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Post by motorcitysam on Oct 16, 2023 13:51:57 GMT -5
Yesterday, on October 15, after basketball practice has already started and two months after classes have started for the fall at ASU, West Virginia guard Jose Perez committed to Arizona State. This will be Jose's sixth year in college and his fifth school. He started at Gardner-Webb, averaging 15 ppg over his freshman and sophomore years. He transferred up to Marquette for his junior year, but didn't make an impact there, appearing in only 10 games. He transferred down to Manhattan after that, putting up 18ppg and being named preseason conference player of the year for the following season. The Manhattan coach was fired just prior to the season, however, and Perez hit the portal again, landing at West Virginia. He wasn't granted a waiver for immediate eligibility, so he sat out last season, but was on the WVU roster. He hit the transfer portal again, earlier this month, and announced his commitment to Arizona State on social media last night. That's a meandering path, but I don't expect we'll see as many journeys like this once the extra covid year group is gone, as long as the NCAA takes a firm stance on transfers. Clearly was a transfer credits issue at WVU. AZ State has a three term school year. Likely that WVU could not certify him in compliance with progress to a degree or as a grad transfer there. But AZ State can certify him due to the trimester school year. Sounds plausible. Who makes the decision on certification for progress towards a degree, the University or the NCAA. It was reported that he sat out the season at WVU after the NCAA denied a waiver. I would have thought that he would have been able to fix those WVU compliance issues for the 2023-24 season while he sat out the 2022-23 season there. Admittedly, however, I am not well versed on the requirements for the NCAA, WVU, and any other entity involved.
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Post by motorcitysam on Nov 1, 2023 16:38:16 GMT -5
This is why mid major coaches stay stressed out: Jalen Cook signed with LSU as a four star recruit in the class of 2020. He struggled there, playing only 7 minutes per game and averaging 3 points per game. He decided to hit the portal and ended up at Tulane, where he blossomed under Coach Hunter (and Coach Ray) scoring 18 ppg as a sophomore and 20 as a junior, helping Tulane to a 20-11 record, their best showing in a long time. Last month Cook entered the portal. And transferred back to LSU. Plot twist: Cook was denied immediate eligibility at LSU. The Tigers are appealing the decision. I'm not sure what justification they are trying to use for a waiver, but in their press release, LSU plays the "mental health" card.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Dec 23, 2023 9:07:18 GMT -5
Breaking: NCAA announces multi-time transfers who enter the Transfer Portal this Fall or Winter will be eligible to play at a new school without a waiver in the 2024-25 season.
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Post by larrytitan on Dec 23, 2023 9:11:35 GMT -5
So we are back to the Anytime-Anywhere-Anybody transfer rule.
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Post by Commissioner on Dec 23, 2023 21:51:05 GMT -5
So we are back to the Anytime-Anywhere-Anybody transfer rule. For whoever offers the best "NIL." Amateur tennis, golf, Olympic games--all succumbed eventually and simply gave up, inviting the pros in. And they've prospered in what tennis call the "open era." But those are somewhat different animals. In each, people wanted to see the best competition the sport has to offer. But the best competition in basketball and football isn't in the NCAA--it's in the NBA and the NFL. It's possible that NCAA sports will just become pro teams--The University of Michigan, for example, will pay athletes who will play under the UM name, but not be students or otherwise affiliated with the University. I think it more likely though, that the NBA and NFL will stay at the pinnacle, and gradually people will lose interest in the college games because, in the end, not that many people want to watch minor league sports. Once the "student/athlete" connection (fiction, some would say, but it doesn't change the point) is severed, there's no strong reason to root for UM or MSU. It will last for a while. But just as people in Texas and Oklahoma once cared, but no longer much care, who wins the pennant in the Texas League, eventually the rooting interest in minor league (aka NCAA) sports will die. Maybe that will be a good thing for higher education. As much as I love college sports, perhaps former University of Chicago President Robert Hutchins was correct. He killed big time sports at the University of Chicago, and eventually withdrew the school from the Big 10--years after he had successfully made it the league's all-around doormat. Read this scathing opinion piece by Hutchings, from Sports Illustrated in October 1954. vault.si.com/vault/1954/10/18/college-football-is-an-infernal-nuisance. Of course, note, too, that Hutchins thought that a successful NFL would kill off the college game, so the who premise of this post of mine may be incorrect.
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Post by motorcitysam on Jan 2, 2024 12:26:39 GMT -5
Breaking: NCAA announces multi-time transfers who enter the Transfer Portal this Fall or Winter will be eligible to play at a new school without a waiver in the 2024-25 season. So, instead of seeing a return to some semblance of order and predictability, we'll have at least one more year of anything goes. And another year of teams being forced to throw together complete rosters in the months between March and September. Pandora's box is open, and there's no closing it.
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Post by rbj on Jan 2, 2024 14:59:46 GMT -5
Breaking: NCAA announces multi-time transfers who enter the Transfer Portal this Fall or Winter will be eligible to play at a new school without a waiver in the 2024-25 season. So, instead of seeing a return to some semblance of order and predictability, we'll have at least one more year of anything goes. And another year of teams being forced to throw together complete rosters in the months between March and September. Pandora's box is open, and there's no closing it. I agree, it wouldnt be that difficult to fix the transfer problem. A player who transfers should be granted immediate eligibility only if their head coach is fired or leaves for another job. Otherwise all transfers should sit out one year. Also, they should eliminate the "I transferred to be close to a sick relative" waiver. If you transfer schools to be near a sick relative sitting out one year will give you more time to spend with the sick relative because you wont be traveling to away games.
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Post by motorcitysam on Jan 21, 2024 2:56:34 GMT -5
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Post by upbasketballfan on Jan 21, 2024 15:28:18 GMT -5
The DOJ needs to quit grandstanding and sticking their noses into issues that are not matters of national importance. They have more important issues on their plate that need to be addressed! The last 3 years it seems like DOJ stands for Department of Jackasses!
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 11, 2024 18:09:57 GMT -5
Yesterday, on October 15, after basketball practice has already started and two months after classes have started for the fall at ASU, West Virginia guard Jose Perez committed to Arizona State. This will be Jose's sixth year in college and his fifth school. He started at Gardner-Webb, averaging 15 ppg over his freshman and sophomore years. He transferred up to Marquette for his junior year, but didn't make an impact there, appearing in only 10 games. He transferred down to Manhattan after that, putting up 18ppg and being named preseason conference player of the year for the following season. The Manhattan coach was fired just prior to the season, however, and Perez hit the portal again, landing at West Virginia. He wasn't granted a waiver for immediate eligibility, so he sat out last season, but was on the WVU roster. He hit the transfer portal again, earlier this month, and announced his commitment to Arizona State on social media last night. That's a meandering path, but I don't expect we'll see as many journeys like this once the extra covid year group is gone, as long as the NCAA takes a firm stance on transfers. So, after all of that, Jose Perez played for ASU, averaging 13.5 ppg, only to quit the team right before the regular season finale' against UCLA. He will be unavailable for the conference tournament. He told Bobby Hurley he was leaving to begin his professional career. In the Instagram post announcing his decision to leave, Perez said, "There's a thin line between loyalty and stupidity. I'm going to be loyal, but I'm not going to be stupid. I'm not going to be so loyal that I betray myself." The dude is at his fifth school, and left all of the others voluntarily. I really don't think he's the one to be lecturing people about loyalty.
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 18, 2024 21:19:45 GMT -5
I don't know how many players have entered the portal, but five hours ago, a college basketball writer posted that 242 players had entered the portal just today.
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Post by Commissioner on Mar 18, 2024 21:36:37 GMT -5
Let's face it, the reality is that every player on every team is effectively in the portal, though some have not officially said so.
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Post by larrytitan on Mar 19, 2024 7:16:50 GMT -5
Verbal Commits lists 447 players as of this morning. Is 2024-25 the last year of the 5 yr eligibility ruling?
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Post by Commissioner on Mar 19, 2024 7:59:02 GMT -5
Verbal Commits lists 447 players as of this morning. Is 2024-25 the last year of the 5 yr eligibility ruling? Basically yes, though there may be a handful of guys who get some sort of waiver for an injury redshirt or something. One of the dumber decisions made by the NCAA, but in line with a lot of dumb decisions by private and public policymakers during Covid, and compared to many of those, not all that harmful.
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Post by motorcitysam on Mar 19, 2024 13:44:32 GMT -5
Let's face it, the reality is that every player on every team is effectively in the portal, though some have not officially said so. And every player is effectively a one and done candidate at your institution, from the moment they sign. My fear is that eventually the best hope for the Titans, and mid/low majors like them, is that they eventually become a D1 version of a good JUCO team. Land some good players, hold on to them for a year or two, and put together enough winning seasons and a good enough program to do a decent job rebuilding the roster every year. I just don't see how, in the age of the portal and NIL, we'll be able to hold on to talent for more than a year or two. Look at the Noah Farrakhan situation. He's a 6-2 guard who averaged 12 points per game on a bad EMU team while being a poor three point shooter, and West Virginia snatched him up when he hit the portal. As long as that continues (and I don't see it stopping) I can't see how mid and low mid majors, particularly those without a lot of amenities, are going to retain and develop talent in the long run. But maybe I'm just being pessimistic and things won't eventually get that bad. Chalk it up to frustration with the current state of the Titans. Hopefully, I'm wrong. I guess we'll see.
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