Chad Baker-Mazara is no longer a member of the USC men’s basketball program, the school announced Sunday.
The 26-year-old Mazara started 22 games and averaged 18.5 PPG for the Trojans this season.
144 D-I MBB players have 85+ ast this season.
57 D-I MBB players have 40+ stl this yr.
38 D-I MBB players have 30 turnovers or fewer this yr.
ONLY two (2) have done ALL three:
• Sam Hoiberg - 88 ast, 42 stl, 16 TO
• Tamin Lipsey - 91 ast, 41 stl, 19 TO
Ball control.
>be Jim Simons
>born 1938 in Brookline, Massachusetts
>shark eyes, warm smile, galaxy brain
>age 3, realize numbers double infinitely
>age 4, obsessed with Zeno's paradox
>parents: "what is wrong with this kid"
1950s:
>MIT at 17
>graduate in 3 years
>too easy
>Berkeley PhD in 2 years
>thesis is 20 pages
>advisor doesn't know if it's genius or insane
1964:
>join the NSA
>job: crack Soviet codes
>coldest war, hardest puzzles
>you're very good at this
1967:
>write a letter to the New York Times
>call Vietnam "a stupid war"
>NSA: "you can't do that"
>you: "just did"
>fired immediately
1968:
>become math professor at Stony Brook
>age 30, youngest department chair ever
>do actual math
>invent Chern-Simons theory
>physicists use it for decades
>you treat it like a footnote
1978:
>get bored of academia
>everyone says markets are random
>you: "what if that's bullshit"
>start trading with math
1982:
>found Renaissance Technologies
>strip mall office in Long Island
>no suits, no MBAs
>hire physicists, astronomers, codebreakers
>Wall Street experience? disqualifying
1988:
>launch Medallion Fund
>close it to outsiders almost immediately
>only employees can invest
>this matters
the method:
>find patterns humans can't see
>trade thousands of times a day
>tiny edge × massive volume × time = infinite money
>nobody knows exactly how
>employees sign insane NDAs
>secrets go to the grave
the returns:
>66% annually before fees
>39% after fees
>for 30+ years
>not a single losing year
>2008 financial crisis: +82.4%
>best track record in history
>better than Buffett, Soros, everyone
>not even close
the money:
>net worth hits $31 billion
>all from math
>no oil, no inheritance
>just patterns in the noise
tragedy:
>son Paul died in 1996 bicycle accident
>son Nicholas drowns in 2003
>two sons gone
>pour billions into autism research, math education, basic science
May 2024:
>die at 86
>never wrote a memoir
>never explained how Medallion works
>never needed credit
the codebreaker who cracked the market.
66% a year.
30 years.
the greatest investor who ever lived
and nobody knows how he did it.
@ralulla just catching up on the Christmas podcast. This savior conversation is SPOT ON. Build the foundation. Stop looking for someone to save you. Have to give ourselves the opportunity to get over the hump. Really well said!
The @CoachMattRhule & @JayGlazer conversation on House Rhules this week is an incredible listen for everyone. Such great insight on mental health, checking in others, and not holding on. Thank you for the vulnerability! #WhatsNext
🌽 32 Touches
🌽 129 RUSH YDS
🌽 103 REC YDS
🌽 3 TD
@HuskerFootball RB Emmett Johnson is the only FBS player this season with 💯 rushing and receiving yards in the same game 🔥