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Post by FTA1982 on Apr 10, 2023 12:19:02 GMT -6
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Post by PantherU on Apr 11, 2023 10:10:55 GMT -6
Is anyone else totally pissed off that YSU spent 20+ years being total trash and now that NIL's are a thing they finally decided to give a sh*t about basketball?
What could this conference have achieved if YSU wasn't an anchor during our golden years? I'll never forget how badly we dropped in 2006 the morning after beating them by 40 points at home - from 44 to 72.
There are absolutely years where HL teams dropped multiple seed lines because of two games against YSU. Does Valpo get an at-large bid in 2016?
Anyway, f*** Youngstown State.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 11, 2023 10:36:43 GMT -6
Is anyone else totally pissed off that YSU spent 20+ years being total trash and now that NIL's are a thing they finally decided to give a sh*t about basketball? What could this conference have achieved if YSU wasn't an anchor during our golden years? I'll never forget how badly we dropped in 2006 the morning after beating them by 40 points at home - from 44 to 72. There are absolutely years where HL teams dropped multiple seed lines because of two games against YSU. Does Valpo get an at-large bid in 2016? Anyway, f*** Youngstown State. SAME thought here. NOT a fan!!!
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Apr 13, 2023 18:00:34 GMT -6
Just a theory here about Youngstown State: one theory I hear when NIL first came about was that it would favor schools in smaller cities that don’t have much else going in the way of sports. If a Milwaukee business wanted have a local athlete be a spokesperson for their business, they have the Brewers, Bucks, Gold (yeah, I’m petty), Admirals, and Wave right in town (and that’s before we talk Packers and Badgers). Mercy and Oakland have to deal with the Lions, Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings (along with Sparty and U of Michigan). IUPUI has the Pacers, Colts, Butler, a AAA baseball team, etc. to deal with. Heck, even Green Bay is behind the 8-ball with the Packers.
I don’t know all that much about Youngstown, but I do know it’s at least a little ways from Cleveland. I suppose the Guardians, Browns, and Cavs could come into play (along with OSU, of course) but I don’t think Youngstown has much in the way of sports beyond YSU. I’m not even aware of a minor league baseball team or hockey team in the area. Getting Youngstown’s version of David Gruber to bring on a YSU basketball player to be his spokesperson for Youngstown’s 500k metro area is probably easier than it would be in Milwaukee (or Detroit or Indy or Green Bay or Cleveland or Cincinnati or Dayton).
To me, this means UWM needs to work that much harder to build these business relationships.
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Post by FTA1982 on Apr 14, 2023 10:18:16 GMT -6
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Post by ghostofpbj on Apr 14, 2023 20:24:17 GMT -6
Confirms what we already thought we knew about him
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Apr 23, 2023 9:49:50 GMT -6
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Apr 23, 2023 11:43:00 GMT -6
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Post by PantherU on May 8, 2023 16:51:31 GMT -6
My Panther Sense is going off like it was when Thad Matta "retired" at Ohio State.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Aug 9, 2023 11:25:28 GMT -6
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Post by PantherU on Apr 24, 2024 12:04:38 GMT -6
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