BANG! He Got It!

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Ben Howland?

For some reason that didn't link to what I was looking at. I was looking at Djambo's player profile, and on the right side there is an option for an advanced search. That allows you to put in particular schools and see who is being recruited by each one by year, etc.

According to Rivals: Everyone with interest/being recruited by in St. Louis (Signed or Unsigned) for 2013: http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/basketball/recruiting/recruit-search-results

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This morning on SportsCenter, the played a clip of Rick Pitino saying that if you wanted to win, do the opposite of what Digger Phelps says because he knows nothing. Digger goes on to say that he's 3-1 as a coach against Pitino, and then tells him to study the SLU film hard because SLU is going to beat them in the Sweet Sixteen behind a strong performance from our leader "Kwame Evans." +1 for Pitino

Cody Ellis is a great representative of someone who is a Billiken through and through. Those attacks directed at him, and at Lauren, on twitter throughout the night were so bush league. Can't believe that stuff. But hey, if they're hatin', you know you're doing something right. BANG! From Down Under! Cody Ellis with the trey!

Billion dollar investments like the one Fox is making in this network (of which the new Big East will be a part of) aren't still "coming together" in the days leading up to an announcement. They've done their homework and know who they want in the league. I could be wrong, but I'd assume that the schools that are going to be in have constructively been in (maybe without even knowing) for a while now.

Similar branding to SKY Sports in Europe (SKY Sports 1, SKY Sports 2, etc). It was mentioned that they would be carrying World Cup matches, etc. Maybe they're trying to emulate that network's feel?

This poster from the Holy Land board provides what I think is a good take on the situation from the TV perspective: "While i understand that VCU has a larger student body than all the C7... no one would really consider GT, Depaul, St. Johns, Nova, Seton Hall, Providence, St. Louis , Xavier as small schools. As all these schools qualify as the primary (large) catholic school of large cities. Dayton and Creighton also appear to be in the larger category. Lets face it none of these schools are candidates for the MAAC nor NEC. That said VCU still does not fit the profile of the primary large private university of a tier 1 or tier 2 city. And if you think Fox TV Marketing isn't number one your crazy... the C7 would not have left if they did not have a irrevocable offer from fox. Fox would not have given a irrevocable offer if they did not know the potential line up. They are not still negotiating schools. Fox isn't paying 300 million plus for 0 say. The facts are Fox and the C7 already have a deal. They just can't announce it as fox isn't official with their new sports programming. Fox does not want all eastern time zone schools. Fox also doesn't want all east coast schools. Fox has the PAC so it doesn't need west coast schools. No rational person would seriously believe that the C7 would have left the BE and Fox would have signed on to a deal if the schools to be added on weren't already basically set in stone. This isn't something that happened on a whim. Fox didn't just decide to start a new sports station. They have researched and they know what markets they want to attack. (Hint look for strong Fox regionals). This isn't something they are working on since December... you don't just jump into Billion dollar operations like that. Fox has been working on this for years. While you and i may not have been privy to it most of this stuff has been well locked up months ago. As i said before now we are just waiting until Fox makes its "official" announcement and the BE C7 separation dancing is done."