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reef wrote:Sleazy UConn assistants Tommy Moore and Glen Miller

For those anti-Tom Moore types, I think I would be careful with the call outs about his integrity...

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The language is similar but it's separated differently. Ollie's contract separates the the idea of violations by the coach from the section about self-reporting and knowledge by using the numbers #1 and #2 for both parts. Calhoun's verbiage is a run-on by comparison -- The way it's written, it looks...

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The problem with your reasoning is that this clause was not enforced against their other coaches that had transgressions. Have you seen Calhoun's contract? I've been trying to find it to see if the language is the same. Interesting read from the Hartford Courant: By terms of Ollie’s contract, UConn...

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The problem for UConn is what incentive does Ollie have to settle? Any thought to not going full out on his old school probably went out the window when the school and his old coach publicly trashed him. Well I think the argument will come down to what justifies "just cause?" Per his cont...

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Starting to pick up momentum nationally, not a good look for UConn.... https://deadspin.com/uconn-is-trying-to-snatch-10-million-from-kevin-ollie-1827021568 So UCONN fired Ollie for 'just cause', yet they protected Calhoun when he violated NCAA rules in the preceding years. Seems like quite a doubl...

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Nice home schedule. Were do I buy my season tickets (: Morehead St UMKC Cornell New Hampshire UMASS-Lowell Arizona Lafayette Manhattan Drexel 9 home games and only one good team. They draw great at MSG and play Syracuse, Oregon/Iowa and 'nova there...not home games for sure, but likely good home-li...

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UCONN released their OOC schedule today. Some fans are ok with it, seeing it was a softer schedule for a team that needs to grow and develop. Many seem very upset, in that it's very weak in comparison to other years and will give the team minimal chance to make the NCAA Tournament (yes that appears ...

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I don't think the problem with Ollie was just the lack of results -- There was a general consensus around that program that Ollie was not working hard to make the program great. People felt he was lazy in recruiting and in his overall focus on the program. He basically took over for Calhoun, rode th...

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That comment, coupled with all the talk about the “Hurley brand”, etc...just rubbed me the wrong way. Seems like old It's PR -- he's overselling how bad URI was before to make himself seem like more of a savior. I'm sure it's also leverage for UCONN, in that he can say "Look, I've done it befo...

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That article did not include any of UCONN’s high-end games — they play Arizona in Storrs, FSU in NJ, Villanova at MSG,and the 2K Classic (Cuse and Oregon/Iowa).

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https://www.google.com/amp/www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-aac-uconn-money-0527-20170526-story,amp.html This article disagrees with you that increased MBB ticket sales will solve the problem. Their media rights revenue is driven by football. The significant revenue comes from the AAC TV rev...

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UCONNs affliction with the AAC while having a few down years definitely impacts the bottom-line. People aren’t showing up to watch a ~.500 team play Tulane or East Carolina. There is a lot of excitement about what Hurley can bring to Storrs but they still need to make up for a few down years in the...

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UCONNs affliction with the AAC while having a few down years definitely impacts the bottom-line. People aren’t showing up to watch a ~.500 team play Tulane or East Carolina. There is a lot of excitement about what Hurley can bring to Storrs but they still need to make up for a few down years in the ...

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Something worth monitoring: The NBA on Friday sent teams a memo indicating that "eligibility rules" for the draft may shift as early as 2021 (but no earlier) as the league reviews issues "related to player development and the corruption investigation in college basketball," accor...

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If you head over to the "Boneyard," UCONN fans seem really convinced that Precious Achiewa (5th overall recruit 24/7) and Jaiden Delaire (109th overall recruit 24/7) are their recruits to lose in 2019, plus I get the impression they think they have great shots at Kofi Cockburn (32nd overal...

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UAs a Celtics fan, I'm glad we proved that theory wrong by trying to be as good as possible every year and rebuilding that way - but I'll admit it took a ton of luck and the stupidity of the Brooklyn Nets. Really, being shitty on purpose is the way to go. I'm glad you inserted the last part to prev...

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Just for arguments sake consider that the student population of Michigan at Ann Arbor or Ohio State ,Columbus are just south of 50,000. That would make them the 5th largest city/town in Rhode Island behind Providence , Warwick, Cranston & Pawtucket. They have an infra-structure comparable with ...

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So who is the Rhode Islander high school player that Harbaugh is trying to get face time with? Xavier Truss is a junior (soon to be senior) who saw his recruitment blow up after the All-American Combine in January. He's blown up into a borderline Top 100 recruit, with offers from Michigan, Ohio St....

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If I am Ainge I am calling Orlando daily trying to flip Terry Rozier and the Celtics 2018 & 2019 1st Rounders for Magic's 6th overall pick in 2018 draft. Magic have a huge hole at PG and would be dumb enough to buy high on Rozier. This would set the Celtics up to draft a big like Mo Bamba or Mi...

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Nevada has another reported game with USC being played as a true road game at the Staples Center.

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It's tolerable at it's current price point, it'll be interesting to see if that price point moves once the UFC, NHL, and other affiliated contracts kick in. I for one have never had an issue with the ESPN3 app in terms of quality, so it does disappoint me as a sports fan to see things moved from a f...

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Rhody74 wrote:

I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. ESPN finding alternative ways to screw the consumer.

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I'm surprised they played up the "torn" angle as much as they did -- they were undrafted prospects in many mocks after some rough workouts. Perhaps it was all an angle where they wait to see who drops out and see if there is any way to climb. Going as a mid-late second round prospect is so...

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I'm ok trading off some pieces if they are the right pieces -- there is not enough shots/minutes to go around to make everyone happy once Kyrie and Gordon come back. Irving, Hayward, Brown, Tatum, Horford, Morris, Smart, and Rozier are all going to want their minutes and their shots. Further, that d...

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Conference USA is getting radical and I love it ... "I think our scheduling is going to change significantly this year," said Marshall head coach Danny D'Antoni. "We hired Mark Adams (former coach and ESPN analyst) to come up with something that would create interest and give us a bet...

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Now that we've seen what this group has turned into, I think there are only two players I would trade Jaylen Brown + assets for ... 1) Anthony Davis or 2) Karl Anthony-Towns. Those are potential semi-realistic targets (Towns seems more likely to be traded than Davis), as of course we'd all take Dura...

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Since Nevada is supposed to be so good I am surprised decent P5 teams want to play them ?? I thought it was getting harder for decent mid majors to schedule?? Well, I think there are two things working in Nevada's favor. One: If the core of their team stays in tact, they are returning all key piece...

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That's not entirely true. We were supposed to play them November 17th. Instead they scheduled Arkansas Little Rock (RPI of 308 last year) on November 16th and Cal Baptist (Division 2) on November 19th. ALR and Cal-Baptist both appear to be guaranteed home games from their tournament in Vegas that t...

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In a world where there is no loyalty by coaches and increasing students via transfer, I can understand having to back out and buyout a game. However, this is not like a return game 3 years after the first where things could not be foreseen. Any case is not a great look: either Muss knew going in he...

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I agree that coaches should schedule based on what's best for the program but I also agree that coaches should honor contracts with signed home and home Jeez Nevada still don't understand why they woukd back out we are still going to be really good next year possible bubble team That's where I'm at...

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URI up 3-2 bottom 8
St. Bonaventure basically has thrown up on themselves
7th inning - single, wild pitch, error gives URI 1st and 3rd with 1 out and they score on a sac fly
8th inning - strike out but advance on wild pitch, sac bunt, wild pitch, sac fly

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Game now tied 2-2 bottom 7

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I have found this quite a fascinating follow for a Friday afternoon. Hoping for the late inning rally.

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If the contract does have language in it that allows for Nevada to pay a "buyout" to cancel the game and they choose to do that, how exactly is that not honoring their commitment or breaching a contract? The only way they would be breaking any contract would be to cancel the game and not ...

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I attached this list in the previous UCONN thread, but this is just the list of Top 150 targets Hurley/UCONN are after for 2019: This was a list someone had compiled of UCONN mentioned targets in an updated Top 150 list: 4 Cole Anthony 6 Precious Achiuwa 9 Jalen Lecque 20 Chol Marial 23 Aidan Igieh...

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I attached this list in the previous UCONN thread, but this is just the list of Top 150 targets Hurley/UCONN are after for 2019: This was a list someone had compiled of UCONN mentioned targets in an updated Top 150 list: 4 Cole Anthony 6 Precious Achiuwa 9 Jalen Lecque 20 Chol Marial 23 Aidan Igieho...

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We always open against a team projected to land in the lower quadrant, why not Bryant? I think it's good for local teams to play each other. Brown barely ever sniffs 200 rpi, why Brown and not Bryant? As long as we have enough games in the top two quadrants and we don't lose any 4th quad games we'r...

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I think that is a problem with the NBA -- are you better off getting a 7 or 8 seed in the playoffs and losing in 4 or 5 games in the 1st round, or purposely losing games trying to acquire Top 5 talent? Here's the best breakdown I've seen of this question: http://www.celticshub.com/2018/04/09/mispla...

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Totally agree with all of this. My only point is that youth "grows up" faster when they're playing meaningful games and not purposefully tanking. Not saying that the youth movement isn't going to work or that these guys won't be good. Just that they could be further along if not for their...

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It's also worth mentioning that the C's roster is actually younger than Philly's, so you can't pin this on youth. "The Process" is a fun rallying cry to energize their fan base, but I think it deserves to be called out in this series. The difference in this series is that the Celtics have...

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I know Hurley has been recruiting him at UCONN, but that UCONN was recruiting Gantt pre-Hurley. Not sure who the contact was at URI for Gantt. Rivals 4/21: Rivals #55, ****, "A long and active four man with athleticism, Gantt drew a big crowd. Among those Rivals.com saw watching Gantt were Virg...

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I'm still surprised it's something that can be legislated against ... For example, if I call Aunt Sally to pick me up at the airport, she comes and picks me up right at the front of the terminal. If I decide I want to take a taxi home, I walk to the taxi stand and am set up with a taxi. I don't unde...

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In 2016-17 we averaged 450 fans per game, the rest of the A10 averaged 950. The only two schools we had better attendance than were Davidson (436) and La Salle (329). The next team in attendance was Richmond at (619). Dayton had the highest attendance at 2674. That was good for 44th in the nation. ...

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Lotta coaches getting poached from the A10. If a school doesn't have a buyout clause they should based on history. All A10 teams should have a big buyout for coaches since when they win,football schools take them. The conference needs to do whatever it needs to do to maximize the next media rights ...

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The A10 last year was mediocre at best....to only use that season as your barometer is unfair....P5 teams can find plenty of competition on the road in a lot of mid-major conferences....much harder to beat a good team on a neutral floor than on your home floor.....you are rewarding the big teams fo...

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So you defend big football schools only playing mid-majors on their own court as fair? And you don't think the NCAA can level the field for ALL their teams? I agree with you RJ on many things.....but on this we vehemently disagree.....and it is because my school is a mid-major that football schools...

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I'm back on my mantra......NCAA please....30 games.....15 home....15 road....no exceptions....every team....go play people... Teams do play people. You just don't like that they won't play you (or where they will play you). Non P5 teams want to punish P5 teams for playing in challenging conferences...

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And for crowds, I wonder what the expectations are for attendance. Are other schools getting significantly more than we do when we are decent? The problem is I don't think there are many good comps in this area. The only semi-successful non-UCONN team in this area is Quinnipiac -- In the last 6 yea...

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Can't the NCAA be like " uh no, p-5 conferences expanding thier confernece schedules will ruin college basketball"? Why will it ruin college basketball? If anything, it might possibly help with weeding out P5 bubbles. It is bad because it will likely decrease the number of signature win o...

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