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No love for Xavier Sneed.

For sure. Same goes for DC.

I'd think Philly would be at least as strong as St. Louis in terms of talent pool.

Plenty of great schools, in great cities, with strong local talent in the A10. While Kingston, RI might be something of a challenger, St. Bonaventure and Olean easily wins as the least desirable place in the league. I just think of someone like Coach Ford, who as a family man would want good schools, good healthcare, good restaurants, fun things to do, cultural institutions, convenient travel, etc.... Olean would be brutal. Impressive Mark Scmidt has only led the Bonnies to two losing A10 seasons in the last 10.

Good points. Makes me wonder if a kid in Perkins' circumstances could actually be helped by having taken the Juco route. Sure he's technically a senior, but in some ways (maybe including recruiting and scout awareness?) he's more of a sophomore. Almost like he isn't a "lowly" senior, but more of that diamond in the rough you describe? I realize that could may make zero sense - just strange to think of him as a beleaguered journeyman senior that scouts will look past when he broke onto the scene 4-5 months ago.

Agreed. Coach mentioned a few weeks ago how he hadn't had a chance to sit down with each player individually and have his usual post-season debrief. Probably happened a bit later than usual because of the recent disruptions / strange end to the season. They probably went over the appropriateness of declaring with Goodwin and French. That's also probably where Hankton got a sense of what would work best for him going forward. And one can imagine the Perkins conversation went something like "You're already performing at a high level, but don't quite have the D-1 resume. You've put yourself in a position to make a name for yourself next year and be as strong an entry as anyone with the track record to back it up."

But, with there being no sports right now, including combat sports, this thread is the next best thing to watch.

Here's one: Q But — but do you think every state in this country should be prepared for mail-in voting in case we’re in a situation — THE PRESIDENT: No, because I think a lot of people cheat with mail-in voting. I think people should vote with ID — voter ID. I think voter ID is very important. And the reason they don’t want voter ID is because they intend to cheat. When you get something, when you buy something, you look at your cards and credit cards and different cards — you have your picture on many of them. Not all of them, but on many of them. You should have a picture on your — on your — for voting. It should be called “Voter ID.” They should have that. It shouldn’t be mail-in voting. It should be: You go to a booth and you proudly display yourself. You don’t send it in the mail where people pick up — all sorts of bad things can happen by the time they signed that, if they sign that — if they signed that by the time it gets in and is tabulated. No, it shouldn’t be mailed in. You should vote at the booth. And you should have voter ID, because when you have voter ID, that’s the real deal.

^They haven't exactly been cycling coaches recently as Coach Neubauer has now been there for 5 seasons. SLU hasn't had a coach for more than 5 seasons since the 1990's.

1) Money. 2) Pitino may prefer a win at all costs culture, which Fordham clearly is not.

Athletic Director Dave Roach is retiring: https://fordhamram.com/75775/sports/fordham-athletic-director-dave-roach-announces-retirement/ Sounds like it's anticipated to lead to changes in the men's basketball program, but nothing formal on that front yet.

This would be welcome news.

So you're saying those guys are third string because they received all-conference honors? That makes no sense. Goodwin certainly doesn't deserve to be called a third string player, nor do any of the honorees, who are obviously at the top of the conference.

Huh? Who are you describing as third string?

They've certainly been very complimentary of each other. We've all seen far too much of the constant self-congratulations. More importantly. Have they been complementary?

Makes people not only question it, but goes a long way toward providing them with a pretty clear answer: to enrich itself, conferences, schools and coaches through unpaid labor. It also makes people wonder what the FBI is doing spending taxpayer money to enforce a private non-profit organization's rules?

Fred VanVleet was a better shooter (3pt and FT) than JG is today, but he's a good example of a somewhat unconventional player (not fitting an NBA mold in terms of height, vertical, length, stats, etc...) that has found NBA success. Takes a lot of work - like FVV put in - but guys like JG can make a place for themselves.

Nice! But I'd still keep them in the buy game category for us. They've had a number of good years recently, but it hasn't changed their policy having having a few away buy games each year with teams on a level we're closer to (Rhode Island, BYU, Alabama, TCU, Butler, Purdue for example). Their H&Hs tend to be with lower level teams - Evansville, Valpo, Illinois State, Cleveland State, Wright State, Samford, Green Bay, Lipscomb, Milwaukee, Pepperdine, Middle Tennessee are recent examples. They do switch off every year with the Hilltoppers, like we do with SIU-C, which is pretty solid.

Plenty of solid and travelable teams that would be great to get consistent home & homes with. Basically mid-major standouts and P5 laggards, exemplified by K-State, like: Iowa State, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Tulsa, WKU, UNI, Loyola, Belmont and Murray State are close, but really more on the buy game level than H&H.

Tremaine Isabell is an interesting case study in someone who didn't work out for a team - Mizzou, did work out for a team - Drexel, then worked out for yet another team as a grad transfer - SLU. Just shows how someone not "working out" can be dependent on so many different factors.

SLU. And basketball.

I appreciate that Fordham isn't included in the list.

^Interesting. The timing would certainly line up well with his two years coming after French graduates if he sits. But would Third Team All-MEAC (albeit as a sophomore) cut it for SLU? Also, sounding very shortsighted here, but safe to say Javon Bess is the all time best Bills transfer? And Termaine Isabell is the all time best Bills grad transfer?

About the same 3 point threat as Tay Weaver was. Cook would be a great addition.

Hopefully Hankton is able to follow the Jalen Johnson model - finding a school closer to home where he can emerge as a leader and help his team compete week after week.