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I think you're more optimistic than me on how many fans would show up on a cold, rainy Saturday in November to watch a 3-6 Zips team.

What's most interesting is that EMU and Sac State will be playing week 0. I imagine that was the only way the schedule makers could probably make things work given their late add.

I don't think there is anything that can alter the path we're heading down. The only hope is the continued globalization of the sport. That way the gap between the 1000 best player and 100 best player continues to shrink. That's the long game though.

I wonder in your case if they sold out and had to restock.

Out of curiosity has anyone received their hat yet?

I didn't see Holtmann talked about much before. Glad to hear another strong candidate has entered the race.

Yes, I know many people who grew up here and attended college here. They then left because the job market here wasn't great for their career (computer engineering, digital marketing, etc). When jobs went remote during covid some moved back because they were able to keep their Seattle, DC, etc. salary while being near family while paying Ohio living expenses. Many companies are pushing for return to office or at least want hybrid so who knows how sustainable getting those type of migrants back will be moving forward. I think the University is trying to attract out of state and out of country students. At least when I was an undergrad engineering programs in particular had a few because of our national rankings. It's harder to attract them for majors that don't get those recognitions. Edit: Probably a better place to have this conversation.

If you want to use that argument we should probably be spending more time reviewing our failing policies in Ohio and spend less time worrying about other states. By 2050 most counties in Ohio outside of Columbus or Cincinnati areas are projected to lose population. Some areas as much as 30% of the population. https://development.ohio.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/a9ee6aa5-cb22-4c35-8154-cf633daa6daf/State-of-Ohio-Population-Projections-Overview-2020-to-2050.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=url&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE.Z18_M1HGGIK0N0JO00QO9DDDDM3000-a9ee6aa5-cb22-4c35-8154-cf633daa6daf-oTi9Hac

So we get the luxury of hosting a program like South Alabama or UIC? Yeah, I think I'll pass. We can schedule those teams in November or December if we really want to play them.

Bennett leaving I imagine is probably a combination of Gonzaga leaving, making the WCC most likely a 1 bid conference moving forward, and the growing necessity of NIL. Most coaches say their least favorite part of the job is recruiting. It can't be fun having to recruit an entire new team regularly because you find and develop them, but don't have the money to retain.

Calhoun to Cincy and Randy Bennett to Arizona State

I don't feel the two are mutually exclusive.

My comment was also more about building to the strength of the current roster.

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.

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.

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.

It's probably a loophole since they aren't paying any specific player directly.

Alabama must have saw my earlier comments. They're putting on a shooting clinic in the 2nd half.

It's not even that Alabama is shooting particularly well. They're only 44% from the field and even that percentage is a bit inflated from the run outs. Even if they had a couple fewer 3s fall they would be up comfortably in this game. They're spanking Texas Tech with effort. They nearly have them outrebounded 2:1. Nearly have as many offensive rebounds as Texas Tech has total rebounds. They're not giving Atwell any opportunity to catch and shoot. Forcing Anderson into bad shots. Pretty much taking away what Texas Tech does well. Edit: This is an opponent that Texas Tech needed Toppin. They're too one dimensional offensively.

It looks like Utah State's run is over. It might provide some more clarity to the coaches search as Calhoun was linked to Cincy job. Interesting enough I saw an interview from Calhoun who said last year Utah State had $800k in NIL. This season they increased it to $2.3M. He said he was the 2nd largest contributor as apparently he put up $150K. His phrasing was if he's asking others for money it only felt right for him to lead by example.

Not really anything NCAA can do. The minute they tried to place a cap players will challenge it in court and would win.

Gerry McNamara to Syracuse. Not that Groce was really a candidate for the position, but it's a positive that this hiring doesn't open up another vacancy that might have been.

I'm not sure how Shrewsberry is a serious candidate. His run at Notre Dame has been pretty terrible. Nored might be our best hope.

I guess I was being too generous to TCU.

Would need to put on a lot of muscle as well. He can probably only play the 2 or 3.