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[IUPbigINDIANS]

CCSU still has yet to name its men's basketball coach. The fans and media thought they were going to announce it two weeks ago.

The PSAC connection is Gannon's Kelvin Jefferson is a finalist.

[Fightingscot82]

Seemed like teams either lost nobody or they lost a lot. That makes the high school & transfer market weird. Similar to IUP, Edinboro didn't lose anybody either.

[IUPalum]

I get transfers are flashy this time of year. But, Joe didn't have anybody leave. That's way better than bringing in 'maybe' imports.

I follow that team as close as anybody. IUPAlum and I could join the staff.

I haven't always agreed with every move Joe makes, but ... end of the day ... he's right on about 95% of them. He's passed on some star transfers over the years. At the time, it's like WTF ... but, he's a huge believer in culture and fit.

Joe recruits role players probably better than anybody in the country. He has more stars next year than he probably knows what to do with.

If he could have somehow landed Dale Bonner ... of course. I offered to pay for the limo. Heck, maybe a helicopter.

Point is I don't think he needs to add Rodney Horton. He needs to add a Geoff Evans.

His top 3 guards next year are elite -- Armoni, Morris, Shawndale. The 'if' is what's behind them. He has some 'dudes' as he says, but they are young dudes.

I firmly believe he needs to add an experienced SG. Keep the young guys at 8-10 mpg next year. Maybe not even that much.

Joe can have a pretty special season. I think he needs one more piece.

BigIndians is spot on with his assessment!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I get transfers are flashy this time of year. But, Joe didn't have anybody leave. That's way better than bringing in 'maybe' imports.

I follow that team as close as anybody. IUPAlum and I could join the staff.

I haven't always agreed with every move Joe makes, but ... end of the day ... he's right on about 95% of them. He's passed on some star transfers over the years. At the time, it's like WTF ... but, he's a huge believer in culture and fit.

Joe recruits role players probably better than anybody in the country. He has more stars next year than he probably knows what to do with.

If he could have somehow landed Dale Bonner ... of course. I offered to pay for the limo. Heck, maybe a helicopter.

Point is I don't think he needs to add Rodney Horton. He needs to add a Geoff Evans.

His top 3 guards next year are elite -- Armoni, Morris, Shawndale. The 'if' is what's behind them. He has some 'dudes' as he says, but they are young dudes.

I firmly believe he needs to add an experienced SG. Keep the young guys at 8-10 mpg next year. Maybe not even that much.

Joe can have a pretty special season. I think he needs one more piece.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I think the caveat is they don't have a last spot. Somebody would have to go.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

My lead was apparently a bust.

Word is it's not an easy sell ... pretty much no chance to start for a transfer. I heard that was the deal breaker with Casale.

[IUPHawks24]

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Sounds like CCSU may announce their coach today. Gannon's Kelvin Jefferson made the Final 3 per many reports.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Highly-coveted Ohio guard Tasos Cook signed with Stetson.

He more than (15) D2 offers including Mercyhurst, Slippery Rock and Gannon.

The D1 offers emerged right at the end.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I agree but I never got the impression GM is looking to leave. He seems pretty happy there. I think he's reaching the point of his career like Joe went through when you say will the grass actually be any greener?

Losing your coach in April is devastating. Next day you then see half your players leave, too.

Mercyhurst took two really big transfer losses this off-season. But, they have a lot coming back, too.

[IUPHawks24]

KJ has grown on me in his two years at Gannon. He's a good coach. His sideline antics are a bit overbearing at times but he's done well -- quickly -- at Gannon. That said, I didn't think he'd stay there very long.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Interesting news on the coaching front: According to one of the more popular college basketball reporters on Twitter, Kelvin Jefferson is a finalist at D1 Central Connecticut State.

KJ has grown on me in his two years at Gannon. He's a good coach. His sideline antics are a bit overbearing at times but he's done well -- quickly -- at Gannon. That said, I didn't think he'd stay there very long.

[IUPHawks24]

Interesting news on the coaching front: According to one of the more popular college basketball reporters on Twitter, Kelvin Jefferson is a finalist at D1 Central Connecticut State.

[CALUPA69]

Well that certainly was a larger response than I expected. Pretty much all true to one degree or the other. WBB NC in '04 really got AA fired up to go all in on athletics and it may have come closer to paying off if '07 FB had made it to the NC game against NWMSU. Woulda, coulda, shoulda.....

[Fightingscot82]

I have mixed feelings on the Angelo Dome. Looking back, it's obviously way too big for California. It's also like the freaking centerpiece of the whole campus. They're stuck with it now.

I think the actual Cal campus is nice. It's certainly a small college vibe. I never liked building all that student housing up by the stadium (Well, I think it's student housing that is privately owned?). That has to be a pain to drive down there (or take the bus) every single day. The town is the killer. There's just nothing there. No nightlife. No restaurants. No hotels. No shopping.

Current-day Cal athletics is very, very fortunate it survived the Angelo era. It was walking on pretty thin ice.

Agreed. I think Clarion is the model for everyone else: a very nice, modern fieldhouse. The biggest crowd most PSAC fieldhouses have is usually graduation. Gotta build for that, which I think is part of the Angelo Dome capacity. But also built when Cal was at peak enrollment. Agree on the rest of their campus. It's hands down the prettiest campus in the system. Its the location that sucks. Most people from greater Pittsburgh have to take a toll to get there, and similar to IUP its not a very direct drive. That matters for people especially as Pittsburgh's population continues to turn over and has more transplants unfamiliar with backroads and the "routes." The town does leave a lot to be desired - I think its because so few employees live there. They live in WashPA, Peters, and even Connellsville and Uniontown. Edinboro has begun to struggle for this very reason - most employees live in greater Erie. The town would be struggling more if Edinboro in the summer wasn't a mini Conneaut Lake (probably the best PASSHE town "off season" maybe except for Lock Haven).