The World of College Basketball

[LZIp]

2 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Hopefully one for Akron.

I saw we recently announced a new sponsor, but if didn’t appear to be for the jersey patch. Good to see we are bringing more in regardless.

[Let'sGoZips94]

Detroit Mercy hit with a postseason ban for APR violations.

 

Screw the NCAA.

[MDZip]

12 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Detroit Mercy hit with a postseason ban for APR violations.

 

Screw the NCAA.

But, but, but academics are the most important thing in college sports. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

54 minutes ago, MDZip said:

But, but, but academics are the most important thing in college sports. 

 

If the NCAA actually believed that, they'd create a system that promotes academics over $$$ and they'd actually investigate the P4s. 

[kreed5120]

I think you guys give the NCAA more credit than they deserve. They only exist because the P4 allows them to. The courts stripped away much of their power and the little power they do still have the P4 holds them as a hostage at gunpoint.

 

Case in point, who wanted the expanded tournament? It was the P4 schools so they could get more 18-15 into the tournament and take more NCAA credits from mid-majors. Not to mention allows them to avoid more costly coaching fires since select P4 programs are content just making the tournament. 

 

The second the NCAA doesn't comply the P4+ will just pull out and start their own league. They're the real ones calling the shots. The NCAA is just the fall guy that conferences can point their fingers at to deflect the blame. Their version of Roger Goodell

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, kreed5120 said:

I think you guys give the NCAA more credit than they deserve. They only exist because the P4 allows them to. The courts stripped away much of their power and the little power they do still have the P4 holds them as a hostage at gunpoint.

 

Case in point, who wanted the expanded tournament? It was the P4 schools so they could get more 18-15 into the tournament and take more NCAA credits from mid-majors. Not to mention allows them to avoid more costly coaching fires since select P4 programs are content just making the tournament. 

 

The second the NCAA doesn't comply the P4+ will just pull out and start their own league. They're the real ones calling the shots. The NCAA is just the fall guy that conferences can point their fingers at to deflect the blame. Their version of Roger Goodell

 

Nobody is giving the NCAA credit - that's the point. They are a spineless group of suits that lack any sort of moral compass. 

[exit322]

15 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

Detroit Mercy hit with a postseason ban for APR violations.

 

Screw the NCAA.

 

Jerry Tarkanian said it best.

 

“The NCAA was so mad at Kentucky they gave Cleveland State two more years of probation.”

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 minute ago, exit322 said:

 

Jerry Tarkanian said it best.

 

“The NCAA was so mad at Kentucky they gave Cleveland State two more years of probation.”

 

One of the replies on X said, "Detroit Mercy gets punished for Michigan's violations."

[exit322]

7 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

One of the replies on X said, "Detroit Mercy gets punished for Michigan's violations."

 

Same sort of thing.

[Let'sGoZips94]

The High Points and Miami OHs of the world better not drop the ball vs. a tougher schedule. Would be flat out embarrassing and detrimental for mid-majors everywhere if they stink up the joint after they made all this noise about P4 schools being "too scared" to play them.

[tpsjugglerdude]

1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

The High Points and Miami OHs of the world better not drop the ball vs. a tougher schedule. Would be flat out embarrassing and detrimental for mid-majors everywhere if they stink up the joint after they made all this noise about P4 schools being "too scared" to play them.

High Point has games scheduled vs LSU, Saint Louis, and George Mason so far. One Power 5 team is an upgrade. 

[kreed5120]

NIT shrinking to 24 teams. I imagine much of this is driven by how many programs reject participating these days.

 

https://x.com/GoodmanHoops/status/2105684213538107773

[csims0917]

It keeps the combined teams in the NIT and March madness at 100

 

68 + 32 vs 76 + 24

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, csims0917 said:

It keeps the combined teams in the NIT and March madness at 100

 

68 + 32 vs 76 + 24

 

Number of teams are the same, but mid-majors still will end up losing postseason slots. Those 8 additional spots will almost certainly go to the P5, maybe occasionally a PAC-12 or A10 can use it to sneak in.

 

Last year only 4 P5 (P4+Big East) participated in the NIT.

[Zippy87]

 

[Zips1991]

17 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

 

I obviously can't keep up because I thought they were already ineligible and we were waiting to see if they would be ruled eligible. I guess it was the opposite. 

[Zips1991]

Based on my limited research and legal understanding, it appears that Oriol is currently eligible but Mahaffey is not. Is that right? 

[kreed5120]

2 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

Based on my limited research and legal understanding, it appears that Oriol is currently eligible but Mahaffey is not. Is that right? 

 

Not intending to get political, but I'm thinking once the house of representatives returns and approves the the senate bill it will give the NCAA the power to bypass the court rulings and govern the sport as it sees fit. That would make all these court rulings irrelevant. If that's true none of them will be eligible.

[Zippy87]

4 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

 

Not intending to get political, but I'm thinking once the house of representatives returns and approves the the senate bill it will give the NCAA the power to bypass the court rulings and govern the sport as it sees fit. That would make all these court rulings irrelevant. If that's true none of them will be eligible.

 

That may be awhile. The House is currently out of session after Speaker Johnson sent members home last week to campaign for midterm elections after Thomas Massie introduced impeachment articles against Pete Hegseth. That means they won't vote on anything until at least mid-November, and even then, support for the bill will depend on the results of the midterms. 

[kreed5120]

7 hours ago, Zippy87 said:

 

That may be awhile. The House is currently out of session after Speaker Johnson sent members home last week to campaign for midterm elections after Thomas Massie introduced impeachment articles against Pete Hegseth. That means they won't vote on anything until at least mid-November, and even then, support for the bill will depend on the results of the midterms. 

 

The senate bill passed by a filibuster proof majority and had bipartisan approval at a time Democrats and Republicans can't agree on anything. 

 

How long it drags out likely depends on if the house puts the senate bill up for a vote or tries to amend it, which would then means it has to go back to the senate for approval once again. If it's approved and signed into law by mid-November then that still would give the NCAA the power to make those players ineligible. Maybe a few get to play a few OOC games, but by in large the NCAA would still be able to ban them for the bulk of the season, particularly for the conference and postseason games, which are what really matters.

Edited Saturday at 12:15 PM by kreed5120