pressurecooker wrote:

Final four teams: 19 NIL players and 1 true freshman playing a significant role.

How do you know that they are NIL.  Just because they transferred doesn't prove NIL money was at play.  

I failed to disclose that I gleaned this information from a sports commentary, I did not personally check bank accounts, and I failed to allow for the probability that the players transferred because they liked the number of volumes in the university libraries. 

Not sure of all of the NIL stuff, but I am rooting for Connecticut because of Hurley.  I remember when he was in the A-10 with Rhode Island and how well he did.  Now there are a number of "good"coaches that just came into the league the last two years.  VCU's coach just moved up to Penn State and yes, going to the Big10 from the A10 is a move up due to the teams, overall competitiveness, TV package, $$ in the programs, etc.  The George Mason coach  was hired away.  Pitt did an awesome job this past year after being terrible many years before it.  For me, I guess I'll just utter the Duquesne Cry of the Chicago Cubs for many years and also the Duquesne Dukes.  WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR!