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April 2nd, 2023 at 5:25 PM ^

Honestly, this is probably a more "praise worthy" achievement than most of what our "revenue sport" athletes have accomplished this season (or maybe ever will again in the coming future).

How can that be, especially after that very sweet beatdown of osu in Columbus this last November en route to another Big Ten championship?  Simply put, these kids did not have the massive expectations, nor the full ride scholarships & NIL money, and had to put in just as much time & effort into the MBB program as any starter did (maybe more, honestly) and all while pursuing a full time "real" education (with all the after hours commitment and academic rigor it entails) that was going to be their career... they came to "play school" full time yet also became the indispensable pieces in keeping a major revenue sports program running... all in their spare time.  These were real college kids, not professionals (and the semi/quasi-professionals we have now).

Well done, young men.