Thats the latest conspiracy...

So I didn't mention this but my kids managed to hear some of RFK's comments from a few days ago.

So today my youngest had a meltdown and when we calmed him down he said that he felt as though he was ruining the family...

We of course explained to him only adults can ruin families but now my kids have it in their head that because of their diagnosis they might be ruining a family that isn't even ruined.

And IDK who the hell RFK is to be talking about ruined families he divorced his first wife and Trump has divorced twice. F*** those guys. Despite having all the privilege in the world they ruin families. We without a tenth of their privilege have been married 15 years and our only kids are with each other. We did this shit right and they've done it wrong at every turn and yet they are the ones who get to grandstand and preach to us about how families should be.

We just had to have a long talk with our kids about how only adults can ruin families even though we arn't separating or getting divorced. But they are going to for the next 4 years hear bits pieces about how their diagnosis is destroying other people's lives just by them existing.

This is why I'm not friends with Trump supporters. You all voted for this, this was a very predictable result. And my kids are old enough now that we can't hide them from every bit of news out there and the news they are going to be hearing for the next 4 years at least is that they are less than and their existence is a burden on other people's lives.

I can't imagine what it's like to have adults in charge trying to send you that message at ages 9, 10, and 11. It's worse that likely 2 of their grandparents also believe this shit.

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“I just don’t see them getting the money. There’s no ‘there’ there, to be quite honest about it. If they want to spend money, they’re going to end up putting it on the debt,” said former Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), who previously served as the Republican chair of the Senate Budget Committee.

“They’re not going to get it out of tariffs, either. You have [White House trade adviser Peter] Navarro running around saying they’re going to get $600 billion in tariff revenue. That’s absurd. It’s basic economics. You raise the price on it, people stop buying it,” he said.

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Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay for President Trump’s agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various proposals to cut spending or increase revenues.
Without finding some new ideas, the GOP risks adding trillions of dollars to future deficits by passing Trump’s agenda, something many conservatives are loath to do.

Outside observers are expressing pessimism the Republicans will land on ideas that have enough support to get passed into law.
“I just don’t see them getting the money. There’s no ‘there’ there, to be quite honest about it. If they want to spend money, they’re going to end up putting it on the debt,” said former Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), who previously served as the Republican chair of the Senate Budget Committee.
“They’re not going to get it out of tariffs, either. You have [White House trade adviser Peter] Navarro running around saying they’re going to get $600 billion in tariff revenue. That’s absurd. It’s basic economics. You raise the price on it, people stop buying it,” he said.



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“It’s all a joke, to be honest with you, when it comes to money saving and reducing debt,” he added. “This president doesn’t care too much about debt.”
Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said lawmakers need to steel themselves to political blowback and make significant cuts, even though it will reduce some benefits.

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“If you take all the big pots of money off the table, it becomes very hard to find enough savings to offset $4, $5 — or more — trillion in tax cuts, let alone bring the debt down, which is the stated goal of many members,” she said.

“People say you can’t touch benefits for anything, you can’t raise taxes. OK, then we’re going to have a debt crisis. That is the result of not talking about benefits and/or taxes,” she warned.

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The most ambitious plan floated so far, to reduce Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, now appears all but dead after a dozen House Republicans informed their leadership this week that they would not support a bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage to vulnerable populations.
Republicans who have balked at Medicaid cuts say they’re willing to support new work requirements for the program, which would save an estimated $109 billion over 10 years, and to root out “fraud.” But that would achieve limited savings.

Budget experts say the proposed discretionary spending cuts recommended by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which would still need to be approved through a vote by Congress, will end up saving relatively little money over the long term compared to the huge projected cost of Trump’s agenda.

So far, Musk hasn’t come close to finding the $1 trillion in cuts he initially said he would find. Even if his DOGE team cut all nondefense, discretionary federal funding — just about all the money appropriated by Congress outside the Pentagon on an annual basis — he would still fall $50 billion short of his goal.

Musk has since significantly pared back his budget-cutting goal for next year, saying he now anticipates savings of $150 billion from the reduction of waste and fraud.

April 20, 2025 Update:

When looking at the current roster, there's a maximum of 15 roster spots and 5 spots currently remain open.

Based on reliable media reports and other announcements, this is where the 15 man roster currently stands:

Current 9 man 2025-2026 Scholarship Roster:
Bennett Stirtz...............6'4" guard, 1 year left
Isaia Howard..................6'5" guard, 3 years left
Kael Combs....................6'4" guard, 2 years left
Brendan Hausen...........6'4" guard, 1 year left
Tavion Banks..................6'7" G/F, 1 year left

Alvaro Folgueiras.........6'9 PF, 2 years left
Cam Manyawu..............6'9" forward, 2 years left
Cooper Koch.................6'8" forward, 4 years left
Trevin Jirak.....................6'11" F/C, 4 years left

1 Walk on:
Jacob Koch......................6'1" guard, 3 years left


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ORIGINAL POST (March 24, 2025):

Bennett & Isaia are going to be Hawkeyes!!! Who else do we want from the Drake roster?

Pryce and Cooper, please come back, too!

GO HAWKS!!!

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Interesting but good move.

Jesus

Nice get.

He has 2 YEARS left.

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After one more show.

So we can or cannot talk about the 197lb weight class, that is the question?

The Pope has died at age 88, just two weeks after coming home from a five-week hospital stay for pneumonia and just hours after making a surprise Easter appearance at the Vatican.

Now that the season is almost over for all teams, players will be looking for greener pastures via the transfer portal.

> 1447 in the transfer portal as of 9:00p 4/19/25. In 4 days the portal closes.
> Thought it would be < 1,400 this year. That didn't go so well.
> 440 committed while 26 Withdrew (32.2% off the board, ~67.8% remaining). 1.7% more off the board 3/19/25.
> Looks like 4/4/25 was close to equilibrium with commits closely matching entries. Look for commits to soon overtake entries daily especially on or after 4/7/25 (Rev Share Settlement Approval Proceedings start).
> Last day to be added to Transfer Portal before it closes is 4/23/25.


Potential Needs (Jan says she's looking for 2 in the portal):
-Top Scorer (replace Lucy' production)
-Ball Handling to break a press (replace Lucy)
-Power Forward (replace Syd or backup to the 4 spot if coaches feel Hanna or someone else on the team can start here)
-Jada Williams visit (3/28/25) signals Jan is looking for defense 1st + offensive weapon at PG


Player Reference Points:
Lucy Olsen Avg GmSr: 12.0 (24-25), 15.6 (23-24), 9.9 (22-23) and 5.1 (21-22)
Caitlin Clark Avg GmSr: 24.6 (23-24), 22.8 (22-23), 20.7 (21-22) and 19.6 (20-21)


Best Players Available in Portal For Our Possible Needs:
F:
Serah Williams (Wisconsin)

PG:
> Kayleigh Heckel (USC) - Cons: Looks like another miss coming. Report it's either UConn or ND.
> Lexi Fleming (Bowling Green) - Pros: Great #s all the way around; Cons: Mid-Major that did not play any P4 teams to see how see played against them. She played against 2 Big East teams and did not have good #s.

CG:
> Chazadi Wright (GA Tech) - Pros: Fast, quick and near logo 3; Cons: 3 years remaining and could harm Harpring commit if she comes into Iowa as a PG to take over for Lucy and Guyton.

G:
> Zyanna Walker (Kansas St) - Pros: 2024-25 All-Big 12 Defensive Team; High AST/TO ratio; Cons: 3pt% However it's ~the same as Heckel; Only 5'8"
> Melannie Daley (Northwestern) - Pros: High AST/To Ration; Cons: Negative Net on ORtg - DRtg


Committed to Iowa:


Committed Elsewhere:
Linked to Iowa:
Tonie Morgan (GA Tech) committed to Kentucky on 4/15/25.
Shannon Dowell (Illinois State) committed to Missouri on 4/15/25.
Elina Aarnisalo (UCLA) committed to UNC on 4/15/25.
Avery Howell (USC) committed to Washington on 4/8/25.
Gal Ravic (Quinnipiac) committed to Miami on 4/6/25.
Jada Williams (Arizona) committed to Iowa State on 4/2/25.
Other(s):
Vanessa de Jesus (Duke) committed to Notre Dame on 4/18/25.
Mickayla Perdue (Cleveland State) committed to Arizona on 4/15/25.
Emma Risch (ND) committed to Florida State on 4/15/25.
Rachel Rose (Wofford) committed to Clemson on 4/4/25.


The best players in the women’s college basketball transfer portal, ranked and updated




Updated: Division 1 Women's Basketball Transfer Portal: Expanded Top 100 Rankings for 2025
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Please help keep this list updated with relevant possibilities to replace our upcoming deficiencies when seniors leave and other gaps with returners or incoming commits.

Here's a reference guide of stats for current players to compare against portal replacement players:


Other Transfer Portal Tracking Resources:
Talia Goodman:


Raoul WBB Blog:


On3:


WCH Transfers (new one):

Just for fun, how do you think a modern day hypothetical American Civil War plays out? There’s no North and South, no real geographic or economic lines, and not really a single primary issue to rally around. The “two sides” that hate each other are intermingled and intertwined in almost every way. So how do we take each other out in Civil War 2? What does the end game look like?

For the numpties, a hypothetical is not a prediction of future events. It’s simply a thought exercise. Try your best to use your brains.

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Next great DB?

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I like the kid and think he’s pretty good. But he was 13-12. And this is one year after he played. Darien Hagen’s jersey is not retired and he was like 32-5 or something like that. Hunter I also get as a two way player. But not Sanders.

Leon judge says she was obliged to ignore his documented proof.​

Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans held Lopez-Gomez’s birth certificate up to the light after community advocate Silvia Alba silently waved the document in the courtroom.

“In looking at it, and feeling it, and holding it up to the light, the court can clearly see the watermark to show that this is indeed an authentic document,” Riggans said.

Based on her inspection of his birth certificate and Social Security card, Riggans said she found no probable cause for the charge. However, the state prosecutor insisted the court lacked jurisdiction over Lopez-Gomez’s release because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had formally asked the jail to hold him.

Slowly expanding it to US citizens. Disgusting.

You have to admit, the dude has it. Those uncle genius genes rubbed off on him big-time.

As of this morning, this is how the 4 pools would look:

Pool 1
Iowa (1)
Illinois (8)
Rutgers (12)

Pool 2
UCLA (2)
Indiana (7)
MSU (11)

Pool 3
Oregon (3)
Penn State (6)
Northwestern (10)

Pool 4
USC (4)
Washington (5)
Michigan (9)

I've done a number of searches and I can't find anything "official" on what the conference is using as a tiebreaker if all three teams in a pool are tied with a 1-1 record after Round Robin play. If the B1G follows the former ACC format (which seems logical), the highest seeded team in the pool will advance to weekend play if all three teams in the pool finish 1-1. [Deleted the next sentence because it could not have been more wrong. In my defense, I posted it from the Seattle airport at about 4:30 a.m. and, apparently, I had not yet had enough good Seattle coffee to rid all the fog in my brain at that early hour.]

Will update as balance of season plays out.

I know we need to keep political/religious posts off here because they degenerate into chaos.
Therefore the Mods should feel free to delete this post if necessary.
I am not a member of Pope Francis' denomination, but I GREATLY RESPECT his career as a Friend Of The Poor.
Now THAT is a LEGACY!

Tought a great thread would be to track rebuilding the roster. I will update as new players are confirmed

New Roster:
PG - Ben Stirtz (Sr)
PF - Cooper Koch (RSFr)
G - Kael Combs (Jr)
F - Cam Manyawu (Jr)
SG - Isaia Howard (So)
F - Tavian Banks (Sr)
C - Trevin Jirak (Fr)
SG - Brendan Hausen (Sr)
(F) - Alvaro Folgueiras (Jr)

Portal Targets:
- Kennard Davis (G)
- Federicko Federicko (C)

2025 Recruits:
- Tate Sage (SF)