SFN: This entry is too good to get lost in the middle of a lot of the news that we’ve had breaking in recent days, so we are moving it back to the front of the blog to make sure that the community sees it. If your attitude going into this latest entry on financing […]
Financing College Sports – Part One (Major update & additions 10:30am)
This piece is the first in a series of related entries that I am doing to discuss the funding behind big-time college athletics. At a minimum, I intend to break down the articles along these lines: (1) Introduction and Organizational Analysis (this entry): (2) A Closer Look at the Numbers (3) Athletic Dept finances across […]
On Eternal Patrol
A packed house of submarine veterans and their families gathered at the World War II Submarine Veterans Memorial Pavilion for a very special World War II Memorial Service Program, Nov. 7… “We always look forward to celebrating the exploits, the traditions, the professionalism and the heroism of our veterans of World War II,” Edwards said […]
The Extra 31 (Who Would Have Made If It Was A 96 Team Tournament)
The Dance Card is prepared annually by two college professors who have used statistical analysis techniques to analyze the at-large bids extended by the NCAAT Selection Committee. While their projections are only valid for the 65 team field, I thought it might be interesting to use their projections to see what a 96 team field […]
Post-Selection Sunday Bubble Review
I normally like to get my last bubble review up as soon as possible after the NCAAT Selection Show. Normally that means getting things pulled together on Sunday night. But unfortunately business travel means that “as soon as possible†is today. (But of course, Lake Erie is quite beautiful this time of year, so it’s […]
Pre-ACCT Bubble Watch
As time begins to run out on bubble teams, let’s see who can coast into the NCAAT and who still has some work to do in the ACCT to avoid the two tournaments for losers. If you have missed our past discussions on exactly what it takes to clear the bubble and land into the […]
ACC UPDATE
. . The ACC teams are about half-way through the conference season so it seems like a good time to update where the teams are with respect to making the NCAAT. Note that none of the “numbers†presented in this entry include the effect of Sunday’s game…but the outcome of UNC at UMD won’t have […]
How to get out of a hole
. . . If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Will Rogers . . With the current state of the US educational system, how many of the scholarship BB players in the ACC do you suppose have ever heard of Will Rogers? In any event, Will certainly identified the first step in getting […]
How Weak is the ACC?
There has been a lot of discussion (going back to last April) about how the ACC would be “down†this year. I even saw one comment this season proclaiming that this year was the weakest ACC in memory. So I thought it would be worth the time to put a little perspective on conference rankings […]
Mid-Season ACC Review
As we reach the mid-point of the regular season and move into conference play, I thought it would be interesting to take a little time and look at what has been accomplished thus far in the season. So here is a summary of State’s season to date: RPI Rank – 96 OOC SOS Rank – […]
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