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Daily Bullets (April 1)

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Getting Evans

We’re one for two on retaining impactful basketball people named Evans. Good stuff on the one that’s staying.

His name is Lamont Evans, and at 39, he’s one of the most respected recruiters in the business. Evans is now the associate head coach at Oklahoma State; he left South Carolina in 2015 to join Brad Underwood’s staff in Stillwater. But had he not been on Frank Martin’s staff through the first four years of Martin’s tenure at South Carolina, it’s possible All-American Sindarius Thornwell would have gone to NC State instead of SC, and it’s highly likely McDonald’s All-American P.J. Dozier winds up in Louisville, not in Columbia.

“Lamont was so pivotal,” Gamecocks assistant Matt Figger told CBS Sports inside the team’s locker room Thursday. “Lamont was — I’ve never seen a person work as hard to recruit one kid in P.J. Dozier as Lamont Evans did.” [CBS Sports]

Pay that man.

*Tongue in cheek* is it cool if we’re the first team to pay an assistant more than the head coach? Call them co-coaches, MBJ is cool with it.

If he can get dudes at a stodgy, SEC program with little history (past 2017) then I’m super antsy to see who he lands this year.

Draftable Dad

Cool read on Marcell Ateman on what drives him and why he came back for a fifth year.

“I feel like I had improvement of my last two seasons, but I feel like I could do way more,” Ateman said. “I just want to come out and prove it, not just to myself, but everybody else.”

Family included. Jayden turns 6 months old in April. Plans are in the works to bring him up for several home games this fall.

“It’s making sure I provide for my family,” Ateman said, “and making sure that he has a good, positive life.” [NewsOK]

If you’re an NFL team, a conversation with a 23 year old who’s been changing diapers and fought his way back from an injury seems like it’d be different than a 20 year old who’s been living high on the hog with minimal responsibility. 6’4″, 220 pounds and a second productive season should get him in the door and Gundy raving about his maturity should give teams confidence.

The NFL is more about instant impact while the NBA is about trajectory. A seasoned, injury-free and productive Marcell is attractive.

Pro Football Focus graded him the top returning Big 12 receiver before he was injured last year:

OSU and NCAA Notes

14 things to know about the Final Four tonight….Pokes take on West Virginia at 1 p.m. today for weather concerns….Recruiting analyst says Tylan Wallace = Sterling Shepherd *stares at screen*….Art Briles’ offense is out of the Big 12…. Impressive thoughts from Washington’s Chris Petersen on team discipline (kicked off a two-time all pro)….LSU Tiger stadium had it’s seventh break-in of 2017

I’ll go with that third one. Every. Time.

Gundy can’t get enough wrestling. Slipping on a singlet, going to matches. Plotting out a YouTube channel with John Smith and now hanging with one of the best.

Pokes got back on track last night – first conference W (of likely many).

Down goes Goliath. A 5’5″ point guard knocked down the game winner over one of four UConn All-Americans.

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Other Stuff I’m Reading

Zach Lowe’s 10 things: Russ for MVP but that Houston offense tho….Homeward Bound and Cool Runnings are coming to Netflix this month (you’re welcome)….I dig the Mike Pence rule

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