houstonbrave
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Terrible news -so sorry for him and his family.
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A little more news about Amir Abdur-Rahim's cause of death - https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...after-complications-during-medical-procedure/
Abdur-Rahim "was undergoing a medical procedure at a Tampa-area hospital when he passed away due to complications that arose during the procedure," according to the school.
Abdur-Rahim "was undergoing a medical procedure at a Tampa-area hospital when he passed away due to complications that arose during the procedure," according to the school.
Doug Gottlieb, who was hired by Wisconsin-Green Bay last May as their head coach, is not off to a very good start. The GB Phoenix are 2-11 so far, and have lost 8 in a row. They have a NET ranking of 321, and a Kenpom of 326.
Green Bay played an 11 am "Education Day" game this morning against Division II Michigan Tech, and lost 70-72 to them.
Adding to the embarrassment, Gottlieb discussed the game last week, and he referred to Michigan Tech as "Nobody U".-
>> https://x.com/CBBcontent/status/1869458131102888362
"Part of the reason I want to play better teams is it's two degrees and snowing outside," Gottlieb said, seemingly referring to Michigan Tech, after Green Bay's loss to Milwaukee last week."I don't really like the idea of 'Nobody U' coming in here. What do we learn from a game that we win by 20 (points). There's a methodology to it, and I'm going to have to adjust moving forward."
>> https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...-called-the-program-nobody-u-before-the-game/
Tommy
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That is hilarious!
Miami head coach, Jim Larranaga, suddenly & unexpectedly quits (or in polite media jargon, “steps down”), and cites as a main reason, dealing with players & agents demanding $1 million payouts
https://x.com/Manny_Navarro/status/1872353244174782864
but the REAL REASON, is because he’s been getting whipped regularly & repeatedly by mid-majors, including Drake
https://miamihurricanes.com/boxscore/drake-6/
but seriously, anyone feel sorry for them?? The Power-5 people (Tony Bennett & Larranaga included), are 100% responsible for what’s happening! They pushed like hell for this because they believed their schools with endless millionaire boosters and $100 million Athletic Dept budgets, could jack the system to buy all the best players, leaving mid-majors in the dust. Now it’s come back to bite them- too bad.
https://x.com/Manny_Navarro/status/1872353244174782864
but the REAL REASON, is because he’s been getting whipped regularly & repeatedly by mid-majors, including Drake
https://miamihurricanes.com/boxscore/drake-6/
but seriously, anyone feel sorry for them?? The Power-5 people (Tony Bennett & Larranaga included), are 100% responsible for what’s happening! They pushed like hell for this because they believed their schools with endless millionaire boosters and $100 million Athletic Dept budgets, could jack the system to buy all the best players, leaving mid-majors in the dust. Now it’s come back to bite them- too bad.
Green Bay at 2-13 and on an 11-game losing streak - is trying something pretty unusual...
They are bringing in a 23 year old freshman Euro player who has been playing in the European pro leagues for 5-6 years
and who has never averaged more than 4-5 ppg...
He has apparently been ruled immediately eligible
https://www.greenbaypressgazette.co...-yonatan-jonathan-levy-to-roster/77410070007/
https://x.com/KyleMalzhan/status/1874968149499716015
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BUT - unfortunately, it didn't help much.
They still got hammered by Wright State 74-51
Levy played 23 minutes, was 2-10, and had 5 pts, 6 reb
Green Bay has two former MVC guys,
Preston Ruedinger from Valpo scored 8 pts
Foster Wonders who was highly touted at SIU had 5 pts
...both at pretty much right at their averages.
a couple of his players have now left the team, including one that was said to have NBA potential
https://x.com/KyleMalzhan/status/1873451366724882598
https://x.com/KyleMalzhan/status/1873451366724882598
I think he has sufficiently embarrassed himself. However, based on the way he has lived his life I am not sure he has much shame.
Was just checking some scores right now...
Virginia is getting hammered by 21 pts with a couple minutes left vs Louisville
and Miami is getting annihilated by SMU, 60-20 with a minute til halftime...
I have to believe both Tony Bennett and Jim Larranaga are sitting home thinking,
"whoa, did I ever get the he** outta there in the nick of time"...
Their new guy Levy had a good game today, 18 pts, 4 reb but it didn't result in a win, as he turned the ball over a bunch and was in foul trouble.
Green Bay drops their 15th straight to go 2-18. Hey - someone tell them that FORMER Green Bay assistant Jimmie Foster has endless Milwaukee and Wisconsin connections and is available?
yet another big job opens up...
Craig Smith still had 2 years left and so Utah will have to pay him over $4 million while spending plenty more to look for & sign a new coach.
Former Valparaiso head coach and current head coach at Grand Canyon, Bryce Drew, is said to be one of the top candidates, Other names mentioned include assistants from BYU, UK, some NBA assistants, and even Porter Moser & Ben McCollum's names have been mentioned.
If McCollum moves on, he's sure to take a couple of his studs with him, leaving the MVC wide open next year.
I don't see a big money program like Utah, who is trying to compete in a Top 3 conference like the Big 12, hiring another mid-major coach like they did with Craig Smith. And in the case of McCollum, who is just one year out of Division II, he's not even proven as much as Smith did in D1 at Utah State.
And if McCollum did get another job somewhere, it's possible that Stirtz could follow him, though I don't think that will happen. But, of the other three Drake starters who transferred from Northwest Missouri State, Daniel Abreu, Mitch Mascari, and Isaiah Jackson, are all in the 5th and final seasons of eligibility.
I personally think if McCollum gets a job it would be a midwest school, and a school like Iowa is possible. Iowa is going to be a tough job with NIL because a majority of their money will always go to football and possibly women's basketball. They will need a good Xs and Os coach that can get the most of their players.
Afreck2430
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Utah reportedly does not have a very good NIL situation for basketball
Chicago State fires head coach Scott Spinelli, he was head coach only one season, and was asst at Chicago State one season before that.
In 2020-21 he was an assistant & interim head coach at Boston College, then when he left in spring of 2021, he was replaced at Boston college by Earl Grant & Jim Molinari.
His two sons, Gabe Spinelli & Joe Spinelli, both play for him at Chicago State, Valley fans might recall that Gabe was formerly at Evansville.
One odd note as I read their bios on the CSU Athletic website- that each player's page denotes their preferred pronouns...
(just a question out of left field- what if they offer the position to one of the Bradley assistants??)
In 2020-21 he was an assistant & interim head coach at Boston College, then when he left in spring of 2021, he was replaced at Boston college by Earl Grant & Jim Molinari.
His two sons, Gabe Spinelli & Joe Spinelli, both play for him at Chicago State, Valley fans might recall that Gabe was formerly at Evansville.
One odd note as I read their bios on the CSU Athletic website- that each player's page denotes their preferred pronouns...
(just a question out of left field- what if they offer the position to one of the Bradley assistants??)