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Mar 20th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News, NCAA News

The black helicopters are circling…all while the first weekend of games are almost complete. For the 1st round games on Thursday & Friday, there were quite a number of “upsets”. A casual observer/sports fan will look at a teams seed like Old Dominion at #11 and when they beat a #6 seed, they think it’s [...]
Tags: college basketball, EDITORIAL, Editorial, Featured News, NCAA News |
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Mar 16th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: College Basketball Coaching News, Featured News

The college basketball coaching industry is a prime example of “what have you done lately”. * Coach at a struggling school is fired by school.* Top conference schools seeking coaches look at lower conferences/programs to take their head coach.* Some might take a top assistant from a top program.* Lower conferences look at head coaches [...]
Tags: coaching changes, college basketball, College Basketball Coaching News, EDITORIAL, Editorial, Featured News |
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Mar 14th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News, NCAA News

Mid-Major Bids:In 2009, there were… 4 at-large bids to teams outside of BCS conferences: (2) Atlantic 10, (1) Mountain West, (1) Horizon 3 of those bids were from non-FBS football conferences: (2) A10, (1) Horizon In 2010, there were… 8 at-large bids to teams outside the BCS conferences: (3) Mountain West, (2) Atlantic 10, (1) CUSA, (1) WAC, [...]
Tags: EDITORIAL, Editorial, Featured News, NCAA News |
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Mar 7th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: College Basketball Coaching News, Featured News

College basketball coaches live by a tough set of standards: “What have you done for me lately?”. Each year we look at the college coaching situation and try to forecast what schools might be making any changes. In doing so, we look at industry trends such as recent on-court success as well as the coaches [...]
Tags: coaching changes, college basketball, College Basketball Coaching News, EDITORIAL, Featured News |
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Feb 20th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, Featured News

Big Ten officials have hired a research firm to assist in targeting expansion candidates. Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez says the number on the list is approximately 15 and that Texas is not included as a recommendation. That’s good news for admins and fans of schools hoping to be in the mix as Texas would seem [...]
Tags: Big East expansion, Big Ten expansion, Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, conference realignment, EDITORIAL, expansion, Featured News |
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Feb 19th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: American Conference Expansion & Realignment, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment

There’s been an idea floated around on the message boards and on the ESPN blogs about a Big East/Mountain West hybrid conference. The idea seems like a real stretch at first glance. You’d have 7-8 schools in the northeast and 7-8 schools in the west. Travel would seem like a mess. But the more you [...]
Tags: American Athletic Conference Expansion & Realignment, Big East expansion, Big East Expansion & Realignment, conference realignment, EDITORIAL, Featured News, Mountain West expansion, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, MWC Expansion |
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Feb 19th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News

Earlier in the week we learned that the Pac-10 might consider expansion as part of their quest to start a TV network or get a better deal. A report out of Salt Lake city says that Utah will be invited to the Pac-10 sooner than later. This might happen. I’ve read and gotten my own [...]
Tags: Big 12 expansion, conference realignment, EDITORIAL, Editorial, expansion, Featured News, Pac-12 expansion, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment |
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Feb 19th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

You’ll find many blog articles and message board posts out there that will often mention some very familiar expansion candidates. People know Boise St. is located in the west, has been a top 10 BCS program, so they use their own logic and think the Pac-10 should extend them an invitation. In 2003, people saw [...]
Tags: ACC expansion, Big 12 expansion, Big East expansion, Big Ten expansion, conference realignment, EDITORIAL, Editorial, expansion, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Expansion, Pac-12 expansion |
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Feb 19th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA News

With the recent news of the Pac-10 expanding and the Big Ten considering it, motions to change the landscape of the NCAA have begun. And when this happens, we often see that there are “winners” and “losers.” In 2003, the ACC made a move to secure three Big East schools. The result was the Big [...]
Tags: ACC expansion, Big 12 expansion, Big East expansion, Big Ten expansion, conference realignment, EDITORIAL, Editorial, expansion, Featured News, Mountain West expansion, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Expansion, NCAA News, Pac-12 expansion, WAC expansion |
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Feb 11th, 2010 |
By Matt Peloquin |
Category: Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, Featured News

As expected, the Big Ten reportedly has had preliminary talks with Texas about joining, as per the Lawrence Journal World & News. We’ve long known they would at least reach out to Texas and see if both parties are a mutual fit. With a TV network already generating over $20 million dollars per school, adding [...]
Tags: Big East expansion, Big Ten expansion, Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, conference realignment, EDITORIAL, expansion, Featured News |
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