Here are how they are picking the teams. Of course some will decline the invite, but there are a lot of teams that will have to decline before RU gets a crack.


OKLAHOMA CITY (April 2, 2025) – The National Duals Invitational, a groundbreaking $1 million collegiate wrestling event sponsored byPaycom, has announced the qualification process for the inaugural 16-team bracket. Featuring top programs from across the country, this high-stakes tournament will bring together elite competition and unprecedented prize money to the BOK Center in Tulsa this fall.
Automatic entry will be awarded to the top 12 teams in the final 2025 NCAA Division I standings: Penn State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Cornell, NC State, Northern Iowa, Illinois, Virginia Tech and Michigan. To secure their spots, these 12 teams must complete their participation agreements by April 15. Final teams will be listed on the website as they are confirmed.
“While we know this is not an accurate representation of dual team rankings, we believe it will ensure that the event features some of the best competition in the country,” said Matt Surber, Tournament Director. “I’m excited to see additional participation as we grow the sport of wrestling.”
The remaining spots will be filled through a random drawing on April 24 from teams that finished 13-24 in the NCAA standings. The teams competing for these final spots are Purdue, Missouri, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Little Rock, Arizona State, Stanford, West Virginia, Navy, Wyoming, South Dakota State, Indiana, Maryland and Oregon State.
The premier 16-team event will feature a total purse of more than $1 million. The top eight teams will earn payouts, with the winning squad walking away with $200,000. The second- and third-place teams will earn $150,000, while fourth place earns $75,000. Fifth through eighth place payouts will be: $50,000, $40,000, $25,000, and $20,000, respectively. All participating teams will receive $20,000 for attending.
Thirty-four-time NCAA champion Oklahoma State will serve as the host school.
This event will be held at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., on Nov. 15-16. Learn more at nationaldualsinvitational.com.

Something you don't see every day.
In the bottom of the 7th inning of the Padre/Brave game with two out of a scoreless game Jake Cronenworth hits a ground rule double..........that never goes pass the pitcher's rubber.
Croenenworth hits sharp comebacker off the pitcher's foot that ricochets into the dugout. Ground rule double. Cronenworth later scores. Padres win 1-0.

Always liked his game.

I know there were some recent threads out there, but I looked and could not find them.

So I'm starting one up fresh.

The camera was down for a while but it is back. If you remember last year, the one little baby got picked on a lot and had trouble getting food from the parent. They both ended up being vibrant healthy birds. Thus far this year there are no babies yet.

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Dear friends,

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Dead at 65. He had been battling health problems for well over a decade most notably throat cancer. For a period of time he was the IT actor in Hollywood taking turns as Batman and Jim Morrison.

Thread is on the football board. Felt like it belongs here too...

I have not heard that much about Rutgers in the transfer portal but here are some guys I have seen them linked to or have connections to.

Tariq Francis-6’0 PG from NJIT, averaged 19.2 PPG, 4.3 REB, 3.6 AST, with a 36.9 FG%. Francis is extremely close with Brandon Knight and he signed with a sports agency that is ran by Ace Bailey’s agent. He shot 32.4% from 3 this year and 84% at the ft line. Besides the fact he is super small and doesn’t have a good FG% he also is a turnover machine, he averaged 3.1 TO per game. Tariq Francis has two years of eligibility remaining.

Cam McDowell-A 6’6 SG from Northwest Oklahoma St. McDowell started his career at Georgia but then transferred to Jacksonville St after getting little playing time. McDowell played just 13 MPG at Jacksonville St averaging only 2.9 PPG. He then transferred to Northwest Oklahoma St. At Northwest Oklahoma St he averaged 27.3 PPG, 2.9 APG, 4.7 REB, with a 51.3 FG% and a 39 3P%. After playing two years of basketball at Northwest Oklahoma State McDowell entered the transfer portal and has heard from some High major and Mid Major schools. McDowell will have 1 year of eligibility remaining.

Deywilk Tavarez-A 6’2 G from Charleston University. Tavarez grew up in Pennsauken, NJ where he attended Academy of The New Church Boys School. Tavarez started his career at Delaware St where he averaged 13.7 PPG, 3.6 APG, 3.4 REB, with a 39.6 FG%. After his Freshman season at Delaware St Tavarez transferred to Charleston where he averaged 12.9 PPG, 2.5 APG, 3.6 REB, and a 41.3 FG%. Tavarez has a very nice 3 ball, he shot 41.2% from 3 this year. Tavarez will have 2 years of eligibility remaining.

AK Okereke-a 6’7 forward from Cornell. Okereke played three years at Cornell before entering the portal. Last year at Cornell he averaged 13.9 PPG, 4.6 REB, 4.1 APG, and a 59.5 FG%. Okereke shot 32% from 3 this year. Okereke is a two way player, he plays great defense. He averaged 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. Okereke has one year of eligibility remaining. Would love to see Rutgers pick him up.

Chris Bell-A 6’7 Forward from Syracuse. Bell averaged 9.3 PPG, 2 REB, 0.5 AST, and 40.7 FG%. Chris Bells specialty is his shooting he shot 35.3% from 3 this year and 42% from 3 last year. However I would not expect Rutgers to get Bell after he had a zoom meeting with Seton Hall and he is expected to visit Memphis. Bell has one year of eligibility remaining.

Harlan Obioha-A 7’0 280 LBS center from UNC Wilmington. Harlan began his college career at Niagara university playing two years there. In his sophomore year he averaged 10.3 PPG and 7.8 REB. After his Soph year he transferred to UNC Wilmington where he averaged 9.2 PPG, 6 REB, 1 AST, with a 63.9 FG%. Harlan also played in the NCAA Tournament this year vs Texas Tech where he had 7 Pts, 9 REB, 1 BLK, and 1 AST. He has 1 year of eligibility remaining.

His 1960 hit "Poetry In Motion"reached only No.2 on Billboard,kept out of the top spot by the King and Ray Charles respectively,but there's scarcely a septuagenarian who doesn't still remember it.He appeared on a show just 2 years ago and if you close your eyes and just listen you'd think that Ike was still chipping golf balls on the White House lawn.

For college hoops junky like myself., thought it’d be fun to track the name players throughout the next few weeks as they commit. Feel free to add,
Seems the first wave of commits is the highly priced (Rumored) players

Donovan Dent -New Mexico to UCLA ( 2 mil rumored)

Bryce Hopkins -Providence to St. Johns

Joson Sanon -Arizona St to St Johns

Elliot Cadeau- UNC to Michigan

Oscar Cluff- South Dakota State Center to Purdue

Owen Freeman - Iowa C to Creighton

Blake Buchannn- Virginia C to Iowa St

Pike offered 400,000. Somerville said he would stay for 450k
Pike said no

LINO MARK: Smallish lefty PG. Is quick, but not super quick. Can pass, drive. Didn't see much of 3 pt shot on tape. Projects as 3rd guard in 1st year. Starter down the road.
GEVANTE WARE: Big body. Not as skilled offensively as Lathan. Can probably rebound and defend better. Projects as backup. Starter down the road.
KADEN POWERS: Capable SG. Can hit from 3 and inside the arc. Not super athletic. Plays under control. The anti-Jeremiah Williams. Projects as a 6th man offensively, perhaps sometimes starter as a frosh. Definite starter by 2nd year.
CHRIS NWULI: Best of the bunch. Super athletic high flying wing. Not great offensively but would flourish in a full court pressure defense and in transition. Only negative is that it seems he plays a similar role as Grant.
Conclusion; JMike and Mark share 1 guard spot. Grant and Nwuli share the 4.
Which means 3 portal starters are needed.
PG, scoring wing, and rim protector C.
A lot to ask for?

sorry Geo its not about selling t shirts or a basketball camp

Coleman Hawkins is making $2 million at Kansas State to mail it in and underperform for a 7-7 Kansas State team that is going nowhere and will finish near the bottom of the Big 12 standings. Normally he would have made peanuts in the G League. Now marginal NBA players are duping college programs to pay them huge amounts

Great Osobor is making $2 million at Washington to average 9.8 points for a 10-6 team that is on everyones list to miss the Big 10 tournament

Jonnel Davis is making over $1 million at Arkansas to average under 10 ppg half of the previous year for a Arkansas team that will likely straddle the bubble under Calipari

Someone not Rutgers is paying Dylan/Ace $1.8/.1.6 million to play at 8-8 Rutgers and likely miss the Big 10 tournament

AJ Dybantsa will make $4 million to attend BYU next year

not basketball but https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/6...l-players-sue-coach-over-failed-nil-payments/

And we all just play pretend and say ooh this was happening before, now its just out in the open..haha yeah right

It's that time of year again, PORTAL SZN! Similar to what @mb5789 does for football, we wanted to make a dedicated thread to actual happenings in the portal. This first post of the thread will be updated with the running list of notable names in the portal along with guys that Rutgers is showing interest in and each player will have their Rivals Transfer profiles linked as well.


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