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John Groce story time

New parking lot ownership has jacked the prices up for every event. Went to a guards game and it was 50 to get in there. Ridiculous

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

And if you look at the preseason previews and polls, Tang was the only person who didn't see it coming.

It's in my SeatGeek purchase history as I remembered. The price has more than doubled from last year's tournament.

Hmm I'm not sure. Every Cavs/Guards game I've been to recently has been expensive.

How would you like to play for this coach who basically threw all of his players under the bus. I think everyone on this board knew that Nate was a great MAC player but few thought the would be a great player at the next level. The coach has to accept responsiblity for assembling a team that cannot compete at the level. Basically, the players are pros and mayber the colleges should have a gm who evaluates talent and brings in talent. Tang might be a great coach but not sure if he can evaluate talent. When K State lost to Bowling Green he had to know this was going to be a losing season.

I paid $16.25 on Thursday and Saturday last year.

It has been more expensive ever since Metropolis took over.

Don't forget it's a 9PM tip!!

He was in for the program reunion a couple years ago and Groce has maintained contact with him over the years.

Has anybody looked at parking in the Gateway garage on Seat Geek? I'm seeing $35 even on Wednesday. It used to be $20 or so. The promo code doesn't work for it. WTF? It used to be simple and reasonable.

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

Seems he was here for a game when he was heavily recruiting a couple of Cleveland kids, but I can't recall when. I know he's been to several FB games in the suites, again when he was in the area recruiting. Haven't seen/heard much of him since he was let go at WVU. Hopefully all is well and his weight is down. Great guy. Great coach.

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.

Feels absurd, but if the ACC can do it I guess.

Nah. 12 regular season and 16-32 whatever for the playoffs is going to be the end game. For G6 probably would be 16, but depends on how many teams are in the G6.

How about just 16? I hate to even say this because it could come true. Are we eventually going to get to the point where we have an excessively short regular season just to accommodate more playoff games?

Agree! What a naive comment from someone (OP) who either isn’t wise on basic level investing or is not in tune with what most of the country is going through right now in terms of struggles with the job market and inflation. There has been no public info on what Nate has majored in or what degree he got from Akron that I’ve seen but the average starting salary for a UA graduate is $69K before taxes. Average annual salary for a mid-level MBB player overseas is $50-150K a year, for the top players it could be between $200-300K year. ~60% of US born players overseas earn under $75K a year. You were saying?

I think the top 8 will stay the same, but not necessarily the order. 2 games currently separate the 4 and 8 seed, and tiebreaker can get wild in multi-team ties.

8 of the last 10 games for UMass have finished as one-score margins of victory or defeat.

What about travel to Cali? I’m hearing the mutual exploration/courtship between Sac St and the MAC is more reality than rumor. That doesn’t mean it will happen but there are definitely conversations being had.

Actually, minus a couple of quality upsets, I don't see the Top 8 in order being different by the end of the season. That would put Miami vs. Buffalo, the Zips against UMass and Kent vs. BG in the opening round of the MAC Tournament. Considering Miami has had all it could handle vs. UB in two last second wins, and the same with Kent vs. BG with a road games between the two yet to play, Akron's game vs. UMass could be just as dicy, or the easiest of the three, depending on the game Friday. No matter what, would not surprise me to see an upset or two in the MAC Tournament -- and a surprise team in the MAC Final.

I'll never blame Nate for taking that money. I will laugh at KSU for paying Nate Johnson that much money.

Nate’s mom was giddy when she learned that Nate would get an extra free year of education if he redshirted. I have to believe she about exploded when Nate told her he’d clear a million for 8 months “work” in Manhattan.