13th&Jackson

Looked at Arkansas' stats through five games. Don't see where Justin Smith gained anything from the transfer. ARK shoots a lot of threes (45% of their attempts). Yet, JS is ninth on their roster in 3pt attempts and is 2-7 on the year. He's 12-21 on FTs. He's averaging 12 ppg and 5.6 rebounds per game. Also averages 1.6 TOs/game. Very similar to his IU stats. They have two forwards, who've played fewer minutes, who've attempted 22 and 20 threes, respectively.

The NCAAM tournament bubble will be at Cameron Indoor

COVID has exposed the OAD factories. The experienced teams are ahead

Miami was 1-17 from 3 and shot 58% FTs and beat Purdue. PU was a sizzling 4-25 from 3.

PU lead cut to 1 with under 2 minutes

Cal in a couple weeks

Yeah, with all of the travel required for CBB, I fear this will be very difficult to manage

I'm about 20 years older than you, so here's me talking to my 40 year old self, based on experience. At age 40 put all of your tax-deferred retirement accounts (401k, 403b, IRAs) in an indexed target date fund (hopefully your employer offers those at a very low fee). Look at the balance once a year and leave it alone. Max out your annual contributions or put in as much as you can and increase it 1% annually until you hit the max. Keep three years of living expenses in cash or near cash investments. Open a taxable brokerage account (Vanguard, Fidelity Schwab). Allocate to stocks based on 110 minus your age (110-40 = 70) or 100 minus your age if more conservative. Put most in high dividend and dividend growth ETFs (with low fees, Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab) and have the dividends automatically reinvest in the ETFs. Put about 1/4 to 1/3 of the stock allocation into individual blue chip dividend paying stocks. Limit to the number you can follow (20 is probably a good number). Invest in companies that have paid dividends for a very long time and have a history of increases. Try to avoid highly cyclical companies that cut dividends in a recession. Favor health care and consumer staples. You can mix in a few other well managed dividend payers (JP Morgan, Apple, etc.). Sometimes these companies just get caught in a sell off and you can buy them when their dividend yield is relatively high. By doing so, your total dividend return will be higher than just buying the basket ETFs. Put 5-10% in high growth ETFs such as biotech and tech. If you want to play, you can set aside up to 5% to invest in individual potential high flyers but be prepared to lose it all. Put the rest in bond ETFs, including muni bond ETFs if you are in a higher tax bracket. The goal is to build a sustainable income stream that will support you in retirement without having to sell and take capital gains. I have no direct experience with robinhood, but their platform has crashed on high volume days. Not good. https://www.fastcompany.com/90545646/robinhood-crashed-again-just-as-demand-for-newly-split-apple-and-tesla-stock-was-heating-up Good Luck.

I heard a comedian say that the definition of success is being able to install a swimming pool by the time your daughter's friends all turn 16.

He just signed a “lifetime contract”

They could really use Heinz or Hunt or Del Monte or Brooks or possibly all of them

GT losses to GA ST and Mercer. KY with 12 TOs at half

It’s partly perspective. I was there evaluating possible retirement destinations. It was ruled out quickly. I’ve had great trips to New Orleans and Vegas, but I wouldn’t live in either

Was it an “escort” ad for his Grammar Leigh?

Love Upstate SC. Clear lakes, trout streams and mountains as a backdrop

Best description I’ve heard of Asheville is “Appalachian hippies”. When I was there, people were shooting up in a park downtown in the middle of the day. My first reaction to Asheville was, “so this is where all the unemployed liberal arts grads go”. On the other hand, Greenville SC, about 90 miles from AVille is really nice.

Purdue shooting 24% overall, 1-11 from 3. 8-15 from FT line.

I do miss seeing Justin and Devonte walking off the court with their arms around TJD

COVID stache

UK 0-10 from 3. 5 assists

IDK. To me they always resemble a semi-pro team with rented international players https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/no-2-gonzaga-gets-boost-from-international-contingent

https://www.theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340

True, but he’s always had a rep as a selfish player

That’s a good match. Neither Rondo or the Hawks are serious about winning