Iup basketball

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Nice that they were able to find another D2 opponent at such a late date.

ND was a nice find. They are typically a pretty strong program. It will be nice to see some fresh faces.

I haven't heard of IUP playing any exhibitions yet. That's odd for Joe. Of course, they may just not be announced yet. Even if they get beat on by some ACC school it will help come opening night. Lot of new faces in that locker room.

[Ship69]

Notre Dame (OH) has replaced Alderson Broaddus in IUP's tip-off weekend.


ND will play UPJ the first night and IUP the second night. Concord is the other participant.

Nice that they were able to find another D2 opponent at such a late date.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Notre Dame (OH) has replaced Alderson Broaddus in IUP's tip-off weekend.


ND will play UPJ the first night and IUP the second night. Concord is the other participant.

[Ship69]

Is that equally as bad as Edinboro asking its former basketball coach to fundraise half his salary?

Well, that certainly isn't a great situation, but it sounded as if they were trying to basically fundraise for the whole school at AB.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Two items:

* Steve P. was officially announced as the assistant this morning

* K.J. was shown in the Twitter video working out so that ends that mystery. He's returning.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Looking at the Cathedral Prep HS Twitter feed, it looks like their head coach Steve Piotrowicz is coming back to IUP to be Joe’s assistant again.

Im not sure I like this hire.

If I was Joe, the 'no-brainer' hire to be my top assistant would be Chuckie Humphries. He lives in Indiana. He can still practice (a trait Joe loves in assistants). He's great with people and would be an excellent recruiter. He knows the system and program.

Perhaps Chuckie isn't interested but it seems like a no-brainer.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

When you're apparently soliciting donations from alumni to meet payroll that certainly isn't a good sign.

Is that equally as bad as Edinboro asking its former basketball coach to fundraise half his salary?

[Ship69]

There has been serious concern for some time. AB gave rosy fund raising and enrollment projections in May/June to buy time. HEPC required monthly financial reports and benchmarks to be met. Once it was clear that these goals would not be met, HEPC took action to shut down before start of school. Some stories implied that AB was less than transparent on finances to HEPC, as evidenced by threat of utility shutoff triggering emergency meeting by HEPC last Friday.

When you're apparently soliciting donations from alumni to meet payroll that certainly isn't a good sign.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

There has been serious concern for some time. AB gave rosy fund raising and enrollment projections in May/June to buy time. HEPC required monthly financial reports and benchmarks to be met. Once it was clear that these goals would not be met, HEPC took action to shut down before start of school. Some stories implied that AB was less than transparent on finances to HEPC, as evidenced by threat of utility shutoff triggering emergency meeting by HEPC last Friday.

AB was actually projecting to be fairly decent in men's basketball this year. Hopefully at least some of those guys can still find a home. It's tricky in August -- especially in basketball with the small roster sizes.

[Columbuseer]

Yeah. What a fiasco to shut everything down at the end of July. West Virginia authorities certainly had to see this problem coming some months ago.

There has been serious concern for some time. AB gave rosy fund raising and enrollment projections in May/June to buy time. HEPC required monthly financial reports and benchmarks to be met. Once it was clear that these goals would not be met, HEPC took action to shut down before start of school. Some stories implied that AB was less than transparent on finances to HEPC, as evidenced by threat of utility shutoff triggering emergency meeting by HEPC last Friday.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Yeah. What a fiasco to shut everything down at the end of July. West Virginia authorities certainly had to see this problem coming some months ago.

It will probably be tricky to find a team to come in here this late -- especially since they'd normally get two games out of the trip.

My hunch will be Joe will end up scheduling PSU-Altoona again as a fill-in (or some similar D3 opponent). Most schedules are locked in by now.

[Ship69]

IUP and UPJ needs a non-conference game now. AB was set to attend one of the weekend tournaments in Indiana. That's obviously not happening now.

Yeah. What a fiasco to shut everything down at the end of July. West Virginia authorities certainly had to see this problem coming some months ago.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP and UPJ needs a non-conference game now. AB was set to attend one of the weekend tournaments in Indiana. That's obviously not happening now.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It seems like with Todd as AD, the message from him to every coach except Joe and Torts is "rent, don't buy." Yet when you have the third-biggest sport on campus with a clear opening, he went status quo. Not saying one way or another on whether Carey is right for the job, but just the circumstances seem a little odd to me when it definitely looks like Todd wants to make a change at every level of athletics.

From what I heard, (1) the players really like Carey and went to bat for him, and (2) Todd really thinks highly of him.

Tom had that program going in the wrong direction. The talent cupboard was getting thin. His players weren't developing. His recruiting was going down hill. Cal pretty much owned him. I think he knew it and jumped ship last July. Maria Cerro looked like a bust under Tom but turned in to a star under Carey.

Carey had a pretty good record last year with a team that had zero depth. Reality is his record should have been at least 2-3 wins better. It really wasn't his fault that team would miss 14 layups a game. He wasn't perfect by any means but I'll chalk that up to growing pains.

Tom was great at saying all the right things. Carey doesn't say much. They are total opposites in that regard. Tom was great at kissing babies and shaking hands. Carey may come out of his shell a bit this year. He got these big transfers signed.

He's going to have night and day better talent this year -- and much more of it. He's added some very talented, proven D2 players -- especially underneath. His two star guards need to co-exist a little better this year. But, that's a different discussion.

[hawks16]

Carey did have some built-in (legitimate) issues a year ago.

He's signed a stellar class of impact transfers. They should be dramatically better this year.

It seems like with Todd as AD, the message from him to every coach except Joe and Torts is "rent, don't buy." Yet when you have the third-biggest sport on campus with a clear opening, he went status quo. Not saying one way or another on whether Carey is right for the job, but just the circumstances seem a little odd to me when it definitely looks like Todd wants to make a change at every level of athletics.