dutchPride86 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:31 pm Also I guess the one advantage to Speedy failing to win the league to date is that we don't have to worry about him getting poached this coaching cycle

I don't know whether to or about that one.

Well, now we know why Brzovic and Burnham hit the portal instead of staying. Kelsey to Louisville.

"Our City." Yeah, okay... no loyalty, come on. They all do what's best for themselves. Those mantras are silly. They're not real.

Here's how Carlos and Dubar are marketing themselves to other teams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWMuzm_c2Z0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPfCQ7qwW_w Got the same people marketing them. Both produced the same way, same music & graphics. Does this really work? I would think teams would do...

Wags wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:23 am Sean Moore had a team-high 19 points (two short of Edey's game-high 21) in FDU's shocking upset over Purdue in last year's NCAAT.

Snapped up by UNCW.

Remember just because a player enters the portal doesn't necessarily mean he's gone. Some find out that after testing the "waters" they decide to return (of course Coach needs to want them back) Akins and Hoggard returned to MSU after entering last year. Grass isn't always greener! True, ...

Mikey77 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:05 pm Took the words right out of my mouth. Hide your laptops. Good luck Speedo!

Mo's Dad passed away today.

https://twitter.com/COACH_MOCASSARA/sta ... 6782433670

Ben Burnham has now joined Brzovic in the portal at Charleston. Wonder if they're expecting Kelsey to take the Louisville job? Also means that between graduations and transfers 11 of the 15 players that made up the 3 all-CAA teams this year are gone. Trazarien White, Dell'Orso, Reyne Smith and Land...

HUSID80 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:24 pm Dubar looking at Arkansas, coach is a Speedy mentor.
https://www.si.com/college/arkansas/raz ... a-dubar-jd

Come on, SI. Colonial? It's been Coastal for an entire season now.

I hate to have to use the word "rebuilding" since it has been so long since we had a team like this where there will be so many new faces. If nothing else it will be interesting to see a lot of new kids trying to hone their craft and hungry for playing time. Kids that will actually have a...

Cards wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:28 am Tomasco also just hit the portal. Not really a loss, other than having a tall practice player.

And with that, no players remain from Speedy's first year as head coach.

This whole new world with the Portal and NIL is destroying college basketball as we know it. I'm a huge fan of the game and I loved watching us bring in young kids who developed into great players; i.e. Charles Jenkins, Justin Wright-Forman, etc. That is all gone now and I'm beginning to lose my pa...

Every time i review this board i get depressed. Totally expect to see Speedy in the portal as well. That's sort of happening as well. As soon as FAU, JMU, Utah State lost in the NCAA tournament, the head coaches of those teams all very quickly got other gigs. As fans, we act somehow as though playe...

cactus wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:27 pm JMU head coach off to Vandy

And Danny Sprinkle going to Washington.

When the NCAA opened the portal and allowed players to transfer without sitting out a year, loyalty went out the window. NIL only gave players another reason for leaving. So why have any rules at all re scholarships and academic eligibility? It is clearer more than ever that many, if not most, play...

soon if not already, the NCAA will be obsolete The P5 schools can just break away and form their own organization What will the NCAA do? It’s all about money and nothing else The big schools have the money The NCAA is looking to get their fair cut But it’s the schools that have the power They can m...

A silver lining in this new world is that the CAA finals have not been quite as chalky as they used to be, so there may be more opportunity there than before. 2022: A 5 seed (not Charleston or UNCW) won the championship 2023: A 4 seed led before Charleston needed a late push to win by 5 2023: A 7 se...

We finally have the answer to this: Jerry Deng (now that he's in the portal, for Hofstra to get?).

Carlos gone. Wow. IMG_2732.jpg I know he meant it and I wish him a bunch of success at his next stop, and I don't begrudge any college athlete getting whatever they can -- everyone has different financial situations -- but there's something that rings a little hollow about how "amazing" i...

The ship be sinking. [emoji853] But is everyone else's. It's all just how everyone will restock. Charleston and UNCW seem to be able to afford to keep their best players though. It's not even a level playing field within a conference as lousy as the CAA Not all of them. Brzovic entered the portal t...

If Estrada had stayed at Hofstra, we would have gone dancing and he would be the Alpha. At Alabama he's just a role player. I don't see scouts fawning all over him. No way to say we would have gone dancing given how challenging it is to win this league no matter how much talent you have. Exactly. D...