Recent content by Spider17

Correct. So people do no think I am delusional, Bijack averaging 17 ppg in the Big East is not someone that we can recruit or pay to come play in the A10. However, there are plenty of players who did average to slightly above average in P4 schools that with the recruiting pitch of extensive...

SLU also recognizes that Josh Schertz is a fantastic coach. Giving a fantastic coach who can recruit and develop players really well, even more resources/money is a recipe for success. Can take their men's bball program to the next level. We do not have that with Mooney. We can give Mooney all...

No chance of this happening. Not because we aren't good enough nor ACC/BIG 10 teams would think we don't add value to their conference (we definitely would). Its because we are a full time A10 member and A10 sponsors men's lacrosse. Best scenario I can think of for our lacrosse program and...

I agree with you if we finish undefeated but wouldn’t be surprised to be #3 seed. Should absolutely not be any lower than that with undefeated season, but I can see how a 1 or 2 loss ACC team with a harder SOS gets the nod above us. Like I said before 0 losses = top 3 seed. 1 loss = top 8 seed...

https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/men/richmond-makes-history-no-1-usa-lacrosse-d-i-mens-top-20

For those of us that don't subscribe to the RTD, what were the 3 ways things are changing that JOC writes about?

Here’s how I see our playoff chances going. 0 losses: Top 3 seed. I can see a 1 or even 2 loss ACC or Ivy team overtaking us because of strength of schedule 1 Loss: Top 8 seed. So this means beating ND and then losing to an A10 team once or losing to ND and then winning out. Either scenario I...

Saint Louis is doing exactly what I dream UR would do and showing what I’ve been saying that NIL can actually be a benefit for schools in our position. With a great coach and great institutional financial commitment, the ability for schools like SLU to get top recruits and continue to build a...

If you want to include Gonzaga then 10. 10% of the teams outside of P4/Big East have made the final four the past 25 years. San Diego State (2023): Mountain West Florida Atlantic (2023): Conference USA Gonzaga (2017, 2021): West Coast Conference Loyola Chicago (2018): Missouri Valley Wichita...

Doesn’t take away the fact we’ve had a lot of players who’ve played here go on to have some sort of professional basketball career somewhere in the world. Don’t know how lucrative it is but if you get paid doing it, by definition you’re a professional.

On a personal level, I agree with you 100%. For instance, I had been recruited to play soccer at some no name division 3 schools, but decided not to pursue that because I recognized that professional soccer isn’t going to be a viable option and those schools were no where near the academic...

This may be an unpopular opinion here but why do we (society, our university) stress getting a degree so much? To me a university should be a place of higher learning, of course, but really more general in that a place where it can help one pursue his or her dreams. Why can’t someone pursue...

If the Ivy League ever decided to opt into house settlement or NIL from donors, they could become a powerhouse in basketball. There are rich schools and then there are Ivy League rich schools that are on a different level.