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[Pakuni]

Lots of smoke surrounding Duke assistant Jai Lucas and Miami.

[WhiteTrash]

Lots of smoke surrounding Duke assistant Jai Lucas and Miami.

Death, taxes and Duke assistants becoming great head coaches. Right?

[Jables1604]

Went to the game last night. Sat with a buddy who played on the Villanova 1985 National Championship Team and another acquaintance who was in Jay Wright's inner circle (known in VU basketball circles as Jay Wright's Mafia). This guy used to fly to the games on the team plane and had a great deal to do with the Villanova NIL program.

Told me the decision has already been made to get rid of Neptune. In a month they'll be looking for a new coach.

Said Villanova will be targeting a Power 4 coach. Explained that moving forward for the Power 4 teams football will eat an overwhelming majority of the NIL money. Since the Big East is basketball only and Villanova has the highest NIL money in the Big East they are looking to lure someone who understands basketball is king.

Obviously only a rumor but this was the same guy who told us Jay was stepping down and that Neptune was his hand-picked replacement before it became public.

[willie warrior]

Went to the game last night. Sat with a buddy who played on the Villanova 1985 National Championship Team and another acquaintance who was in Jay Wright's inner circle (known in VU basketball circles as Jay Wright's Mafia). This guy used to fly to the games on the team plane and had a great deal to do with the Villanova NIL program.

Told me the decision has already been made to get rid of Neptune. In a month they'll be looking for a new coach.

Said Villanova will be targeting a Power 4 coach. Explained that moving forward for the Power 4 teams football will eat an overwhelming majority of the NIL money. Since the Big East is basketball only and Villanova has the highest NIL money in the Big East they are looking to lure someone who understands basketball is king.

Obviously only a rumor but this was the same guy who told us Jay was stepping down and that Neptune was his hand-picked replacement before it became public.

And yet Neptune just whipped us.

[DoctorV]

Thanks for sharing.

I would've guessed the above.

If Neptune finds a way to run the BET gauntlet and get into the dance they might have to walk that back, otherwise it seems like the logical move.

Wonder in which direction they head-
P4 coach that understands that understands that basketball is king- that sort of narrows it down to all of em. I assume they all think/hope basketball is king.

I understand they run a clean ship over there but I still think Will Wade (does previous P4 coach count?) makes sense for them if they look beyond previous mishaps

[MuMark]

And yet Neptune just whipped us.

I guess eventually he had to win one...........it's hard to win 9 games in a row against any opponent.....

Wojo beat Gard in his last game against him........did that mean anything?

[Jables1604]

As an aside, I almost fell out of my chair when I was informed that Neptune makes north of $4 million a year. Had no idea he was getting that kind of money.

[MU82]

I guess eventually he had to win one...........it's hard to win 9 games in a row against any opponent.....

Wojo beat Gard in his last game against him........did that mean anything?

Hey, at least joyless willie didn't make a reference to someone else's junk this time. Progress!

[Viper]

A MU roommate from back in the day has a son at Creighton. CU fans worried Indiana will call McDermott for a talk.

[tower912]

They can call. 

[MU82]

A MU roommate from back in the day has a son at Creighton. CU fans worried Indiana will call McDermott for a talk.

I guess I can see the allure, but McDermott has his own fiefdom at Creighton. They pay him plenty. And he can win a lot there. Plus, he has decidedly less pressure than he'd have at IU.

Unless you're convinced that the landscape will change so much in the next couple/few years that it would put the Big East and Creighton in peril, how much better is the IU job (if it's better at all)?

[GoldenEagles03]

I guess I can see the allure, but McDermott has his own fiefdom at Creighton. They pay him plenty. And he can win a lot there. Plus, he has decidedly less pressure than he'd have at IU.

Unless you're convinced that the landscape will change so much in the next couple/few years that it would put the Big East and Creighton in peril, how much better is the IU job (if it's better at all)?

On the flip side, Creighton has huge question marks next year. Would be the perfect time for him to leave.

Is that just a fear or is there some real smoke to it?

[Pakuni]

On the flip side, Creighton has huge question marks next year. Would be the perfect time for him to leave.

Is that just a fear or is there some real smoke to it?

Creighton's question marks are no bigger than Marquette's.
Barring transfers, they bring back their 3rd, 5th and 6th leading scorers, all of whom were top 100 recruits. And McDermott has been pretty good at adding key players (Neal, Ashworth, Isaacs, Scheierman) through the portal.

[GoldenEagles03]

Creighton's question marks are no bigger than Marquette's.
Barring transfers, they bring back their 3rd, 5th and 6th leading scorers, all of whom were top 100 recruits. And McDermott has been pretty good at adding key players (Neal, Ashworth, Isaacs, Scheierman) through the portal.

Kalkbrenner and Ashworth are their entire team. They've relied on Kalkbrenner for 5 years now.

Marquette has relied on development and that doesn't change.

Every team has question marks. Their question marks are very large.

[MU82]

On the flip side, Creighton has huge question marks next year. Would be the perfect time for him to leave.

Maybe.

Kalkbrenner and Ashworth are their entire team.

A few Marquette fans said the same about Kolek and Oso. McDermott is good at finding impact transfers, I believe Isaacs should be back, and CU has two 4-star freshmen coming in.

But sure, always the chance that he'd see greener grass elsewhere, I suppose. If he leaves, he can enjoy dealing with the entitled nutjobs of Bloomington.

[GoldenEagles03]

Maybe.

A few Marquette fans said the same about Kolek and Oso. McDermott is good at finding impact transfers, I believe Isaacs should be back, and CU has two 4-star freshmen coming in.

But sure, always the chance that he'd see greener grass elsewhere, I suppose. If he leaves, he can enjoy dealing with the entitled nutjobs of Bloomington.

Marquette was always returning 3 starters this year even without Kolek and Oso. 3 starters with Big East Championship experience including Kam who lead their team in scoring the last 3 seasons now.

McAndrew will be their leading returner at 7 ppg.

[Billy Hoyle]

I guess I can see the allure, but McDermott has his own fiefdom at Creighton. They pay him plenty. And he can win a lot there. Plus, he has decidedly less pressure than he'd have at IU.

Unless you're convinced that the landscape will change so much in the next couple/few years that it would put the Big East and Creighton in peril, how much better is the IU job (if it's better at all)?

If McDermott goes the first and probably last call goes to DeVries at West Virginia.

But, as I've mentioned before, the BE is going to be at a big advantage with revenue sharing. No football so men's hoops gets the max amount whereas at football schools it goes to 85-105 football players first. We're talking $350k minimum.  Coaches will recognize that.

[willie warrior]

Kalkbrenner and Ashworth are their entire team. They've relied on Kalkbrenner for 5 years now.

Marquette has relied on development and that doesn't change.

Every team has question marks. Their question marks are very large.

As are MU's

[tower912]

The only question marks (assuming retention) are who plays point guard and how does the offseason development go.

[MuMark]

Marquette was always returning 3 starters this year even without Kolek and Oso. 3 starters with Big East Championship experience including Kam who lead their team in scoring the last 3 seasons now.

McAndrew will be their leading returner at 7 ppg.

Isaacs was averaging 16 points a game when he got hurt......our leading returning scorer is Chase at 10.9.......we will count on development they will use the portal.........I don't see Creighton as having any tougher of a transition than many other teams........Wisconsin will be replacing a bunch of guys too.......it's the norm now.....

In years past you could say rebuild but now it's just finding new pieces to plug in.........certainly Kalkbrenner and Ashworth are huge pieces to replace but so are Kam, Stevie and Jop.

McDermott has a track record.......i think they will be fine.

[MU82]

Isaacs was averaging 16 points a game when he got hurt......our leading returning scorer is Chase at 10.9.......we will count on development they will use the portal.........I don't see Creighton as having any tougher of a transition than many other teams........Wisconsin will be replacing a bunch of guys too.......it's the norm now.....

In years past you could say rebuild but now it's just finding new pieces to plug in.........certainly Kalkbrenner and Ashworth are huge pieces to replace but so are Kam, Stevie and Jop.

McDermott has a track record.......i think they will be fine.

Yep to all of this.

[Viper]

On the flip side, Creighton has huge question marks next year. Would be the perfect time for him to leave.

Is that just a fear or is there some real smoke to it?

probably just fear. I thought McDermott was linked to an opening last year (Ohio State, maybe?), but I haven't actually seen his name linked to IU.

[WhiteTrash]

probably just fear. I thought McDermott was linked to an opening last year (Ohio State, maybe?), but I haven't actually seen his name linked to IU.

I know he was mentions with ND. Its lazy low hanging fruit to rattle off BE coaches when a high profile job opens.

IMO, Creighton's roster next year will have zero impact on McDermott remaining at CU. If he were to leave, pretty much any new school would be in a worse spot that CU year one. Rosters don't move the needle in coaching changes. 

[muwarrior69]

I guess I can see the allure, but McDermott has his own fiefdom at Creighton. They pay him plenty. And he can win a lot there. Plus, he has decidedly less pressure than he'd have at IU.

Unless you're convinced that the landscape will change so much in the next couple/few years that it would put the Big East and Creighton in peril, how much better is the IU job (if it's better at all)?

Who knows what the post 2032 Basketball landscape will look like.

[Scoop Snoop]

Who knows what the post 2032 Basketball landscape will look like.

I'm not sure I will be around to find out.  If so, I will watch Marquette play in whatever conference they are in. Maybe the Big Atlantic 25?