Let'sGoZips94

No way does Kent scrape together enough to retain Sendy. The NIT was his job interview and he used it to perfection. He's going to get a big pay raise to go coach at a much better school 40 minutes from where he was born, in a much better conference.

See ya, loser!

He has been my guess for the Big Ten Big Man rumor since I saw him in the Portal. Not to mention he was teammates with Hardman and Eric Mahaffey's brother, Evan, for a year at Ohio State.

Sendy is from 44 minutes N/NW of Fordham. There are 2 specific jobs and 1 generic job I think he would leave for - Albany, Fordham, basketball P5. Albany isn't open, he isn't getting a call for a basketball P5, so Fordham is his escape rope. He knows Kent is the athletics version of the Titanic, hence his comments after that first Akron game. 2 NCAA Tourney appearances and 1 NIT appearance in 14 years after Kent had 5 NCAA Tourney appearances and 6 NIT appearances from 1999-2011. Regardless of where Sendy is coaching next season, we need to thank him for restoring mediocrity to PCCC.

Absolutely, but Izzo is one of the few figureheads in the sport that could affect change should he wish to play his cards in such a way. Until he does, they're just empty words.

According to their website, their collective was established in 2022. So it isn't new, it's just very poorly supported.

I think what you're looking for just got added this morning. Incredible timing.

Not difficult for him to say because in his back pocket is an unlimited amount of blank checks he can write to any player he needs.

It could be more simplistic, but it's much cleaner than Kent's & Miami's. It's only a couple of clicks to donate as is. Contribute > Men's Basketball Contribute Now > Enter Amount & Frequency > Contribute By the way, here is the quality control on Kent's NIL website. The header... Not sure what's uglier - Sincere or the collective logo over the tagline.

Kent was promoting their NIL website yesterday. It's so poorly done with formatting errors galore. It was so bad, it prompted me to go to FearTheRooCollective and buy a Groce vest.

WVU's AD, Wren Baker, was at NT when Ross Hodge was the Associate HC for 7 seasons at NT.

WVU just hired the North Texas coach.

https://x.com/ProfessionalZip/status/1904966281889001651 Sendy to Fordham looks like it's picking up steam. He was an assistant there in the late 90s.

For comparison... https://x.com/cobrastats/status/1904648292409237518?t=aa_GcyQZuXy9o5xZhe8SHQ&s=19

The comments by Suckeyes fans on Twitter are that Evan has a high motor but is invisible on the offense. If we were to bring in Evan with one of the expansion scholarships, I'd be very happy with that.

I don't think P4s pay schools like Akron, at least not very often.

I don't know if it has much to do with being scared or not. I would imagine @ZipsFan31 is correct regarding the payment. I'm just saying that Bud Wentz has blatantly told Zips fans we've tried for bigger opponents, but they don't want to play us - whether that be risk assessment, payment terms, scheduling terms, etc.

Didn't Bud Wentz say that Kansas and other programs alike told us no?

I don't know what the plan is for the Akron Basketball Classic, but year 1 saw 4 competitive teams with 0 name interest. If that can be pitched to more recognizable programs, the ABC could be an answer to our prayers.

This. Whole team commits to coming back - no way in hell they didn't get reassurance & commitment from Groce. This is a public play for the University and community to continue to support the program.

We have one scholarship open at the moment. Everything I've heard is it's being used on a Big Ten big man. No idea what our plan is once the scholarship limit goes up to 15 but here's an option - Eric's brother.

Xavier is looking at bringing back Chris Mack. Drake's coach is already going to Iowa. WVU and Nova are the two main jobs left.