New newsletter about maybe the most interesting thing in college sports: BYU suddenly convincing a ton of elite basketball prospects (including THE BEST PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY) to play for them. And most of them aren't even Mormon! rodgersherman.substack.com/p/byu-basket... - ThreadSky

rodger.bsky.social • 19 days ago

New newsletter about maybe the most interesting thing in college sports: BYU suddenly convincing a ton of elite basketball prospects (including THE BEST PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY) to play for them.
And most of them aren't even Mormon!
https://rodgersherman.substack.com/p/byu-basketball-has-activated-the

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vakaviti.bsky.social•18 days ago

Great write up.

kilroy22.bsky.social•19 days ago

TIL Marriott was a *Mormon*

cchizz9.bsky.social•18 days ago

Yeah, 8 million would convince me too!

hotelyorba.bsky.social•19 days ago

MONEY ISNT REAL!!!

keeganrank.bsky.social•19 days ago

The best want to play in front of an overly polite fanbase!

objectivelydrew.bsky.social•17 days ago

Trevin Knell mention makes me wonder: What is the most 3s a player has hit while still losing? Last year he hit 9 against Cincinnati in a BYU loss.

rodger.bsky.social•17 days ago

Looks like there have been MULTIPLE losses by teams that had a guy who hit 11 threes. Would’ve thought 9 was a solid bet for the champ. https://stathead.com/tiny/QVlFr

objectivelydrew.bsky.social•17 days ago

Truly amazing - thank you for answering this!

bogesbunny.bsky.social•19 days ago

what makes you assume its all about money? have you considered maybe the recruits heard the teachings of joseph smith and thought "wow this is awesome and makes a lot of sense, i wanna go to byu"

stillbevens.bsky.social•19 days ago

They heard about the honor code and wanted that for their college experience

ckwnync.bsky.social•19 days ago

Liberty West

joshshope.bsky.social•18 days ago

Like you wouldn’t play for a team that promised you all the sacred underwear you wanted.

hardwarelust.bsky.social•19 days ago

They're spending the money because they view school sports as a way to spread propaganda about their cult. There's no mystery here.

vakaviti.bsky.social•18 days ago

No the money is spent because we want the team to win.

hardwarelust.bsky.social•18 days ago

...and the team winning is a powerful message to those outside the cult that says "Look at us, our cult is full of winners. Come join us!"

It's fucking Marketing 101 bro.

madtownsouthpaw.bsky.social•19 days ago

I was thinking about this topic when I heard Arizona students chant Mormons. Great article.

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