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VUGrad1314

Metro State (Colorado) rejects WAC invite

VUGrad1314

Otzelberger taking over at UNLV

vu84v2

Quote from: VUGrad1314 on March 27, 2019, 12:21:38 PM
Metro State (Colorado) rejects WAC invite

Definition of an extremely weak conference:

You get rejected by a school that is considering a move to D1.

On the subject of the WAC, this board talks a lot about a twelfth team if Belmont were to join. New Mexico State has many positives, with the only possible negatives being travel (need to fly to El Paso and drive 45 minutes) and consistent financial resources. But basketball and other programs seem at a solid level versus current MVC members.

valpo95

Perhaps some of you have seen this elsewhere, yet there is a nice article detailing about how much each team has contributed in terms of NCAA tournament payoff units. The short version is that the team makes one unit for making the tournament, plus one unit for each win up to the final four. The units pay off over the next six years to the conference.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/March-Madness-NCAA-Payouts-AP-Analysis-507672241.html

One can contrast the payoffs contributed by VU with other schools. For example, VU making the tournament (and the Sweet 16 wins) added quite a bit to the conference payoff. The payoff for Butler was even higher, or the payoff for Youngstown State was zero.

As pointed out by the article, the payoff to the P5/6 conferences has increased over time. 

JD24

Nate Oats of Buffalo is taking the Alabama Coaching job not John Brannen.

VUGrad1314

#1030
The Missouri Valley Conference will collect $1.4 million in April and at least $8.45 million total from what Loyola University Chicago earned during its stunning run with Sister Jean to the 2018 Final Four. The conference is still cashing in from Wichita State's Final Four in 2013 as well as Creighton's recent NCAA appearances. Wichita State (American Athletic Conference) and Creighton (Big East) have both left the Missouri Valley, ripple effects from Power Five expansion. Elgin provided AP with MVC financial projections that show annual unit revenue falling from nearly $7.2 million in 2019 to $2.6 million in 2025.

The MVC hopes to cushion some of that fall through NCAA changes that will redirect a small percentage of money toward academic targets.

Conferences such as the Atlantic 10, Conference USA and the Mountain West could be in a similar situation. They regularly sent multiple teams to the tournament, recently their bids have dwindled and soon, so will their payouts.


And the MVC refused to add Murray State why again?

Full article here: https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2019/03/26/money-madness-ap-analysis-shows-growing-gap-in-ncaa-payouts/



valpopal

The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame named its new class of inductees, which includes Coach Homer Drew: congrats!  :clap: :clap: :clap:


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Just Sayin

#1032
QuoteWho is the winningest school? Who has been the bridesmaid the most?
Stats don't lie! The major programs certainly fill out the top schools when it comes to championship games, and none more than Duke. Five titles and four runners-up results are the most number of championship games by far. UNC and the Huskies round out the top three titles with four apiece, while Michigan are the biggest bridesmaid.
Jason Zivkovic






M

I, i, I just can't feel bad for the guy.

valpo64

Agree..."The King" lost his court

bigmosmithfan1

Whether you have sympathy for him or not, he's not wrong about how this transfer portal has strayed well away from what it was intended to be, and how it essentially enables schools to illegally recruit other team's players during the season.

vu72

Enjoyed listening to Kampe.  It really is a very different world versus just a few years ago.  The idea that players are being recruited during the season is just amazing and certainly goes for our guys as well. He said that he no longer will redshirt players.  This makes sense as does not bringing kids for classes during the summer.  Back in the day it took four years to graduate and if a kid insists on taking summer classes then the handwriting is clearly on the wall.

Verbal Commits now has the total transfers in D1 at 894 and probably will top 900 for the first time ever.  Something has to change but probably won't.  It is the "me first" generation.
Season Results: CBI/CIT: 2008, 2011, 2014  NIT: 2003,2012, 2016(Championship Game) 2017   NCAA: 1962,1966,1967,1969,1973,1996,1997,1998 (Sweet Sixteen),1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2013 and 2015

IrishDawg

Quote from: vu72 on June 17, 2019, 09:05:51 AM
Enjoyed listening to Kampe.  It really is a very different world versus just a few years ago.  The idea that players are being recruited during the season is just amazing and certainly goes for our guys as well. He said that he no longer will redshirt players.  This makes sense as does not bringing kids for classes during the summer.  Back in the day it took four years to graduate and if a kid insists on taking summer classes then the handwriting is clearly on the wall.

Verbal Commits now has the total transfers in D1 at 894 and probably will top 900 for the first time ever.  Something has to change but probably won't.  It is the "me first" generation.

I don't think it's a "me first" generation as much as kids trying to maximize their college experience, whatever that means to them. Agree somewhat that a lack of patience is part of the problem, but Valpo's done well in the transfer market, and has 3 guys who will likely play significant roles next season who transferred in.

The in-season recruiting happens at all levels too, but obviously it hurts mid-majors more because they don't have the depth of talent or resources, but because it's all done via back channels (telling high school or AAU coaches there would be a spot for them that they then pass on to the player), it's extremely hard to crack down on.

VU2014

I understand we want kids to have freedom to transfer but it's borderline rediculous how many transfers there are and the level of cheating/poaching has become. The NCAA granting instant eligibility waivers now makes it even more of a clown show.


bigmosmithfan1

QuoteHe said that he no longer will redshirt players.  This makes sense as does not bringing kids for classes during the summer.

I've said it on here before and I'll say it again: with this new transfer portal, any midmajor coach who redshirts a kid for any reason other than injury or academic eligibility issues is out of their mind.

VUGrad1314

#1044
UMKC back to the Summit League. Good move for them. Balancing out Augustana? What happens to Chicago State? Also what does this mean for the WAC? I know they have Dixie State coming in but they'll need to balance somehow. I'm surprised Denver doesn't go to the WAC. I feel like it makes more sense for them than the Summit.   

https://twitter.com/RCFOX4KC/status/1141878517422002182

valpotx

No one in their right mind wants to go the WAC, except as a necessity to have a conference.  UMKC was moronic for making that move.  Chicago State had no other options.  Denver will not move to the WAC, as the Summit has rounded into a nice league overall, and a somewhat stable geography for them.
"Don't mess with Texas"

Just Sayin

#1046
End-of-Season and Tourney Win% (Highest to Lowest)  for all 353 teams, 2018-2019 Season per Sports-Reference:



School            W-L%
Virginia NCAA   0.921
Gonzaga NCAA   0.892
Houston NCAA   0.892
Buffalo NCAA   0.889
New Mexico State NCAA   0.857
Wofford NCAA   0.857
Nevada NCAA   0.853
Murray State NCAA   0.848
Duke NCAA   0.842
UC-Irvine NCAA   0.838
Tennessee NCAA   0.838
Michigan State NCAA   0.821
Belmont NCAA   0.818
Texas Tech NCAA   0.816
Kentucky NCAA   0.811
Michigan NCAA   0.811
Liberty NCAA   0.806
North Carolina-Greensboro   0.806
North Carolina NCAA   0.806
Cincinnati NCAA   0.800
Louisiana State NCAA   0.800
Utah State NCAA   0.800
Abilene Christian NCAA   0.794
Vermont NCAA   0.794
Florida State NCAA   0.784
Lipscomb   0.784
Hofstra   0.771
Furman   0.758
Toledo   0.758
Virginia Commonwealth NCAA   0.758
Auburn NCAA   0.750
Washington NCAA   0.750
Montana NCAA   0.743
Northern Kentucky NCAA   0.743
Old Dominion NCAA   0.743
Virginia Tech NCAA   0.743
Kansas State NCAA   0.735
Yale NCAA   0.733
Central Florida NCAA   0.727
College of Charleston   0.727
Jacksonville State   0.727
South Dakota State   0.727
Stony Brook   0.727
Kansas NCAA   0.722
Purdue NCAA   0.722
Villanova NCAA   0.722
Fresno State   0.719
Utah Valley   0.714
Davidson   0.706
Drake   0.706
East Tennessee State   0.706
Georgia State NCAA   0.706
Marquette NCAA   0.706
Texas State   0.706
Temple NCAA   0.697
UC-Santa Barbara   0.688
Colgate NCAA   0.686
San Francisco   0.677
Arizona State NCAA   0.676
Maryland NCAA   0.676
Mississippi State NCAA   0.676
Northeastern NCAA   0.676
Wisconsin NCAA   0.676
Austin Peay   0.667
Kent State   0.667
North Carolina State   0.667
Radford   0.667
Oregon NCAA   0.658
Central Michigan   0.657
Gardner-Webb NCAA   0.657
Iowa State NCAA   0.657
Iowa NCAA   0.657
Omaha   0.656
Northern Colorado   0.656
Bowling Green State   0.647
Loyola Marymount   0.647
Saint Mary's (CA) NCAA   0.647
Lehigh   0.645
Colorado   0.639
Saint Louis NCAA   0.639
Bucknell   0.636
Dayton   0.636
Georgia Southern   0.636
North Texas   0.636
Sam Houston State   0.636
South Florida   0.632
Texas Southern   0.632
NJIT   0.629
Prairie View NCAA   0.629
Brown   0.625
Marshall   0.622
Texas Christian   0.622
Maryland-Baltimore County   0.618
San Diego State   0.618
St. John's (NY) NCAA   0.618
Harvard   0.613
Pennsylvania   0.613
Memphis   0.611
Minnesota NCAA   0.611
Norfolk State   0.611
Campbell   0.606
Lamar   0.606
Louisiana Tech   0.606
Mississippi NCAA   0.606
Southern Mississippi   0.606
Fairleigh Dickinson NCAA   0.600
Winthrop   0.600
Wright State   0.600
Wichita State   0.595
Brigham Young   0.594
Duquesne   0.594
Louisiana   0.594
North Carolina A&T   0.594
Baylor NCAA   0.588
Clemson   0.588
Florida International   0.588
Grand Canyon   0.588
Louisville NCAA   0.588
Loyola (IL)   0.588
Oklahoma NCAA   0.588
Seton Hall NCAA   0.588
Syracuse NCAA   0.588
Western Kentucky   0.588
San Diego   0.583
Hawaii   0.581
Oregon State   0.581
Georgetown   0.576
New Orleans   0.576
Alabama-Birmingham   0.571
Bradley NCAA   0.571
Creighton   0.571
Ohio State NCAA   0.571
Princeton   0.571
Texas   0.568
Tulsa   0.563
Florida NCAA   0.556
Presbyterian   0.556
Green Bay   0.553
Nevada-Las Vegas   0.548
Utah   0.548
George Mason   0.545
Hartford   0.545
Purdue-Fort Wayne   0.545
Rhode Island   0.545
Saint Francis (PA)   0.545
Seattle   0.545
Weber State   0.545
Indiana   0.543
Louisiana-Monroe   0.543
North Dakota State NCAA   0.543
Xavier   0.543
Texas-Rio Grande Valley   0.541
Arizona   0.531
Southern Illinois   0.531
Texas-San Antonio   0.531
Alabama   0.529
Arkansas   0.529
Cal State Bakersfield   0.529
Charleston Southern   0.529
North Carolina Central NCAA   0.529
Providence   0.529
St. Bonaventure   0.529
DePaul   0.528
Nebraska   0.528
California Baptist   0.516
High Point   0.516
Quinnipiac   0.516
Rider   0.516
Santa Clara   0.516
Akron   0.515
Delaware   0.515
Florida Atlantic   0.515
Illinois State   0.515
Iona NCAA   0.515
Samford   0.515
Siena   0.515
Southeastern Louisiana   0.515
St. Francis (NY)   0.515
Texas-Arlington   0.515
UCLA   0.515
Hampton   0.514
Robert Morris   0.514
American   0.500
Coastal Carolina   0.500
Grambling   0.500
Howard   0.500
Illinois-Chicago   0.500
Long Island University   0.500
Missouri State   0.500
Northern Illinois   0.500
Portland State   0.500
South Alabama   0.500
South Carolina   0.500
Southern Utah   0.500
Ball State   0.485
Butler   0.485
Connecticut   0.485
Holy Cross   0.485
IUPUI   0.485
North Florida   0.485
Oakland   0.485
Southern California   0.485
Cornell   0.484
Indiana State   0.484
Sacramento State   0.484
Stanford   0.484
Cal State Fullerton   0.471
Eastern Washington   0.471
Longwood   0.471
Northern Iowa   0.471
Pepperdine   0.471
Canisius   0.469
Eastern Michigan   0.469
Massachusetts-Lowell   0.469
Miami (OH)   0.469
Missouri   0.469
Montana State   0.469
Sacred Heart   0.469
Southern Methodist   0.469
Stephen F. Austin   0.467
Boston University   0.455
Valparaiso   0.455
Bethune-Cookman   0.452
Boston College   0.452
Nicholls State   0.452
Ohio   0.452
Rutgers   0.452
William & Mary   0.452
Long Beach State   0.441
Air Force   0.438
Eastern Illinois   0.438
Florida Gulf Coast   0.438
Georgia Tech   0.438
Miami (FL)   0.438
New Mexico   0.438
Pacific   0.438
Penn State   0.438
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi   0.438
Texas A&M   0.438
South Dakota   0.433
Wagner   0.433
Central Arkansas   0.424
James Madison   0.424
Notre Dame   0.424
Pittsburgh   0.424
Saint Joseph's   0.424
Eastern Kentucky   0.419
West Virginia   0.417
Arkansas-Pine Bluff   0.406
Arkansas State   0.406
Army   0.406
Drexel   0.406
Jackson State   0.406
Niagara   0.406
Northwestern   0.406
Rice   0.406
Citadel   0.400
Houston Baptist   0.400
Monmouth   0.400
North Dakota   0.400
Troy   0.400
Boise State   0.394
Morehead State   0.394
Richmond   0.394
Alabama State   0.387
Florida A&M   0.387
Marist   0.387
Navy   0.387
Tennessee-Martin   0.387
Cal State Northridge   0.382
Albany (NY)   0.375
Chattanooga   0.375
Colorado State   0.375
Fordham   0.375
Jacksonville   0.375
Oklahoma State   0.375
Youngstown State   0.375
Dartmouth   0.367
Idaho State   0.367
Illinois   0.364
Columbia   0.357
UC-Davis   0.355
Central Connecticut State   0.355
Detroit Mercy   0.355
Mercer   0.355
Northwestern State   0.355
Savannah State   0.355
Wake Forest   0.355
Appalachian State   0.344
Elon   0.344
Evansville   0.344
Georgia   0.344
Loyola (MD)   0.344
Manhattan   0.344
Massachusetts   0.344
Middle Tennessee   0.344
Missouri-Kansas City   0.344
Oral Roberts   0.344
VMI   0.344
Washington State   0.344
Bryant   0.333
Lafayette   0.333
Alcorn State   0.323
Little Rock   0.323
Cleveland State   0.323
East Carolina   0.323
La Salle   0.323
Northern Arizona   0.323
Southeast Missouri State   0.323
SIU Edwardsville   0.323
Western Illinois   0.323
North Alabama   0.313
Saint Peter's   0.313
Towson   0.313
Binghamton   0.303
UC-Riverside   0.303
North Carolina-Wilmington   0.303
Morgan State   0.300
Tennessee State   0.300
Fairfield   0.290
McNeese State   0.290
Milwaukee   0.290
Mount St. Mary's   0.290
Vanderbilt   0.281
Charlotte   0.276
Texas-El Paso   0.276
George Washington   0.273
Denver   0.267
University of California   0.258
Tennessee Tech   0.258
Western Michigan   0.250
Wyoming   0.250
Coppin State   0.242
South Carolina State   0.235
Stetson   0.226
Maryland-Eastern Shore   0.219
Portland   0.219
Southern   0.219
Western Carolina   0.219
Cal Poly   0.207
Delaware State   0.194
Incarnate Word   0.194
Kennesaw State   0.188
Mississippi Valley State   0.188
South Carolina Upstate   0.188
New Hampshire   0.172
Alabama A&M   0.156
Idaho   0.156
Maine   0.156
North Carolina-Asheville   0.129
San Jose State   0.129
Tulane   0.129
Chicago State   0.094

VUGrad1314

#1047
SERIOUS UCONN to BE smoke:

https://csnbbs.com/thread-878013.html

http://www.digitalsportsdesk.com/ncaa-basketball/big-east/uconn-to-return-to-big-east/

https://twitter.com/goodmanhoops/status/1142444127088455680?s=21

https://twitter.com/ManthonyCourant/status/1142437482996346880

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1142444801025085440

https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-sp-uconn-big-east-conference-aac-20190622-20190622-qgewcp6jhvd5fd4lenxr5vnncm-story.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-u-conn-move-to-the-big-east-inevitable-151200471.html

Denials abound but if stuff like this reaches such high levels and there are votes that are going to happen this looks like a fait accompli. My guess? AAC adds Army\VCU or ODU A10 adds somebody like ODU or maybe Vermont and the CAA\AE add somebody out east. Not sure if this impacts or informs other moves in other regions but the chess pieces will move on the Eastern Seaboard\Atlantic region. Perhaps this closes the door on the BE for Dayton and SLU and makes the MVC a player? The loss of VCU would severely weaken the A-10  and if the AAC takes ODU, which would be the A10's top alternative to VCU I bet, then maybe the western members start to rethink their conference positions. Remember adding UCONN would allow the BE an 11 team 20 game double round robin further hindering scheduling for mids. 

VUGrad1314

Oh God... This thought just entered my head... If the steps are

UCONN (BE)

ARMY (FB) VCU (Olympic) AAC

Watch Loyola for the A10


FieldGoodie05

Quote from: VUGrad1314 on June 22, 2019, 10:49:27 AM
Oh God... This thought just entered my head... If the steps are

UCONN (BE)

ARMY (FB) VCU (Olympic) AAC

Watch Loyola for the A10

Why does the loss of Loyola make you say "Oh God"?  Not for nothing, but they made the NCAA tournament one time in more than 30-years....

I'll grant you their 2018 success but it's not yet sustained.  I think the far more difficult job of sustained success has yet to be accomplished.  Valpo received a ton of national exposure after their Sweet 16 but the hardest work came in the following 20-years.

I have a hard time believing that 1999 Valpo MBB was going to get a shot at the MVC because of a few good years.  So why does Loyola get the opportunity after only two winning seasons?  Certainly these are only my opinions, by "Oh God" seems like you dread the day?  Why this level of concern, even if Loyola gets lucky?