cgeldmacher

Unless we are the team making the tournament, which is the goal. Then we would be giving away money by switching.

Even if everything you said is true, that does't mean the the correct reaction to all that is to move to a lesser conference.

Great breakdown. Sad that your argument had to be made. Thanks for putting in the time.

If we lose VCU and UMass, I think one possible move is to try to merge the A-10 and the West Coast Conference into a mega private school conference. I would think this conference would have good bargaining power for TV rights considering its cities would include, New York, D.C. (2 teams), Philadelphia (2 teams), Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago, Bay Area (2 teams), San Diego, Los Angeles (2 teams), and Portland. Non-revenue sports could be kept on one side of the country or the other outside of championship games. Just create Eastern Division and a Western Division. This would have to be done amongst the schools and Athletic Departments as one of the conference offices would go away. Can't imagine they would be invested in a situation where they have a 50/50 shot of being let go.

Maybe, but its at a time when its not on anyone radar. At least the A-10 still gets this prime spot on Selection Sunday (for now).

Yes, they can take your budget away from you. What is the amount Mo Valley teams get paid for their TV package? What is the amount that the A-10 get paid for its TV package (this is the one that always has the A-10 tournament championship game on national television on Selection Sunday). Moving to the Mo Valley would cause a major hit to the Athletic Department budget. Your assumption is that we would put the same product on the court in the Mo Valley or the Horizon. We would not. We would have less money to spend on the program and lesser recruits playing in the games. The answer is not to drop down a level and hope that winning at a lower level impresses the Big East. The answer is to win at our current level. How about winning the A-10 four consecutive years. That should be our goal. Also, why do you think Loyola Chicago left the Mo Valley for the A-10? As 05 likes to say "I'll hang up and listen."

Best reason I can give is that recruits still look at a schedule that includes Dayton, St. Joe's, UMass, Davidison, etc. as more appealing than playing Illinois State, SIU-Carbondale, Mo State, Indiana State, etc. Dropping to the Mo Valley or Horizon would make it even more impossible to recruit talent.

Ten people worth 60 milllion are not in the league as the donors that make a real difference to a school's athletic department. If the people at that table each donate a $1 million to SLU they've just given away 10% of their wealth. Don't get me wrong, that table had some money, and I'm sure they give generously to SLU, but the high dollar donors at bigger schools are often on a different level.

That's only because they were limited to their facility size. My understanding is that they scheduled this game in the football stadium to give Nebraska fans that wouuld never have a chance to see one of the games (they're always sold out) the opportunity to see one. Once the tickets sales get over a certain amount, they realized they had a chance for a record and went for it. However, I don't think that was the goal at first.

I love when a community develops an affinity to a women's sport that doesn't exist in most other places. Tennessee was like this back in the Pat Summitt days. Following women's college basketball is much more popular now, but it wasn't nearly that way back when Tennessee fans were supporting Summitt's teams.

Very impressive. That picture will be shown by their coach to every recruit he or she wants.

My theory about what will happen is that ESPN+ will either be sold or spun off. To me, however, that service, or something like it, is the future of how we will watch sports. Network television is on the clock for disappearing. Cable and its bundles are, whether it is good or bad, on the way out. These developments are resulting in a crisis in sports television that is like watching a train wreck happen in slow motion. The effects that we are already seeing are the Bally's debacle and college sports conference reallignment. To me, the end result, after several more years, will be that all sports are on streaming and available through packages. You can buy every MLB game for the year for one price, or just all of your team's games (home and road) for a lesser price, or just one game for a price that is even less (but a much higher per game cost than the rest). You will also be able to buy an "all NCAA" package" or a conference package, or a package just to see your college, or just your college's men's basketball games, or just one particular game. The prices will obviously be scaled. The good news will be that to make this work, nearly every game will have to be available in some form. It will also be nice to have the options and be able to decide what you want to pay for. The question will be what it will cost. I hope that interest in sports remains high and this situation results in more options for rabid fans. The other side of the coin is that it could kill interest in sports by nickel and diming a fan's desire to watch a game.

I have a feeling that in order to keep services like ESPN+ going, Disney will have to create special price tiers to cover the costs (and probably have to have a little bit of a profit) of showing these sorts of games. Down the road, I would pay $60 a year just for the ability to watch SLU's non-revenue sports on a streaming service.

We may be playing a lot zone defense this year

Or, for some, its about continuing to play a game you enjoy rather than having to get a real job while being pampered with free food and lodging while only having to be mildly pay attention to your sham classes

Every announcement the AD Dept. made and every discussion started would be followed by days and weeks of posts by this board dissecting and criticizing the decision no matter how logical. No organization puts that information out there in such a fashion for this exact reason. Go to any town hall meeting by any local government on any topic if you need an example. My point - we don't need to know about every decision made.

For anyone who is still under the delusion that NIL is not purely pay for play, see above. If he was signed to a deal for his "Name, Image, and Likeness" what does that have to do with his eligibility to play this year. He still attends that school and will play next season. I remember arguing about unintended consequences with those who were worried about the rights of these poor kids who were being given room and board and a free college education for four years that this is exactly what would happen from NIL. I assume that we can all agree that this has turned college sports into a giant mess.

I have always looked at LHJr at a better option as a shooting guard than as a point guard. The special talent he had in high school that got him looks was his flashes of showing elite shooting ability. Our best case scenario is that he steps in, after this season, as Jimerson's replacement as our top outside shooter. To me, if he's having to worry about running the point, he won't be developing like he should at this best qualities.

He was just Dandridging those other schools until he found the one he really wanted to play for.

I guess the transfer rules don't suck if you are at the top of the food chain in a sport. So, this must be what it feels like to be Duke in basketball.

Anytime somone that size is getting looks, I assume it is because they have intangibles great enought to make up for their height limitations.

Jordan is the perfect guy to have this type of success happen to from SLU's perspective. He is a local kid who trusted our program with his future. He spent all of his eligibility at SLU battling like a warrior every minute of every game. Now he's earned his way into a great spot on a top team in the NBA. Ford should be hyping Jordan's story when talking to recruits much more so than talking about Marcus Smart.

This is sports, man. Albert Pujols says he wants to spend his entire career in St. Louis and then leaves. College coaches assure fanbases that they are committed to a program and then cash in somewhere else. A guy like Ryan O'Reilly appears to be destined to finish his career in St. Louis, but gets traded when doing so serves the best interest of the team. Let me let you in on a little secret. It is not their job to worry about your feelings. It's their responbility to take care of themselves and their family. I'm sure you've made similar decisions in your life that were just not as public as Yuri's decisions.

Wow. Just did a search of best players available in the portal. Check out number 4. Doesn't make me excited about who is left out there. https://www.on3.com/transfer-portal/top/basketball/2023/?status=best-available

I disagree with those questioning his lack of scoring. Do you think the Warriors want rookies coming off the bench and taking shots that could be taken by Steph Curry, Klay Thompson or Jordan Poole? Or would they maybe prefer someone who shows they don't need to "get their points," but instead are willing to do everything to make the stars they already have better? Goodwin got to the league using his skill set, not the skill set that most people think is necessary. I think Yuri can do the same thing. Time will tell.