A friend of the devil is a friend of mine. @fordhamlaw '20 Basketball lifer. My views are my own.
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My thread: as somebody who worked on staff with @saintpetersuniv Men’s Basketball for two years, precisely how INSANE and impressive it is that the @PeacocksMBB are in the @MarchMadnessMBB Sweet 16. Alums, staffers - feel free to jump in.
Sadiku was a classic Rick Pitino program guy. Wore (and earned) the stripes. Johnnie for life. Wish we had him for one more go-round! #sjubb
Following #sjubb from afar - but great experience with the #Ramily today at Allen Fieldhouse. #BronxBuilt
Correct. But at least an exceedingly small percentage of college athletes can get paid far more than they would otherwise be able to command professionally!
Thanks to @John_Fanta for having me on last night. One thing I forgot to mention: St. John’s is (and has to be) markedly better in the backcourt this season - especially the cheat code of Zuby just overpowering guys in the last 8 Minutes of Games is gone. #sjubb
The best Referee-Coach interaction in recent Big East memory was Breeding’s live ball Technical on Hurley at Big East Final (when he couldn’t control himself despite knowing the situation) as payback for the Gaffney bump. Just Coach your team man.
Dunno why this is just so hard for the college basketball world to get - in baseball it's really normal that if you have an official or two where there's obvious, ongoing conflict between one ump and another or multiple teams; you just don't assign them to those teams games or try to assign them to significantly fewer games with that team.
Doesn't mean the game is being fixed, nobody's getting preferential treatment, it's not bias, it's just the right thing to do.
Certainly a little different when it's a national tournament or something of that nature; but in-league stuff should be easy.
I’ve known @CoachJayH for almost 20 Years. Truly a “build it from the ground up” Coach. Local Skills trainer —> Pro Skills trainer —> Tenured NBA Coach. Not to mention, one of the nicest, most grounded human beings in the basketball business.
You can’t max everybody and have to consider the age of the players (+ the fact you have a title in the bank). If players care about sustained winning they will take what their value is, not take every last dollar which essentially becomes paying for past performance.
Ironically - if this was the case - it would prevent the collapse of College Athletics and interest overall would not wane. The “Shut up and pay them” crowd is lobbying for benefits to 1% of athletes at the expense of the other 99%.
Send him to Europe to be challenged at the highest level.
Also - great job with A-10 campus visits. You’re the truth!
I don’t know if @BigEastBarroom works in the summertime but a valuable data set would be what every roster looks like if @BIGEAST passes same ruling at @SEC following their meeting today. #sjubb
Not all of what she is saying about herself is true.
Had chance to have her player’s back in real time (they show the replays as the referees review and have IPads) and now putting on a show.
Will be fired after this season.
Will Rick Pitino be retired by then? Sure hopes so. #sjubb
Malachi Jordan took a red-eye from LA to NYC to play in tonight's @elite20invitational in Shelton. It's his first visit to CT. Huskies hope he spends at least one year in Storrs.
"They want me to come in like Stephon Castle. Come win games for them."
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