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Collectively, St Thomas has raised over $56 million since the announcement of the Anderson gift in January of 2023. This included 13 gifts of $1 million or more, six of those being greater than $5 million. In all, 35 gifts were closed to reach the $131 million goal.

The point is, UWGB isn't a major program. What I'm getting at, is in hoops, any super-rich person could buy a college team with enough money. It's why I've been saying for a long time that within five years, UST will probably be a much better basketball program than the Gophers. They have...

Problem with the non-con scheduling with the other most powerful conference, is that someone always has to lose. All teams like to pad their record and stats by beating up the Middle Tennessee States of the world.

If you're talking about Craig James' kid, Leach was 100% in the right. I SO wanted Leach here when we hired Jerry Kill, but the administration at the U is too risk averse.

Not necessarily, because there are still really limited spots on a basketball team. I've said before, you could have some rich whale decide to bankroll an all-star team for some nobody school like UW Green Bay or NJIT (insert any nobody school here) and it would work. I wouldn't be surprised if...

Well, on paper, they are all Division 1 - FBS teams. Everyone from Kennesaw State to Ohio State. So in theory, they should all have a shot at a title. Like in every other level of the sport.

So you're readily admitting this is about TV ratings and your entertainment value than it is about teams actually competing on the field for championships. Just be honest. Never mind that part of the reason people love March Madness is the upsets.

Sure, but then the G5 should have their own post-season playoffs and championship. Otherwise, why are those teams playing? Literally every single D1 basketball team has a shot, no matter how remote, at winning a national title. Literally every single FCS and lower (with the exception of the...

I've said this many times, but then there needs to be a formal split between the P4 and G5 conferences and the way they run their postseasons. I still maintain that it should be a 16 team tournament with ALL FBS conference champions as auto bids, and 7 at large, but no seeding advantage for...

I think too many people want there to be matchups that will personally entertain them rather than having teams like Boise in the playoffs that have earned their way in via the regular season as it works in every other sport. I'd rather see the SBC or CUSA champion in the playoffs over say, a...

If Mahomes goes down week 16, the Chiefs don't lose their seeding in the playoffs based on that injury. The same should hold true in this case.

Pretty sure a degree from UMD just says "University of Minnesota" so technically, it kind of is. If we compared Bemidji State to Michigan, that would be more accurate.

This exists with baseball for kids coming out of Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Kind of exists with hockey though not quite as young.

I'm assuming Finn either got kicked out of UST, couldn't get into UST, or is one of the whiny homeowners in the Mac-Groveland neighborhood who doesn't like living near the college, despite the college being there for over a century before he was even born. There's no other rational reason for...

Oh, so it's okay to talk about UND, but not St. Thomas?