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Zagsblog has confirmed this too. http://www.zagsblog.com/2012/04/28/mike-gbinije-could-make-acc-history/ Congrats. Can't wait for the Cuse and Michael Gbinije to be in the ACC. Zags article makes the point that due to the 2 year transfer rule in ACC, Mike G might be the only one ever to...

Like the ACC, the BE will be weak and even weaker after Cuse and Putt transfer to ACC. Lunardi pretty much agrees with comments so far Seed-BE Team - place - conf record 01-Louisville -7 (10-8) 03-Syracuse -1 (17-1) 05-Marquette -2 (14-4) 07-Cincy -5 (12-6) 08-Pittsburgh -13 (5-13)...

The Parkinson's disease explains his mannerisms but all of you are right about the lack of class. Very strange timing just to avoid having to pay any assistants Seth would have hired severance when they do not renew his contract next year. You are right about it going to be tough to get...

Since it's a one year APR ban, only seniors who transfer would not have to sit a year. Oriakhi was the only senior. If it had been a 2 year ban, then juniors and senior are exempt. The theory being (indert snarky UConn comments here) that Roscoe could be eligibleto play in post season by...

Here's the latest on that buzztap.com/link.jsp?id=8490304&cid=231&source=twitter I was glad to see Mark Watson finally stepped up. Posting the same thing I posted on the Duke boards. "I am not a premium member anywhere but I agree with you (regarding silence is deafending, why doesn't so...

Unless your team is playing overseas which is allowed every 4-5 years, the week before Midnight Madness, maybe longer, a team can have two hours worth of practices. Most teams used 1 hour Thursday to get he frosh ready and 1 hour or less scrmmage on Friday before Midnight to have fun on ESPNU or...

Don't think it had anything to do with that. Since every 4-5 years a team can play overseas in summer, Duke had already had 10 practices and played vs China/Dubai, whereas Cuse and most college teams last night has not yet had their first practice. Just more game ready like Cuse will be 10...

No major surprises. On my top 24, Gary Parrish has all of them except my #22 Marquette, with order of course different, only slightly different for Cuse whom I had 5th, and same for UNC who everybody has 1st.

I am a fan of Geno. On your link I saw another that says he is getting the Wooden Award http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-women/blog/hc-auriemma-to-receive-wooden-legends-award-20111012,0,2098817.story

If BBall success were merely the sum of front court and back court ratings, 23 of the top 25 would be: 29 - UK 28 - UNC 27 - Ohio St 26 - Duke 23 - UCONN 15 - Vandy and Florida 12 - Baylor 11 - UCLA and Wisc 9 - Bama, Pitt and Xavier 8 - Syracuse and FSU 6 - Kansas and Louisville 5 -...

That link haas a current date but I knew I had read that a couple years ago http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4423264&sportCat=ncb

Ah, yes. altruism and realism. It's one thing when they are slightly misaligned, another when they are pulling in exact opposite directions.

The Monday links thread takes the UCONN sour grapes perspective to a new level, Scandal. http://www.businessinsider.com/scand...erence-2011-10 Rutgers chimes in - Boise, Air Force and Navy to be targeted by Big East? Here's another link that corroborates. Desperate times call for desperate...

I agree, and think the missing ingredient is what Pitt does to potentially lure Penn State from B1G some day, not any time soon, but some day. The article mentioned that B12 might have been starting to show some interest in Pitt, but failed to mention that the B1G would have loved to lure...

Katz misses the main point that it is not OOC but rather overall body of work that matters. If you are a top team like Cuse is, Boeheim is wise not to get overly aggressive in OOC scheduling. If your BE may end up on the bubble, then adding some better OOC teams to the schedule could be the...

On the vote tallies above and in the link iinside the link, http://gridironhistory.com/forums/index.php?topic=353.0 this site makes some incredible assertions. It's hard to believe that Georgia, So Carolina, and Kentucky would break their alliance with Florida to not allow teams from same SEC...

Yeh, I don't subscroibe to ESPN insider but you are probably right, that he changes the metrics to fit his selections rather than his selections to fit consistent metrics. I do think that regardless of what he says, he has a minimum number of teams for each major conference is only way I can...

Gotta agree on Lunardi sometimes making picks not based on any real metrics. During the season he seems to switch them around just to have something to say differently. I have always felt he takes too many B12 and P12 teams but does a decent, not great, job on ACC, BE and B1G. I try to track...

Big 10 has 12 teams and Big 12 has 10 teams at moment but sure poster meant B12. Some people use the designation B1G for Big Ten, not sure of the derivation other than a play on Big, 1 before G except after C..

So do Pitt and Cuse get a share of that TCU $5 M exit fee since they are still in BE for as much as 27 months, whereas TCU is leaving as of next year?

Yep, here's the CBS links. CBS says TCU is next to B12, not BE. has to pay another $5 Million exit fee but does not have to wait 27 months, can go next year. If Missouri stays in B12, then B12 would pause at 10. If not, B12 may deplete BE to get to 12...

Sure, jardoo. Enjoy your posts, BTW. I follow all the ACC, but rely mostly on the UNC Rivals board a/k/a Tar Hell Radar (THR) and the three Duke boards Scout, Rivals and Duke Basketball Report (DBR) to keep up with all of other ACC teams. The other UNC board Inside Carolina is too juvenile and...

You make a good point. It is inconsistent on the one hand to say distance from Penn State to Ohio State and beyond is a problem in B1G, but then gloss over it if B12/BE were to merge. Though the football team and basketball teams may have chartered flights, a lot of the other olympic sports do...

Joe Lunardi has said the depleted B12 is nation’s best for hoops. http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/blog?name=ncbexperts&action=upsell&appRedirect=http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/blog?name=ncbexperts[/url] So wouldn’t it be even stronger if it added UCONN, Louisville, Cincy and West Virginia and...

Nothing "fair" about punishing the achievers for incompetence of the BE. If you are Syracuse or Pitt who already have a secure future, why throw good $$ after bad in a BE that may be imploding and has no leverage. If others join Cuse and Pitt on the BE exit ramps, as UCONN wants to do and TCU...

B12 already has #1 Oklahoma, #7 Okie St, #10 Texas, #21 K-State plus Baylor honorary #27 with 90 votes and Texas Tech right behind with 68 votes. Adding #19 West VA plus honorary #28 USF who still get 49 votes after Pitt humbled them, would give them 7 of the top 28 ranked teams, not counting...

Without Mizzou, there are barely enough teams left in B12 and BE to even merge the two into one super-conference. If B12 strips out UL, TCU and WV, then the B12/BE might as well be the first to "super" by annexing USF, Cincy, Rutgers and UCONN with a buyout that has teeth similar to the 6 year...

Maybe it was just heat of the moment but that TCU coach surely did not seem anxious to do anything more to help SMU. http://espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/story/_/id/7059438/angry-gary-patterson-tcu-horned-frogs-not-helping-smu-mustangs-again What Mizzou decides affects whether B12 looks for as few as...

No Temple was removed from BE for its fan support. In academics, US News rates Temple #132, while ACC low is FSU (101) and NC State (101). Neither do Houston or Memphis who finished out of top 200, nor ECU (194), USF (181), UCF (177), West VA (160), Louisville (160), Texas Tech (160), Cincy...

Others have convinced me adding ND and Nova or G-town Bball only is not as much an enticer for ND football as I originally thought, but that provision would be a good one with respect to Notre Dame. Not sure it makes sense for Nova whom ACC would want to exile if they do not upgrade their...

My understanding is ACC wanted somebody else last time but UVA and state of VA politics argued for it to be VA Tech instead as the 3rd with Miami and BC. So that probably holds true on VA Tech exodus from ACC too. Not all states view this the same way, As with Virginia, Oklahoma and Okie St...

I was not proposing going that far to 18 in Bball and 15 in football. UCONN makes that odd number of football team untenable, and just tees off the ACC Football schools, few as there are. Since neither G-town nor Nova is any good in football at moment, even I would not propose BBall only for...

ACC commish John Swofford has clearly said he is against this. But in your opinion, should the ACC consider giving Notre Dame and either Nova or G-town Bball only status to temporarily get to 16? ND is #19 academically, G-town #22 and Nova is rated top eastern regional private school. ACC...

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7051020/presidents-chancellors-give-commissioner-ok-expand-big-east-conference Sounds likethe BE will try and improve its football by adding Army and Navy football only plus Air Force, SMU to give TCU company and UCF to give USF a dance partner. So...

Between ESPN3 and on line streaming such as Justin.tv you can probably catch most of the games. http://www.justin.tv/directory/sports/college_sports?order=hot&lang=en There are a bunch of other ones if you Google "watch tv online free sports" or "view tv online free sports" Does Syracuse...

Pitt of cousrse is a wash, then trade UNC for UCONN, Duke for Louisville, all top 10- teams TV execs would force. UVA for West VA and Maryland for G-town is not that much different, perhaps this year while MD is down unless their 7 foot guy from overseas is superb, but they will be back soon...

In that every two year scenario, it could take 3-4 years before Cuse plays some of these ACC-South teams at home. Same for some of these teams ever hosting Pitt or Cuse. BE even bigger at 16 did not go that route and I do not think ACC at 14 would either for Bball, though it makes more sense for...

If there is any cherry picking to be done in football, it would be the other way around with B12 snagging TCU or West VA or USF or UL. With Cincy on 2 year probation, doubt B12 would give them a look. B12 not interested in UCONN or Rutgers. The B12's medium TV share is 768K vs. BE's 521K. B12's...

That would be intersting. It might not be labelled as a "tournament" since there are limits on how many tournaments per season like Maui, P-NIT etc, but could defintely do a mini round robin type of thing. A lot depends on whether West VA, UL and to a smaller extent TCU stay put and BE...

That all makes sense. There are conflicting links on the Thursday lnks thread about whether Cuse would play UNC or Duke at home or in NYC once league play starts. In the interim 27 months, Duke for example would prefer MSG while UNC would be more willing to do a true home and home. Hopefully...

Thanks, you confirmed what I suspected which is why I worded it Cuse is as good an entry, (or not), into that NY market as Rutgers is (or is not), In fully agree with your main point but might instead of wording the lead in as you did "Unlike Rutgers and UCONN...", I tend to think of it as...

With respect to first poster, probably more of a problem for Pittsburgh who also has a lot of pro competition as BC does with Cletics, Patriots, and Bruins. With respect to football scheduling that I do not follow closely, seems to me the easiest thing to do if Cuse and Pitt become available...

Totally agree, but I would extend your thought to say Notre Dame or Penn State as the one you label "comparable". The ACC football schools would revolt if ACC 15-16 were UCONN and Rutgers. Might be okay to use as a repalcement is someone leaves but not for 15-16 until all of Notre Dame, Penn...

I thank AlbanyCuse for the invite to join this Board, and thought I would make my first post an all inclusive intro on this thread. First, I thought ACC adding Pitt and Cuse was a brilliant move and totally caught the B1G by surprise. Very happy to have you two as 13-14 but I do not favor UCONN...