basketball minutia ..

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following frank martin. he had a good turnaround year - now 17-19 in A10 play over his two year stay at umass. 323-227 (.587) career overall.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Massachusetts (20-11, 11-7 Atlantic 10) dropped a 73-59 decision to VCU (21-12, 11-7 A-10) at the Barclays Center on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. The loss caps what otherwise was a season of tremendous growth for the program, as the Minutemen secured their first 20-win season since 2013-14 and first top-four seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship since 2007-08.

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i wonder if they're talking hoops today?

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I don't think there is any legal reason that potential student athletes cannot sign a contract with a school containing the terms of what the parties agree to offer one another, and I see no reason that schools cannot sign a contract to join a group of institutions which agrees to follow standards of conduct they all agree to. This includes amateurism and any other standards of conduct that are not illegal.

I think court rulings have been taken out of context to promote what certain segments of college sports see as advantageous to themselves. Pretty sure there is a lot of misinformation and sleight-of-hand being used to get what they want.

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What would happen to an incomg player that signs a LOI, but decommits, but the school does not release them from the LOI?

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Ben Boyle
@RealBenBoyle
Last 2 Elite 8s for the new Big 12:

KSU 2023, 2018
HOU 2022, 2021
KU 2022, 2017
BU 2021, 2012
TT 2019, 2018
AZ 2015, 2014
WVU 2010, 2005
OSU 2004, 2000
ISU 2000, 1944
UT 1998, 1997
CIN 1996, 1993
BYU 1981, 1951
ASU 1975, 1963
TCU 1968, X
CU 1963, 1962
UCF X X
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Front Office Sports
@FOS
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For the first time in NCAA history, both the men’s and women’s teams for two schools have made their respective Final Fours: UConn and NC State.

@achristovichh

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Wildcat Frank
@WabashWeasel
Makes me want to puke that Uconn has fewer elite 8’s than K-State, but 6 nattys..Mathematical anomaly

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Good practical wisdom from Bill Self that we need to heed. And why your coach has to be aware of marketing and branding.

It’s going to be hard in the future, looking forward, to be able to have players that are in your programs three and four years,” Self said. “You guys (banquet goers) all understand why. Because you play at a place for a year and you do a decent job, somebody is going to pay you more money to come to their school.

“That’s the way it works in today’s world. NIL in theory is good. It’s also the way (of) the world that’s not so good too, just be very candid with you. If we want to play with the big boys, then we’ve got to play the game and we have to participate. We need your help to do so and it is appreciated. But that is a key component in our success moving forward.”

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this is pretty rich coming from self who according to reports had the highest nil in the land last season.

Good practical wisdom from Bill Self that we need to heed. And why your coach has to be aware of marketing and branding.

It’s going to be hard in the future, looking forward, to be able to have players that are in your programs three and four years,” Self said. “You guys (banquet goers) all understand why. Because you play at a place for a year and you do a decent job, somebody is going to pay you more money to come to their school.

“That’s the way it works in today’s world. NIL in theory is good. It’s also the way (of) the world that’s not so good too, just be very candid with you. If we want to play with the big boys, then we’ve got to play the game and we have to participate. We need your help to do so and it is appreciated. But that is a key component in our success moving forward.”