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I'd take ~19-11 with .500 in acc play, and acc tourny game win every once and a while. Make it to NIT 3/5 years and NCAA one of those years not making NIT and its a solid job for VT

So I don't necessarily mind the rookie's getting help as that will help keep interest up. But unless Waerner is a retired musher doing it for one last run I have issues with a non-rookie getting outside help.

If they are ineligible to win and are going to provide extra assets to help the race keep going in the future I don't mind. But I hope they are only allowed for a rookie year.

About 1 hour from the ceremonial start. Race order will be:

1. No one in the race wears #1; this is for a ceremonial/honorary musher
2. Adam Lindenmuth - Rookie
3. Rohn Buser
4. Travis Beals
5. Ryan Redington
6. Kjell Rokke* - Rookie and "Expedition" musher
7. Jessie Holmes
8. Chad Stoddard
9. Bailey Vitello
10. VT's Paige Drobny
11. Joseph Sabin - Rookie
12. Keaton Loebrich
13. Thomas Waerner* - "Expedition" musher
14. Jessie Royer
15. Mille Porsild
16. Matt Hall
17. Lauro Eklund
18. Gabe Dunham
19. Riley Dyche
20. Sydnie Bahl - Rookie
21. Richie Beattie - Rookie
22. Jason Mackey
23. Hanna Lyrek
24. Sam Martin - Rookie
25. Sam Paperman - Rookie
26. Wade Marrs
27. Josi (Thyr) Shelley
28. Jayne Foucher - Rookie
29. Jesse Terry - Rooke
30. Michelle Phillips
31. Sadie Lindquist- Rookie
32. Jody Potts-Joseph - Rookie
33. Peter Kaiser
34. Kevin Hansen - Rookie
35. Jeff Deeter
36. Brenda Mackey - Rookie
37. Grayson Bruton
38. Steve Curtis* - Rookie and "Expedition" musher

At least the one guy is throwing 100k into the purse and 170k to the local checkpoint villages

Well, I'm a bit disappointed to hear that the field has 34 real Iditarod teams and 3 "Expedition" mushers. They are people who are going to be on the trail to Nome but are allowed to get outside help, have people watch over them on snow machines. One of them paid a boatload of money to be able to do it. I guess that is the world we live in now.

https://apnews.com/article/alaska-iditarod-sled-dog-race-38934492f560016...

Should note that the expedition mushers are not eligible for prizes or the like. They will just be able to run the course with the other teams. Still, just feels like this type of outside support is really not in the spirit of "The Last Great Race".

17 and a half wins per season and 8 and a half conference wins per season.

Conference tournament championship

Roughly the same winning percentage as with Wofford.

Four postseason appearances out of six years.

At the very least, we got the coach we paid for.

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