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MusicCityBilliken

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  1. Yea, but they beat ranked opponents during Porter's NCAA runs. Tennessee in 2018 & Illinois in 2021. Maybe even more.
  2. Majerus had game prep down to the smallest of detail. Knowing opponent player every strength and weakness. Lord I miss that and hope we get that back with a new coach.
  3. I see that Oakland-UK game killed most everyone's bracket. Way to go Cal. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/march-madness-only-116-brackets-are-still-perfect-after-thursdays-games-225821808.html
  4. We can use a Cinderella team in the A-10. Go Dukes!
  5. I liked Pesty, always felt he kept a lid on things. Especially after the last decade of Bondi's tenure with all the drama (Law School, Public Health program, etc..). Some of the MBB issues that came up. The growth of the endowment is commendable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment All universities are having problems but here is one from our sister institutions. https://www.wpr.org/news/marquette-university-announces-impending-cuts-after-budget-shortfall
  6. I just listen to it: Bernie totally out of touch.
  7. Okay, since we know the brackets, time for some bracketology! Suspect Steve will have the bracket contest up soon.
  8. Saw him the opening night of the Chaifetz when we played UMSL. Recall Lisch eating his lunch.
  9. Also isn't Dambrot packing it in and retiring next year? Be a nice send off.
  10. A lot of these coaches in Ford situation will take an assistant job. Being that recruiting not what it used to be or his inability to develop players, he may have tough time in that market. Maybe he's on the phone with his buddy Pitino hoping for a job at St John's.
  11. I mentioned this in earlier post Sodie went from Assoc Coach at VA to Director of Scouting. With the portal this is one important position & replacing a recruiter on the staff. Kind of making someone like Tate present role obsolete. Responsibilities would include trying to identify potential transfer candidates prior to declaring to get the earliest jump on them when they do declare, especially those in the lower major schools, review game tapes on them to ascertain if they are any good & would they fit in to your system-both in attitude & skill, & what is it going to cost you in NIL. It's whole new ball game, but it is what is.
  12. I hope so, I think he's a keeper also. Cucric and Thames are my 2 favorites for staying. If, I still think a big if, we can get a coach that is strong on developing, he can improve his defensive skills he be a nice player for us his Jr & Sr year. Again, lets hope!
  13. Curcic is auditioning for the portal.
  14. Fran actually was A10 Coach of the Year back in 2010 & 11.
  15. I agree, this year has been good, will see. They broken my heart many a times. I go back 50 plus years to the Reed/Frazier/DeBusschere/Bradley/Monroe-Barnett years and I can honestly say since then, 'it's hard being a Knicks fan".
  16. If your referring to Memphis, last few years they were actually pretty good. 2022-23 they were 51-31 (2nd place in the West) 2022-21 they were 56-26 (2nd best record in the NBA) Wish my Knicks had season records like that.
  17. Ha! I believe the last pre-game in Philly I attended and Majerus was the coach.
  18. Detroit gave us my favorite NY Knick, Dave DeBusschere. Reminded me a lot of Conklin, a real beast. And of course, gave us the 'early out', Spencer Haywood. Miracles can happen, look at St Peter's from 2 years ago and Loyola from 5 years ago.
  19. We actually interviewed Bliss. A long time ago. It was when Spoon quit and we ended up hiring Romer. Bliss was still with New Mexico. He turned us down and ended up at Baylor.
  20. Depaul went down a similar path when they snagged Oliver Purnell. Purnell was at ACC Clemson in which he had success. Like previous and following coaches at the Big East DePaul, he failed miserably.
  21. Didn't Harrellson end up at Western Ill? Surely we could out recruited them. In defense of Sodie, he might have had Willie (was Willie at that point at some basketball HS factory & had academic issues?) signed making Harrellson less of a priority. That was awhile ago, don't remember all the issues. I am sure I could come up with others Sodie whiffed on. We always seemed to be undersized and lacking athleticism (granted Sodie did not have 1/2 the resources Ford has presently). Where, I always thought, Sodie was good with the X & Os which at least made us competitive.
  22. Talking about Sodie, anyone notice he's been demoted at Virginia from Associate Coach to Director of Scouting? not one his strong points. New Assoc Coach is Ron Sanchez that Bennett got from Charlotte. Sanchez actually did a decent job of resurrecting Charlotte and left the cupboard full making them very competitive for this year. When Charlotte left the A10 they really went into the dumpster going through coaches and 200+ net rankings.
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