NCAA College Basketball Talk

[VUGrad1314]

Hello... Things are getting hot out west. If the AAC makes a corresponding basketball move you know it's going to be an A10 team which threatens Loyola's position in the MVC. This has a direct effect on us and our league.

https://twitter.com/C_Austin_Cox/status/1220529434891096065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1220529434891096065&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcsnbbs.com%2Fthread-892956-page-11.html

[valpo95]

FWIW, I noticed that today's NCAA bracket from Joe Lunardi http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology has Loyola as a 13 seed (presumably the conference champ) and UNI as an 11 seed, playing in a first four game. UNI is in the last four in category.

[VUGrad1314]

FWIW, I noticed that today's NCAA bracket from Joe Lunardi http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology has Loyola as a 13 seed (presumably the conference champ) and UNI as an 11 seed, playing in a first four game. UNI is in the last four in category.

Saw that! I'll gladly take it! Keep the dream alive! Two bid Valley!

[VUGrad1314]

BYU coming alongside Boise State?

https://kslsports.com/426873/boise-state-lawsuit-mwc-if-they-left-what-impact-on-byu-football/

[vu84v2]

For some reason, Texas Tech wanted to add a promotion to get students out for their game against Kentucky. Free beer for all students (of age) attending the game! Of course, no one has ever had a problem with a free or very cheap beer promotion.

[valpo84]

Cleveland approves of you post 84v2. 10cent beer night will live in infamy!

[oklahomamick]

Thought this was great.  College basketball has become a transfer portal, low scoring, FBI investigating, wanting to get paid difficult to watch game.  But I thought this was great.

[vusupporter]

Vandy AD Malcolm Turner resigned today. Lasted barely a year on the job.

[crusader05]

Bryce bolted from a program that was helping him become a further star right into the buzzsaw of whatever dysfunction is happening at Vanderbilt.

Don't care how bad our facilities are or that he got a pretty good buy out, he jumped way too soon.

[Just Sayin]

from Yahoo! Sports

Reported discontent between Turner and Vanderbilt

Rivals' VandySports.com cited a source that said a spending freeze had been instituted at the school.

Rumors have swirled for weeks over unhappiness between Turner and Vanderbilt. The source of much discontent was Turner's spending.

Ex-athletic director David Williams left behind a "rainy day" fund that sources estimated at $17 million. Turner blew through that in less than a year on the job.

A source familiar with the inner workings inside Vanderbilt athletics, weeks ago, said that there had been a spending freeze and that the department was running "deficits on top of deficits on top of deficits."

[VUGrad1314]

Bryce bolted from a program that was helping him become a further star right into the buzzsaw of whatever dysfunction is happening at Vanderbilt. Don't care how bad our facilities are or that he got a pretty good buy out, he jumped way too soon.

Bryce bolted from a program that was helping him become a further star right into the buzzsaw of whatever dysfunction is happening at Vanderbilt. Don't care how bad our facilities are or that he got a pretty good buy out, he jumped way too soon.

I'm of two minds on this: Yes he jumped too soon and will forever be marred with the "I went winless in conference play" scarlet sentence (But it looks like so will Stackhouse so maybe the problem wasn't him? In any case he set up his family for life with that money and is still cashing it. He doesn't have to do a thing the rest of his life if he doesn't want to. And yet... That school that was making him a rising star in the profession would welcome him back with open arms any time he decides he wants the job. He lost nothing and gained millions. Good move by Bryce I should say.

[VUGrad1314]

Language warning in the article BUT this is the kind of stuff I worry will eventually said of us in the MVC if we don't produce or start to resolve the issues we face and have faced. The similarities were close enough to feel very uncomfortable.

https://www.blackburnreview.com/2020/02/04/thats-enough-fordham/

[vu72]

Language warning in the article BUT this is the kind of stuff I worry will eventually said of us in the MVC if we don't produce or start to resolve the issues we face and have faced. The similarities were close enough to feel very uncomfortable.

https://www.blackburnreview.com/2020/02/04/thats-enough-fordham/

Pretty funny how we complain about the ARC but their 3200 seat 'arena" is deemed "historical", Perhaps we should have stayed in Hilltop.  It had a seating capacity of about 3200 and certainly was "historical"!

https://fordhamsports.com/sports/2013/7/17/GEN_0717130925.aspx

[NativeCheesehead]

The lighting looks way better there. If the sound system is decent and parking isn't bad I'll trade them tomorrow.

[bbtds]

The lighting looks way better there. If the sound system is decent and parking isn't bad I'll trade them tomorrow.

Parking situation in the Bronx for Fordham football games. When is the last time somebody who parked away from the building paid to park at Valpo?

Parking lot A (fairly close) at Fordham football $40 per game. In parking garage with a decent walk, much like Valpo's from LaPorte Ave., $17 per game.

https://fordhamsports.com/sports/2014/3/31/FB_0331143336.aspx 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fordham+University/@40.8620444,-73.8944534,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2f37e5180c091:0x39c5cf445ed73ef8!8m2!3d40.8620404!4d-73.8856987

[oklahomamick]

Vandy won first SEC game of the year.  Sorry Bruce.

[VUGrad1314]

Speaking of the SEC I know this is football related but I'm glad universities like ours don't pull this crap. Shame on Ole Miss. More P5 BS and the NCAA just lets them get away with whatever. There's no ethics anywhere in college sports these days.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28647975/hs-recruit-detraveon-brown-north-texas-signing-day-gaffe

[VUGrad1314]

North Carolina A&T leaving MEAC for Big South. Announcement expected tomorrow.

https://www.greensboro.com/sports/college/ncat/a-t-will-leave-meac-for-big-south-conference-source/article_827f910e-c4eb-5815-8821-1ed75cf66272.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR2Blz_Y9cbnz-8rJBafUoTbZ-LhmhZA_HmP6nFn2TlBjjA0ia1Qf5OmbQw#2

[VALPO LI]

Looks to be happening. They are having a good year in conference basketball so far leading the MEAC at 8-1. 
Now NC A&T will be the 3rd D1 Historically Black Colleges and Universities program not in the MEAC or SWAC.
(Hampton Big South and Tennessee State OVC)

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina-at-state-university-to-announce-major-development-within-intercollegiate-athletics-department/

[VUGrad1314]

Seems like the row between the Mountain West and Boise State has been settled amicably which means there will be no significant realignment move\trickle down effect. This is good for the MVC because the Q1 games won't become more concentrated in higher conferences and Loyola won't be poached by the A10.

[JD24]

Speaking of the SEC I know this is football related but I'm glad universities like ours don't pull this crap. Shame on Ole Miss. More P5 BS and the NCAA just lets them get away with whatever. There's no ethics anywhere in college sports these days. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28647975/hs-recruit-detraveon-brown-north-texas-signing-day-gaffe

Why would this be Ole Miss's issue?

[VUGrad1314]

Because that's a really crappy thing to do to lead a recruit on and assure him that his paper work is coming in to the degree that he announces that he is coming on national TV only to realize that there is no offer and never was. That is a shameful and disgusting recruiting tactic. If you gave your word to a kid keep it and honor it.

[valpopal]

Apparently, if you give students a reason to attend basketball games, they will come:


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[VUGrad1314]

They've got way more students Athletics are ingrained in that university's culture and we don't have a rivalry we hate as intensely as they hate Purdue. This makes sense to me and is not really an indictment of Valpo. We need an intense rival and we need a greater emphasis on athletics then maybe we can recreate this somewhat.

[valpopal]

They've got way more students Athletics are ingrained in that university's culture and we don't have a rivalry we hate as intensely as they hate Purdue. This makes sense to me and is not really an indictment of Valpo. We need an intense rival and we need a greater emphasis on athletics then maybe we can recreate this somewhat.

Exactly my point. We once had this electric kind of atmosphere during Valpo-Butler games. VU needs to establish and foster a strong rivalry with Loyola plus create once again a greater emphasis on pride in athletics among the student population.