Recent content by formerlybis

One of those wealthy alumni is Mat Ishbia, who played for Izzo, made his money in the mortgage business, and is owner of the Phoenix Suns. He's given major dollars to MSU already - nobody has done anything close to that for MN.

Round is a shape.

Yes, but half the conference *are* cupcakes. To put it in perspective, both the ACC and B10 have 18 teams. Minnesota ended the year ranked above only one team in the B10 on Torvik (Washington). They would have ranked above 10 teams in the ACC. They're just bad teams right now. Going from 20...

I agree that not everyone gives a crap about other schools in the area. Not everyone gives a crap about MN HS hoops or tournaments that the Gophers aren't in. Heck, *I* don't give much of a crap about UST. Just don't read those threads if you don't give a crap. So if it's that easy to avoid...

Cool. I was getting the message that *any* post mentioning UST was going to be moved to the UST forum. Though I’m not clear on where the lines are … Is mentioning that the former Miami and then Iowa guy who’s from MN ended up there in bounds? Some (e.g. whipping boy and the...

So, is a post comparing the kenpom or Torvik ranking of Minnesota and UST now out of bounds? My own personal opinion is that it's relevant to this board if the local P5 team is ranked anywhere in the vicinity of the local Summit League team. Would it be ok to point out that SoDakSt was ranked in...

Btw, people saying they could care less are technically saying they care more than zero. What you mean is that you *couldn’t* care less. I am ambivalent towards UST (which I believe is the more correct description). Because of that, I don’t care if someone talks about them. If you do, you are...

It is not like Xavier fans talking on a Cincy board (which probably happens, btw). It's like UNO news on Creighton's site or Robert Morris on a Pitt message board. There's just very little the programs (UST and MN) have in common other than geography. I do not understand why so many take umbrage...

My guess is they took a flier on him for his defense. I always have a hard time judging that in individual players, but he apparently has a decent reputation on that end. Wisconsin does value D as much or more than O, which is why a guy like Essegian lost his spot in the rotation in the year...

Iowa isn’t on that list really because they have been moderately successful for a long time - certainly more successful than Nebraska has ever been (who care about football and volleyball > hoops). We forget about USC who rivals PSU for empty arenas.

I don’t think Rutgers has a new arena. You can have an argument about which is a worse job, but RU (currently) has a rabid home crowd and a fertile recruiting area - both better than MN. OTOH, they are worse historically and played in lower leagues until joining the B10. I’d put that program...

My understanding is he also has a huge buyout, like $10m. The previous AD really handcuffed them. Without that issue, he’s underperformed enough to have been relieved.

That, and he'd have no leverage to get paid anything if his only option were to return to MN - this is a no-brainer. Kinda surprised it hadn't happened sooner, tbh.

People, in general, hate change. That’s different than being disinterested though. I’m not disinterested and several posters hit the nail on the head when they admitted their interest is directly tied to the success of the team they root for. It’s human nature.

I continue to be curious about this, so I looked up what percentage of ADs are black. According to one source that appears to be from the NCAA itself, it’s 13% in D1.