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It would have had to be a flagrant 2 for the automatic ejection. It will be interesting to see if the league office steps in to review this. Evan certainly deserved a technical from my vantage point, but that was one of the worst calls I've seen all season. I consider myself fairly objective too.

I heard they would forego TV money until a new deal is signed, but that would be only 1 year as the current deal is about to expire. Also, I'm not sure how the CFP pool money would be split. Also, it's probably not cheap to fly ~100 people to Sacramento and put them up in a hotel. $1 million could disappear rather quickly. Perhaps after 3-4 trips. I'll withhold judgement until I actually see the terms.

UMass has fouled a ton in every game I've seen them play this year. They play defense very physical.

Not a great half of basketball for Barre.

I'm surprised Dambrot wasn't here for the jersey retirement.

Congrats on giving Miami their first loss with that jinx.

Beer lines less congested as well.

Reports are MAC and Sacramento St. are close to a deal.

It seems very short sided. It comes out to like ~$1 million/school, which sounds like a lot, but it's just a drop in the bucket. ADs will have this money spent before it even comes in on a ridiculous buyout or whatever. Meanwhile, for the foreseeable future we will have to eat the cost of flying ~100 players/coaches to California ever 2-4 years.

I've never actually tried parking their for the MAC Tournament. I'm so used to the ridiculous prices for Cavs, concerts, and other events that I assumed it was just similar. If I knew it was ~$15 in the past I would have considered it.

I usually park elsewhere, even if it means having to walk a little extra. Can't bring myself to pay ~$30 to park.

Apparently he attended a Marshall basketball game a few days ago. He must be making his stops, catching up with old friends.

I was thinking 12 teams with 2 teams from each G6. Round 1 would be the conference championship game and the teams would be reseeded after. The playoffs would come to an end right when the CFP begin so it doesn't have to worry about competing directly with it.

IMO this just comes off as a coach trying to deflect the blame from himself. I don't follow KSU basketball, but this will be his 3rd straight losing season in conference play and 3rd straight year of missing the big dance. He's solely responsible for assembling this roster so if he's not happy with the players on his team frankly he has nobody to blame but himself.

I wouldn't see why this proposed playoff would need 24 or 32 teams. The main CFP only has 12 to begin with. No need for G6 to have more than that.

Anyone know the last time Huggins made an appearance at the JAR for a game? I imagine it has to have been quite some time as I don't recall hearing about it and I'm sure he was too busy while coaching at WVU.

Exactly, too much money to go around, not enough players worth the money. Paying guys to be difference makers, but in reality they're at best role players at the elevated level.

She sounds like a Score...okay, I'll go see myself out.

Just take the Mrs. somewhere nice beforehand. That way she gets both a dinner and a show.

Doubtful, we already see how poor MACtion attendance is. How many people do you honestly think would show up to Infocision for an 11AM or 2PM bowl game during the work week just days before Christmas?

I don't see them paying ~$17 million to join the MAC if I'm being completely honest. I think if they had interest in joining the MAC that move would have happened 5, 10 years ago. They were holding out for an invite to something like the AAC or MWC to make the jump worth their while.

Brett McMurphy is reporting that the Detroit bowl game is being discontinued. I would expect more bowl games to follow suit. With the playoff expansion these lower tier bowls will get less and less attention. Edit: It's the 3rd bowl to be eliminated within the last year.

None of what I'm saying below is to dispute anything you've said. It's just an observation. A lot of those games were part of those November exempt tournaments. That's why I was very vocal back in November/December criticizing the changes that have made it so most of those tournaments are now segregated into fields of mid-majors or power schools. Playing a Penn State or Oklahoma State on a neutral court provided the best opportunities to pick up those P5 (I guess P6 back then) wins that mid-major resumes desperately need.

They seem to be good when they can slow the game down and turn it into an old school 80s, 90s style of play. They don't really have the athletes or perimeter shooters to play an up and down the court, high scoring game.

I do think a strong UMass would be good for the MAC. As a fan of the game, the more compelling match-ups the better. If the MAC consistently had 3 or 4 top 100 programs it would make the season feel more must see. I just saw Miami @ WMU was selected as one of the ESPNU games. Akron/Kent was the other game selected that week. I see why they picked Miami since they're ranked, but on the surface that looks like a terrible game. At the same time I guess the only other possible game they could have picked over it would have been Toledo @ Ohio, but who would want to watch that?