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Has anyone said why the conference spent all this money this year and is pretty much terrible across the board?
What is the feeling as to why so many schools really spent terribly?
I believe the average spent this year by the conference was somewhere in the low to mid $8M area.
But take into consideration that average, which is still below the FB schools, and in some individual cases far below was boosted by UConn and SJU who were in the $12M range.
Pitino, although easy for him to say being supported by his sugar daddy, was correct when he said the league has to spend much more on NIL.
But take into consideration that average, which is still below the FB schools, and in some individual cases far below was boosted by UConn and SJU who were in the $12M range.
Pitino, although easy for him to say being supported by his sugar daddy, was correct when he said the league has to spend much more on NIL.
Ok
Something doesn’t really add up
It’s just weird that the entire conference including UConn and St. John’s is so bad
It’s a fair point, and I think a mix of injuries (Creighton), poor coaching (Prov/Georgetown, to some extent), bad roster building (Marquette/Georgetown) all contributed to disappointing seasons. You do have to wonder if some of these teams spent just for the sake of spending, and ended up blowing millions on lesser quality players. With Georgetown, I just don’t really like their roster. I guess 8 or 10 mil doesn’t buy what it used to.
USF is in the American
Amazing what PC has done resources wise. Their shift the last 15 years should be studid by SHU. Starting with Bob Driscoll, I guess.
@lloyde dobler may have some insight.
@lloyde dobler may have some insight.
That would be correct. I think it comes down whatever it was they did to cultivate donors, because it‘s clearly worked and been sustained.
Big question if some of the league can even do that. Forget the revenue caps and not having FB, do these schools even have the funds?
I believe it on Nova. They got some talented transfers with Brennan, Lindsay, Askew, and of course Acaden Lewis.
That injury to Hodge was a killer.
That injury to Hodge was a killer.
Father Shanley was instrumental in changing Providences national profile and is great cultivating donors. He’s now at St John’s.
Wants a true P4 job. Figures Providence’s willingness to fund and BBall being the only game (sorry Lacrosse) he can prove himself better than the swamps of Tampa.
That’s what it always comes down to: Identification, cultivation, solicitation, and conversion.
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Sources: Syracuse to hire Gerry McNamara as basketball coach
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You’re forgetting about a PC hockey program that also requires millions to operate each year.
We will see. He is definitely the "hot" young coach of this cycle. Going to a place with a rabid fan base and us against the world mentality, which is interesting because if you've read anything about what this guy Hodgson has had to overcome in his life, it fits the mentality (read some stuff the past few days, and it is interesting).
Can't have 4 of 11 teams operating in the $4-6.5 range when P4 average was $8.5-9. I thought that inflation would be about 25% this April but its feeling like its going to be more based on so many teams saying they are going to raise their budgets significantly.
Rutgers is saying they'll have at least 8 which is double what they spent last Spring. Everyone changing coaches are saying they are raising their budgets considerably. Providence, Syracuse, etc. Cronin said he needs $5M more at UCLA to be able to go deeper in the NCAAT.
UCLA was always the leader in paying players! What’s going on here??
Everyone was in awe of John Wooden but no one benefited more from a behind the scenes sugar daddy than he. Combine that with regional play to the FF back then and although his legacy was a great one he had advantages in his time like no other coach in the history of the game.
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John Cheney from Temple knew all about it and called him out constantly
Wooden was a great coach. Wins 2 NCs with a pressing small lineup, then wins with the great centers. Give me more men like him! And more with the 2 forwards. Yes, the regional stuff and size of the field made it easier and the money too, tho they were certainly not the only school with a "benefactor".
They won it every yr till that OT game. I was working at the front desk in the student center when they lost to David Thompsons NC St team. Had a comfortable lead in OT and blew it. Get the feeling that flashed thru Waltons head as he took his last breath
Yrs later, going to see a customer in the GM Bldg on 5th and 59th. Get in the elevator, look to the side and see Walton, call out Hey Bill, and hold the elevator door. Bill thought he must have met me and forgot who I was and we gad a great conversation about hoops for a few floors. Dont think we ever discussed Sugar Magnolia and the Dead lol.
They won it every yr till that OT game. I was working at the front desk in the student center when they lost to David Thompsons NC St team. Had a comfortable lead in OT and blew it. Get the feeling that flashed thru Waltons head as he took his last breath
Yrs later, going to see a customer in the GM Bldg on 5th and 59th. Get in the elevator, look to the side and see Walton, call out Hey Bill, and hold the elevator door. Bill thought he must have met me and forgot who I was and we gad a great conversation about hoops for a few floors. Dont think we ever discussed Sugar Magnolia and the Dead lol.
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Bob Knight slams legendary coach John Wooden, says UCLA cheated in recruiting
Bob Knight slams legendary coach John Wooden, says UCLA cheated in recruiting
Knight didn't hold back from ripping Wooden
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Bilas: ‘If USC Cheated, so Did Wooden’
In his column, Jay Bilas comes to USC's defense regarding the NCAA's sanctions. He suggests that if the NCAA blames the Trojans' coaching staff for knowing...
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Bilas: ‘If USC Cheated, so Did Wooden’
In his column, Jay Bilas comes to USC's defense regarding the NCAA's sanctions. He suggests that if the NCAA blames the Trojans' coaching staff for knowing...
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Bilas: ‘If USC Cheated, so Did Wooden’
ByFanSided Staff|Jul 2, 2010
In his column, Jay Bilas comes to USC’s defense regarding the NCAA’s sanctions. He suggests that if the NCAA blames the Trojans’ coaching staff for knowing about the misconduct and not doing anything about it, then John Wooden was also a cheater, as he did the same thing. The story is only available to ESPN.com Insider subscribers, but here’s an excerpt:
"Despite the clear problems with the NCAA’s standards and the case against the Trojans, many would say, . Despite the lack of credible evidence, many would consider USC’s coaching staff to be guilty and complicit in any wrongdoing because the head coach and coaching staff are always responsible for everything that goes on in the program. Always. Good riddance, USC; you got what you deserved Well, if that goes for Pete Carroll, it goes for Jim Calhoun. And it goes for John Calipari, despite the fact that Calipari has never been named in an NCAA finding of wrongdoing (notwithstanding the NCAA’s flimsy standards of proof). If you are in charge, say many, you are ultimately responsible, and there is no way that the head coach couldn’t know what was going on right under his nose. Well, if you are among those that feel that way, you just called John Wooden a cheater. And as blasphemous as it seems, you would have to call Wooden an cheater, and the chief witnesses against him would be his former players. admitted Several of Wooden’s players on his championship teams have admitted taking extra benefits from Sam Gilbert, an established representative of UCLA’s athletic interests during most of Wooden’s championship years, and have admitted knowing that such actions were illegal. In addition, Wooden himself is on record saying that he suspected that Gilbert might have been doing illegal things, and that Wooden may have been guilty of “trusting too much.” Yet the legendary coach’s 10 national championship banners still hang from the rafters of Pauley Pavilion. Can you imagine the reaction if Carroll, Calhoun or Calipari put forth the defense that they were guilty only of “trusting too much”? Nobody would take it seriously, and everyone would move toward a “show cause” hearing and the death penalty for any such coach asserting such a lame excuse."