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I'll guess it's MAC Media Day?

Why is that?

We'll see how things play out, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the Zips try to win with defense next year. Young and Eric have the capability of being All-MAC defenders. Cody, not sure how big of a role he'll have but certainly figures to be in the rotation, has decent size for a guard. As someone else pointed out the closest we've come to a win in the tournament was against UCLA and that was a defensive focused team.

Maybe the staff can take another look at Darrion Baker.

Schedule release tomorrow at 11 AM?!

Whatever one wants to call it there is distinct gaps in the level of play between the conferences. Duke can make it to the title game and even win this year. That doesn't change the fact if you look from top to bottom the ACC as a whole was much weaker than the B1G and SEC this year.

Yeah, I think the B12 is far enough ahead of the ACC you could call it a P3. But even in football the ACC did get a team to the NCG. So, maybe it's a p4

exit/retention interviews likely begin today for the remaining players

Creighton already has a replacement.

Creighton head coach Greg McDermott announced he's retiring after season. I'm much more concerned about the Big East / A10 schools trying to poach Groce and not so much the big boys from the ACC and BigTen again.

It's not really a P4. It's a Big 2 with SEC and BIG. Big 12 has still managed to remain competitive. It doesn't seem like the ACC schools have the money to compete in both football and basketball. Probably on even footing with Big East.

Admittedly, the tough part of the branding here is determining if it's really a P4, or if it's more of a P2.5, because the ACC is so far behind the SEC/B1G/even B12.

Providence just hired Hodgson from USF, who turned down Cuse due to a lack of funding. Providence is rumored to be in the $10M range next year for their roster. P4 doesn't mean the resources are better; Iowa is exhibit A. McCollum is just that good of a coach. Florida has ample resources but Golden sucks both as a coach and as a human being. It's possible to compete outside the P4, but it requires the right coach/staff.

But without football, there's a lot less excess revenue to spread around to buy players for other sports. It is no coincidence that the Sweet 16 contains only one non-P4 school, and St. Johns is a traditional basketball powerhouse with an exceptional coach. Even traditional P4 powerhouse basketball schools such as UNC, Kentucky, and Kansas have had a steep dropoff in recent years while Alabama, Michigan, and Iowa, where football is relatively strong, have risen in basketball.

Definitely a premier mid-major job, I agree. UConn should be part of that grouping, too.

Creighton should be one of the premier jobs in the country. Outside of UCONN, the entire Big East should be. Without football, the revenue share can all go towards basketball; don't need to rely on donors as much.

It's tough being a non-P4 coach, especially when you used to be in a major basketball league.

Then we didn't adjust like they did. This is loser talk

Inflate-gate. LOL.

Whoa.

100%. It magnifies less-than-perfect shooting IMO. TTU was pure on Friday - nothing but nylon. The NCAA is so so so so so bad. I question more and more if the NCAA governing body isn't more of a money laundering operation than anything.

I’m not saying the ball was the reason we lost, but it’s apparently an issue. And something that fundamental to the sport shouldn’t be.

I questioned this early in the game thread. Tavari had one layup bounce HARD off the backboard and he seemed to shy away from using the backboard the rest of the game. His floaters and reverse layups went straight for the cylinder which requires more precision, especially with over-inflated balls. Our bounce passes seemed to catch the recipient off guard as well. One team made their 3s - the other didn't and tried doing their damage in the paint. To completely dismiss this is silly.

both teams play with the same ball, this is nothing imo

But it could have affected Tavari especially with his layups. I can’t believe this is another thing we have to think about. Good grief!!