From Lee:

Hey guys! Individuals CAN use the Blue Raider Exchange and interact directly with our student-athletes regarding NIL deals, as you can see at this link.

We don't have a collective, nor do we have demand for one right now. If anyone wants to support student-athletes directly (without any kind of business interest), they can also donate to the "Student-Athlete Impact Fund" through the BRAA. Click here to do that.

The 6’5” Sophomore Center has entered the Transfer Portal

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September 21, 2024
Opponent: Duke

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Preparing for the eventual departure of FSU and Clemson? they aren’t going to sit around like the PAC did.

Then does the AAC raid the Sunbelt or vice versa? Maybe they should try to merge.

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Me and Austin breakdown what we saw at the spring game! The names we look forward to seeing this fall, areas we expect improvement in the upcoming transfer portal season, and we discuss the latest women's basketball signing!

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"Flying cars, virtual reality, quantum computing, genetic modification, artificial intelligence, migration into space, a real-life holodeck… Things that once seemed impossible are now becoming reality, and they are becoming reality much faster than most people had predicted. It’s not just that things are changing rapidly, it’s that the pace of change itself is speeding up. On this episode of Conversations with Tom, two of the world’s leading futurists, Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler, join with Tom Bilyeu for a discussion of the future of technology, culture and the human mind. This future is brighter, wealthier, more abundant and filled with more meaning than most of us could have believed, and it may be coming faster than anyone is prepared for."

SHOW NOTES:
Flying cars are even cooler than anyone expected [1:03]
The rate of change is much faster than anyone thinks [5:22]
Tom doesn’t even own a car, and hardly anyone rents a car any more [6:03]
Quantum computing has been taking huge leaps forward [7:52]
A company is now 3D printing rockets [10:33]
3D printed houses will be three or four times cheaper than current houses [13:33]
The rate of change is so rapid that people become afraid, but they shouldn’t be [16:17]
What can be done if you’re seriously averse to loss, or afraid of change? [17:53]
We’ve forgotten how fast things have changed already [20:38]
We turn thoughts into things. What’s the difference between insight and intuition? [24:36]
What will happen when we all have a version of Jarvis? [27:53]
There will soon be brain to computer connection, and even brain to brain connection [30:53]
Perhaps by the 2030’s we’ll be able to directly connect from our brains to the cloud [33:59]
The panel discusses how virtual reality and AI could really mess up human relationships [35:11]
What will happen when Jarvis or Alexa hears all your arguments with your spouse? [38:59]
Peter brings up the problem of deep fakes [40:20]
Is the rate of change so fast that we are just falling into things instead of creating them? [42:48]
How do you change people’s frame of reference? [46:53]
We create our own futures, limitations and expansive abilities [50:30]
We will create more wealth in the next decade than we did in the last century [52:41]
Hardly anyone writes near-future fiction any more because things change too fast [57:31]
Peter talks about how new technologies will change real estate, business and storage [1:00:58]
Peter and Tom discuss the need to be monomaniacal as an entrepreneur [1:04:29]
How do we create a hopeful, compelling and abundant future? [1:07:05]
The panel discusses gene modification [1:09:19]
What are the ethics behind genetic modification? [1:14:52]
There are already contacts that have augmented reality and virtual reality [1:20:13]
Creating meta-intelligence and migration into space [1:24:57]
Peter describes his experiences with plant medicine [1:29:04]
Steven describes the potential downsides of plant medicine [1:40:52]
In the next 20 years the human race will start irreversibly moving off the planet [1:42:01]
We are getting very close to being able to constantly being in flow [1:46:56]
What happens when VR becomes more meaningful than physical life? [1:50:02]
Steven discusses learning to control dopamine [1:53:18]
We will have more control of our own experiences in the future [1:55:06]

BOOKS MENTIONED:

“Abundance: The Future Is Brighter Than You Think”, Diamandis and Kotler

“The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives.” Peter Diamandis

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Lady Raiders get a commitment out of '25 5'11" Wing Macie Phifer!

Phifer was just awarded Gatorade's Mississippi Player of the Year award after leading Ingomar to the third state title in four years. SHe averaged over 20 points, 6 rebounds in her junior season.

That totals 2 signees in the '25 signing class with the addition of Carsyn Swaney from Heritage HS (TN). Great class so far, I wouldn't be surprised if we hear from one more this summer!

So as we all know he just left UK. Found this article with a very interesting quote that kind of reminded me of some things here and thought it would create a good discussion as to what an admin needs to do to support. Have we changed? CDM already has more resources than CRS. Collective, bigger social media presence, more community engagement (would Stock have done that if the admin pushed for it?). Is the Spring Game being back more D Mase or the admin? Does McD have all he needs?

The more I see, the more I truly believe a lot of things have come from McP and CM has been hamstrung. Is he still?

Let's talk.

....Calipari doubled down on his disconnect with the Kentucky athletic administration during his meeting with the local media. While considering the position, he asked his friend Kelvin Sampson about Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek. The two previously worked together at Houston. Sampson provided a glowing review to Calipari.
“That got me to where I had to listen (to Arkansas’ offer), because I’m gonna say it again. Basketball coaches win games. Administrations win championships. You know why? Because they want to and it’s important to them.”...

As I sit here "working" and watching Marshall v App St in the sun belt quarterfinals (currently up 100-61), I was wondering if y'all have watched their team this year? They are under first year head coach Kim Caldwell who went 191-24 in seven seasons with D2 Glenville State. Their playing style is very unique as they make frequent substitutions of 4-5 each time; something that is probably a foreign concept to us MT wbb fans. On defense, they play in a half court trap every possession which has led to being one of the top teams in forced turnovers. Offensively, they play quick too and are #5 in PPG.

They were able to snag some quality transfers from JUCO as well as the Hayes sisters from Miss St. I imagine this style of play would be beneficial in tournament style basketball, but wonder how sustainable would it be at a "mid-major" to continuously have a deep enough bench to successfully run this style of play?

If they make the NCAA tournament, I'll definitely make a point to see what they can do as I'm curious to see how they pair against a team with quality athletes top to bottom. They are currently projected around a 14 seed.

This weekend Vandy won their series on the road against #18 LSU by run-ruling the tigers 13-3, scoring the first 5 runs and scoring in every inning played.

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Making a continuous thread here keeping track of players who have been linked with Middle Tennessee on X dot com. Will add my general thoughts and how interested i am based on my first impression.

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Time to dissect what's happening on the diamond for both baseball and softball with MTSU sidelines, student paper contributor Conner Smith. Here's to hoping for a positive turnaround in the final five conference series!

Conference schedule comes out Thursday, February 1, at 11AM