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Nolan Arenado posted:So it sounds like Wichita State to the AAC is probably going to happen? Please welcome your newest member of the Big Ten, your Evansville Purple Aces. Still more competitive than Rutgers. Probably Magic fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Mar 21, 2017 |
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Declan MacManus posted:my midmajor is a steppig stone waka waka They should bring Anthony Grant back. Or Capel! Or wait, like, two years and get Shaka! Hmm good luck, LSU Probably Magic posted:Please welcome your newest member of the Big Ten, your Evansville Purple Aces. UNI would be a legit upgrade over Rutgers in every major sport
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Mar 21, 2017 06:24
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Nolan Arenado posted:So it sounds like Wichita State to the AAC is probably going to happen? The committee will never take them seriously as long as they're in the MVC, so they may as well move up if they get the chance.
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Benne posted:The committee will never take them seriously as long as they're in the MVC, so they may as well move up if they get the chance. They won't be taken seriously in the AAC either. That said, the conference does need a 12th basketball school or even an 11th if UConn leaves.
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Korranus posted:They won't be taken seriously in the AAC either. Who else is leaving? If Wichita St. were to join the AAC, I think it'd be a pretty strong basketball conference. Cincy, SMU, UConn, and Temple all have pretty good programs.
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SMU being good is a very recent development. I don't know if they'll maintain it.
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pubic works project posted:Who else is leaving? Everyone, if they could. The American has 12 football teams but only 11 for other sports; Navy's other sports are I think in the Patriot League to be with Army. That would become ten if UConn leaves.
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Korranus posted:Everyone, if they could. I don't know if it's particularly likely that UConn leaves, given that we don't know exactly how The American would treat its football program and UConn doesn't seem terribly committed to dumping that quite yet. I also am, frankly, a little concerned of adding non-football members to the conference, given how it worked out for UConn last time.
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Democrazy posted:I don't know if it's particularly likely that UConn leaves, given that we don't know exactly how The American would treat its football program and UConn doesn't seem terribly committed to dumping that quite yet. Wouldn't having Navy as a football-only member negate that though? It's basically using them as a stand-in for Wichita St. I feel like the Big East would make more sense for Wichita St. Creighton is already there so geography isn't an issue. Maybe add them and Dayton. Or UConn I guess but they'd have a lot of football logistics to work through. Don't know if the Big East is even thinking about expanding though.
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Korranus posted:They won't be taken seriously in the AAC either. Tulsa made the tournament last year based entirely on getting to play in the AAC against decent teams. They were a seed line or two lower than a 31-4 Wichita team was this year. It's a big boost.
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I'm at work and phone posting. Who's the non-basketball school in the AAC? Navy?
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UMass hired Winthrop's coach, that's a good get especially if he can build a staff that knows the Northeast.
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pubic works project posted:I'm at work and phone posting. Who's the non-basketball school in the AAC? Navy? Yeah, Navy plays football in the conference and is in the Patriot League for everything else.
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TheAlmightyFrog posted:Wouldn't having Navy as a football-only member negate that though? It's basically using them as a stand-in for Wichita St. Would the Big East take a public university though? All but Butler are Catholic- or Jesuit-affiliated on top of that.
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I haven't read any rumors about Big East expansion, but I think it'd be cool. It would be stupid to focus on schools that had a certain religious background. Was the old Big East like that?
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pubic works project posted:I haven't read any rumors about Big East expansion, but I think it'd be cool. It would be stupid to focus on schools that had a certain religious background. Was the old Big East like that? No, it just had a bunch of Catholic schools because the northeast is hugely Catholic and those schools stuck around for the new conference because Catholic schools don't have big time football (except ND and BC).
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MourningView posted:They should bring Anthony Grant back. Or Capel! Or wait, like, two years and get Shaka! They'd be an upgrade over Iowa too 
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Kim Jong Il posted:They'd be an upgrade over Iowa too Big Ten is too snobbish about academics (or pretends to be, anyway) to make any swaps.
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Dango Bango posted:Would the Big East take a public university though? All but Butler are Catholic- or Jesuit-affiliated on top of that. Butler sets the precedent so I don't think that would be an issue. I think it's more just coincidence that the non-football playing schools of the old Big East just happened to be Jesuit schools. I haven't seen or heard any rumblings of expansion for the Big East. Having 10 allows for a home-and-home round robin, and it's not like the league is lacking respect or quality teams, so there really is no reason to expand.
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Butler is still a private school though. I have heard that there is no way the Big East will expand soon, I think because of the tv contracts too, so I expect them to stay at 10 for awhile.
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Probably Magic posted:Please welcome your newest member of the Big Ten, your Evansville Purple Aces. Hell loving yes! However Evansville doesn't have football or hockey so the B1G probably wouldn't take us. Their loss I guess.
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Peanut President posted:Hell loving yes! However Evansville doesn't have football or hockey so the B1G probably wouldn't take us. Their loss I guess. It's not like Purdue, Rutgers, or (until recently) Indiana really have football
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elentar posted:Big Ten is too snobbish about academics (or pretends to be, anyway) to make any swaps.
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Three Pitt players have transferred out in three weeks. Stallings was always a weird hire for them, looks to be playing out now. gvibes posted:We were, but then we let in Nebraska Oddly enough, Nebraska is a huge hub for what I do. (Not corn-related in any way.)
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Gottlieb didn't get the OSU job, he just joined Fox Sports. Which means he'll be eating in the same lunchroom with me and easily triggered. Something something credit cards.
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elentar posted:Three Pitt players have transferred out in three weeks. Stallings was always a weird hire for them, looks to be playing out now.
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Part of being in the AAU is how much research money you get and Nebraska misses mostly because the AAU largely doesn't count ag research money and, shockingly, the university of Nebraska has a big focus on agriculture. They also get dinged because the university of Nebraska med school is in Omaha instead of Lincoln so UNL can't count that. In most regards it's not a substantially worst school (particularly for undergrad) than most of the conference. Also the idea that lots of Big Ten fans have that the AAU is somehow like being in the Ivy League is really dumb.
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Jeff Goodman ✔ @GoodmanESPN Oklahoma State will interview alum Doug Gottlieb tomorrow, sources told ESPN. So I guess he has an escape clause with Fox.
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Why would they want him anyway? Has he ever coached anywhere at any level?
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kiimo posted:Jeff Goodman https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/844605303966466048
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I hope it happens because I want to watch him fail loving hard.
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Didn't Gottlieb throw a poo poo fit that they didn't interview him last time? Why yes Mr. Analyst with no coaching experience, you sure do deserve to jump right into a head coaching job.
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Didn't Fred Hoiberg do the same thing?
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Not sure if he threw a fit, but he did lobby to get interviewed before ISU hired McDermott. We know how that turned out later on though. I would say that Hoiberg had better credentials than Gottlieb does though. Hoiberg at least played in the NBA, and spent time in an NBA front office. Gottlieb never made it to the NBA and has been an analyst for a long time, which doesn't really mean poo poo. Bird in a Blender fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Mar 22, 2017 |
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Like, there are definitely guys you can bring up to justify considering an ex player with no coaching experience (Hoiberg in college, Kerr in the NBA, though both had front office experience), but that doesn't mean it's a good idea
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It would be great if Gottlieb didn't get the job and then also had to eat crow with Michael Porter Jr. going to Mizzouquote:Michael Porter Jr. asks out of National of Letter of Intent with Washington Because it's Mizzou and we can't have nice things, it probably won't happen, but still nice to think about.
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He's probably going to Mizzou but for what it's worth he like, JUST released four schools in the running: Oklahoma, Washington, Missouri, Virginia. http://usatodayhss.com/2017/michael-porter-jr-washington-release-recruiting#sthash.2HLWhS4L.uxfs
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Virginia? Isn't he a one-and-done?
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kiimo posted:He's probably going to Mizzou but for what it's worth he like, JUST released four schools in the running: Oklahoma, Washington, Missouri, Virginia. If I were guessing I'd think OU if he doesn't go to Mizzou, he's got a buddy going there he'd like to play with I think I read somewhere. It's super weird even being in this discussion by the way, let alone being the odds on favorite.
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elentar posted:Virginia? Isn't he a one-and-done? He's the best player in the class so yes unless something goes terribly wrong. Why would that stop him from going to UVA?
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