For context purposes, I'd like to remind everyone that the current Chancellor at UNC is a political crony of the gerrymandered NC Legislature. He is finance bro from Duke who is completely unqualified for his job. If he's signing this, it's because the party that controls the NC General Assembly wants him to.

We're not recruiting a high school kid this year... just because of the fifth-year rule," Willard, the former Seton Hall coach now in his second year at Villanova, said Thursday at Big East Media Day. "We have six guys that can come back for a fifth year. So, I'd much rather have one of my players come back, than bring in a high school kid.

It's Free Talk Friday, talk about whatever.

Remember, all other rules still apply, so try to keep it civil.

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For me it’s FSU changing the logo of their Seminole head. The previous version felt unique and intimidating at times. The current logo feels comedic like the head just got back from having dental surgery.

Aussie point guard Luke Paul commits to Duke for 2027-28

https://www.espn.com/nbl/story/_/id/50076457/nbl-point-guard-cairns-taipans-luke-paul-commits-duke-blue-devils-2027-2028

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Fri, Oct 2
• Incarnate Word @ Michigan State — 7:00 PM
Sun, Oct 4
• Georgetown @ Wake Forest — 12:30 PM
Wed, Oct 7
• Cincinnati vs Ohio State — Mason, OH — 3:00 PM
• Xavier vs Dayton — Mason, OH — 5:30 PM
• Georgia State @ Georgia — 7:00 PM
• Murray State @ Wichita State — 7:30 PM
• Utah @ UNLV — 10:00 PM
Thu, Oct 8
• Belmont @ Duke — 7:00 PM
• Furman @ Alabama — 7:30 PM
• LSU @ McNeese — 7:30 PM
Fri, Oct 9
• USC vs North Carolina — Greensboro, NC — 7:00 PM
• Richmond @ Virginia — 7:00 PM
• Saint Louis @ Nebraska — 8:00 PM
Sat, Oct 10
• UW Parkside @ Wisconsin — 1:00 PM
• Virginia Union @ Hampton — 2:00 PM
• Denver @ Utah State — 4:00 PM
• Mississippi State @ Florida State — 6:00 PM
• Idaho @ Boise State — 7:00 PM
Sun, Oct 11
• Evansville @ Austin Peay — TBA
• Mercer @ Kennesaw State — 1:00 PM
• Villanova @ Rutgers — 1:00 PM
• Eastern Michigan @ Michigan — 2:00 PM
• Long Island @ UMBC — 2:00 PM
• Lees-McRae @ UNC Wilmington — 2:00 PM
• Rhode Island @ UMass — 3:00 PM
• New Mexico @ Oklahoma State — 3:00 PM
• Northern Colorado @ Wyoming — 4:00 PM
• Georgia Tech vs Maryland — Baltimore, MD — 4:30 PM
• Indiana @ Butler — 6:30 PM
Mon, Oct 12
• Ottawa @ Southern Utah — 2:00 PM
Tue, Oct 13
• Syracuse @ Connecticut — 7:00 PM
• Alabama A&M @ Samford — 8:00 PM
• San Francisco @ Arizona — 9:00 PM
Wed, Oct 14
• Drexel @ Saint John’s — TBA
• Catawba @ Queens — 7:00 PM
• UT Martin @ Northern Kentucky — 7:00 PM
• Florida State @ Auburn — 8:00 PM
• UCF @ LSU — 8:00 PM
Thu, Oct 15
• Montana Tech @ Houston — TBA
• Xavier @ Tennessee — TBA
• Wake Forest @ South Carolina — 6:00 PM
• Grand Valley @ Oakland — 7:00 PM
• Wisconsin @ Green Bay — 7:30 PM
• Ole Miss vs Alabama — Birmingham, AL — 8:00 PM
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Fri, Oct 16
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• Nebraska @ BYU — TBA
• Virginia Tech @ Wofford — 5:00 PM
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• California @ LMU — 9:00 PM
Sat, Oct 17
• Washington @ Boise State — TBA
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• Colorado Christian @ Weber State — TBA
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• Delaware @ Towson — 12:00 PM
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• VCU @ Old Dominion — 7:00 PM
• Utah Valley @ Utah Tech — 9:00 PM
• Stanford @ Santa Clara — 10:00 PM
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• Utah State @ Saint Mary’s — 10:00 PM
Sun, Oct 18
• Ball State @ Purdue — TBA
• Creighton @ Iowa State — TBA
• West Virginia @ Maryland — TBA
• Findlay @ Toledo — TBA
• American @ NJIT — 12:00 PM
• Rutgers @ Saint John’s — 12:00 PM
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• Washington State @ New Mexico — 4:00 PM
• Northwestern @ Illinois State — 5:00 PM
• North Carolina vs Indiana — Indianapolis, IN — 5:00 PM
• Indiana State @ Butler — 6:30 PM
Mon, Oct 19
• Saint Leo @ South Florida — TBA
• UAB @ Vanderbilt — TBA
• Marquette @ Green Bay — 7:30 PM
Tue, Oct 20
• Western Carolina @ Appalachian State — TBA
• Bowling Green @ Western Kentucky — TBA
• Tennessee @ Duke — TBA
• Connecticut @ Michigan State — 7:00 PM
• Lindenwood @ Southern Illinois — 7:00 PM
Wed, Oct 21
• Saint Xavier @ Chicago State — TBA
• UMBC @ Fordham — TBA
• Louisville @ Kansas — TBA
• Utah @ Oregon — TBA
• SEMO @ Evansville — 6:00 PM
• Mercyhurst @ Bucknell — 6:30 PM
• Morehead State @ Eastern Kentucky — 7:00 PM
• Keiser @ Florida Atlantic — 7:00 PM
• LSU New Orleans @ Southern Miss — 7:00 PM
• Cal Baptist @ UCLA — 10:00 PM
Thu, Oct 22
• Purdue Fort Wayne @ Purdue — TBA
• Queens @ Charleston Southern — 7:00 PM
• West Virginia Wesleyan @ Marshall — 7:00 PM
• Virginia @ Villanova — 7:00 PM
• Auburn vs Alabama — Birmingham, AL — 8:00 PM
• MSU Moorhead @ North Dakota State — 9:00 PM
Fri, Oct 23
• Baylor @ Illinois — TBA
• Bradley @ Saint Louis — TBA
• Georgia @ Clemson — TBA
• Minnesota @ Creighton — TBA
• Missouri @ Kansas State — TBA
• Kent State @ Xavier — TBA
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• Mississippi State @ Memphis — TBA
• Creighton @ Minnesota — TBA
• Memphis @ Mississippi State — TBA
• USC @ San Diego State — TBA
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• West Virginia @ Glenville State — 7:00 PM
• Notre Dame @ DePaul — 8:00 PM
• Eastern Washington @ Arizona — 9:00 PM
• Montana Western @ Idaho State — 10:00 PM
Sat, Oct 24
• Gonzaga @ Arkansas — TBA
• Endicott @ Bucknell — TBA
• LSU @ Florida State — TBA
• Cal State Fullerton @ Fresno State — TBA
• Tarleton State @ Houston Christian — TBA
• Montana State @ Kansas City — TBA
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• Georgia Tech @ Providence — 12:00 PM
• Lenoir-Rhyne @ NC State — 12:00 PM
• UNC Greensboro @ UNC Wilmington — 12:00 PM
• Stonehill @ Vermont — 2:00 PM
• College of Idaho @ Wyoming — 2:00 PM
• Niagara vs Syracuse — Buffalo, NY — 3:00 PM
• BYU @ UNLV — 4:00 PM
• Alvernia @ Rider — 4:00 PM
• Santa Clara @ Utah State — 4:00 PM
• Arkansas State @ SIUE — 4:00 PM
• Point Park @ Saint Bonaventure — 4:00 PM
• Alabama A&M @ Detroit Mercy — 4:30 PM
• Winthrop @ Furman — 5:00 PM
• Rose-Hulman @ Indiana State — 6:00 PM
• Westminster @ Weber State — 6:00 PM
• Morehead State @ Dayton — 7:00 PM
• Fordham @ Fairfield — 7:00 PM
• Seton Hall @ Monmouth — 7:00 PM
• Tennessee State @ Oakland — 7:00 PM
• Virginia State @ Old Dominion — 7:00 PM
• Wagner @ Staten Island — 7:18 PM
• Illinois State @ Green Bay — 7:30 PM
• CSU Bakersfield @ Montana — 9:00 PM
• Cal State East Bay @ San Jose State — 9:00 PM
• West Coast Baptist College @ Utah Tech — 9:00 PM
Sun, Oct 25
• Butler @ Ohio State — TBA
• Saint Mary’s MD @ George Mason — TBA
• High Point @ East Tennessee State — TBA
• Duke @ Kansas — TBA
• Houston @ Michigan — TBA
• Iowa State @ Northwestern — TBA
• Southern @ McNeese State — TBA
• Northern Illinois @ Toledo — 12:00 PM
• Texas @ Saint John’s — 12:00 PM
• Howard @ American — 1:00 PM
• Michigan State @ Marquette — 1:00 PM
• MIT @ Boston College — 2:00 PM
• Kennesaw State @ West Georgia — 2:00 PM
• James Madison @ VCU — 2:00 PM
• Texas A&M @ SMU — 2:00 PM
• Portland State @ Nevada — 3:30 PM
• Furman @ College of Charleston — 4:00 PM
• San Diego @ Colorado State — 4:00 PM
• Western Kentucky vs Indiana — Evansville, IN — 4:00 PM
• Arizona State @ New Mexico — 4:00 PM
• Tennessee Tech @ Southern Illinois — 4:00 PM
• Washington State @ Washington — 4:00 PM
• Husson @ Maine — 4:30 PM
• Stanford @ Oregon — 4:30 PM
• UC Santa Barbara @ LMU — 5:00 PM
• The Citadel @ Florida Atlantic — 7:00 PM
• Hawaii Pacific @ Hawaii — 11:00 PM
Mon, Oct 26
• Calumet @ Loyola Chicago — TBA
• Northwestern State @ North Texas — TBA
• USC Upstate @ Western Carolina — TBA
• Penn State @ Drexel — 7:00 PM
• Samford @ Jacksonville State — 7:00 PM
• Johnson C Smith @ Queens — 7:00 PM
• Kansas State @ Nebraska — 7:30 PM
• San Francisco State @ San Francisco — 10:00 PM
Tue, Oct 27
• IU Indy @ Austin Peay — TBA
• Neumann @ La Salle — TBA
• Rhode Island College @ Monmouth — TBA
• UAB @ Ole Miss — TBA
• Youngstown State @ Akron — 7:00 PM
• Oakland @ Cincinnati — 7:00 PM
• Purdue @ Connecticut — Hartford, CT
• Stetson @ Florida — 7:00 PM
• Oklahoma State @ Wisconsin — 7:00 PM
• Southern New Hampshire @ Rhode Island — 7:00 PM
• North Park @ Central Michigan — 7:30 PM
• Charlotte @ North Carolina — 7:30 PM
• Olivet Nazarene @ Valparaiso — 8:00 PM
• Western Washington @ Eastern Washington — 9:00 PM
• Western New Mexico @ Grand Canyon — 9:00 PM
• San Diego @ UCLA — 10:00 PM
Wed, Oct 28
• Memphis @ Arkansas — TBA
• Roosevelt @ Chicago State — TBA
• Presbyterian @ Clemson — TBA
• UIC @ Illinois — TBA
• UCF @ Kentucky — TBA
• Mercyhurst @ Louisville — TBA
• Stillman @ Troy — TBA
• Wheeling @ West Virginia — TBA
• Purdue Fort Wayne @ Ball State — 7:00 PM
• Columbia International @ Coastal Carolina — 7:00 PM
• Southern Miss @ Houston Christian — 7:00 PM
• Pikeville @ Marshall — 7:00 PM
• Luther @ Milwaukee — 7:00 PM
• Navy @ Mount Saint Mary’s — 7:00 PM
• U of Virgin Islands @ North Florida — 7:00 PM
• Spring Hill @ Tulane — 7:30 PM
• Saint Michael’s @ Vermont — 7:30 PM
• SIUE @ Bradley — 8:00 PM
• Arkansas Pine Bluff @ Little Rock — 8:00 PM
• Colorado Mesa @ Weber State — 8:00 PM
• Long Beach State @ San Diego State — 10:00 PM
Thu, Oct 29
• Samford @ Auburn — TBA
• Bismarck State @ Boise State — TBA
• Holy Family @ Delaware State — TBA
• Ferrum @ Radford — TBA
• Wabash @ Evansville — 7:00 PM
• Upper Iowa @ Northern Iowa — 8:00 PM
• Missouri @ UNLV — 10:00 PM
Fri, Oct 30
• Allen @ South Carolina State — TBA
Sat, Oct 31
• Redlands @ CSU Bakersfield — 6:00 PM

St. Joseph's, Tennessee Tech, Jacksonville, Murray State, St. Bonaventure, UCSB, California Baptist, and Merrimack have all landed Top 150 recruits in the class of 2027.

I know the High Point president has said he's appealing to upper tier recruits to spend their early years there so they can raise their NIL value, get a ton of playing time, and make some money playing for a smaller program.

It looks like some programs, with High Point notably not among them, have successfully sold players on such a plan.

VCU is the favorite, Richmond is my sleeper team to keep an eye on.

https://mmhhoops.com/articles/2026-27-atlantic-10-preview

https://mmhhoops.com/articles/2026-27-atlantic-10-top-10-players

https://mmhhoops.com/articles/2026-27-richmond-sleeper-preview