the guys whose farthest from the guy
...cooley on who to attack

you have to pay attention. you were wrong. my two point guards, you and Jayden
cooley getting on rowan and epps

You win by 36 and still you whine about the refs. I have a lot respect for what he’s accomplished but what is Genos problem?

is here.

about to publish coverage of their win over xavier

Women in the Big East semi finals after stopping St John’s with ferocious d. Go Hoyas

likely last practice mad available this season.

didn't miss one such op. learned alot by doing it. hoyas are well coached, not well playered. hahahah not a significant number of players.

well anyway

did:
drills, sets, prep, lifting were all completed. stayed the entire time

including...motion off, fb to secondary to quick offense actoins, 3 man, 2 ball 3pt shooting, zone offense, press break stuff, fast break outlet drill, five on five, more shooting drill, short roll drill, UCLA drill,

interesting:
all segment ending free throws were shot by cook. team was supportive
mckenna rarely missed in the shooting drills
ish was rarely making. he's in a serious funk


heard:

"fielder, make sure you're stretched. you are not ready for practice if you aren't".
...cooley to fielder

"get to it"
...cooley to team

"make em fast d"
...battle on playing defense more aggressively.

"we're going to run this alot, Sataruday"
...cooley on a set

"trez, he should never score on you"
...cooley admonishing styles for being scored on

"get awake blue"
...battle talking to the 2nd team

"take care of the ball"
..cooley to the guys

"water fast"
..cooley to the guys

"Ball movement, body movement will disgurure the zone
...cooley to the guys

"keep going...that's what happens in the game. Stay in it all the way through"
...cooley to the guys, saying run the stuff

"stay in it...force them to guard it"
...cooley on not breaking off offense

"both sides have to be more disciplined in what we are doing
...colley admonishing for focus

"don't tell me...tell him!!
...cooley fussing for more communication

"That's exactly what happens when you attack it. Great job men!
...cooley applauding his guys during press break work

"did you need help? say 'i'm good, i'm good...yall don't say anything"
....cooley needing better and more communication

"listen up. we get to 5 on 5, we should be executing our stuff"
...thomas on actually running the plays

""we HAVE to capitalize!"
...Ivan on fast break advantages not being seized".

"your lack of hustle...cost us a layup!"
...cooley to a player. and he meant it.

"it's amazing what you can do with energy and concentration"
....cooley stressing buy in/focus




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Very positive developments here.

*Please don't turn this into a bash fest lol

Ron (or anyone), know where we sit with this 2026 kid from Nigeria who is playing in AZ?

ill be there.

frairs by 8

it would be great to clip them up for ncaa play. hahahah

Brown plays Harvard with the 4th and final spot in the Ivy Madness tournament on the line.

Kino LIlly from Landon School (MD) leads Brown. Another top player for Brown is Aaron Cooley. I have no idea if he is related to Ed but he is from New England.

Harvard is led by Frosh Malik Mack from St. John's College HS in MD and Thomas Batties II from Gonzaga College HS in DC

..it’s time to STFU and make the donuts. Earn that check. This X loss is on you. Own it, fix it, and get a damn win outside of DePaul.

What a colossal shit show this program has become.

sidwell prevails in a squeaker

plan to be there.

REALLY want hoyas to win, though i don't see a way unless x shoots crappy, hoyas shoot well, 3 cats get strong double figures, and the ball bounces right.

just don't see it happening, sadly.

damn.

Fairmont vs largo...Cooley & thomas 2.28. Ward is prospect

blue ridge vs pvi...thomas. 3.1. Smith is prospect

gonazaga vs sidwell (dcssa) 3.1
. Lewis' (acaden & nyk) & Williams (signee) ...per source will confirm when I arrive

who will be acknowledged vs x

mutombo

plans

seems like both parties can say goodbye now