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They didn't used to. You have to understand, the people working in college athletics don't care about the average fan. They are catering to drunks and degenerate gamblers. Those two groups tend to get their days started later than most. Since they also tend to be life's failures, they don't have much to do on Monday morning.

Didn't know where to put this. Can you still buy a hot buttered hoagie on Exchange?

There are 18 year olds playing in the NHL and MLB. They'll be fine. Also, with the TP, just replace them when they wear down.

Too bad. It's their job now.

If CBB is worried about competing against The Masters, things are worse than I think. I think last year had the most Sunday viewers for The Masters ever. It was still several million viewers less than the final four. People watch The Masters because there is nothing else on TV and there will always be a certain number of people who like trust fund guys chase a ball around. Also, the final four isn't even played on Sunday. If CBB wants to expand the field, fine. They should get rid of conference tournaments if they do that. It would make the regular season more meaningful. Given players are professionals now, I don't think scheduling a 40+ game season would be unreasonable. 40 games is slightly less than half of NBA games. College football plays over half the number of NFL games. The expanded number of games would help weed out the field and give more time for the cream to rise to the top.

I'm not opposed to this, but it doesn't address the major problem college basketball is having. Basically, it's like crapping your pants then changing your shirt. The problem CBB is having is the regular season is getting squeezed out by the college football playoff and NFL playoffs on the front end leaving less time for regular fans to pay close attention so everything becomes about March Madness. My questions are these. Why does it have to be March Madness? Why couldn't it be April Madness? Could it be May Madness? Could the season be pushed back to starting a month later and have more time for fan interest to grow? Is it easier for fans in many parts of the country to get to regular season games in January/February or March/April? Now that the players are professionals, school doesn't matter so play whenever it makes it possible for people to be more interested in the sport.

This guy is saying is the reduction of competition is good for Ohio. If you live UofA, know this clown is a threat to the future of the University. If you vote for him, know he sees no difference between Akron and Kent. https://www.cleveland.com/education/2026/03/vivek-ramaswamy-says-he-loves-ohios-universities-but-we-have-too-many-calls-for-consolidation.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQqvxljbGNrBCq-92V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHsAbgtUgWdjwpxEeJLrzA_rmd_QjlMMEzH5T1gztL19VDhEElO5BfuH02-SY_aem_SN5-Hj82s0mjxvTaPIhObg

Akron lost to a very good team that plays in what can be argued as the most difficult league in the country. Akron had a bad 6-7 minutes, not a bad game.

There will be 63 teams that say this when all is said and done.

I don't think Akron was embarrassed today. Does the score look bad? Yes, but with the exception of 6-7 minutes late, they held their own.

I am a huge proponent of great bars with Touch Tunes jukeboxes. This one is in the Hyde Park neighborhood close to downtown.https://www.retreattampa.com/ Easy Uber from downtown. Some bars in FL that operated before smoking bans took effect were grandfathered in and still allow smoking. Many banned smoking anyhow because of the cultural change. This one still allows and is a great place to drink, listen to music and smoke a cigar. This place shares the same block as Retreat. https://www.chantarestaurant.com/ European style cooking. Eat dinner and then go smoke a cigar and have drinks. The next morning, go back to Hyde Park for brunch at Willa's. https://www.willastampa.com/

Interesting matchup and location. Yard House is a good sports bar across the street from the arena. Columbia restaurant is a good Cuban place in Ybor City.

Cincinnati is in a tough spot if these are their choices. Calhoun makes sense, but is Cincinnati that much better of an opportunity than his current job and could be do better. At 44, he needs to do better quickly before he turns 50. Groce is 54. If I was an AD at a school like Cincy, I don't think I'd be looking for someone in his mid 50s. The older you get, the faster you get old. The guy from Miami makes the most sense. Young guy. Good energy. Undefeated regular season. Plays an exciting style for the fans to get behind.

John Madden once said, "The champion is the champion until he's no longer the champion, and that's what makes him the champion". Normally, this is pure gibberish, but tonight it makes a lot of sense.

Does anyone have a tape measure? It's about time to go see if that trophy case is big enough for another trophy.

In a few years, P4 may be separate from the rest of the NCAA and it would be irrelevant. College athletics is making decisions based upon football. I'm not sure what these teams bring to the table. Miami had one good year in a while. The rest are average at best. CBB? Take out March Madness and between getting squeezed out by the CFP and NFL playoffs, it only has about a month of regular season relavency. I now yawn when I see the Duke vs UNC game show as an upcoming event.

Interested enough to pay the massive exit fee to the ACC for inferior products? Wouldn't it make more sense, and cost nothing, to just wait out the inevitable separation of P4 schools from G5 and the NCAA?

Where are they going to go and who is going to pay their exit fee for the ACC?

Please tell me you at least at here. https://bistrobellavita.com/ In all my years of business travel, it's one of my top five restaurants.

I don't think he's a negative. I just don't think his influence is as great as people think. The second he retires from the NBA, he becomes less relevant and that doesn't get better with time. I don't think he sit around thinking about how to get an arena built in Akron. In fact, it would probably create a nightmare he doesn't want in his life. Here is the other problem. A rule of thumb in facilities management says the cost of constructing a facility is only 20% of the cost of maintaining the facility throughout the life of the structure. Who is going to pay for the maintenance alone on the facility? Assume the arena lives for 50 years and is constructed for $150 million, the annual maintenance alone would be around $15 million if my math is right. It's also an average so the climate on the building in Ohio would create even more maintenance. Is LBJ going to pony up for the maintenance also? What is Akron can't draw high dollar events like quilting convention? See the problem here? They could prempt time and just start out calling it The Interbelt Arena.

Jordan owned a team. There is no arena named after him. He grew up in Wilmington. Not a great place but getting better. All without the help of Jordan's money. This isn't a knock on LBJ. It's a knock at those in NE Ohio who believe that LBJ or some.other savior is going to come along and improve things. People will be waiting around forever.

Barely. Building and arena would take him from being a billionaire to a millionaire. I've been confused about this for years. Why do so many around Akron think LBJ is the solution to the problems around Akron?

You could have at least lied and said you were attending a heavy metal concert.

How much do you think LBJ really has and why would he spend it? His prime earnings days will be coming to a close in the near future.