davidnark

It's all the same legal theory--horizontal restraint of trade/illegal cartels are all prohibited under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, which is the primary antitrust law in the US. Individual businesses can set whatever employee numbers they want, but it is illegal for competing businesses to agree upon a limit together. Effectively, the D1 colleges are competing businesses. If the players form a collective bargaining unit and agree upon a limit with the NCAA/schools, it is no longer an illegal restraint of trade. This is why major sports leagues legally have roster rules and salary caps.

Thank you. That works! I have the latest iPhone and iOS software, but I figured out that the issue is that I have my display zoom set to larger text, which prevents it from showing in vertical mode.

I am not getting the option to download my tickets to Apple Wallet. Has anyone else had that issue?

I don't think his outside shooting % is good enough for today's NBA no matter how well he plays defense and rebounds from the guard position. Hopefully, his agent directs him to the Euro League where he could potentially make close to a million or more/season without having to worry about who he is playing for every month.

I don't know how any guard, and most players regardless of position, are going to make an NBA roster if they cannot shoot a respectable 3-point percentage. Boston's successful playoff strategy was to have every guy on the court be a threat from 3. The Celtics led the league in both 3 points attempted and made, and their goal was to make more than a 1/3rd of their 3s as a team. Dallas followed a similar strategy. All of the analytics say the ability of a lot of players on a team to effectively shoot a lot of 3s is the key to success in today's NBA. I fear this doesn't bode well for Yuri. On the positive side, the same strategy is also relevant in today's college game, and Coach Schertz is one of the top minds in the game at building a roster and coaching to the approach. I love the below shot chart from when Indiana State beat Cincinnati. It probably perplexes Travis.

College baseball will never be a profitable, high-revenue sport at SLU. If a donor steps-up who has a connection with baseball and wants to fund major baseball facility upgrades at the school, then go for it. Otherwise, invest every extra dollar in the basketball program.

He was a character (in a good way), and the world needs more of them.

He was projected to be 1st team all-conference in the Ivy had he stayed. From what I have seen, he is a great rebounder and finds buckets in the paint.

LHJ, shot 35% from 3, which is very average for a D1 combo guard. He was also a starter on one of the worst defensive teams in the country. I don't recall him shutting down anyone, and he didn't light up the steal stats, so I am not sold on the good defender narrative.

If coach wants to keep LHJ for reasons beyond just basketball talent, I understand, but Thames has an entirely different level of athleticism.

100% agree. I wish every one of them well in their basketball and college careers, but no one else besides Gibson is a good fit for the new system. Move/cut without the ball and elite passing and shooting--that is what is needed for all 5 positions.

Chain of Rocks bridge is bike and pedestrian only.

Fully agree. Resisting the parochial reflex that often plagues this city and program would enable broader strategy and vision for the university and its men’s basketball program.

After over half a century of being used and abused by the system, the players finally have the leverage and rights they should have had all along. The law won't allow the NCAA to take away these rights, but market dynamics will settle and stabilize things in years to come.

I would hire an AD who would spend the bulk of his or her time networking with, and influencing, those who call the shots in the Big East, which presumably should be easy because the AD should be hired because of his or her knowledge, strategy, influence, and connections in this area. The SLU AD's primary job is to get SLU in the Big East and ensure we are always top 75+ in men's basketball. Anything else is a failure. I would identify and hire as the men's basketball head coach the most dynamic and connected assistant coach who has prior experience with a Big East team and who can be hired for a million a year or less. I would then redirect all fundraising efforts towards NIL money for men's basketball. I would ensure the AD hired and empowered a staff who can effectively manage the other day-to-day stuff, while the AD focused on the conference affiliation and men's basketball success.

At least when we bottomed out in 1992, we were in a top conference and had a top freshmen class. There is no upside here unless Ford and May resign, and we refresh everything.

I know this is a post about a new coach, but I hope the priority is to hire a new AD who has connections with both Big East leadership and a close network and vision for a new coaching staff. The school has out-invested pretty much every other basketball-only program in the country in facilities and charter travel, now it is time to develop a leadership team and strategy to get the top return on this investment.

This is as bad as the program has been in the last 20 years. We have an AD and coach who simply have no idea how to compete in the new NIL/transfer portal world. We have a massive asset allocation issue. We doubled down on upgraded facilities and a big contract for our expensive and overrated coach and now have left our roster in awful shape. The only good news is that it can be fixed real fast with the right decisions in the spring.

He was truly a bully and a jerk.

Does someone have a complete version of the current roster as it stands today? It has before very difficult to track and monitor who has committed, where they are from, etc.

It is possible that Yuri is a supremely gifted point guard and last year's team struggled with him running the show. I am ready to move on from Yuri. I wish him the best. I would like to see an offense with good movement on and off the ball. I was so tired of watching Yuri go possession after possession forcing pick and rolls to get his own shot while two of the best shooters in the conference sat open on the wings watching. It was insanity.

I somehow missed this post and news. I am really sorry to hear about THick's passing. I only met him a few times, but he was such a genuine person and fan. My thoughts are with his family. I know he will be missed by many.

Some of us have morphed into a weird combination of all 3.

Yuri needs to avoid stretches where he gets focused on just driving and looking to dish to the big man. We went about 10 minutes straight during the drought not even looking at Perkins and Gibson on the wings. Coach should pull him out for a few minutes if he goes down that path in the future.

Except that when Tim was called up for a qualifier over a year ago while he was killing it in the English Championship, the US Twitter Soccer Mafia blasted Gregg and trashed Tim. Now, over a year later, Tim is killing it the EPL and the Mafia is bashing Gregg because they thought he wouldn't call up Tim. The reality is that Ream was playing at a the same level during this entire period, but the Mafia fan base determines 99.99% of a player's value solely on their club and league affiliation. When the mainstream soccer media even suggests anything the coaching staff does may have merit, crazy conspiracy theories tied to SUM and MLS are always thrown about the Mafia. It is nonsense.