Xavier Basketball: 0 to 60 Months

[xu82]

I find it insane that in spite of the insane cost to attend college, we collectively somehow also just GIVE 8B a year to universities?

By the way, if everything goes as planned after my tech company finishes its IPO, I will probably be in a position to give about $5M a year to the NIL fund.

Unfortunately, I don’t actually have a company…..YET. Or an idea for a company….YET. But otherwise, I’m on track.

In light of all that, do you mind if I wait to start kissing up?

[MHettel]

In light of all that, do you mind if I wait to start kissing up?

Yeah, for sure! I mean this is working out!

[X-band '01]

I find it insane that in spite of the insane cost to attend college, we collectively somehow also just GIVE 8B a year to universities?

By the way, if everything goes as planned after my tech company finishes its IPO, I will probably be in a position to give about $5M a year to the NIL fund.

Unfortunately, I don’t actually have a company…..YET. Or an idea for a company….YET. But otherwise, I’m on track.

Careful now, Final4 will think you're trying to 1-up the esteemed MOR.

[xudash]

Careful now, Final4 will think you're trying to 1-up the esteemed MOR.

Now that you dusted this thread off a little, it would be a good time to point out what Quincy had to say in his reveal video - about making long-term decisions for his career over possible short-term bumps available from NIL sources other than whatever he landed from Xavier.

While it would be naive to think that money will not be a major factor in a lot of the decisions made about a new school via the portal, it was refreshing to see, at least in his case, that he put a number of important criteria into the mix for him and came away with a decision in favor of X.

As we all know, Quincy whittled his choices down to Auburn, Miami, Texas and X. We landed him. That's a pretty big statement.

According to reports, Ousmane considered Alabama, Arkansas, Louisville, Ole Miss, Florida, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech and talked to Syracuse, Seton Hall, LSU, Rhode Island, Virginia, Providence and DePaul. Hard to say what levels of interest those schools had, but he was considering them.

Xavier + Sean Miller + Big East is a nice PROGRAM TRIPLE THREAT.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Now that you dusted this thread off a little, it would be a good time to point out what Quincy had to say in his reveal video - about making long-term decisions for his career over possible short-term bumps available from NIL sources other than whatever he landed from Xavier.

While it would be naive to think that money will not be a major factor in a lot of the decisions made about a new school via the portal, it was refreshing to see, at least in his case, that he put a number of important criteria into the mix for him and came away with a decision in favor of X.

As we all know, Quincy whittled his choices down to Auburn, Miami, Texas and X. We landed him. That's a pretty big statement.

According to reports, Ousmane considered Alabama, Arkansas, Louisville, Ole Miss, Florida, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech and talked to Syracuse, Seton Hall, LSU, Rhode Island, Virginia, Providence and DePaul. Hard to say what levels of interest those schools had, but he was considering them.

Xavier + Sean Miller + Big East is a nice PROGRAM TRIPLE THREAT.

Yeah I mean the assumption that every guy was always only going to go where he could get tons of money and not consider other factors was always a little blown out of proportion. Will some players do that? Yes. Many? Yes. Majority? I don't think so, but we know at least many won't or we wouldn't be getting the quality of transfers we are getting.

Just like adults in the real world consider many factors when accepting a new job. Money is one factor. The biggest one for some. The only one for some. But for most, it is more nuanced than that.