WEEKEND BRUNCH.

- Why the SEC's depth may be unprecedented in 2024-25
- Other things to nosh on

bit.ly/3yqVgNR

Interesting Note: If Mark Sears returns to Alabama, the SEC will return six of its Top 10 scorers from last season.

The other five:

Wade Taylor IV (Texas A&M)
Walter Clayton (Florida)
Josh Hubbard (Mississippi State)
Johni Broome (Auburn)
Tramon Mark (Texas)

High praise for Aurora, Nebraska native Baylor Scheierman from the NBA’s top Draft insider.

Fun fact: The Southeastern Conference tops all conferences with 26 players on opening day WNBA rosters, followed by the ACC (21), Pac-12 (20), Big Ten (18), and Big 12 (13).

Next season’s ⁦Southeastern Conference⁩ men’s basketball schedule leans into iconic rivalries—including the continuation of classic SEC rivalries, and the resumption of historic rivalries dating back to the old Southwest Conference and Big 12. secsports.com/news/2024/05/2…

Proud to cheer on Adrian Martinez today as he led the B2B CHAMPIONSTALLIONS 🏆🏆 to another victory. In a league filled with NFL players (especially at the QB position), Adrian is building a strong case to be MVP of the United Football League. And as always, he is all class off the field.

Dinos Trigonis (Dinos Trigonis) has an incredible track record of identifying future NBA players. That’s why the NBA chose Pangos All-American Camp to be one of the first HS camps unaffiliated with a shoe/apparel company to be approved for NBA scouts to attend. Look at the numbers ⬇️

Amazon, Microsoft, or Tesla.

This is an important life lesson. Adversity will come. How will you respond?

Adrian Martinez doing big things for the Birmingham B2B CHAMPIONSTALLIONS 🏆🏆.

Love to see it!

Adrian’s maturity, professionalism, and perseverance make him easy to root for!

Policymakers should be open to this type of creative thinking. And reclassification does not need to be permanent. It can be fluid to account for modern realities.

The issue is — due to economics, emergence of club sports, and costs to participate in youth sports — urban school districts increasingly struggle to offer meaningful HS sports programs. This saddens me b/c sports historically provided hope and opportunity for many urban youth.

This data is disheartening. HS sports can provide a path to upward social mobility and instill valuable life lessons. We should work hard to preserve these opportunities for students at Omaha Public Schools and urban school districts across the country.

Congrats justin bolis! Special opportunity for you to play big-time college basketball in your hometown. I believe you will make a big impact on and off the court.

Classy message from Kentucky native Reed Sheppard as he declares for the NBA Draft. I’ll be rooting for Reed’s continued success as he pursues the next chapter of his basketball dreams.

Omaha’s Tre’Shawn Thurman (Tre’Shawn) continues to make his hometown proud — this time with his recognition as one of the top players in the EuroCup (a tournament featuring many of the best pro teams in Europe).

Thankful to reconnect w/Craig Bohl (Coach Craig Bohl) at Southeastern Conference HQ. I was his scout-team QB at Nebraska. Coach Bohl built NDSU Football into a powerhouse, was head coach for Wyoming Cowboy Football and now leads AFCA. Along the way, he recruited/developed NFL QBs, Josh Allen & Carson Wentz.

ESPN’s latest mock NBA Draft has three Southeastern Conference players projected as lottery picks: Rob Dillingham (4th overall), Reed Sheppard (7th), and Dalton Knecht (9th).

The global nature of the NBA is a blessing and a curse. A blessing b/c the league’s foreign born players help generate global revenue of ~$10B annually and sky high franchise valuations. And a curse b/c many NBA players are unknown to American sports fans, who make jokes like ⬇️