NCHoosier32 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Just now, IU Scott said: It wouldn't surprise me that a lot of top teams in their conferences do the same thing. I like the conference tournaments but I think this year they should cancel them. Why take a chance for a top team to catch the virus and take a chance of missing the NCAA Tournament. Say you're a big ten team and test positive 5 days before the tournament to begin then you couldn't play in it. understand that perspective, but we don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. just play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 minute ago, NCHoosier32 said: understand that perspective, but we don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. just play. I just understand what these teams will think and that is the conference tournament is not that big of a deal compared to the NCAA Tournament. I just think this year it is not worth having the conference tournaments because there is a very good chance that some teams will get it and miss the actual tournament. If that happened to IU I know I wouldn't be real happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHoosier32 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Just now, IU Scott said: I just understand what these teams will think and that is the conference tournament is not that big of a deal compared to the NCAA Tournament. I just think this year it is not worth having the conference tournaments because there is a very good chance that some teams will get it and miss the actual tournament. If that happened to IU I know I wouldn't be real happy. Understood What if you skip the conference tourney and then get quarantined after the 1st round of the NCAA tourney? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 15 minutes ago, Inequality said: What about NCAA seeding? I don't think one loss would knock them down from a 1, but OTOH, a bad loss for BYU would knock them from safely in to bubble team IMO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 IMO cancelling the entirety of a conference tournament is completely different than a top team of a conference opting out of a tournament that is played. If the WCC wants to cancel the tournament to protect Gonzaga and BYU have at it, but if it isn't cancelled those teams should be taking a loss not a nothing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 29 minutes ago, IU Scott said: It wouldn't surprise me that a lot of top teams in their conferences do the same thing. I like the conference tournaments but I think this year they should cancel them. Why take a chance for a top team to catch the virus and take a chance of missing the NCAA Tournament. Say you're a big ten team and test positive 5 days before the tournament to begin then you couldn't play in it. In a year where every program in the country is losing $.....conference tournaments tv wise are a cash cow. Conference tournaments will be played. We discussed a couple pages earlier but I hope the Big 10 sees the wisdom and doesn't force a regular season to completion. Make sure Michigan/Illinois play once at least...otherwise play the schedule out. Get the tourneys in and call it a season. No reason at all to try and make teams play 4 games 2-3 weeks in a row. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 32 minutes ago, NCHoosier32 said: Understood What if you skip the conference tourney and then get quarantined after the 1st round of the NCAA tourney? would you rather miss your wedding rehearsal or you actual wedding if you have to be sick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, IU Scott said: would you rather miss your wedding rehearsal or you actual wedding if you have to be sick Good question for @5fouls. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 I see Akron won again last night. Seeing as how John Groce's name comes up quite a bit around here, the Zips are zipping along again. Groce had them at 24-7 last year. They sit at 14-4 this year. Curiously one of their main contributors is a kid from East Noble(Kendallville). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Not specifically a basketball story, but... Marquette faculty and staff reductions may reach 300 over next two years as they address $45M budget shortfall https://www.wpr.org/marquette-university-laid-39-january-staff-and-students-fear-more-cuts-are-come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, 13th&Jackson said: Not specifically a basketball story, but... Marquette faculty and staff reductions may reach 300 over next two years as they address $45M budget shortfall https://www.wpr.org/marquette-university-laid-39-january-staff-and-students-fear-more-cuts-are-come Offer Wojo 30 grand a year to stay...the way things are going for them, he'd take it.... Edited February 17, 2021 by IUFLA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Watching a little of the Butler-Marquette game... Garcia would have been a nice get, buy I'm glad we dodged the DJ Carton bullet... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 Nate Oats contract extension and pay raise https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30925289/alabama-men-basketball-coach-nate-oats-gets-extension-2026-27-season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 On 2/17/2021 at 8:19 PM, IUFLA said: Watching a little of the Butler-Marquette game... Garcia would have been a nice get, buy I'm glad we dodged the DJ Carton bullet... Now we see or at least I do, what the issues probably were with Carton at tOSU. The kid is just not a team player. He is one of the most selfish players I have seen since Howard. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 3 hours ago, rico said: Now we see or at least I do, what the issues probably were with Carton at tOSU. The kid is just not a team player. He is one of the most selfish players I have seen since Howard. LOL Know of his family. They've moved him onto greener pastures many times. Not a surprise he landed at a place where a coach would just say do whatever you feel like. I think Holtmann saw it early. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 12 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said: Nate Oats contract extension and pay raise https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30925289/alabama-men-basketball-coach-nate-oats-gets-extension-2026-27-season Didn't see this before... 10 million dollar buyout over the next 2 years too...He ain't goin nowhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Didn't see this before... 10 million dollar buyout over the next 2 years too...He ain't goin nowhere... Football pays plenty of bills doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 Just now, Seeking6 said: Football pays plenty of bills doesn't it? Does at Alabama...who does Nate report to? Saban? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Does at Alabama...who does Nate report to? Saban? They all do. Including their Governor. Much like Knight once was....total control and I love it when I see it. I don't like Saban but can appreciate what he's done. Given the talent that comes out of the South....I think Bama is poised to be pretty darn good until UK or someone else says that buyout doesn't matter to us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Didn't see this before... 10 million dollar buyout over the next 2 years too...He ain't goin nowhere... Until he starts losing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 22 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Didn't see this before... 10 million dollar buyout over the next 2 years too...He ain't goin nowhere... These buyouts are making it increasingly difficult to hire successful coaches from P5 programs. UCLA thought they had a deal with Jamie Dixon, then backed out when TCU wouldn't lower the buyout. Dixon’s $8-million buyout at Texas Christian became an insurmountable sticking point for both sides, according to multiple people close to the situation, with the Horned Frogs unwilling to lower the amount and the Bruins refusing to pay it even after identifying Dixon as their top candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said: These buyouts are making it increasingly difficult to hire successful coaches from P5 programs. UCLA thought they had a deal with Jamie Dixon, then backed out when TCU wouldn't lower the buyout. Dixon’s $8-million buyout at Texas Christian became an insurmountable sticking point for both sides, according to multiple people close to the situation, with the Horned Frogs unwilling to lower the amount and the Bruins refusing to pay it even after identifying Dixon as their top candidate. Dixon will be somewhere else in a few years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 hours ago, rico said: Dixon will be somewhere else in a few years... DIxon is a great coach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 minute ago, KoB2011 said: DIxon is a great coach. Too good for TCU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, KoB2011 said: DIxon is a great coach. 10 minutes ago, rico said: Too good for TCU. It's his alma mater...But for some reason they're not getting the guy who coached at Pitt...Difference in the ACC and Big 12? He's got 3 top 100 kids on his roster now...But that pales in comparison to the top tier of the Big 12 (save Oklahoma)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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