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2024-25 NET ratings thread

The non-conference portion of NU's schedule is over, and they enter conference play at #48, putting them in solid position to make their third straight tournament with a solid conference campaign. UIC has moved up to a Quad 3 win, for what that's worth.

QUAD 1 (1-2)
H #9 Illinois - W
A #42 Dayton - L
A #50 Iowa - L

QUAD 2 (0-1)
N #70 Butler - L

QUAD 3 (5-0)
H #86 DePaul - W
N #115 UNLV - W
H #150 UIC - W
H #158 Montana State - W
N #159 Georgia Tech - W

QUAD 4 (4-0)
H #165 Northeastern - W
H #201 Pepperdine - W
H #258 Lehigh - W
H #305 Eastern Illinois - W

This week is one of the roughest of the entire conference schedule, with Quad 1 road games at Penn State (#32) and Purdue (#37).
Class won’t be in session at Purdue. Mackey will still be full, but maybe a touch less raucous than usual?

Just split the week and go from there. A win would be great.
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2024-25 NET ratings thread

The non-conference portion of NU's schedule is over, and they enter conference play at #48, putting them in solid position to make their third straight tournament with a solid conference campaign. UIC has moved up to a Quad 3 win, for what that's worth.

QUAD 1 (1-2)
H #9 Illinois - W
A #42 Dayton - L
A #50 Iowa - L

QUAD 2 (0-1)
N #70 Butler - L

QUAD 3 (5-0)
H #86 DePaul - W
N #115 UNLV - W
H #150 UIC - W
H #158 Montana State - W
N #159 Georgia Tech - W

QUAD 4 (4-0)
H #165 Northeastern - W
H #201 Pepperdine - W
H #258 Lehigh - W
H #305 Eastern Illinois - W

This week is one of the roughest of the entire conference schedule, with Quad 1 road games at Penn State (#32) and Purdue (#37).

Miami coach Jim Larranaga retires mid season. Cites NIL

I would've played football for a free education. And the revenue sports pay for opportunities in the non-revenue sports, something the NFL and NBA don't do. What is the mission of a school?
Here’s the thing, you weren’t good enough to be asked to play for the school. Secondly, the TV networks were not paying enormous sums of money to watch the likes of you and I playing each weekend. There is literally no return for the schools investment on us.

As a former D1 non-revenue athlete, I am well aware that revenue sports pay for all other sports including the entirety of the Women’s athletics program in most schools. I also watched many men’s non-revenue sports being dismantled in the name of Title IX. Yet, money kept rolling in to schools on the back of basically two programs. It was never going to be sustainable and the fact that the Greedy University Administrators held on as long as possible eventually backfired and led us to where we are today. Labor ain’t free and this is capitalism, at its best and at its worst.

Big Ten TV Schedule: Week Nine (12/30-1/5)

All times CENTRAL. All games available nationally unless otherwise indicated. I will add announcers as they are assigned. This week features the end of non-conference play (with one exception) and the start of the bulk of the Big Ten conference season.

First, the NU games:

Northwestern @ Penn State
Thursday, January 2
6:00 PM, Peacock (streaming only)
PxP: Jac Collinsworth
Color: Stephen Bardo

Northwestern @ Purdue
Sunday, January 5
1:00 PM, BTN
PxP: Dave Revsine
Color: Stephen Bardo

And the rest:

Monday, December 30

Western Michigan @ Michigan State
2:00 PM, BTN
PxP: Jason Ross Jr.
Color: Stephen Bardo

Columbia @ Rutgers
4:00 PM, BTN
PxP: Ed Cohen
Color: Austin Johnson

New Hampshire @ Iowa
6:00 PM, BTN
PxP: Jeff Levering
Color: Jess Settles

Southern @ Nebraska
8:00 PM, BTN
PxP: Kevin Kugler
Color: Nick Bahe

Thursday, January 2 – Happy New Year!

Purdue @ Minnesota
7:00 PM, FS1
PxP: Cory Provus
Color: Jordan Taylor

Rutgers @ Indiana
7:30 PM, Peacock (streaming only)
PxP: Noah Eagle
Color: Robbie Hummel

Maryland @ Washington
8:30 PM, BTN
PxP: AJ Kanell
Color: Don MacLean

Illinois @ Oregon
9:00 PM, FS1
PxP: Guy Haberman
Color: Casey Jacobsen

Friday, January 3

Iowa @ Wisconsin
6:00 PM, FS1
PxP: Connor Onion
Color: LaPhonso Ellis

Michigan State @ Ohio State
7:00 PM, FOX
PxP: Gus Johnson
Color: Jim Jackson

Saturday, January 4

UCLA @ Nebraska
1:00 PM, FOX
PxP: Tim Brando
Color: Nick Bahe

Michigan @ USC
7:00 PM, FOX
PxP: Aaron Goldsmith
Color: Casey Jacobsen

Sunday, January 5

Indiana vs. Penn State @ Philadelphia, PA
11:00 AM, BTN
PxP: Brandon Gaudin
Color: Robbie Hummel

Illinois @ Washington
3:00 PM, BTN
PxP: Guy Haberman
Color: Don MacLean

Maryland @ Oregon
3:00 PM, Peacock (streaming only)
PxP: Terry Gannon
Color: Eldridge Recasner

+/- for the Battle for Intercardinal Compass Domination

Northeastern seemed to have prepped to deny Nick the ball inside. When a pass went in to him, they moved to double and triple team him - also trying to pick his pocket with a guy coming in from behind. This could have been a winning strategy if Ty had another off night shooting.

Ty and Jalen went 8 of 12 from three. The rest of the team went 1 of 13.
Other than the obvious - points are how you win - this is the key to Berry/Leach/someone hitting 3s each night. It keeps defenses from taking the lane away from Brooks and Nick. We'll see lots of this, but we can exploit and neutralize it by hitting our 3s.
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Notes from my first trip to the "new" WRA

I just
I'm more of a FB fan, and have lived away from Chicago until mid 2022. Finally got to WRA today. My comments.

  • I expected it to be a mausoleum today. Nice crowd and pretty active.
  • The little that I've watched (today and on TV), I'm alarmed at Leach's inability to bring the ball up and handle pressure. He can score some, but woof handling and distributing.
  • Ty Berry, PLEASE be back. Brooks and Nick can't do it alone.
  • Really nice venue. Excited to go back soon.
  • Crappy weather or I'd have walked around outside to see stadium progress.
  • Hunger looks like he regressed.
  • Excited to see the two young guys get a couple of mins.
  • Big Matty's swat brought me out of my seat.
Go Cats

I go to every game (I know - your happy for me) but my oldest son was with us and I kept telling him on the way over that I expected 3 thousand tops and a dead arena. I am really happy to have been so wrong.

Also, I love it was first visit to the new WR. At the last game, we were talking about the days before the '83 rehab when the place still had dirt floors. We've come a long way from having that to having one of the best places to watch hoops in the country.

Miami coach Jim Larranaga retires mid season. Cites NIL

Yes, should be changed to “obvious to anyone that has followed the trajectory of college football for the last three decades”.
I would've played football for a free education. And the revenue sports pay for opportunities in the non-revenue sports, something the NFL and NBA don't do. What is the mission of a school?

Miami coach Jim Larranaga retires mid season. Cites NIL

Good question. It's a bit of a different situation as the high school players are children, and we don't know if the money goes to the school district or to an athletic department fiefdom, but it not out of the question to ask if the players should get a share.

I think the administrators and faculty immediately give themselves raises (if they can) and spend the money on athletic equipment and facilities, then distribute whats left to other programs in the school.
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