Around the Big East 19/20

[quote="Paultzman" post=385475]Four-star 2021 prospect Nnanna Njoku just verbally committed to Villanova, he tells @247Sports. |

Njoku, a 6-foot-9 post prospect out of Hockessin (Del.) Sanford School, picked the Wildcats over Wichita State, Miami, NC State, Pittsburgh and a host of others.

https://247sports.com/college/baske...u-Villanova-Basketball-2021-Commit-146234814/[/quote]

Was he named after the "Hey Hey Good Bye Song"? ;)
 
[quote="Moose" post=385479][quote="billthetruth" post=385474]NYPost_Brazille
Zach Braziller (@NYPost_Brazille) · Twitter
Seton Hall PG Anthony Nelson is transferring, per source. #shbb. Pirates now have two open scholarships.[/quote]

If you recall Willard making comments during the season about dissent. Here you have it.[/quote]

Rumor mill had it being Nelson, Cale and Samuel who were in the doghouse to various degrees. Samuel because of his youth, upside and ability to play the 4 wasn't going anywhere if Willard could help it. Willard also needs Cale for next year. Nelson became expendable with Aiken coming in the fold, so I'm sure Willard had no issue showing the kid the door. The writing was on the wall with this anyway when you saw how active they've been trying to bring in another guard via transfer even after Aiken committed, despite their scholarship situation and being penalized next year (I think) for the Thompson/Cuse tampering.
 
As expected, Myles Powell wins Haggerty Award for second straight year. First Seton Hall player ever to do it.
Zach B

Steve Pikiell is COY
 
Randy Edsall must be thrilled;

BREAKING: UConn Pres. Tom Katsouleas says that fall sports will likely be cancelled.

"Current thinking is that likely fall sports will be cancelled - with the exception of those that can be played at a safe distance”.

The Pres. spoke to a UConn Journalism class moments ago

https://twitter.com/uctvsports/status/1252677302598668288?s=21

Latest UConn AD statement which could be captioned “oops”

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I'm not a doctor or scientist, but if this is still going on five, six, seven months from now to the point where they are still canceling everything, it means the world is completely f__ked and sports is the least of our concerns.
 
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Good comments, LJSA.
I think the Pandemic Experts and the Sports Spectrum are bracing for a possible 2nd Wave in the Fall.
I wonder if testing teams, coaches, trainers, cheerleaders, others close to the programs, and holding televised games before empty arenas might be an option?
Although, one team would have to 'travel' to an away game and face potential risk.
Tough times...right out of a Mad Max film.
No answers.
 
Tough hit

Breaking: Ty-Shon Alexander has announced he is staying in the NBA Draft, and will forgo his senior season at Creighton. Alexander is signing with Prosport Management’s Nate Conley.
John Fanta
 
[quote="Paultzman" post=385675]Tough hit

Breaking: Ty-Shon Alexander has announced he is staying in the NBA Draft, and will forgo his senior season at Creighton. Alexander is signing with Prosport Management’s Nate Conley.
John Fanta[/quote]

It's not a tough hit for us.;)
 
Sources: Matchups for the 2020 Big East-Big 12 Battle are set.

Villanova at Texas
Creighton at Kansas
Baylor at Seton Hall
Providence at TCU
St. John’s at Texas Tech
Oklahoma at Xavier
West Virginia at Georgetown
Oklahoma St at Marquette
DePaul at Iowa St
Kansas St at Butler

Rothstein
 
[quote="L J S A" post=385669]I'm not a doctor or scientist, but if this is still going on five, six, seven months from now to the point where they are still canceling everything, it means the world is completely f__ked and sports is the least of our concerns.[/quote]



LJSA, my thoughts exactly. As much as I love sports, St Johns basketball in particular, my concern as to what it will take to stop this pandemic is foremost on my mind right now.

I am 71 and my wife is 70. We are raising our 13 year old granddaughter who is supposed to start high school at Archbishop Molloy in September. We are doing the best that we can to follow all the recommended guidelines.

At this point, all we are doing is taking it a day at a time and Praying.
 
Creighton's schedule for 20-21:

20 Big East games
Battle 4 Atlantis (3)
At Kansas (Big East-Big 12)
Gavitt Games
At Nebraska
Arizona State

27 high-major games.

Toughest slate in program history?
Jon Rothstein
 
No doubt schools are struggling financially. Rutgers made a number of budgetary adjustments this week and Seton Hall likewise. I am sure SJU also has a huge challenge to grapple with.

“Seton Hall also announced:
--Pay cut taken by its president (20%) & executive cabinet (10%)
--"More than $9.2 million" in spring housing/parking refunds
--Tuition freeze (and $1,500 grants for summer session)
--Emergency assistance fund for students”

Rutgers Challenge;

Barchi: "The university has identified the potential for an estimated $200 million loss in the current quarter...and expects more significant losses in the next fiscal year."

Rutgers president Bob Barchi: “RU's chancellors and executive vice presidents, as well as the athletic director and head coaches for football and men’s and women’s’ basketball will...take a 10 percent reduction in salary over the next four months."


Jerry Carino
 
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[quote="Paultzman" post=385942]No doubt schools are struggling financially. Rutgers made a number of budgetary adjustments this week and Seton Hall likewise. I am sure SJU also has a huge challenge to grapple with.

“Seton Hall also announced:
--Pay cut taken by its president (20%) & executive cabinet (10%)
--"More than $9.2 million" in spring housing/parking refunds
--Tuition freeze (and $1,500 grants for summer session)
--Emergency assistance fund for students”

Rutgers Challenge;

Barchi: "The university has identified the potential for an estimated $200 million loss in the current quarter...and expects more significant losses in the next fiscal year."

Rutgers president Bob Barchi: “RU's chancellors and executive vice presidents, as well as the athletic director and head coaches for football and men’s and women’s’ basketball will...take a 10 percent reduction in salary over the next four months."


Jerry Carino[/quote]

In these terrible times where millions are not working and have next to no source of revenue a ten percent pay cut is purely a token gesture. I anticipate the next round of salary cuts to be much greater. If the football schools cannot play in the fall , or play to empty stadiums, the loss of revenue for the power five schools will be in the tens of millions of dollars. At that point in time drastic, not tough, decisions will have to be made.
It seems like the basketball only schools will be in a better position.
 
[quote="redmannorth" post=385944][quote="Paultzman" post=385942]No doubt schools are struggling financially. Rutgers made a number of budgetary adjustments this week and Seton Hall likewise. I am sure SJU also has a huge challenge to grapple with.

“Seton Hall also announced:
--Pay cut taken by its president (20%) & executive cabinet (10%)
--"More than $9.2 million" in spring housing/parking refunds
--Tuition freeze (and $1,500 grants for summer session)
--Emergency assistance fund for students”

Rutgers Challenge;

Barchi: "The university has identified the potential for an estimated $200 million loss in the current quarter...and expects more significant losses in the next fiscal year."

Rutgers president Bob Barchi: “RU's chancellors and executive vice presidents, as well as the athletic director and head coaches for football and men’s and women’s’ basketball will...take a 10 percent reduction in salary over the next four months."


Jerry Carino[/quote]

In these terrible times where millions are not working and have next to no source of revenue a ten percent pay cut is purely a token gesture. I anticipate the next round of salary cuts to be much greater. If the football schools cannot play in the fall , or play to empty stadiums, the loss of revenue for the power five schools will be in the tens of millions of dollars. At that point in time drastic, not tough, decisions will have to be made.
It seems like the basketball only schools will be in a better position.[/quote]

Totally agree. Basketball isn’t the financial bear that football is. Uconn losing 40 million a year, imagine what the bigger programs could lose? While nobody is in great shape with this pandemic, the football schools will really get crushed.
 
[quote="redmannorth" post=385944][quote="Paultzman" post=385942]No doubt schools are struggling financially. Rutgers made a number of budgetary adjustments this week and Seton Hall likewise. I am sure SJU also has a huge challenge to grapple with.

“Seton Hall also announced:
--Pay cut taken by its president (20%) & executive cabinet (10%)
--"More than $9.2 million" in spring housing/parking refunds
--Tuition freeze (and $1,500 grants for summer session)
--Emergency assistance fund for students”

Rutgers Challenge;

Barchi: "The university has identified the potential for an estimated $200 million loss in the current quarter...and expects more significant losses in the next fiscal year."

Rutgers president Bob Barchi: “RU's chancellors and executive vice presidents, as well as the athletic director and head coaches for football and men’s and women’s’ basketball will...take a 10 percent reduction in salary over the next four months."


Jerry Carino[/quote]

In these terrible times where millions are not working and have next to no source of revenue a ten percent pay cut is purely a token gesture. I anticipate the next round of salary cuts to be much greater. If the football schools cannot play in the fall , or play to empty stadiums, the loss of revenue for the power five schools will be in the tens of millions of dollars. At that point in time drastic, not tough, decisions will have to be made.
It seems like the basketball only schools will be in a better position.[/quote]

Agree. SJU enrollment and turnover do however appear to be major hurdles I understand. The huge NYS budget shortfall could impact its Excelsior Scholarship free tuition program and ironically be to the benefit of private universities like SJU, which has experienced siphoning off of many potential students for obvious reason.
 
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@JonRothstein
Omer Yurtseven tells me that he has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft and will not return to Georgetown next season.

Significant Big East news.
 
[quote="RedStormNC" post=386094]@JonRothstein
Omer Yurtseven tells me that he has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft and will not return to Georgetown next season.

Significant Big East news.[/quote]
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Much like StJ’s, it appears that Georgetown’s experiment of hiring a head coach with no prior head coaching experience Is not successful.
 
[quote="otis" post=386095][quote="RedStormNC" post=386094]@JonRothstein
Omer Yurtseven tells me that he has declared for the 2020 NBA Draft and will not return to Georgetown next season.

Significant Big East news.[/quote]
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Much like StJ’s, it appears that Georgetown’s experiment of hiring a head coach with no prior head coaching experience Is not successful.[/quote]

They may not have the wins and losses that they had hoped for but IMHO Ewing did a great job with the cards he was deal this season. The few players he had really overachieved. He has also recruited well. If I was the AD I would not yet throw in the towel and would give him a couple of seasons more to properly right the ship.
 
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