2025-26 College Hoops Thread

[Billy Hoyle]

He's a smart guy. He's very good with people. He carefully chose to go there. Agree or disagree, he thinks long term, that he can make it be a Gonzaga type of place or insert another similar example. He's aware it takes time. He idolized Majerus. One thing they have in common is they both knew/know that their system will win. Very confident people without being off putting.

They have more money and resources than you think they might have, and, from more people than you think too. They aren't going to match the top levels of spending, but they can spend like a top tier Big East program.

I'd be more surprised if he left than if he stayed a while.

I've said it before, the money and resources at SLU blow away nearly all of the A10. The gap between the haves and have nots in the A10 is vast, not unlike the WCC that Gonzaga has owned for 26 years. Why not stay, get paid $3 million and be almost guaranteed to be in the top 3 of the conference every year?

They don't draw well for non-conference games, but are packing the arena for A10 matchups. SLU targeted Scherz early and got him signed before anyone else could get to him - they even had their Deputy AD relocate to Terre Haute to spend time with Schertz's wife to make sure other schools couldn't get to her while negotiations were ongoing. All of this funded by a billionaire who "bought" a college team when he couldn't buy a pro team.