NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[Hoosierfan2017 21,004]

7 hours ago, Feathery said:

Honestly I think NIL and transfer portal has helped college sports. 

If you’re talking solely the product on the field/court then I probably agree (except bowl season). But college sports is way more than that to me.  It’s the rivalries between schools. It’s the players developing throughout their careers. Watching players go from freshmen to seniors. It’s not two teams of mercenaries from USC and Rutgers playing an 11:00 pm Friday night Big 10 football game. But, it is what it is I guess. 

[Scotty R 2,127]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

Pay them or dont pay them don’t matter to me I will continue to watch 5 games at a time from November-March.  Change the tourney 90, 100 or 120 teams I might not agree with with it but at the end of the day it’s more tourney college basketball.   

I will never agree with changing the tournament and if it is just for power conference teams then I won't be to interested in it. They should have never expanded from 64 to 68, it was just to get more mediocre power conference teams in. With the portal and the quality of play going down the college game is not as entertaining as it once was for me.

[Scotty R 2,127]

49 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

If you’re talking solely the product on the field/court then I probably agree (except bowl season). But college sports is way more than that to me.  It’s the rivalries between schools. It’s the players developing throughout their careers. Watching players go from freshmen to seniors. It’s not two teams of mercenaries from USC and Rutgers playing an 11:00 pm Friday night Big 10 football game. But, it is what it is I guess. 

I actually think conference expansion has been the worst thing to happen to college sports. Actually the worst thing is the greed of everyone involved in college athletics. They only saw $$$$ and not what was best for the sport itself 

[IUFAN1976 2,814]

1 hour ago, Scotty R said:

I am probably in the minority but if we win a championship because of NIL it wont mean as much to me as the 3 I got to see. I loved watching kids coming in as freshman and developing for 4 years and winning championships. I will be happy if we win another one but if it is done with merchionaries and one year players it won't feel the same.

I’ve seen all 3 under RMK too and you are right, it will be definitely be and feel different but at the end of the day we will all be ecstatic to win another national championship no matter what cost it was.  In the end, it’s a matter of winning as long as we follow all the rules and guidelines.  
 

GO HOOSIERS!!!

[IUFAN1976 2,814]

1 minute ago, Scotty R said:

I actually think conference expansion has been the worst thing to happen to college sports. Actually the worst thing is the greed of everyone involved in college athletics. They only saw $$$$ and not what was best for the sport itself 

100%.  I actually thought NIL would come from the revenue of the university profits but instead it’s coming from rich millionaire boosters and that part needs to go away.  But it won’t as long as they universities won’t share their profits!

[IUFAN1976 2,814]

7 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I will never agree with changing the tournament and if it is just for power conference teams then I won't be to interested in it. They should have never expanded from 64 to 68, it was just to get more mediocre power conference teams in. With the portal and the quality of play going down the college game is not as entertaining as it once was for me.

I think it needs to be left alone or decreased at the current state CBB is in.  Increasing it will water it down and add more greed to it

[Scotty R 2,127]

5 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

I think it needs to be left alone or decreased at the current state CBB is in.  Increasing it will water it down and add more greed to it

The huge TV contracts for college basketball has led to all of this. I know I am the old man yelling at the clouds but the past were just simpler with college sports and for me a lot better. 

[IUFAN1976 2,814]

53 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

The huge TV contracts for college basketball has led to all of this. I know I am the old man yelling at the clouds but the past were just simpler with college sports and for me a lot better. 

I’m probably as old as you, not really bragging, lol

[Scotty R 2,127]

8 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

I’m probably as old as you, not really bragging, lol

I am not really that old(53) but I like what I like and hate for it to change so much.

[IUFAN1976 2,814]

17 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

I am not really that old(53) but I like what I like and hate for it to change so much.

Nobody like change!  And damnit, I’m older than you by many many years, lol!  Crap!!!

[RaceToTheTop 25,128]

3 hours ago, Scotty R said:

Once they mess with the tournament I am done with all of this. The tournament is the best sporting event in the country and if their greed ruins it I am finished. The mid to small conference teams is what makes the first weekend of the tournament. Nobody wants to watch a first round game of Kansas vs Georgia Tech

I've watched the tournament go from 32 to 64 to 68.  I've watched the advent of conference tournaments change what teams received automatic bids.  Watched the three point line enter the game, watched the introduction of the shot clock as well as a change in the length of the shot clock.  Have to say that it hasn't stopped me from watching.

In terms of watching a first round game of 'Kansas v Georgia Tech'.....not sure what you are getting at.  You think that would be a worse game to watch than, say, North Carolina v. a Fairfield team with a losing record?

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9 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I've watched the tournament go from 32 to 64 to 68.  I've watched the advent of conference tournaments change what teams received automatic bids.  Watched the three point line enter the game, watched the introduction of the shot clock as well as a change in the length of the shot clock.  Have to say that it hasn't stopped me from watching.

In terms of watching a first round game of 'Kansas v Georgia Tech'.....not sure what you are getting at.  You think that would be a worse game to watch than, say, North Carolina v. a Fairfield team with a losing record?

In recent years you're more likely to see an upset of Fairfield over UNC than a Georgia Tech over Kansas.

[Scotty R 2,127]

10 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I've watched the tournament go from 32 to 64 to 68.  I've watched the advent of conference tournaments change what teams received automatic bids.  Watched the three point line enter the game, watched the introduction of the shot clock as well as a change in the length of the shot clock.  Have to say that it hasn't stopped me from watching.

In terms of watching a first round game of 'Kansas v Georgia Tech'.....not sure what you are getting at.  You think that would be a worse game to watch than, say, North Carolina v. a Fairfield team with a losing record?

If I remember right Fairfield almost won. I was at the game where Princeton beat UCLA which was magical. I am just saying I have no interest in watching more mediocre power conference teams in the tournament.

[Josh 12,581]

"Back in my day" people who get angry with change are the worst.  

[Stuhoo 79,850]

4 minutes ago, Josh said:

"Back in my day" people who get angry with change are the worst.  

So agree. Without change there is no improvement, no adversity to overcome, and most importantly, much less ‘spice’.

[RaceToTheTop 25,128]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

"Back in my day" people who get angry with change are the worst.  

Back in my day the adults who were saying 'back in my day' were often referring to all-white leagues.

[RaceToTheTop 25,128]

Chaz Lanier (North Florida, 6'4" guard, 19.8 ppg) chooses Tennessee over Kentucky.

In the Big Ten, PJ Hayes (San Diego, 6'3" guard, 10.5 ppg, 3.1 reb, shot 43/40/79, bulk three point shooter) transfers to Rutgers.

Xavier Foster, once a promising recruit (103rd in the class of 2020, 7') played a year at Iowa State and two years at SMU, scoring a grand total of 32 points in 21 games in his three years) transfers to Radford.

[Scotty R 2,127]

3 hours ago, Josh said:

"Back in my day" people who get angry with change are the worst.  

If the change is for the good of something then I am all for it. All of this change in college sports is not for the good.

[RaceToTheTop 25,128]

2 hours ago, Scotty R said:

If the change is for the good of something then I am all for it. All of this change in college sports is not for the good.

All depends on what you define as what is 'good' for the sport.

Conferences are making record money on television deals.  Viewership is up.  Players are making more money than they ever thought was possible at the college level.  Fans have the capability of viewing more NCAA games on television than ever before.

Hard core fans certainly don't like what has happened, but it certainly hasn't stopped many from leaving.  I haven't. 

A lot of the 'it'll destroy the sport' conversations happened when professional sports started having free agency.  And here we are 50 years after baseball started free agency and the game is still around.

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28 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

All depends on what you define as what is 'good' for the sport.

Conferences are making record money on television deals.  Viewership is up.  Players are making more money than they ever thought was possible at the college level.  Fans have the capability of viewing more NCAA games on television than ever before.

Hard core fans certainly don't like what has happened, but it certainly hasn't stopped many from leaving.  I haven't. 

A lot of the 'it'll destroy the sport' conversations happened when professional sports started having free agency.  And here we are 50 years after baseball started free agency and the game is still around.

I don't remember the free agency conversations but I do remember when the Olympics started to allow professionals. A lot of the same things were said then as are being said now. Yet, the Olympics are better than ever, in my opinion.