Seth Davis

Yes. You know what? It's funny you say that because I'm a D.C. sports fan. Well, first of all, they haven't had the lottery. I'm a Wizards fan. I go back to the old Bullets days with Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld and the Capital Center and Landover. And I was down at Duke a couple of weeks ago interviewing Cooper for Fox Sports.

Yes. You know what? It's funny you say that because I'm a D.C. sports fan. Well, first of all, they haven't had the lottery. I'm a Wizards fan. I go back to the old Bullets days with Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld and the Capital Center and Landover. And I was down at Duke a couple of weeks ago interviewing Cooper for Fox Sports.

And I kind of looked him up and down and said, you know, you look pretty good in a Wizards uniform. But the most Wizards thing ever is going to be they are not winning the lottery. Like I am not even allowing myself mentally to go there. As far as the numbers are concerned, though, if you look at what Cooper Plagg is going to make in the NBA as a number one pick, Duke can't even touch that.

And I kind of looked him up and down and said, you know, you look pretty good in a Wizards uniform. But the most Wizards thing ever is going to be they are not winning the lottery. Like I am not even allowing myself mentally to go there. As far as the numbers are concerned, though, if you look at what Cooper Plagg is going to make in the NBA as a number one pick, Duke can't even touch that.

So but what we are seeing are players who would otherwise go to the draft in like the second round or even guys who might not be drafted and would potentially go overseas or guys who are coming out of high school and going to play for the NBA G League Ignite, which, by the way, doesn't even exist anymore. So all of this has really been great for college basketball.

So but what we are seeing are players who would otherwise go to the draft in like the second round or even guys who might not be drafted and would potentially go overseas or guys who are coming out of high school and going to play for the NBA G League Ignite, which, by the way, doesn't even exist anymore. So all of this has really been great for college basketball.

And, you know, everybody's saying, oh, it's killing the transfer portal and all that. You know, they point to things that kind of make us uncomfortable. If you look overall, the fact that players can now make real money playing college basketball, guess what? That means more of the really good ones are staying and returning to college basketball.

And, you know, everybody's saying, oh, it's killing the transfer portal and all that. You know, they point to things that kind of make us uncomfortable. If you look overall, the fact that players can now make real money playing college basketball, guess what? That means more of the really good ones are staying and returning to college basketball.

And that's been very good, I think, for the enterprise.

And that's been very good, I think, for the enterprise.

Well, I think it's a great hire. The very, very interesting part of that is the timing. And this is just one of those odd things. I presume this is going to be fixed. The transfer portal opens on March 24th. And so if Miami doesn't have a head coach, not only on the 24th, but really in the run up to the 24th, it's going to be way behind the eight ball in terms of recruiting transfers.

Well, I think it's a great hire. The very, very interesting part of that is the timing. And this is just one of those odd things. I presume this is going to be fixed. The transfer portal opens on March 24th. And so if Miami doesn't have a head coach, not only on the 24th, but really in the run up to the 24th, it's going to be way behind the eight ball in terms of recruiting transfers.

So that's basically the deal, as I understand it, that they presented to Lucas. And, you know, a lot of credit should go to John Shire for being okay with it. Because if John Shire put his foot down and said to Jay Lucas, hey, I gave you a chance to come here. We need you for the stretch run. We're trying to win the championship.

So that's basically the deal, as I understand it, that they presented to Lucas. And, you know, a lot of credit should go to John Shire for being okay with it. Because if John Shire put his foot down and said to Jay Lucas, hey, I gave you a chance to come here. We need you for the stretch run. We're trying to win the championship.

I'm not saying Jay would have done it, but it would have been a different situation. So it's a great, again, lesson in terms of leadership of service, doing what's best for the people who work for you. But it's a problem because the portal opening on the 24th, so you're going to have 16 schools who are still playing in the NCAA tournament.

I'm not saying Jay would have done it, but it would have been a different situation. So it's a great, again, lesson in terms of leadership of service, doing what's best for the people who work for you. But it's a problem because the portal opening on the 24th, so you're going to have 16 schools who are still playing in the NCAA tournament.

They could move that back even a week and a half, two weeks, and kind of ease that pressure. Football has a much harder problem because for 95, 98 probably percent of the schools, I guess, whatever it is, 90 percent, their season basically ends at Thanksgiving. Now, you have these bowl games that don't really matter in the grand scheme. And so kids can enter the transfer portal.

They could move that back even a week and a half, two weeks, and kind of ease that pressure. Football has a much harder problem because for 95, 98 probably percent of the schools, I guess, whatever it is, 90 percent, their season basically ends at Thanksgiving. Now, you have these bowl games that don't really matter in the grand scheme. And so kids can enter the transfer portal.

But you still have 12 teams in the playoff that doesn't even begin for several weeks. And that's interesting.

But you still have 12 teams in the playoff that doesn't even begin for several weeks. And that's interesting.