8/29/24 929 Hitmen

Hitmen 8/29/24

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00:00Talking to Hitman Hoops, a Memphis basketball analyst on Twitter at Hitman Hoops.

00:04What's your understanding and assessment of Memphis' NIL situation for basketball?

00:08How good is it?

00:10I would say it's top 15 is what I would say.

00:14I would put it more in that 10 to 15 range, you know, where it was.

00:19I do think that poll was based off, obviously, you know, recency bias and factors into the

00:23poll and then, you know, there's definitely quite a bit misunderstanding of which schools

00:29are paying which players, you know, what's actually promised, what's actually paid to

00:33those players as well, how those contracts are structured.

00:38I think all that plays into the perception that coaches have of other programs.

00:42I will say that, you know, Arkansas, BYU, those are probably your top two for last season.

00:50Again, it differs so much between each season.

00:56And they noted that in their article as well.

00:58I mean, if you have a new coach coming in, your boosters are going to rally around that

01:01and, you know, you're going to have more NILs for that season.

01:04So I really think that poll was, you know, recently, but I would put, given what I know

01:10of the money situation in Memphis and what they've paid for their players, I would definitely

01:16put them in that 10 to 15 range.

01:17And I do think it's a strong donor base and it has the capability of becoming even stronger.

01:24It's just, it really depends on how the university, the AD, the new AD, how they want to prioritize

01:31NIL.

01:32I know the last AD was very old school style thinking, was late to modernize NIL in Memphis.

01:40So that definitely held them back a lot.