@THE1DAW@MattGrossenbach There’s no NEED to play any particular team in an exhibition.. They did it because they both wanted a neutral site game that would interest fans more than anyone else either team could have scheduled instead. There was no need for it, but there was no harm in it either.
NEWS: Saint Louis’ Robbie Avila has been granted a temporary restraining order allowing him to play college basketball, per multiple reports.
The ruling allows SLU to roster Avila, with a preliminary injunction hearing set for Nov. 4.
@kylamb8 At Rocky’s age, in order for another movie about him winning the heavyweight title to be believable, Tim Miles would need to be his manager!!! @csherwood_1973@RoccoMiller8@HurleyMania
Kevin Willard unplugged on Villanova exiting the Big 5 series 😳
"Unfortunately, it really wasn't a Villanova decision. Either you wrote a really poor article, or people can't read your article. But we wanted it. We thought we had a deal. I think you need to talk to the Temple AD and get your stories right. Because this was not a Villanova thing... Either people are illiterate, which I don't think they are, or you're just a bad writer."
"We wanted to be in it, we did everything to do it. Talk to Temple. Talk to those guys. It wasn't Villanova."
🎥: @thecenterhub_bb
Here is our Atlantic Sun (non)Media Day Recap and Response. And a big shout out to the guys at @basket_review for giving me the baseline to work off of. #ASun@HoopsHD
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@HurleyMania I heard the statement yesterday that college athletics flaunts being about tradition, but not once in 150 years has tradition or loyalty not been trumped by money. Perhaps the Harvard-Yale Regatta. But that's it.
All kidding aside, what bothers me so much is that it's true
@kylamb8 How 'bout going full scale World Cup Qualifying??
start with 150 teams in 30 groups of 5. The top 2 move on
60 teams in 10 groups of 6. The top 2 move on
20 teams in 5 groups of 4. The top 2 move on
EIGHT TEAM KNOCKOUT ROUND!!
13 group stage games, 3 playoff games
A stat that may explain Villanova’s decision:
The last season before Covid, there were 50 true road games played by power-conference MBB teams against opponents from outside the power conferences.
This season, there are 11 such games.
Grand Canyon spent around $12M on their roster for the 2026-27 season, per @MattNorlander.
In the same range of spending:
Syracuse, Wisconsin, Iowa State, NC State, Clemson, Nebraska, Georgia, TCU, Minnesota
Less than $12M:
Purdue, Iowa, Kansas State, Butler, Seton Hall, Florida State, Notre Dame, Arizona State, Wake Forest, Rutgers, Utah, Virginia Tech, Washington, Colorado, Northwestern, Georgia Tech, UCF, California, Stanford, Penn State, Boston College, DePaul
Wow... 🤯
NEWS: Akron transfer forward Amani Lyles has committed to Cincinnati, source told @On3. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 14.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game last season. He is currently eligible for a fifth season through the Ohio lawsuit.
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