(04-30-2013 07:39 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:28 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 06:29 AM)TerryD Wrote:  I think that Rutgers hit the realignment lottery and should be positioned in time to do well in the Big Ten.

Penn State should be "down" for a few years but have too many positive things (listed above) going for them. PSU will be fine.

Only if they can keep the best of NJ home and Flood proves he can coach. Their hoops and lax teams are a dumpster fire right now. They have potential but playing in a small hoops arena doesn't help. Lacrosse players prefer private schools or elite publics.

The turmoil in Rutgers basketball program at present could be the best thing that's happened for Rutgers since their B1G invite. They got rid of a volatile coach, and a new coach gets to come in with plenty of scholarships to offer to HIS players. It's a clean sweep for their basketball program, which will allow them to start anew, without the need to carry the baggage of the old regime around...

B1G membership should allow them a much better chance of keeping the better football and basketball recruits in the state at home. I think they'll do very well in time, and the B1G may end up being sorry they awakened a sleeping giant...

I could care less about lacrosse, so I'm not going to comment on that aspect...

We'll see...east coast players usually want to play on the east coast. Look at Penn St...they have sucked in hoops for years.

(04-30-2013 07:41 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:39 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:28 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 06:29 AM)TerryD Wrote:  I think that Rutgers hit the realignment lottery and should be positioned in time to do well in the Big Ten.

Penn State should be "down" for a few years but have too many positive things (listed above) going for them. PSU will be fine.

Only if they can keep the best of NJ home and Flood proves he can coach. Their hoops and lax teams are a dumpster fire right now. They have potential but playing in a small hoops arena doesn't help. Lacrosse players prefer private schools or elite publics.

The turmoil in Rutgers basketball program at present could be the best thing that's happened for Rutgers since their B1G invite. They got rid of a volatile coach, and a new coach gets to come in with plenty of scholarships to offer to HIS players. It's a clean sweep for their basketball program, which will allow them to start anew, without the need to carry the baggage of the old regime around...

B1G membership should allow them a much better chance of keeping the better football and basketball recruits in the state at home. I think they'll do very well in time, and the B1G may end up being sorry they awakened a sleeping giant...

I could care less about lacrosse, so I'm not going to comment on that aspect...

We'll see...east coast players usually want to play on the east coast. Look at Penn St...they have sucked in hoops for years.

Penn State has sucked in basketball for decades, not years. It hasn't been a high priority there in well over half a century...

(04-30-2013 08:09 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:41 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:39 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:28 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 06:29 AM)TerryD Wrote:  I think that Rutgers hit the realignment lottery and should be positioned in time to do well in the Big Ten.

Penn State should be "down" for a few years but have too many positive things (listed above) going for them. PSU will be fine.

Only if they can keep the best of NJ home and Flood proves he can coach. Their hoops and lax teams are a dumpster fire right now. They have potential but playing in a small hoops arena doesn't help. Lacrosse players prefer private schools or elite publics.

The turmoil in Rutgers basketball program at present could be the best thing that's happened for Rutgers since their B1G invite. They got rid of a volatile coach, and a new coach gets to come in with plenty of scholarships to offer to HIS players. It's a clean sweep for their basketball program, which will allow them to start anew, without the need to carry the baggage of the old regime around...

B1G membership should allow them a much better chance of keeping the better football and basketball recruits in the state at home. I think they'll do very well in time, and the B1G may end up being sorry they awakened a sleeping giant...

I could care less about lacrosse, so I'm not going to comment on that aspect...

We'll see...east coast players usually want to play on the east coast. Look at Penn St...they have sucked in hoops for years.

Penn State has sucked in basketball for decades, not years. It hasn't been a high priority there in well over half a century...

And thats why the Big East when it was a BBall conference passed on Penn St. They have ALWAYS been bad at BBall.

(04-30-2013 08:18 PM)NJRedMan Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 08:09 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:41 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:39 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:28 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  Only if they can keep the best of NJ home and Flood proves he can coach. Their hoops and lax teams are a dumpster fire right now. They have potential but playing in a small hoops arena doesn't help. Lacrosse players prefer private schools or elite publics.

The turmoil in Rutgers basketball program at present could be the best thing that's happened for Rutgers since their B1G invite. They got rid of a volatile coach, and a new coach gets to come in with plenty of scholarships to offer to HIS players. It's a clean sweep for their basketball program, which will allow them to start anew, without the need to carry the baggage of the old regime around...

B1G membership should allow them a much better chance of keeping the better football and basketball recruits in the state at home. I think they'll do very well in time, and the B1G may end up being sorry they awakened a sleeping giant...

I could care less about lacrosse, so I'm not going to comment on that aspect...

We'll see...east coast players usually want to play on the east coast. Look at Penn St...they have sucked in hoops for years.

Penn State has sucked in basketball for decades, not years. It hasn't been a high priority there in well over half a century...

And thats why the Big East when it was a BBall conference passed on Penn St. They have ALWAYS been bad at BBall.

And that's a big reason why The BEast that you once knew is no more. Basketball doesn't drive the bus, football does, and the east coast is the last area of this nation that learned that fact...

(04-30-2013 08:32 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 08:18 PM)NJRedMan Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 08:09 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:41 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:39 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  The turmoil in Rutgers basketball program at present could be the best thing that's happened for Rutgers since their B1G invite. They got rid of a volatile coach, and a new coach gets to come in with plenty of scholarships to offer to HIS players. It's a clean sweep for their basketball program, which will allow them to start anew, without the need to carry the baggage of the old regime around...

B1G membership should allow them a much better chance of keeping the better football and basketball recruits in the state at home. I think they'll do very well in time, and the B1G may end up being sorry they awakened a sleeping giant...

I could care less about lacrosse, so I'm not going to comment on that aspect...

We'll see...east coast players usually want to play on the east coast. Look at Penn St...they have sucked in hoops for years.

Penn State has sucked in basketball for decades, not years. It hasn't been a high priority there in well over half a century...

And thats why the Big East when it was a BBall conference passed on Penn St. They have ALWAYS been bad at BBall.

And that's a big reason why The BEast that you once knew is no more. Basketball doesn't drive the bus, football does, and the east coast is the last area of this nation that learned that fact...

That wasn't the case in 1982. Also a non-football playing Big East is still the 6th highest paid conference in all the NCAA. We lost all of those schools & football and still kept our spot in the pay hierarchy.

(04-30-2013 09:11 PM)NJRedMan Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 08:32 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 08:18 PM)NJRedMan Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 08:09 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(04-30-2013 07:41 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  We'll see...east coast players usually want to play on the east coast. Look at Penn St...they have sucked in hoops for years.

Penn State has sucked in basketball for decades, not years. It hasn't been a high priority there in well over half a century...

And thats why the Big East when it was a BBall conference passed on Penn St. They have ALWAYS been bad at BBall.

And that's a big reason why The BEast that you once knew is no more. Basketball doesn't drive the bus, football does, and the east coast is the last area of this nation that learned that fact...

That wasn't the case in 1982. Also a non-football playing Big East is still the 6th highest paid conference in all the NCAA. We lost all of those schools & football and still kept our spot in the pay hierarchy.

Miracles never cease...