Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim works at a basketball school and is among the many coming to grips with the fact that, well, basketball doesn’t matter when it comes to conference realignment.
He had this to say about the issue last week on Lexy:
“It’s really that crazy. Driven by football. Football all the way. And it’s ironic that basketball raises 90 percent of the money for the NCAA, and football’s making all these decisions. It’s amazing really when you think about it.”
Yes, it’s true the NCAA tournament makes gobs of cash, but the NCAA is staying out of the expansion issue. So leave it to football, the cash cow for its membership institutions, to be the root of all realignment.
Hey, but basketball shouldn’t feel too badly. It had to be a certain part of the equation. Or at least have greater influence than the Colorado and Utah ski teams, right?
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Boeheim amazed football drives realignment
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Why: The SEC is probably entering the game too late to snag the Longhorns . Texas – and everybody else staying put — means: – Presidents studied the issue but couldn’t make the money work and didn’t have the stomach to go through the upheaval massive… Source: Orlando Sentinel
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Conference expansion: The real dominoes start falling if Texas moves
Filed under News by on Jun 9th, 2010. Comment.
Hey guys
I was listening to the Paul Finebaum show today and he had a guy on there named Bob Gilbert. I’m not to sure who this guy is maybe some of you do. They where talking about conference expansion with the SEC and who they should bring in. Mr. Gilbert said that the SEC should really look more for academic requirements more so than TV money, he went on to say that UT academics when compared to a school like Floridast where not that good. I was always under the assumption that UT was one of the best in the country top 50. I’m not sure if he was talking about just student athletes or all, could someone shed some light on this issue for me plz. This guy acted like Texas didnt belong in the SEC I was under the impression IF we went, that UT would be the cream of the crop.
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UT Academics not so good? Whaaaaaatt!
Filed under Lets Talk Texas by on May 28th, 2010. Comment.
In the interest of making the first belch, I thought I would visit the issue of the new offense and Texas ‘ current crop of frustrating wide receivers. The story begins back In 2008 (seems like a long time ago already), the Texas Longhorns produced… Source: Burnt Orange Nation :: A Texas Longhorns Blog
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Offseason Ruminations – Quickness versus Speed in the Texas Wide Receivers
Filed under News by on May 18th, 2010. Comment.
Back despite popular demand, Mr. Bubble returns for the 10th year to answer your questions about everything from the NCAA basketball tournament, to the Oscars, to the issue of separation of church and logic in Texas textbooks.
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NCAA Tournament: It’s time for Mr. Bubble
Filed under Basketball, News by on Mar 14th, 2010. Comment.
