Bay Area Billiken

Believable, Yes, but is he worth it? Evidently that is the market price. But we saw him play in the A10 Tourney in DC. Is he that good of a player post-injury?

It seemed to be quite a contrasting leap to go from playing for Randy Bennett to playing for Dan Hurley, that along with a big difference in climate and culture.

https://x.com/hoopsweiss/status/1911798652227535318?s=46&t=jikm5nKg-NlIUjy2c9C9zw Malachi Smith is reportedly UConn bound. https://x.com/portal_updates/status/1911556525039960542?s=46&t=jikm5nKg-NlIUjy2c9C9zw Aidan Mahaney is visiting UCSB. He played 2 years at St. Mary’s (after going to high school right down the hill) and 1 year at UConn. I have seen him play in person and think he could help SLU. We questioned why Mahaney left St. Mary's in Moraga to go play for Dan Hurley clear across the country in Storrs, Connecticut in the first place, but UC Santa Barbara in Goleta on the Pacific Ocean would certainly be a nice place to rebound.

https://x.com/BoardGeniuses/status/1911418600528707916 Is Utah Big Ten bound? Note the reference to the Big 12 as the “truck stop 12.” The PAC-12's big error was following opinions of certain professors, who overvalued the PAC-12 media rights. The PAC-12 should have taken the $30M/year/school offered by ESPN, which the Big 12 then quickly accepted.

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/college-football-transfer-portal-house-settlement-and-more-with-ncaa-sports-on-brink-of-massive-change-heres-how-it-all-fits-together-125246683.html

The NCAA, the Pac-12, the SEC, the Big Ten, the Big 12 and the ACC are the named Defendants in the House anti-trust class action suit. Presumably said conference defendants have likely agreed to the settlement terms. If not, dissenting followers of Bevo and other Football Power 4 dissenters can always have their conference's fates decided by a jury of their peers in the US District Court for the Northern District of California sitting in Oakland, California, said jury pool composed of residents of 15 Northern California counties, largely Coastal.

https://x.com/kalidrafts/status/1909383333487722942 Look who is #1.

Both would be good choices. How about SLU takes both?

Down goes Duke️

https://x.com/danwetzel/status/1908221770462535899?s=46&t=jikm5nKg-NlIUjy2c9C9zw The Final Approval hearing re the House case settlement is Monday, 4/7/25 at 10 a.m. Pacific in US District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland. The revenue sharing cap is one of the key terms of the settlement. The Big East may be about to return to preeminent basketball status.

I have fought this good fight before, and evidently have finally lost it, but when did SLU and the A10 become "mid-major?" Both were once High Major, No Football. The line of demarcation was a mid-major was a one bid league. Regrettably, that is what the A10 has become, Juan Bid in 2 of the last 3 seasons, more by the war of attrition with the Big Five and Football Power 4 with its infamous rigged NET, than by what the A10 has done and not done. Next question: What is the line of demarcation between a mid-major and a low con? Where do the MAC and MAAC fit in those categories? The MAC was Conference NET #23 of 31 and the MAAC was Conference NET #26 of 31.

It looks like the NIT is the D1-AA Tourney, which consists of mid-majors and low cons. The Crown is the also ran D1-A Tourney of the vanquished, with a few exceptions.

SLU lost at Arkansas State. Our hard earned California taxpayer Dollars are at work. Let’s go Eaters. The NIT is the de facto D1-AA Tourney, had 6 A10 teams in its 32 team field. One doubts Chattanooga would have advanced past #1 seed Dayton had Dayton not waived its home game there. That game was played at unseeded Chattanooga.

The NIT Championship matchup is UC Irvine (Big West), one of the 4 #1 Seeds vs. unseeded Chattanooga (SoCon). Although the Anteaters are a #1 Seed, one doubts many had this matchup on their bingo cards. As they say in the OC, Let’s go Eaters.

These would be two very good players for SLU. I have seen both play in game action. Observers say Mahaney should have stayed at St. Mary’s, rather than trek clear across the country to Dan Hurley’s program at UConn. Mahaney’s high school, Campolindo, is right down the hill from the St. Mary’s campus in Moraga.