Recent content by John

How do you define “re-seating”?

like moving the Big East tournament to Omaha.

the good old days when Providence was relevant.

FYI for the "Val" crowd, watered down drinks aren't that good.

anyone gotten this email yet?

all three games that they scheduled this year with the deal are inconvenient to both fan bases.

2025/2026 Big East squeaks three teams into tournament Nelson: Big East good!!#@# SEC gaming the numbers!!#!! 2025/2026 Mid-majors squeak 2 and 1 teams into second round Nelson: They're finished!%!!! Kick them out of the tournament!$!$!!

All AQs must avoid the play-in.

Several sources reported the 500k neighborhood. Here’s one mention “All of the deals haven't been finalized and signed, but sources said Duke's opponents will make north of $500,000 for playing in the games. (Duke, as the organizer and Prime Video's partner, will make much more.)”...

Dave and Dan asleep at the switch? Beyond the compelling nature of the non-con games, the business arrangement is also unprecedented. The Duke/Amazon partnership is a multiyear agreement and the NIL opportunities for Duke will be huge — in the millions annually — sources told CBS Sports. In...

worst of all, it's boring.

prime has become less and less a value over the years.

doesn't matter, they're still Kentucky and you schedule them (crazy thought: play the game in Connecticut).

Executive summary: you prefer the Everyone Gets a Trophy tournament format. Coach takes the team out for ice cream after the game.

** actually known as a “Val Diagram”.