Pete Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 UIC to the Missouri Valley is all but official, making an even dozen teams. Honestly a bit more of a lateral move for both school and conference compared to dial-movers Belmont and Murray, but it keeps Chicagoland popping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Tabe said: Gonzaga has suspended the season tickets of John Stockton for refusing to comply with the university mask mandate. Stockton is off-the-deep-end antivax and antimask. When contacted by the local paper for comment, he claimed "over 100 professional athletes" have died from the vaccine along with "millions" of others. He's also been in a "documentary" on the topic. Oh its even stupider since Stockon claims that those "100 professional athletes" just dropped dead in the middle of games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Man, this pandemic is just clearing out so much dead weight with respect to athletes I might have respected for a femtosecond. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 21 hours ago, RIPPA said: Oh its even stupider since Stockon claims that those "100 professional athletes" just dropped dead in the middle of games LOL, I had missed that part of his quote. We got this gem from Twitter though:   2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Utah really can't have nice things. Fuck Stockton and Malone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Bobby Hurley was fined and suspended after verbally abusing the refs during/after Arizona State's loss to Stanford The big reason Hurley lost his mind Free Throws Stanford: 32 of 41 (including 3 with a second left that won the game) Arizona State: 7 of 9 (they took 1 free throw in the 1st Half) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Chris Mack is all but gone at Louisville He is currently in talks with the University about a "separation" and it is believed he has coached his last game for them Quote A joint meeting between the Board of Trustees and the University of Louisville Athletic Association was suddenly called for Wednesday afternoon "to discuss proposed or pending litigation and personnel matters." Mack's future as Louisville's coach and any potential separation proposal is expected to be discussed at that meeting, according to sources. Mack's buyout is approximately $12 million, but a lower number could be negotiated as part of a separation agreement, sources told ESPN. The looming decision on Mack comes at a time when Louisville athletics is being run by an interim athletic director, Josh Heird, and is without a full-time school president after the recent departure of Neeli Bendapudi to Penn State. Louisville sits at 11-9 overall and 5-5 in the ACC after losing five of its past six games, including Monday's listless 64-52 defeat at Virginia. Mack was suspended for the first six games of this season without pay for not following university guidelines and procedures in last spring's firing of former assistant coach Dino Gaudio. Following Saturday's home loss to Notre Dame, senior forward Malik Williams was asked whether the players are still responding to the coaching staff. "I don't have a comment for that," Williams said after a long pause. Mack took over Louisville in 2018 after nine seasons at Xavier. Mack led the Cardinals to the NCAA tournament in 2019 and a second-place ACC finish in 2020 before the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Last season, the Cardinals went 13-7 but missed the NCAA tournament. In September, the NCAA amended a previous Notice of Allegations against Louisville to include three alleged violations by the men's basketball program under Mack. The alleged violations stem from last spring's firing of Gaudio, which resulted in Gaudio attempting to extort Mack. In a recording, Gaudio told Mack he would expose violations if not paid the remainder of his salary. The NCAA alleged that Mack "either participated in, condoned, or negligently disregarded violations involving graduate assistants and others participation in practice as well as the creation and use of personalized recruiting videos and aids." It also said "Mack did not demonstrate that he promoted an atmosphere for compliance." Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I thought he had done something by he way that story floated out there yesterday, but it sounds like this is performance based on the high expectations at Louisville. You already have a list of the usual suspects on their wish list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 That should be the topper for Valley expansion after three nice adds. Should also be interesting to see how the Horizon reacts... they might be starting to sweat a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Mack is officially out at Louisville Associate head coach Mike Pegues will be the interim the rest of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 THE U is in 1st in the ACC!   Even the TV producer is shocked because that score didn't change lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Louisville may try to break the bank for Bruce Pe- ...never mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 A. Fucking. Mazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 The American East conference is banning Stony Brook from their postseason tournaments (Men and Women) because SB is leaving for the CAA next year.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: The American East conference is banning Stony Brook from their postseason tournaments (Men and Women) because SB is leaving for the CAA next year.   That's some serious pettiness and salt. I kinda like it. Edited February 3, 2022 by Tabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 22 hours ago, Tabe said: That's some serious pettiness and salt. I kinda like it. Most of the conferences (at least mid-majors and smaller) have something similar Like James Madison is barred from playing in the CAA conference tournaments because they announced they were leaving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 UCLA player Mac Etienne was arrested for assault after last night's game with Arizona for spitting on fans. He was allowed to leave with the team and his case may be adjudicated without him having to return to Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 During last night's game with San Diego, Gonzaga forward Chet Holmgren (all 7'0" of him) had a sequence where he scored 11 points, blocked a shot, and had a rebound. In 1:38. One of his baskets was a full-court drive where he blew right by the defense.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 39 minutes ago, Tabe said: During last night's game with San Diego, Gonzaga forward Chet Holmgren (all 7'0" of him) had a sequence where he scored 11 points, blocked a shot, and had a rebound. In 1:38. One of his baskets was a full-court drive where he blew right by the defense.  We'll call this "Moving up to #1 on every NBA Draft-board in 98 seconds" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: We'll call this "Moving up to #1 on every NBA Draft-board in 98 seconds" He's a gangly, goofy-looking mofo but he has a ridiculous skillset. He brings the ball up the floor for Gonzaga all the time. Him and Jalen Suggs as teammates in high school - good grief. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Tabe said: He's a gangly, goofy-looking mofo but he has a ridiculous skillset. He brings the ball up the floor for Gonzaga all the time. Him and Jalen Suggs as teammates in high school - good grief. I feel for the poor 5'9" kid who just wanted to play ball for fun and maybe get a girl, and then had to deal with that gork dropping 70 on him and then had to go home and study for the calculus exam that night. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Glad to see North Carolina job to Coach K on his retirement tour but man was hoping for something competitive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 10:26 AM, Tabe said: During last night's game with San Diego, Gonzaga forward Chet Holmgren (all 7'0" of him) had a sequence where he scored 11 points, blocked a shot, and had a rebound. In 1:38. One of his baskets was a full-court drive where he blew right by the defense.  Holmgren followed this performance up with a dominant performance against BYU on the road in Provo. Holmgren played 27 minutes. During those 27 minutes, Gonzaga was +43 in scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On the one hand I love the visual of the arena going dark with the fireworks and spotlights after a huge win. OTOH shit could've gone south in a hurry if someone decided to take a poke at one of the Tigers in the darkness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) thats how you know college basketball is a work. when they have all that pyro ready to go off after an upset. Edited February 9, 2022 by LoneWolf&Subs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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