The Bilas Index

[OrangeTown]

Jay does a regular ESPN Insider article for his top 68 teams leading toward the tournament.

Here's the link for those with Insider access: The Bilas Index: The truth about this college basketball season

Since it's an Insider article, I will simply paraphrase his Syracuse portion.

He has us ranked 44. How fitting.

He says Boeheim continues to make the NCAA look silly and petty with the tournament run last year when we barely got in. He states that vacating wins is a ridiculous practice especially with such tiny amounts of extra benefits and most people don't bother to really get into the facts of an infractions case, which the NCAA uses to ruin reputations and shame people publicly. He goes on to mention that Boeheim is still one of only 2 coaches in D1 men's basketball history to hand his opponents 1,000 losses.

 

[Obie9]

I was curious if anyone knew if Jay was also prohibited from saying JB has 1000 wins. Thankfully he has been outspoken on the topic in favor of JB, but always states it as JB has given the opponents 1000 losses. Thus, he is also abiding by the rules set up by the NCAA sanctions.

 

[Trueblue25]

Bilas is the greatest of all time.

 

[l'orange]

Do you think Bilas ever considered coaching?

 

[Briancuse]

Do you think Bilas ever considered coaching?

I believe he is a lawyer in addition to being a broadcaster, probably doesn't have the time for coaching.

 

[RF2044]

I was curious if anyone knew if Jay was also prohibited from saying JB has 1000 wins. Thankfully he has been outspoken on the topic in favor of JB, but always states it as JB has given the opponents 1000 losses. Thus, he is also abiding by the rules set up by the NCAA sanctions.

Why would he be [honest question]? He's a broadcaster--the NCAA doesn't have any jurisdiction over what he says or does.

 

[dasher]

I believe he is a lawyer in addition to being a broadcaster, probably doesn't have the time for coaching.

I think he is just on the mast head of a law firm at this point. Jay is just too busy with hoop.

 

[Briancuse]

I think he is just on the mast head of a law firm at this point. Jay is just too busy with hoop.

I know at some point he was, maybe he gave it up.

 

[CorduroyG]

he was an assistant on duke in the early 90s. he was on the bench when laettner hit the shot against kentucky.

 

[kuethstheman]

Why would he be [honest question]? He's a broadcaster--the NCAA doesn't have any jurisdiction over what he says or does.

Could be an ESPN thing. Might have been instructed on do's and don'ts from above.

On the other hand, I thought I saw a tweet from him where he said JB had 1,000 wins.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I was curious if anyone knew if Jay was also prohibited from saying JB has 1000 wins. Thankfully he has been outspoken on the topic in favor of JB, but always states it as JB has given the opponents 1000 losses. Thus, he is also abiding by the rules set up by the NCAA sanctions.

NCAA has no authority over ESPN

 

[SUfanNC]

I was curious if anyone knew if Jay was also prohibited from saying JB has 1000 wins. Thankfully he has been outspoken on the topic in favor of JB, but always states it as JB has given the opponents 1000 losses. Thus, he is also abiding by the rules set up by the NCAA sanctions.

Jay seems to like to show the NCAA's inconsistencies and how they are half assed. I think he is saying the 1000 losses to show they can only take the wins away but the losses can't be changed as way to show publicly how silly the NCAA is. Kind of stick it to them statement

 

[Forloveoforange]

Jay does a regular ESPN Insider article for his top 68 teams leading toward the tournament.

Here's the link for those with Insider access: The Bilas Index: The truth about this college basketball season

Since it's an Insider article, I will simply paraphrase his Syracuse portion.

He has us ranked 44. How fitting.

He says Boeheim continues to make the NCAA look silly and petty with the tournament run last year when we barely got in. He states that vacating wins is a ridiculous practice especially with such tiny amounts of extra benefits and most people don't bother to really get into the facts of an infractions case, which the NCAA uses to ruin reputations and shame people publicly. He goes on to mention that Boeheim is still one of only 2 coaches in D1 men's basketball history to hand his opponents 1,000 losses.

I think he's trying to say that the NCAA ruins reputations and shames people publicly to slow teams up that aren't the favorite teams.

 

[tbonezone]

Bilas is the greatest of all time.

FWIW jay bilas had 692 rebounds in his 4 seasons at duke. tyler roberson is currently at 687.

 

[CusefanATL]

Jay does a regular ESPN Insider article for his top 68 teams leading toward the tournament.

Here's the link for those with Insider access: The Bilas Index: The truth about this college basketball season

Since it's an Insider article, I will simply paraphrase his Syracuse portion.

He has us ranked 44. How fitting.

He says Boeheim continues to make the NCAA look silly and petty with the tournament run last year when we barely got in. He states that vacating wins is a ridiculous practice especially with such tiny amounts of extra benefits and most people don't bother to really get into the facts of an infractions case, which the NCAA uses to ruin reputations and shame people publicly. He goes on to mention that Boeheim is still one of only 2 coaches in D1 men's basketball history to hand his opponents 1,000 losses.

Not to dummify this down too much, but just want to confirm to everyone 44 is very bubblicious... basically an 11 seed. we are 1 of the last 3 or so teams in.

 

[jr4750]

Recruiting Bilas has proven quite fortuitous for JB. Sure he missed on him, but I think that relationship and interest in him as a player, has resonated through the years. Bilas has always been very pro-SU, and especially JB.

 

[cto]

I was curious if anyone knew if Jay was also prohibited from saying JB has 1000 wins. Thankfully he has been outspoken on the topic in favor of JB, but always states it as JB has given the opponents 1000 losses. Thus, he is also abiding by the rules set up by the NCAA sanctions.

No such restriction at ESPN. Seth Greenberg continually cites the 1000 wins. Even Andy Katz has said 1000 wins ("and no asterisk"). The only strictures apply to SU and JB. And if everyone else continues to say 1000 ... it will become accepted as such ... and the NCAA be damned!

 

[CusefanATL]

No such restriction at ESPN. Seth Greenberg continually cites the 1000 wins. Even Andy Katz has said 1000 wins ("and no asterisk"). The only strictures apply to SU and JB. And if everyone else continues to say 1000 ... it will become accepted as such ... and the NCAA be damned!

absolute - non alternative - fact

 

[Eric15]

Do you think Bilas ever considered coaching?

I'm sure it's possible, but he has such a great gig right now with no pressure to produce results. All he has to do is talk about what he sees and make fun of Sean McDonough a little.

 

[Hoo's That]

FWIW jay bilas had 692 rebounds in his 4 seasons at duke. tyler roberson is currently at 687.

... and 1 punch to Ralph Sampson's nuts. He'll never be forgiven for that regardless of whatever nice things he says about us.

 

[Dave85]

... and 1 punch to Ralph Sampson's nuts. He'll never be forgiven for that regardless of whatever nice things he says about us.

Hoo's, I love your posts!

 

[MSOrange]

Do you think Bilas ever considered coaching?

He was an assistant at Duke for 3 years from 89-92.

 

[HOFCeluck]

I didn't know JB recruited Jay. He should bring it up on-air sometime.

 

[IthacaMatt]

NCAA has no authority over ESPN

Unless they want to give back all that money! LOL

 

[Oráiste]

Recruiting Bilas has proven quite fortuitous for JB. Sure he missed on him, but I think that relationship and interest in him as a player, has resonated through the years. Bilas has always been very pro-SU, and especially JB.

that, and he is close to Coach K, who is Boeheim's best friend in the coaching business. The respect his coach has for JB has to have an influence.

can you imagine what it would be like to have dinner with K and Boeheim and listen to them talk hoops? It would be like getting a master's degree in hoopology.