Mike Stuben

Wish him the best. He went from a starter to a role player (through no fault of his own). I can see where he would want more playing time. 

While I always want players to stay, wish him the best. 

I don't want UConn/SDSU MBB to win the Natty this year. (nothing against their programs)

The schools we may be competing with for a spot in a power conference (UConn, Tulane, Memphis, SDSU, Pac 2) can only hurt us when they win. 

I loved our 9 player rotation this past year. It kept guys fresh, and coach seemed to trust all 9 of the guys on the court. 

Placer is clearly gone. 

Jennings and Brown are coming on and will likely be in that rotation. 

While the few guys on the team this past year who didn't get many minutes are all welcome back, I won't be shocked if any of them decide they want to transfer for more playing time. 

2 minutes ago, Professor BullDawg said:

I agree, except it will very difficult for anyone leading Miami WBB to even win the ACC title. Much more competitive league with Louisville, Notre Dame, NC State, Va Tech, North Carolina, Syracuse, FSU and Duke all very good this season.

That is a thought. ACC much better league than AAC, that can work for or against a team's chances. 

My 2 cents. This isn't a money play.

If he goes it is a chance to go home, and play in a league with a better shot at a Natty. 

I hope he stays, but he earned the right to do whatever he feels is best for him, and I will wish him well. 

19 hours ago, TRUTH D. Antagonist said:

appreciate this, thank u

Did he get the autograph. (Prior did come out and sign 20 minutes or so after the game)

4 hours ago, TRUTH D. Antagonist said:

AWESOME! thank u!

whereabouts would i go to achieve that? is there a specific place i should be after the game?

thanks again!

Easiest way is simply wait about 30 minutes after the game ends and every player ends up back in the arena to talk to friends and family. 

You can also try near the tunnel as the team comes on and off the court. (way before the game is best, once you get inside of 15 minutes on the countdown clock or in and out of halftime is very unlikely). 

Right after the game by the tunnel is also possible, but tougher to get in position. 

Just now, Mike Stuben said:

Easiest way is simply wait about 30 minutes after the game ends and every player ends up back in the arena to talk to friends and family. 

You can also try near the tunnel as the team comes on and off the court. (way before the game is best, once you get inside of 15 minutes on the countdown clock or in and out of halftime is very unlikely). 

Right after the game by the tunnel is also possible, but tougher to get in position. 

(Im not speaking for the player, just describing the best places to get autographs, up to the player to sign or not)

I really like Robert. He was a good guy. 

His coaching tree took a hit this week, as both him and Steve Henson lost D1 head coaching jobs. Chris Capko will be a D1 head coach some day, who played for Robert. 

I wonder if this might be retirement? Wish him the best whatever he does. 

(not to be a smartass, but he was a lot like Jeff Scott, but with lots more success, in that he was a very likeable guy, who we wanted to win, but he just didn't win enough....... but I am not comparing his results to Scott, as Robert did much better)

7 minutes ago, 79 Bull said:

I would think UCF before the others.  Unless you think they need trips to our fertile recruiting ground.  I guess that would cover Cincy and Ohio too.  They definitely will second guess Houston (except people will point to basketball).

Personally, of the 4 they took, here is the order I value the schools:

BYU (brings eyes to tv sets)

UCF (lots of up side, great market)

Cincy (recent success in football, historically good basketball, solid)

Houston (Big 12 is fine in basketball without Houston, and Houston is such a non-factor even in the city of Houston)

I have BYU easily ahead. UCF and Cincy close, and Houston way behind the other 3. 

2 minutes ago, belgianbull said:

The difference  is the Big 12 has been verry proactive with expansion: The Arizona schools, BYU, Utah, Cincy,....

It will all depend on how many schools the ACC loses. 

 

I think both the ACC and Big 12 either currently has or soon will have remorse on some of their expansion. 

I am not knocking these fine schools, but I think the leagues will regret taking them:

ACC: SMU, Cal, Stanford

Big 12: Cincy, Houston

Not picking on those schools, just thinking that the choice at the time looked good, but is now not ideal. 

Here is the thing. 

The Big 12 are the leftovers that the P2 didn't want. 

The ACC still has the schools the P2 wants, plus the leftovers. 

There is no reason to think the B12 is superior to the ACC even after the P2 takes the schools they want. 

The B12 has lost: Nebraska, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M

while the ACC has only lost Maryland.

11 minutes ago, hm101 said:

I also noticed they have a cop defending the refs as they review calls

A few times the announcers of the game mentioned the yelling from the fans at the refs

I guess it's so bad they need SECURITY for the refs as they review things

sad

We do that too, 2 cops for every video review by the refs. 

gousfbulls.com has a 24-25 roster. Ascensio gone too if the roster is correct. Not in the portal yet, but maybe just heading home. 

This is so wrong. I was looking for a USF +12.5 

the c fan right in front of me got thrown out of the building. (with 2 minutes or so to go). 

He brought a horn in, and was blowing it right as our players tried to shoot free throws. 

What was either funny or classless depending on your perspective is that he was next to our band, and he would blow the horn in the middle of our band playing to make it sound like the band messed up and hit a wrong note. 

I would love to be in a league with some of these schools: Georgia Tech, Miami, Duke, Wake, NC State, Virginia, Va Tech, Pitt, Cuse, Louisville, BC

(assuming FSU, Clemson, UNC are gone)

No offense to SMU, Cal, Stanford, I don't object to them being there. 

14 minutes ago, TallyBull said:

I think this is the best possible result for USF. UNC and Virginia end up in the B1G, and FSU and Clemson end up in the SEC. Everyone else stays, they tack on UConn and USF (maybe also Tulane?), and they leave a little room for potential Big 12 poaching down the road (Utah, Kansas). 

On a separate note, this could all happen very quickly. If FSU, Clemson, UNC, and Virginia all leave via settlement, the ACC needs to be on the horn to add back up to 16-17 at basically the same time to keep the ESPN contract, assuming that contract isn't modified at some point.

I think they add one less than what leaves to get to 16. So if 4 leave, I think 3 get added (USF, UConn, Tulane)

6 minutes ago, belgianbull said:

I don't know what the magic number would be for us to be guaranteed a spot in the ACC, but them expanding Westward might have changed that  number. I am sure while we are under consideration teams like San Diego State, OSU, WSU, Tulane, Boise State, ECU and Memphis are as well. I know for some Boise State is a controversial one, but they are probably the best football school available, and they have slowly turned into a very good basketball program as well.

I think the more teams the ACC loses the better for us.

 

Another real scenario. If the ACC only loses 1-2 schools, doesn't expand, and survives, then the Big 12 may come calling. 

I don't think this is a NIL issue, as a simple legal issue. Student visas limit employment off the college campus. 

student visas are easier to get than work visas. 

I would think the solution is just to get a different kind of visa (but that does have challenges). 

Personally, we want 2-4 teams to leave the ACC and go to the P2, that is what will open a spot for us. 

What we don't want is the B12 to be able to pull ACC schools, that will lead to the ACC losing a lot. We still go there, our league home is still upgraded, but the upgrade is not as big as we hope for. 

2 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

Correct.

Video replay called the forward propulsion on a player who clearly fumbled the ball. One could have made the argument that the second player may have illegally propelled the ball forward, but even that was tough to decipher.

Wasn't it also the Amari Jackson push off call game too?

2 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Where the heck did the WBIT come from and why is it higher than the WNIT? Is the WNIT now like a CBI?

Yes ...

NCAA behind the WBIT, for the next 32 teams outside of NCAA. It is clearly the second best tournament. 

WNIT is a pay to play, and has fallen to the equivolent of the CBI for men. 

4 hours ago, 79 Bull said:

So the women are not one of the best 148 teams in the country?  Man, I just haven't been paying attention this year.

We opted out of the WNIT. 

We weren't selected for the top 2 tournaments. WBIT or NCAA. 

I am guessing it goes something like this. 

Anyone done, 100% do senior day. (Placer)

Anyone coming back for certain, don't do senior day (Youngblood)

Anyone not sure, even if you lean towards coming back, do senior day, but it is player's choice (Hines, Selton)

32 minutes ago, stonedonkey said:

We got there 30 minutes before the game, no one was directing traffic, there was no flow from full lots to the next it was an absolute mess which was odd because the game before they did this.

We ended up getting in 4 minutes into the game because we had to leave the entire campus and go back in and ended behind the baseball fields outfield fence.    I also noticed the upper levels slowly filled as the game progressed so I can only assume that we weren't the only ones.

If the university can't park 10k for basetball I won't go near the place 50k for football sounds like pure misery.

Football is different for a couple reasons. 

Most games do not align with classes. 

And -I have been to over half the FBC schools home games. People treat football like the whole campus is the parking lot. Meaning people will be parking over by engineering, the MSC, fine art, all over the place, and either walking or taking a shuttle bus. 

For basketball everyone drives to the arena.