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[Bballfan]

Some Drury alumni news with Diestelkamp at Lindenwood. They hired the associate head coach at Wright State (John Leonzo). He has a lot of good experience...

[Bballfan]

That's a typical role for a 6 through 10 player though. They bring a three point shooting specialist off the bench when the situation dictates it. ...

[Bballfan]

At this point in the calendar, D1 schools are taking flyers on players in the portal to fill out their rosters. So demand isn't exactly the right word...

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That's a big dude! Will be interesting to see how his game translates at the D2 level....

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I always like to look at their social media to get a feel. Her AAU team certainly was not shy in posting stuff about her. They really pump out tweets...

[Bballfan]

Depends on the school for swimming. The University of Findlay (who has a good swimming team) combined with tennis approaches 80 athletes between the...

[Bballfan]

And D2 schools try to maintain as many sports as possible to boost enrollment numbers. That's a lot of athletes. I would suspect close to one hundred...

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I did know conferences had certain requirements to meet in an attempt to maintain competitiveness among teams....

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Interesting. I didn't know private schools had to share that data with conferences.

Gannon is unique in that it is in a league with a...

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Yep. Less programs. Less professors and staff. Less costs. Some of these programs have very few students and it doesn't make sense to keep them going....

[Bballfan]

Football coaches are paid the highest at colleges. So you would see the football coach before him. $150 is probably at the high end, but not out of...

[Bballfan]

Tennis is an easy cut because there is both men's and women's, and you don't tread on any potential Title IX violations.

If I am on a golf...

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Honestly I am not a fan of conference tournaments to begin with. They of course are just a money grab, and it cheapens the whole season. A team just...

[Bballfan]

Hard to say. Both being private universities nothing is public, so it would have to be rumor and conjecture. However, Mercyhurst is a wannabe D1 that...

[Bballfan]

The Sycamores. A program vested in mediocrity. Their 15 minutes of fame ended decades ago and they play in conference that nobody even cares about. D1...

[Bballfan]

I agree with that. That absolutely should be a stipulation. For a number of conferences, there should also be an automatic qualifier for the regular...

[Bballfan]

Correct. Not close to a million plus contract that even some of the lowest D1's can offer over a three year period....

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For sure. I have even been pondering, and it is an awful thing to say, but should there even be any all-conference awards anymore? More and more athletes...

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Not just filler. Just gives more spots for the mediocre teams in the power conferences. Are they better than some of the ridiculous little D1 schools...

[Bballfan]

I have seen jucos work out great. I have seen jucos work out bad. they are a roll of the dice, but in today's environment of college athletics everything...