I know it’s always a crap shoot but my lord the rosters are stacked on paper this year. Should be a fun summer of hoops.

First up Jerry Carino. This will be a long Q&A so many questions will be appreciated from our members.

Fire away....

By Phil Mushnick

Ever see a house fire that emits no smoke?

Perhaps, however, you could see this smokeless fire from miles and weeks away.

From the moment $700 million international super-duper star Shohei Ohtani’s former pal, Ippei Mizuhara was busted for running up a Godzilla-sized sports gambling debt of at least $17 million with Ohtani’s money, executives in the banking, lending and brokerage businesses reached out to warn of a coverup-on-the-come.

In April, MLB quietly announced Ohtani has been exonerated. He had nothing to do with it, thus we were expected to believe Mizuhara was unilaterally granted millions of dollars in credits from bookies without their knowledge or even passing interest that his collateral was independent of his close friendship with Ohtani.

Ohtani’s “Play ball!” clearance by MLB triggered another round of “What the hey!” missives from those far more familiar with finance law than I, a mere home mortgage borrower.

One such contact is a senior executive and compliance officer/investigator — a button-down straight-shooter — in a large East Coast financial firm who asked for anonymity.

From the start — well before Mizuhara pleaded guilty to theft in a California courtroom — this fellow predicted that MLB would issue Ohtani a pass — one of those Rob Manfred Era automatic intentional passes. Following MLB’s exoneration of Ohtani, he continued:

“This is a completely obvious coverup for MLB’s biggest star.

“Whenever you transfer a cash amount larger than $10,000 in the U.S. banking system, it triggers a SARs — Suspicious Activity Report. This must be reviewed, reported and documented by multiple layers of bank management, from the branch system to the compliance department and even the legal department when there are multiple instances.

“These are must-comply matters.

“These are then required to be filed with FinCEN [the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network run by the U.S. Treasury] whenever fraudulent activities are even suspected.

“The pattern here screams ‘Fraud!’ Red flags everywhere.

“Or are we to believe that there were, say, 34 transfers of $500,000 [totaling $17 million] each to a known bookmaker or bookmakers and no one noticed? Impossible!”

Or are we to believe that the bookies waited until Mizuhara owed millions before trying to collect? What was his settle-up number, $5 million paid in $20 bills??

But MLB has already made its call: “After further review, the superstar is safe!”

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – Seton Hall women's basketball head coach Anthony Bozzella announced today the addition of Mississippi State transfer Ramani Parker (Fresno, Calif.) to the program.

Parker is a graduate transfer and will have one year of eligibility remaining.

"Ramani has great size and length and will undoubtedly provide a boost to our front court," Bozzella said. "We're so happy to welcome Ramani to the Seton Hall family."

Parker, a 6-foot-4 forward, instantly becomes one of the tallest players in Seton Hall history. She spent the last two years at Mississippi State following three years at Louisville. Parker averaged 4.8 points and 3.9 rebounds in 15.0 minutes per game in Starkville during the 2022-23 season and helped lift Mississippi State to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Last year, she suffered a season-ending injury after only two games, which earned her a medical redshirt.

In high school, Parker was a four-star prospect and ranked No. 99 overall in the class of 2019 according to ESPNW HoopGurlz. She was rated as the No. 13 forward in the class by ESPNW and the seventh-best forward by Prospects Nation.

Last updated: June 5, 2024
by Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff Writer

This is paysite info so I will only post the Big East and Rutgers players without the profile.

2024-25 transfer rankings: Where the top 10 players are going next

The commitments continue to come in -- including No. 1 transfer Kadary Richmond's move across the Big East to St. John's.

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1. Kadary Richmond, 6-6, PG, Sr., Seton Hall Pirates
COMMITTED TO ST. JOHN'S

9. Clifford Omoruyi, 6-11, C, Sr., Rutgers Scarlet Knights
COMMITTED TO ALABAMA

16. Wooga Poplar, 6-5, SG, Jr., Miami Hurricanes
COMMITTED TO VILLANOVA

19. Pop Isaacs, 6-2, PG, Soph., Texas Tech Red Raiders
COMMITTED TO CREIGHTON

25. Deivon Smith, 6-0, PG, Sr., Utah Utes
COMMITTED TO ST. JOHN'S

27. Aidan Mahaney, 6-3, G, Soph., Saint Mary's Gaels
COMMITTED TO UCONN

35. Dre Davis, 6-6, SG, Sr., Seton Hall Pirates
COMMITTED TO OLE MISS

41. Tarris Reed Jr., 6-10, PF, Soph., Michigan Wolverines
COMMITTED TO UCONN

47. Desmond Claude, 6-6, G, Soph., Xavier Musketeers
COMMITTED TO USC

54. Malik Mack, 6-1, PG, Fr., Harvard Crimson
COMMITTED TO GEORGETOWN

63. TJ Bamba, 6-5, SG, Sr., Villanova Wildcats
COMMITTED TO OREGON

69. Ryan Conwell, 6-4, SG, Soph., Indiana State Sycamores
COMMITTED TO XAVIER

99. Garwey Dual, 6-5, SG, Fr., Providence Friars
COMMITTED TO SETON HALL

When she first got back from her prison time in Russia, Brittney stood for the National Anthem. Her appreciation for this great country was unfortunately short lived as she in now kneeling during the Anthem again. This classless piece of trash had the nerve to say that her kneeling makes her more patriotic and does not understand the criticism she is receiving.

I am all for the right to protest. However, there is a time and a place for protests. Blocking roads, burning buildings, looting and during the National Anthem are not proper forms of protests.

Our June 5th gathering at Magnify Brewing was a tremendous success and we managed to sell out the limited addition Championship Pils quickly. Onward Setonia has asked Magnify to brew another batch and we just received word that a second, and final, run will be available for sale around the 1st of July.

The new supply of the Championship Pils will be very limited, therefore our Guardian subscribers will be offered the first opportunity to purchase the final edition.

We’ll be emailing details on how to purchase our Championship Pils to active Guardian subscribers on June 24th, if you're considering a Guardian subscription please sign up to be eligible for this offering.

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We appreciate your support and look forward to offering additional benefits to our Onward Setonia subscribers!

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Note: Magnify Brewing cannot ship the Championship Pils, purchases must be picked up at their Fairfield, NJ location.

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This is on ESPN+ with a long list of profiles.

I will just post the order.

1. Duke Blue Devils​

2. Rutgers Scarlet Knights​

3. Alabama Crimson Tide​

4. Baylor Bears​

5. North Carolina Tar Heels​

6. Arizona State Sun Devils​

7. Arkansas Razorbacks​

8. UConn Huskies​

9. Miami Hurricanes​

10. LSU Tigers​

11. Michigan State Spartans​

12. Missouri Tigers​

13. Georgia Bulldogs​

14. Texas Longhorns​

15. Kansas Jayhawks​

16. Georgetown Hoyas
17. Arizona Wildcats
18. Creighton Bluejays
19. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
20. TCU Horned Frogs
21. Purdue Boilermakers
22. Syracuse Orange
23. Maryland Terrapins
24. UCLA Bruins
25. Auburn Tigers

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This team, the athleticism, the youth, the experience, the length, the speed. SHA has the tools that could be a new version of 40 Minutes of Hell. Pirate style. These guys need to hit the weight room, hard. And SHA has to hammer home his version of lock down defense. They could play 10 or more deep. There are so many unknowns but also so many possibilities that this could be another team for the ages! I was so upset at the abandonment by the stars for NIL, but SHA and the staff (the staff has done a lot here with Davis being the lead recruiter on the last two players) This will be very interesting.