USF_Bullsharks

Wasn't the round before that the loss of TAMU/Mizzou/Nebraska? So he is saying -Mizzou/TAMU/Nebraska/UT-A/Oklahoma, and +c/BYU/Hou/Cinci/ASU/Zona/Utah/Colorado/WVU is better than +USCLA/Oregon/Wash/Nebraska or +UT-A/Oklahoma/Mizzou/TAMU? Weird take I guess.

Over/Under 6,000 home attendance average next season for MBB? We were at ~3k this season before the conference run, and finished at ~5,200 for the season.

Conference realignment takes in a multitude of factors to produce a score based on value of the addition. In the past, major drivers were DMA and cable televisions because adding Rutgers and Maryland pushed the B1G network and viewership into NYC and DC (created in 2006, they were added in 2014). With cord cutting, the advertising revenue is less "who can we force to pay for via cable" and more "who will WANT to watch via OTA or subscriptions, aka advertisers will pay more for placement on our network". Therefore, the advertising revenue follows the teams who draw the most viewers (i.e. Stanford/Cal being left out of B1G). Would Rutgers or Maryland be as attractive if they were re-evaluated today? Who knows, but chances are it would be a different story and they'd be more similar to Stanford/Cal (hell, even Oregon and Washington were not thought of as full-B1G value members by Fox and Co). Winning attracts viewers, ignites the fanbase, increases donations and support via ticket sales. These are ultimately all factors that are considered. We are not entitled to a spot because we have AAU and a nice location. Sure, those are factors that will 100% help us, but we cannot expect an invite because we were #2 for a week in 2007, that we had a few bad coaching hires (feel bad for us), or that we have a 10,000+ seat basketball arena. Ultimately we still have to prove we are a quality addition to any conference who will extend us an invite. There is a lot of speculation on the value of Florida for all conferences via demographics shifts, alumni location, quality of schools, and recruiting on/off the field for colleges and their athletics departments. We have to win now and capitalize on the windfalls that come of it before we can expect any sort of promotion.

Dang. Teased with April and hit with October. That's ok, better than nothing and still very excited. Please keep us updated on commemorative sidewalk bricks if they become an option.

You could be right, but with the PAC falling apart, the ACC, B1G and B12 collectively moved west a fraction and will want/need more travel partners (SDSU?), and have to think that properties in the ACC/B12 are on the top of each other's list. If the ACC falls apart (highly unlikely, but possible), the B12 would prefer those properties in the east (Louisville, Duke, Miami, etc). I believe all conferences will be stronger with a second FL school (ACC only one with two right now), but wouldn't the ACC try to attract Utah/ASU before USF at the current moment/state of things? I don't think we can expect to be called up next because we are a big FL school. We have to win in football/basketball before we become a shoo-in, for anyone.

Thanks, John. Are you able to provide us any sort of update? Am I jumping the gun here as a giddy fan and they're being released today?

Were the daytime photos the "advanced renderings" that was penciled in for April release? Or did I possibly miss them? If they are delayed, any chance we can get an update?

Good point - competition is stiff with other FBS schools Buffalo, Rice and Tulane. I retract my statement.

Guys, we aren't entitled to any conference membership. What have we done to earn anything, beat Syracuse in a bowl game? Syracuse? Won a regular season conference title in MBB while losing in the tournament and the NIT? For USF to expect any sort of conference invitation at this point is ridiculous. The dominos are still falling - and the biggest domino of all is USF continuing to build on recent success, and succeed even more. Beating a **** football school in a small bowl game is fun for us after the last ten years, but we need to beat a big football school in a big bowl game before we can start counting our chickens. Show up, support, buy season tickets, Go Bulls.

Never seen a team give up the go-ahead run on a ground out to second with the guy scoring from... second. Let's just hope we can get competitive in the conference tournament. The rest of the season is a pretty strong schedule.

Think it's a PWO.

O/U 7.5 pages for this one.

FWIW - SDSU's athletics revenue jumped nearly 64% after opening their OCS. From ~$66MM in 21/22 to $104MM in 22/23. This also coincides with their NCAAB tourney run, so that helped tremendously. USF's athletics revenue for '23 was almost $71MM. With the return of the football/basketball programs to relevance, we can expect this revenue to increase a bit (hopefully more than a bit) over the next couple years (*crosses fingers*). Using a similar, but slightly lower multiple of 50% increase in revenue, on a guesstimate of $75MM in revenue for '25/26, is it out of the realm of possibility to say we can realize $110MM in athletics revenue come '27/28? That's with a standardized conference distribution of ~$8MM. This revenue would put us in the same ballpark as schools like Iowa St., Miss. St., Texas Tech, Rutgers, Maryland, GaTech, WVU, OkSt, UCLA, NCSt, Kansas St. and others. Add in a conference distribution of $40MM like those schools have and that would increase our revenue an additional ~$30MM to the $140MM range, in the same ballpark as schools like Mizzou, USCe, Minnesota, Ole Miss. https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances https://www.sportico.com/business/commerce/2023/college-sports-finances-database-intercollegiate-1234646029/ These next few years for USF athletics are so important.

Sell out for 3-5 years in a row = expansion. USF athletics should have a "wait list" for season tickets come time for new stadium to give them a good idea with overall demand.

In Pancho I trust.

This is still a risk/reward game - the economics must work for both sides. Orlando FC is averaging ~19k fans per game in a 25k seat stadium. They have the ability to offer rev share splits to c for whatever payout - to the collective, to the school, etc, to boost attendance. The Lightning do not have empty seats (although I would expect Vinik to 100% be on board with something like this). The Bucs haven't either, but that could be slowly changing as the Brady/Super Bowl fever wears off. The Rays could do this today, and I expect as USF continues to increase support/momentum/media coverage, the Rays could very well be interested. Stu poses other difficulties - his heart isn't in Tampa Bay at all.

SMU receives a full share if someone leaves the conference. The second FSU wiggles free - they become a full-share member. AG Moody sued the ACC for disclosure over their tv contract today (yesterday?). That situation is accelerating.

Top 5 advance. Swapping the 5/6 seeds in order of finish wouldn't make me upset.

I thought Best is the Standard?

I'm going to be concerned until how we look as a team. CY wasn't just a good scorer last year - he was the leader of the team and CAAR even mentioned CY would keep him in check during games as well. Who is going to step into that role this year? Either way, I hope to see a great product and competitive team again next year, will be inquiring about season tickets.

Yes I think you're right. There is also batter's interference but I do not believe that's considered an error.

Wild pitch = catcher "couldn't" catch/block it, and is a pitching statistic Passed ball = catcher "missed" it, and is a fielding/catcher statistic These are only recorded with at least one runner on base and at least one runner advances a base or scores.

Michigan St. fan on another board -

Cormani is a bit of a headcase. Haven't spoken to a single person who thinks he'd be a good fit at USF. Granted, maybe he has changed over the last year being a Colorado?

Want to hear a joke? Getting swept, at home, by the last place team in the conference who was 12-25 coming into the weekend.