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RE: MBB: Stanford at Cal, 3PM, ACCN - burger - 02-23-2026

(02-23-2026, 10:02 AM)Treebound Wrote:  Keeping Okorie is critical.   This is going to be a very interesting test of Donahoe's new administration and how we handle the new NIL world.  My hope is that Ebuka, like Maxime, values his Stanford education and the relationships that he's built on campus.  Yes, it's been stated that his family values a great eduction - his parents attended Harvard and he was originally going to the Crimson, I believe.   If we can just be in the ballpark, it would be wonderful to keep him and make a real run next year.  I really don't want to see him at Duke, UNC, Kentucky, etc...

I like our new coach a great deal and believe he and the staff will get us there, versus what we saw with the Haase/Dawkins debacle years.  As for Kate and the women's program - I'm less positive and think she's got one more year to prove herself.  I wish her luck.

I *really* would love to see Okorie come back. But if he leaves, it's not like the cupboard is totally bare.  Our incoming class is ranked around 15th in the country.  So the worst case scenario we lose our star guard and replace him and some other seniors with four 4-star freshmen!  I can live with that.

Plus, Smith has done a good job of bringing in transfers (more successful last year than this year, but he's definitely working the portal).

So color me optimistic about next year even if the team looks very different.

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