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🏀 Recruiting TU Hoops Recruiting Notebook: Hall commits, Williams visits

Over the past few months, the new Tulsa basketball staff has welcomed several 2023 basketball prospects to campus for official visits, and while there wasn’t immediate success with the first couple of visitors, TU patiently continued to target highly-ranked and highly-recruited talent.

The hard work paid off on Halloween, as Lebanon (TN) wing Jarred Hall committed to the Golden Hurricane during a ceremony in his high school gym.

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📝 Larry Lewis Sam Griffin and Tulsa begin Eric Konkol era versus Oregon State

Getting Sam Griffin to stay in Tulsa was critical for new head coach Eric Konkol. It helped that Konkol had tried to recruit the dynamic Griffin before. Griffin, who was briefly in the transfer portal after Frank Haith resigned at TU, was quickly convinced to stay after talking with Konkol. But Griffin also had other reasons.

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John Fetterman

I got interested in this Fetterman vs. Oz race and watched some of the debate, and then I've watched Fetterman on a couple other recent TV appearances. I've watched a man, Fetterman, who recently had a stroke and cannot put sentences together went put under pressure. I feel very sorry for him as a human being...the debate was very difficult to watch.

Some things I don't understand are (1) why he is still running, (2) why anyone would vote for someone with a recent stroke that is incapable of clear thought in tough situations and will not produce his medical records, (3) why would anyone vote for a guy that blatantly lied at the debate when confronted with his anti-fracking statements ("I don't support fracking at all) and then said, "I do support fracking...and...I don't, I don't...I support fracking, and I stand, and I do support fracking."

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Please someone explain how he is still a viable candidate? And why in the world would Oprah Winfrey put her support behind someone that just blatantly lied on national TV and cannot think properly due to medical conditions? I mean really. I don't see a plausible explanation at all. This is mind-boggling.

Official Oregon State Prediction Thread

First game of the Coach K era. The other Coach K has retired, so there shouldn’t be any confusion.

Hard to know what we will see. Let’s hope it’s the opposite of that crappy complicated defense we could never grasp.

In fairness to the previous staff, they didn’t leave the cupboard completely bare. It’s up to this staff to coach them up.

Beaver dams: 70
Corps of Engineers dams: 74

Bonus Kendall Prediction: Sam Griffin will be glad he stayed.

📝 Larry Lewis PREVIEW: Sam Griffin and Tulsa begin Eric Konkol era versus Oregon State

Getting Sam Griffin to stay in Tulsa was critical for new head coach Eric Konkol. It helped that Konkol had tried to recruit the dynamic Griffin before. Griffin, who was briefly in the transfer portal after Frank Haith resigned at TU, was quickly convinced to stay after talking with Konkol. But Griffin also had other reasons.

Everyone should sit on the East side for the South Fladda game

We could fool the viewing audience into thinking we have decent attendance.

The attendance for yesterday's game was announced at 15K. Roughly half of that number was the actual headcount I would guess. The final game will probably be even lower. There would be plenty of room for everyone on the east side.

The only problem is that there will probably be fewer people watching on tv than will actually be at the stadium, even though a spot in the Bottom 10 may be on the line.

Inequality rising in US

According to the Congressional Budget office from 1990 to 2019 wealth held by the bottom 50% of the US population decreased from 4% to 2.%. The wealth those in the 50% to 90% range also decreased, while the wealth of the top 10% increased to nearly 70% of US wealth. The top 1% owns 34% of total US wealth. This data is consistent with slightly older data from the Fed.

Wealth inequality undermines faith in democracy and fuels the appeal of authoritarianism and populism which promise results based on their personal power. Our elections are driven increasingly by money resulting in legislators who are responsive to those who can financially support them. Unless we get money out of our electoral system, we will continue down this path.
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