WTKA Roundtable 6/11/2026: Don't Be Like Iowa

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Things Discussed:

• VALIANT: Sam's getting background to tell stories nobody's heard yet from Dusty May. Ken Pomeroy is going to walk us through the 2PA Revolution and how it led to some of the best basketball teams ever. John Gasaway is going through the history of his understanding of the game, and the Michigan fans who pulled him along that journey. Will Warren is going to get into the way strategy and analytics created a special team.
• Craig's book too. Alex Drain chopped it in half, and it's finally written.
• Texas Tech and Sorsby: Craig walks us through the judge's insane decision, notes there's still a four-judge panel (of all TTU grads) that it needs to get through before this really is a thing.
• The reaction of the league is loud, but they're not going to do 90% of what they threaten, for many reasons.
• Comparison with reaction to Signgate: Difference was anyone who knows ball was saying it's horseshit.
• What do TTU fans say? They say Texas has been getting players off for worse for a century.
• What's the fix? Probably one part of the story that eventually leads to a CBA, because that's how the pro leagues control this.
• In break: the 1950s NYU scandal in the context of 1950s NCAA and the players making no money as everyone was getting rich.
• In-state recruiting: Some big guys going out of state. Guerrant: let's see if Michigan passes the ball this year before we take an impending Oregon commitment seriously. Gideon Gash: TTU means Michigan can come back around; big loss for MSU.
• Whittingham has done a good job adapting to Michigan recruiting. Retaining Bellamy retained connections in Michigan and the East. Harding gives him credibility all over the Midwest. Way they reacted to the NCAA attacking SMSB was like early Harbaugh.
• Pat Fitzgerald's slow start means little; he's got some OL, and that's what you really need. Seth likes the Frey-type tackle they got from Brighton.