I don't give one shit what happens at Arch Madness -- both State and Drake should be in the NCAA Tournament. They don't need to do anything more. Both proved it over the course of the season they deserve a bid. Full stop.
It's time to quit letting "bracketologists" and other
@SethDavisHoops
Then I expect an in-depth piece on high major scheduling by you. It's time you stop perpetuating this system, Seth. You've got a platform but you're complicit in this whole thing with how you and other high profile college hoops pundits cover the sport.
NIT viewership on Tuesday (4/2):
Utah-Indiana State on ESPN: 1.029M
Georgia-Seton Hall on ESPN2: 312K
Indiana State & Seton Hall will faceoff for the NIT championship tonight at 7pm ET on ESPN.
The Valley is a multi-bid league. If this league gets railroaded by the Selection Committee this year, we need scheduling mandates that force "Power" schools to go on the road to us lowly "Mid Major" schools. It's time they have to actually prove they belong in the tournament!
BREAKING: Larry Bird has decided to take advantage of his COVID year and has informed
@CoachSchertzISU
know he'll be back for the 2023-24
@IndStBasketball
campaign.
@ValleyHoops
is officially on notice.
Will the
@NCAA
Tournament Selection Committee help save
@MarchMadnessMBB
? Or will they deprive millions of college basketball fans and sentence them to impending doom of watching a 7th place team out of the Big Ten or SEC? Save us, Sycamores!
FELLOW MID-MAJORS: I see a lot of you attacking us and our resume. Gentlemen, this is a time where we should be unified.
You, like us, are at the mercy of what we can schedule versus high majors that are the ones that set everyone's schedule. For them to not have anything
If
@IndStBasketball
gets left out of
@MarchMadnessMBB
, it essentially says the only way mid-majors can qualify for at large berths is if:
1) Essentially go undefeated the entire college basketball season until losing in their conference tournament final. Which is hilariously
I don't give one shit what happens at Arch Madness -- both State and Drake should be in the NCAA Tournament. They don't need to do anything more. Both proved it over the course of the season they deserve a bid. Full stop.
It's time to quit letting "bracketologists" and other
@TheDunkCentral
@cbrennansports
Imagine if the NBA had ignored the potential of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and didn't let them change the course of the league in the 80's. Sounds like a change of leadership is needed at all levels in women's hoops. Zero backbone. Zero leadership. Zero vision.
@TodayInSportsCo
Not only that, it's WHO Reggie did that to. Larry Allen benched like 700 pounds and was considered one of the strongest linemen over multiple decades. Reggie tossed him like he was a JV stand-in.
I'll give it a go.
@IndStatePres
absolutely mishandled the NCAA Super Regional (among many other debacles) and Clink did not completely and emphatically fall on the sword to her liking.
Because of this, her seat was set on fire until ultimately the
@indianastate
Board of
I have it on good authority that
@IndStBasketball
cannot get any "high major" programs to return their calls/texts about scheduling for 2024. When they're in the same boat next year, what should they have done?
Any suggestions
@SethDavisHoops
,
@JonRothstein
,
@GoodmanHoops
,
@itsAntWright
Meanwhile, she doesn't follow a single WNBA player in here 3,000 follows and I'd put my 401k on she doesn't have season tickets nor watches games. Selective outrage, especially uninformed outrage, is the worst. Bill Burr nailed this one.
Moreover, this is a program that top flight recruits should be looking at if they want to play at the next level. NBA-style concepts, a coach that will play anyone, anywhere and immediate opportunity for those that soak it up and translate it to the floor.
Having 5+ offensive threats to be able to go 5 out on the college level is insane, & to do it in the MVC is bonkers.
Indiana State is an unreal offensive team, so much fun to watch, lot of talent.
Odds are the Sycamores will be the
#1
seed in the NIT and possibly hosting a home game. What do we need to do to get you over to Terredise if that happens? You could carpool with
@JMV1070
. You in?
Thanks to Loyola for helping make the MVC some cash and highlighting the high level of hoop playing in the Valley. Now back to regularly scheduled programming of hating them and the other 8 teams in the Valley.
Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk! Any doubt that
@20Jkent_25
's 2024 card had to feature this absolute posterizing throw down? Don't be ridiculous.
2024 Sycamore Pride PSA Gem Mint 10s:
Several Sycamores have got flowers, but I need to give some to Jayson Kent. He has almost doubled his Pace-Adjusted PER from last year (15.98 to 28.19) and his development has been a big reason for State's 6-1 start.
Oh, and he's shooting a blistering 73.8% on 2FG attempts and
Crazy what happens when you don't rob "mid majors" of a chance to host. Moreover, it also shows those "power" schools aren't so powerful when they have to go on the road to hostile environments. Quit protecting them. To those that said we shouldn't have hosted... EAD.
#RollTrees
It's Time!!!!! Your 19-3 Sycamores take on 18-4 Drake this Saturday at Hulman Center. As Ric Flair once said: To be the man, you have to beat the man. Join us to break down the matchup ahead of the main event!
Game Thread:
If you are a reversible jacket fan, you are the problem.
Waking up to see high major cuck
@ESPNLunardi
state that Indiana State is among his last four out if they don't win the automatic berth today is of your doing as much as it is his.
You see, by also being a fan of
"You seize the day, and we did not," said Richard Landini, president of Indiana State. "We did not build upon that reputation, that extraordinary three years of Bird. It was a combination of inexperience, a lack of vision at the time."
Sycamore Faithful: You will either seize
I’m not applauding Indiana State for that win. As much as I loved their story this year, they did not deserve to win.
Not even being biased here, but Cincinnati was clearly the better team, but ISU got bailed out by bad officiating.
Piggybacking off of
@CoachSchertzISU
's comments about
@IndStBasketball
being the front porch of
@indianastate
, we need to have the uncomfortable conversation about money.
If you like what HCJS, his staff, and the players have built and want to see it grow, you need to do your
Not gonna lie... it's going to be a sad day when Jabo is done playing for many of us at Sycamore Pride. That's the tweet.
2024 Sycamore Pride Gem Mint 10s:
Got a call late yesterday that the Hulman Center was low with ISU Beer.
These gentleman with the Terre Haute Brewing Co. are quickly wrapping so the Hulman Center has our baby blue can! It takes a team!
#MarchOn
Officially
#NIT
Championship Game Day! You know what that means:
"We're the Kings of Rock, there is none higher. Sucker Pirates should call us sire" - RUN SYC
#rolltrees
Bama 101, State 80 will be your final.
Refs completely changed the complexion with that first 8 minutes of the second half. We were stuck chasing after that. Good luck MVC, we're fucking coming.
Several members on recounted seeing
@IndStatePres
cornering and verbally accosting a University employee for an extended period of time at last nights game.
The
@indianastate
Board Of Trustees have enabled and are complicit in this behavior. There is a
Read an article today that Tennessee's coaching search has cost over $13m so far. That's damn near our entire athletics program budget for an entire year. THAT level of inequality is on of the major problems in college athletics.
Started working on this years edition of my Sycamore Pride custom basketball cards. Kicking everything off with a throwback parallel of Sycamore HoFer and current color man Matt Renn.
2024 Sycamore Pride PSA Gem Mint 10s:
You only get your jersey number retired if you were a problem... and John Sherman Williams was a certified bucket during his time at State.
2024 Sycamore Pride Gem Mint 10s:
It's bordering on blatant disrespect at this point. You can toss in the 341 different Avila pronunciations. Like this is your profession. Maybe put some effort into it?
@Rick_Sports10
Anyone that has any level of comprehension knows this was Curtis forcing Clink to look like an idiot. We're supposed to believe that an AD, who played baseball and served on the committee didn't have an idea about the support he could get? Insult to the squad, him, fans and ISU.