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Lotterywatch/gamewatch at Tilted Kilt in KOP on Tuesday night

For any NBA fans, Phillies fans and/or anyone else looking to get out, I'll be hosting a lotterywatch/gamewatch at Tilted Kilt in KOP tomorrow (Tuesday) night. I booked the upstairs room from 7:45 p.m. till whenever we want to leave.

We'll be watching the Marlins-Phils (7:05 p.m. start), the NBA Draft Lottery (8 p.m.) and Game 1 of the Raptors-Cavs series (8:30 p.m.). (And, yes, if you're an NHL fan, we can put the Sharks-Blues game on a TV or two as well.)

Although you don't have to RSVP to attend, if possible, please let me know if you and/or anyone else plan to join us.

Chad Ford's "The All Go-Back-To-School Team

Scroll down in the article and you'll see he recommends that Josh Hart should return to school. He is on a short list of players that could be first round picks if they return and improve, but look like 2nd round picks this year.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insi.../chad-ford-2016-nba-draft-combine-stock-watch

For those who don't subscribe, here is the part mentioning Hart:

So who's on the All-Go-Back-To-School Team?

Maryland's Melo Trimble, Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes, Purdue's Caleb Swanigan, Kentucky's Marcus Lee, Memphis' Dedric Lawson and Indiana's Troy Williamsall are at risk of not getting drafted. All of them struggled this week.

Unless they want to spend the next year in the D-League or Europe, they should go back to college. All of them have enough talent to improve their draft stock with another year of school.

Several others should strongly consider going back to school. North Carolina'sJustin Jackson, Villanova's Josh Hart, Mississippi State's Malik Newman and Seton Hall's Isaiah Whitehead didn't have great weeks. All of them have enough talent to go in the first round. But the odds could improve dramatically with another year in school. If they stay, they are much more likely to find themselves somewhere in the second round.
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Skip Bayless to fox sports

Still think they need to focus on content more than anything but they certainly are trying to attract edgy personalities.

With regards to content, and this is a little ot, as much as ESPN has better content, I cannot stand the over saturation of the nfl draft. I was as big of a fan as any of the draft back on the day; an early adopter. I cannot take it anymore. They are treating it like a national election. Debating the top 10 for hours and hours and hours. Griden is a funny guy but his qb stuff is beyond absurd.

SUNDAY EYBL.....ROUNDTREE DID IT AGAIN......ANOTHER DOUBLE DOUBLE

MOVE OVER BUTTERBEAN SPELLMAN.......BIG DA DA IS COMIN TO TOWN........DAHMIR ROUNDTREE......THIS MORNING...15 POINTS........AND ....10 REBOUNDS......AND 3 MONSTER BLOCKS......AND ALTERED MANY MORE........AS TEAM FINAL BEAT A GOOD BABC TEAM.....74-55..........LONNIE WALKER TOP SCORER WITH 20 POINTS......BIG DA DA ......MADE SIX OUT OF NINE SHOTS.....MADE HIS FREE THROWS.......AND HIS EFFICIENCY RATING FOR THE WEEKEND....WAS SIMPLY OFF THE CHARTS.........

Atlantic Think Piece Roundup

I am back from my little reduced posting hiatus. Two think pieces for the board to consider.

1. Almost half of middle class Americans would have trouble coming up with $400 in an emergency.

"The secret shame of middle class Americans"

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/my-secret-shame/476415/

2. The endless customization options at places like Starbucks feeds into the "special snowflake syndrome" enjoyed by Americans, particularly young Americans, and wouldn't be tolerated in other countries.

"Fancy Starbucks drinks and the special snowflakes who order them"

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/05/food-customization-america/482073/

Consider the board a better, more highly trafficked place.
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Heat / Raptors

so ... I've lived in Miami near 20 years and for all the pros/cons of living here (like anywhere) I'm pretty much all in for Miami (pro sports and canes) when it's not Nova; yeah that S16 was particularly sweet for me ... But damn if I'm not all in for Kyle and the Raptors in this series. It's that Nova pride pushing everything else to the side. Kyle is such a big part of the spark long ago that has us worrying today about whether Hart comes back to V-up in our quest to defend a national title (Think about that ... We are in the repeat discussion even if Hart doesn't come back!). Anyway, I find myself saying an emphatic "yes" with each big shot/play from Kyle .. Particularly given his recent struggles. Go Kyle/raptors!

Saving for kids' college?

As a liberal artist, I am not well-versed in finance. I have heard stories of people saving for college and finding out that they would have gotten financial aid if they had not saved. I don't know if that only applies to low income people.

We have started to contribute some to a 529 account. Is this a good idea or are we just going to disqualify our kids for aid? (I suspect that depends on whether we are beyond the aid threshold anyway). Are there better places to put savings to prevent disqualification?

Thanks for any help. Let's hear it VSB grads.
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Kohls....

Kohls has the women's Nike white locker room championship t-shirt on sale for $14.99. Use code refresh30 to get an additional 30% off and code free4may for free shipping. All you need to use is your Kohls card for these to work. They also have championship basketballs at cheap prices. Not sure of the quality of the basketballs. The codes work for anything on their website.

RobN
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OT: New Delaware AD hired

UD hires Chrissi Rawak, Sr. Assoc AD at Michigan, as new AD.

Incoming Prez has told the members of bkb team that new AD will hire new Head Coach w/in 12-14 days.

In a very, very bizarre turn of events, the new UD Prez met with the members of hoops team this week to persuade them that they should stay with program and that a great, new coach will be hired. I kid you not, he actually said "I think basketball has the most potential of any program at UD. With the hiring of a great coach, I see no reason that UD can't compete with programs like Villanova".

the guy is either clueless or a total BS'er.
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