Hey, one of the benefits of totally sucking for the last 40 years is that we are likely nowhere near this investigation!

Hey, maybe they'll bust so many schools that we'll be the only "clean" one left. Would that make us national champions?

Duques102 wrote:

scduke wrote:

Hey, maybe they'll bust so many schools that we'll be the only "clean" one left. Would that make us national champions?

Haha exactly. With the likes of Texas, Arizona, Duke, UNC, Louisville, UCLA, Kentucky, and other big programs all potentially receiving postseason bans I'll go ahead and be the first to predict that if that happens Dukes in the NCAAs next year as a top 8 seed!!!!

Who cares if the NEC becomes a 4 bid league in that scenario! Welcome to the new "Power 5"

That's a joke.  After the NCAA let the golden boy program, North Carolina, off on some technicality, despite massive academic and educational fraud, they are never going to cut their March Madness throats.
 

Tejas_Duke wrote:

Duques102 wrote:

scduke wrote:

Hey, maybe they'll bust so many schools that we'll be the only "clean" one left. Would that make us national champions?

Haha exactly. With the likes of Texas, Arizona, Duke, UNC, Louisville, UCLA, Kentucky, and other big programs all potentially receiving postseason bans I'll go ahead and be the first to predict that if that happens Dukes in the NCAAs next year as a top 8 seed!!!!

Who cares if the NEC becomes a 4 bid league in that scenario! Welcome to the new "Power 5"

That's a joke.  After the NCAA let the golden boy program, North Carolina, off on some technicality, despite massive academic and educational fraud, they are never going to cut their March Madness throats.
 

No doubt. The NCAA is a "Member Driven" organization.

Aka the NCAA makes over a billion dollars a year to host a tournament and 80% of the field is made up of these teams being investigated year in and year out.

No blue bloods, no mass attraction, aka no big tv draw, aka no huge revenue.

The NCAA needs these programs to continue to line their fat pockets. Louisville will definitely get hit the hardest, but other than them I expect nothing more than a slap on the wrist for most of the other guilty parties.

Of course several of the schools involved say "OUR Investigation didn't turn up any violations"

Talk about the Foxes guarding the Chicken Coop!!

Reportedly SIX schools from the ACC (All Cheaters Conference???) are on the list.

Will be interesting to see if hyenas like Dicke V , Jay Bilas etc.will CALL THESE SCHOOLS OUT -  (or at least have to purchase MORE KLEENEX to wipe the drool off their faces!!!!

townsonkid wrote:

So a kid has to go to college for a year, and needs extra benefits? One year then make millions. Cant even do that? Disgusting.

They shouldn't have to go to college. Sidney Crosby, and Mario Lemieux never spent a day in college. If you're good enough to play in the NBA, you should be allowed to go.
 

 Later, Sean

I guess we can put to rest the notion that Sean Miller didn’t tamper to get McConnell.  Wonder how much he got?

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

This doesn’t surprise me at all, both the Arizona player payments and allegedly getting caught talking about it on an FBI wiretap. He’s always been an arrogant little pissant.

Xavier is mixed up in this. I wonder if Sean was paying while he was there?
 

gram, check this out. Some good lawyering:

Quirk in Sean Miller's contract gets him more from Arizona if he's fired for cause
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/quirk-in-sean-millers-contract-gets-him-more-from-arizona-if-hes-fired-for-cause/

I am curious where this will take basketball.

duq81 wrote:

townsonkid wrote:

I am curious where this will take basketball.

This is a sport that has had more scandals than the New England Patriots. None of this is anything new. 70 years ago, players got caught taking money from criminals. Are we supposed to think that they weren't also taking money from alums and other boosters back then? College sports has been corrupt ever since big crowds started showing up in the 1880s. Nothing will change this. They even cheat at the D3 level.
 

Damn, you remember crowd sizes in the 1880s?