Doing the Conference Shuffle by Andrew Flynn This offseason has drawn to light the best and worst of what happens when folks look at a map and say, “We should have these guys in our conference.” It seems that’s exactly what ACC commissioner John Swofford did with his quasi-successful power […]
Author: Andrew Flynn
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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, October 14th Today’s Morning Dish is an All-Big East edition. Slighted: Syracuse athletic director Jake Crouthamel yesterday pouted yesterday, ripping Boston College for leaving the Big East for the ACC. According to the Associated Press, Crouthamel said, “Three months ago, [we] sat face to face […]
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The Morning Dish – Monday, October 13th And BC Makes 12: The other shoe dropped yesterday, as the ACC formally invited Boston College to leave the Big East and join the ACC, which the school quickly accepted. The move, which had been speculated upon since the NCAA vetoed the ACC’s […]
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The Morning Dish – Saturday, October 11th Case Dismissed, Mostly: The Big East has dropped the ACC from its lawsuit over conference expansion. Connecticut judge Samuel Sferrazza dropped the conference from consideration in the suit, which now has Miami as the sole defendant in an alleged plot to weaken the […]
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The Morning Dish – Friday, October 10th No Thanks: Todd Turner, seven-year AD at Vanderbilt before school chancellor Gordon Gee eliminated the athletic department, has said ‘no thanks’ to a new position serving under Gee as the schools special assistant for athletic and academic reforms. Gee had absorbed the athletic […]
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The Morning Dish – Thursday, October 9th NIT Payback: The National Invitation Tournament is working to get back cash given to teams that used ineligible players. Minnesota is close to an agreement on compensation for using ineligible players in their 1996 and 1998 NIT appearances. The Minnesota academic scandal also […]
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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, October 7th Indiana Wins: Yesterday Monroe (Indiana) Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Todd ruled in favor of the University of Indiana, thus ending the Bobby Knight lawsuit in Bloomington. The school’s motion for a summary judgment was granted, which effectively ended Knight’s wrongful termination suit without […]
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The Morning Dish – Monday, October 6th Collison Out: Not that we cover much NBA news here in Hoopville, but we do monitor some of our recently departed NCAA studs as they make the transition to the “bigs”. That being said, former Kansas forward Nick Collison, the Sonics’ 12th overall […]
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The Morning Dish – Saturday, October 4th Gator Transfer: Florida sophomore center Mario Boggan has announced that he is transferring from Florida. Boggan, a 6-6, 290 forward/center that averaged 2.3 points and 2 rebounds in 16 games last season, stated that he wanted to transfer to get more playing time. […]
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The Morning Dish – Friday, October 3rd Patriots Act: Six George Mason student athletes have been suspended for violations of team rules and policies. Two of the men’s basketball team, sophomore forward Trent Wurtz and senior guard Richard Tynes, along with four members of the women’s basketball team will miss […]
