5/1: #4 recruiting class. #1 pre-season again. We buy Gold and Gold.
6/5: 3 open spots for transfers.
6/9: Slim pickings but we offer to an SF from Wisconsin.
6/12: We get the SF.
6/26: 4 scholarships.
8/7: 4 on the Norton list: PF Ken Litt is #2, C Matt Fein is #17, PG Carlo Jaks is #19, C Den Dean is #38.
8/21: We offer to 2 PGs, an SG, and a C.
9/11: We lose one.
9/18: We get the #1 overall, a PG, an SG, #11, and another PG, #35. We lose one.
Coaches Classic vs. Long Beach ST.
9/25: We lose one.
10/2: 1st day of practice. We’re picked to win the Big Ten.
We lose another recruit.
11/6: 8 man rotation for now:
Senior Carl Jaks starts at PG, subs at SG. Senior Den Jaax starts at SG. Junior Sid Land subs at PG.
Soph Matt Fein starts at SF, subs at PF. Frosh Mike Mill and Josh Burk sub at SF.
Junior Ken Litt starts at PF, subs at C.
Soph Den Dean, a transfer from Oregon, is at C.
We start at the Coaches Classic vs. #15 seed Long Beach ST. We’re the #2 seed.
The goal is to recapture the national title. It won;t necessarily be easy!
Prof. Lorraine says the final report will be released very soon. There was LOTS of disagreement on the gun issue and it continues to dominate the talks. No issue was more contentious. Efforts to have the seceding states change their minds have been completely unsuccessful.
Another issue where there was conflict was reproductive rights. Universal health care is in place and that will include payment for birth control and abortion, but that was not an easy fight.
A living wage was also voted through with minimum wages tied to cost of living and inflation. A full employment economy, with the government as employer of last resort was also passed.
Education is universal and paid for through taxes from pre-K through college.
Given that the military budget is exceedingly low compared to what it was before the fascist state came into being, money is available for all of the social programs.
Also, full employment means more money is raised in taxes.