There is so much misinformation out there on salaries.
That said imagine being a Seton Hall fan (wherever they are) and reading something from a CBB blog that says Sha and Pitino make the same salary. Than find the bridge you would jump from.
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That said imagine being a Seton Hall fan (wherever they are) and reading something from a CBB blog that says Sha and Pitino make the same salary. Than find the bridge you would jump from.
Pre NIL , the Hall didn’t do too badly . Willard regularly got NY kids to E , Orange .
Including Shaheen , etc .
Using St John’s as a example , the Top tier of the School Administration has to be all in on funding a competitive BB program
Which means a good AD, Skilled Coach and , the money to be competitive to attract talent .
And , in today’s game , you have to be a active player in the portal market .
Sure , it’s great to pick up the McD All Americans but , usually they only deliver a 1 season performance . Then on to NBA .
While it’s true the Portal only delivers the 1 year transfer , they are already experienced College players with a Resume.
Look at Rutgers , even with Bailey and Harper , they couldn’t make the Tourney .
Great individual skills sometimes don’t translate into great Team performance .
Evidence the Scarlet Knights .
Pikiell V Pitino for one.
Hopkins at 40 is patently ridiculous.
Too true. And maybe CRP also lives by Joseph Heller's words to Kurt Vonnegut.
True story, Word of Honor:
Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer
now dead,
and I were at a party given by a billionaire
on Shelter Island.
I said, “Joe, how does it make you feel
to know that our host only yesterday
may have made more money
than your novel ‘Catch-22’
has earned in its entire history?”
And Joe said, “I’ve got something he can never have.”
And I said, “What on earth could that be, Joe?”
And Joe said, “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
Not bad! Rest in peace!”
― Kurt Vonnegut
I laugh because our old friend Oz Cross said this wasn't a done deal yesterday.
I have a feeling Hines will flash some serious upside. Maybe he catches our staff's attention
Gréât pickup for Shah, very happy for him.
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(@paultzman already posted this in the 2025-2026 Schedule thread, but I'm including it here.)
On the day the Red.fans board went down -- but of course -- St. John's released its non-conference schedule.
St. John’s Releases Complete 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule - St. John's University Athletics
The reigning BIG EAST champion St. John's men's basketball program has unveiled its complete 11-game non-conference schedule for the 2025-26 campaign on Tues...
2025-26 St. John's Non-Conference Schedule
10/?? – Michigan (exhibition TBD)
10/?? – Second exhibition TBD
11/03 – Quinnipiac
11/08 – Alabama (MSG)
11/15 – William & Mary
11/20 – Bucknell
11/24 – vs Iowa State (Players Era Championship, Las Vegas)
11/25 – vs Baylor (Players Era Championship, Las Vegas)
11/27 – vs TBD (Players Era Championship, Las Vegas; could be 11/26)
12/06 – Ole Miss (MSG)
12/13 – Iona (MSG)
12/20 – vs Kentucky (CBS Sports Classic, Atlanta)
12/23 – Harvard
The Bobby Martin Invitational
If you mean ridiculously high, I agree. He may end up there, but right now he's largely a question mark.
I do love the love for Dillon Mitchell who I love, though.
Don’t try saying Hopkins is Theo Johns age
gonna be interesting watchin Vince in a starting Role at GTown... with special interest in DePaul games to see what we could have had in Maker....
I could see Nova potentially finishing 10th.... Willard will eventually get them going
two things that stood out to me. They project Vince as Gtown's starting center and they pick Xavier to finish 10th.
Haha, you got me there. I was reading the article while booking flights to Denver and didn't even notice it was Rothstein!I didn't realize Rothstein had changed his pronouns. Nice.