Could have beaten them in hockey as well. Maybe next year!
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I was at the game. We were so damn close.
One score in that third period would have cinched it. Was an exciting season overall though.
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Or in OT, right? Yeah, we were very close. Still not bad for our first playoff outing
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The season was immensely successful, there is no other way to look at it, especially when you add in how we felt about a year ago when who we viewed as our most talented players all hit the road.
It still may be a bit early to offer criticism but giving up the tying goal seconds after taking a 2-1 lead is something I'd like a do over on. That hurt quite a bit.
It still may be a bit early to offer criticism but giving up the tying goal seconds after taking a 2-1 lead is something I'd like a do over on. That hurt quite a bit.
Why the future of the USC-Notre Dame series is in trouble | Analysis
One of the greatest rivalries in college football is back in the news. The USC-Notre Dame series, 95 games old and stocked with legends, is facing an existential crisis.
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Screw both of them.Why the future of the USC-Notre Dame series is in trouble | Analysis
One of the greatest rivalries in college football is back in the news. The USC-Notre Dame series, 95 games old and stocked with legends, is facing an existential crisis.
This article talks about the west coast teams making B1G baseball stronger. It also discusses the possible shift of the baseball calendar from February-June to March-July.
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Big Ten baseball on the rise, but will teams commit resources to take next step?
“I think the question now is,” ESPN commentator Kyle Peterson said, “are they going to spend money, or are they not going to spend money?”
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A few updates on the B1G media rights contract........
2023-2024 Revenues.............first year of current contract, but less that year because it only included 14 schools and CBS only showed a limited number of B1G games due to its final year of having the SEC game of the week.........
The Big Ten reported "just over $928 million in total revenue" on its federal tax records for 2024, per Steve Berkowitz of USA Today. That mark is $88 million ahead of the SEC, which reported $840 million in total revenue for 2024 in February.
Expected revenue from the 2024-2025 school year............current school year.........includes the PAC additions........
"However, the new records, along with documents and data released by three Big Ten member schools in recent years strongly indicate that the conference’s revenue for its ongoing 2025 fiscal year will increase to somewhere between $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion, with the new TV deals taking full effect and the additions of UCLA, Southern California, Oregon and Washington increasing its membership to 18 schools. The Big Ten’s document was provided by the conference on May 6 in response to a request from USA TODAY Sports."
According to the article, Rutgers and Maryland are finished paying off their loans as of the current school year. I thought they had a few years left on that???
Per USA Today, the Big Ten also distributed $63.2 million to its 12 "longest-standing schools" during the 2024 fiscal year. That notably excluded the four aforementioned Pac-12 schools plus Rutgers and Maryland, which joined the Big Ten in 2014.
Per Berkowitz, it appears that the Big Ten will pay 16 of 18 member schools around $75 million for the 2025 fiscal year. The two exceptions will be Oregon and Washington, as their share will be "phased in over seven years."
The current media contract is backloaded and revenues will increase each year until the end of the contract.............
At the time of the article, the expectation was for the Big Ten to "eventually distribute $80 million to $100 million per year to each of its 16 members." (Washington and Oregon are partial payouts throughout the duration of this contract)
This article lists the 2024-2025 school year revenue as slightly off the $75 million listed in the above article, depending on which school made the projection, with a notable increase expected at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 school year........
Iowa state board of regents budget documents from this past July show that the University of Iowa was projecting $75.2 million in “Athletic Conference” revenue for fiscal 2025.
A University of Wisconsin athletics department budget presentation to a university athletic board committee meeting three weeks ago projected “Conference” revenue of $74.7 million for fiscal 2025 and just under $82.6 million for fiscal 2026, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Oregon and Washington will earn more money than was initially reported when they joined the conference due to additional earned revenues for the conference over the course of the 2024-2025 school year.............
according to an Oregon athletics budget document for fiscal 2025, Oregon projects $54 million in “NCAA/Big Ten” revenue. (Another Oregon document from September 2023 said the Big Ten’s “media deal with Fox, NBC and CBS will pay both UO and University of Washington each an average of $32.5 million a year for the first six years and that amount should more than double when the two schools receive a full share of Big Ten media rights revenues beginning in the 7th year.” But that TV revenue will be supplemented by money from other Big Ten sources such as the College Football Playoff and Big Ten championships.)
A conservative projection is that 2024-2025 revenue will come out at $1.3 billion...........
Even using slightly lower amounts as benchmarks — $70 million to each of 16 schools and $50 million apiece to Oregon and Washington, that projects to a little more than $1.2 billion in total Big Ten distributions for fiscal 2025. And, in recent years, the conference has passed on to its schools about 95% of total revenue. That would put its total revenue for fiscal 2025 at just under $1.3 billion.
This article gives an insight on what Maryland and Rutgers made for 2023-2024:
www.tomahawknation.com
2023-2024 Revenues.............first year of current contract, but less that year because it only included 14 schools and CBS only showed a limited number of B1G games due to its final year of having the SEC game of the week.........
The Big Ten reported "just over $928 million in total revenue" on its federal tax records for 2024, per Steve Berkowitz of USA Today. That mark is $88 million ahead of the SEC, which reported $840 million in total revenue for 2024 in February.
Expected revenue from the 2024-2025 school year............current school year.........includes the PAC additions........
"However, the new records, along with documents and data released by three Big Ten member schools in recent years strongly indicate that the conference’s revenue for its ongoing 2025 fiscal year will increase to somewhere between $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion, with the new TV deals taking full effect and the additions of UCLA, Southern California, Oregon and Washington increasing its membership to 18 schools. The Big Ten’s document was provided by the conference on May 6 in response to a request from USA TODAY Sports."
According to the article, Rutgers and Maryland are finished paying off their loans as of the current school year. I thought they had a few years left on that???
Per USA Today, the Big Ten also distributed $63.2 million to its 12 "longest-standing schools" during the 2024 fiscal year. That notably excluded the four aforementioned Pac-12 schools plus Rutgers and Maryland, which joined the Big Ten in 2014.
Per Berkowitz, it appears that the Big Ten will pay 16 of 18 member schools around $75 million for the 2025 fiscal year. The two exceptions will be Oregon and Washington, as their share will be "phased in over seven years."
The current media contract is backloaded and revenues will increase each year until the end of the contract.............
At the time of the article, the expectation was for the Big Ten to "eventually distribute $80 million to $100 million per year to each of its 16 members." (Washington and Oregon are partial payouts throughout the duration of this contract)
This article lists the 2024-2025 school year revenue as slightly off the $75 million listed in the above article, depending on which school made the projection, with a notable increase expected at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 school year........
Big Ten revenue reached more than $928 million for 2024 fiscal year
The Big Ten Conference had just over $928 million in total revenue during its 2024 fiscal year, the conference’s federal tax records show.
www.usatoday.com
Iowa state board of regents budget documents from this past July show that the University of Iowa was projecting $75.2 million in “Athletic Conference” revenue for fiscal 2025.
A University of Wisconsin athletics department budget presentation to a university athletic board committee meeting three weeks ago projected “Conference” revenue of $74.7 million for fiscal 2025 and just under $82.6 million for fiscal 2026, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Oregon and Washington will earn more money than was initially reported when they joined the conference due to additional earned revenues for the conference over the course of the 2024-2025 school year.............
according to an Oregon athletics budget document for fiscal 2025, Oregon projects $54 million in “NCAA/Big Ten” revenue. (Another Oregon document from September 2023 said the Big Ten’s “media deal with Fox, NBC and CBS will pay both UO and University of Washington each an average of $32.5 million a year for the first six years and that amount should more than double when the two schools receive a full share of Big Ten media rights revenues beginning in the 7th year.” But that TV revenue will be supplemented by money from other Big Ten sources such as the College Football Playoff and Big Ten championships.)
A conservative projection is that 2024-2025 revenue will come out at $1.3 billion...........
Even using slightly lower amounts as benchmarks — $70 million to each of 16 schools and $50 million apiece to Oregon and Washington, that projects to a little more than $1.2 billion in total Big Ten distributions for fiscal 2025. And, in recent years, the conference has passed on to its schools about 95% of total revenue. That would put its total revenue for fiscal 2025 at just under $1.3 billion.
This article gives an insight on what Maryland and Rutgers made for 2023-2024:
Noles News: ACC distributed record $45 million per school in 2023-24 — still almost $10 million less than SEC, $20 million less than Big Ten
Jim Phillips got a nearly 50% raise last year
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- Big Ten: $63.2 million to its longest-standing 12 members, $61.5 to Maryland and Rutgers — $928.1 million total revenue
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TLDNRDGASA few updates on the B1G media rights contract........
2023-2024 Revenues.............first year of current contract, but less that year because it only included 14 schools and CBS only showed a limited number of B1G games due to its final year of having the SEC game of the week.........
The Big Ten reported "just over $928 million in total revenue" on its federal tax records for 2024, per Steve Berkowitz of USA Today. That mark is $88 million ahead of the SEC, which reported $840 million in total revenue for 2024 in February.
Expected revenue from the 2024-2025 school year............current school year.........includes the PAC additions........
"However, the new records, along with documents and data released by three Big Ten member schools in recent years strongly indicate that the conference’s revenue for its ongoing 2025 fiscal year will increase to somewhere between $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion, with the new TV deals taking full effect and the additions of UCLA, Southern California, Oregon and Washington increasing its membership to 18 schools. The Big Ten’s document was provided by the conference on May 6 in response to a request from USA TODAY Sports."
According to the article, Rutgers and Maryland are finished paying off their loans as of the current school year. I thought they had a few years left on that???
Per USA Today, the Big Ten also distributed $63.2 million to its 12 "longest-standing schools" during the 2024 fiscal year. That notably excluded the four aforementioned Pac-12 schools plus Rutgers and Maryland, which joined the Big Ten in 2014.
Per Berkowitz, it appears that the Big Ten will pay 16 of 18 member schools around $75 million for the 2025 fiscal year. The two exceptions will be Oregon and Washington, as their share will be "phased in over seven years."
The current media contract is backloaded and revenues will increase each year until the end of the contract.............
At the time of the article, the expectation was for the Big Ten to "eventually distribute $80 million to $100 million per year to each of its 16 members." (Washington and Oregon are partial payouts throughout the duration of this contract)
This article lists the 2024-2025 school year revenue as slightly off the $75 million listed in the above article, depending on which school made the projection, with a notable increase expected at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 school year........
Big Ten revenue reached more than $928 million for 2024 fiscal year
The Big Ten Conference had just over $928 million in total revenue during its 2024 fiscal year, the conference’s federal tax records show.www.usatoday.com
Iowa state board of regents budget documents from this past July show that the University of Iowa was projecting $75.2 million in “Athletic Conference” revenue for fiscal 2025.
A University of Wisconsin athletics department budget presentation to a university athletic board committee meeting three weeks ago projected “Conference” revenue of $74.7 million for fiscal 2025 and just under $82.6 million for fiscal 2026, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Oregon and Washington will earn more money than was initially reported when they joined the conference due to additional earned revenues for the conference over the course of the 2024-2025 school year.............
according to an Oregon athletics budget document for fiscal 2025, Oregon projects $54 million in “NCAA/Big Ten” revenue. (Another Oregon document from September 2023 said the Big Ten’s “media deal with Fox, NBC and CBS will pay both UO and University of Washington each an average of $32.5 million a year for the first six years and that amount should more than double when the two schools receive a full share of Big Ten media rights revenues beginning in the 7th year.” But that TV revenue will be supplemented by money from other Big Ten sources such as the College Football Playoff and Big Ten championships.)
A conservative projection is that 2024-2025 revenue will come out at $1.3 billion...........
Even using slightly lower amounts as benchmarks — $70 million to each of 16 schools and $50 million apiece to Oregon and Washington, that projects to a little more than $1.2 billion in total Big Ten distributions for fiscal 2025. And, in recent years, the conference has passed on to its schools about 95% of total revenue. That would put its total revenue for fiscal 2025 at just under $1.3 billion.
This article gives an insight on what Maryland and Rutgers made for 2023-2024:
Noles News: ACC distributed record $45 million per school in 2023-24 — still almost $10 million less than SEC, $20 million less than Big Ten
Jim Phillips got a nearly 50% raise last year
If the first article above is correct, Maryland and Rutgers have paid back all of their loans. I still need to verify this as I haven't read that anywhere else and thought they still had time remaining to pay them back. However, even if they did still owe, the fact that they are almost making as much as the other schools indicates they have nearly paid back everything.
- Big Ten: $63.2 million to its longest-standing 12 members, $61.5 to Maryland and Rutgers — $928.1 million total revenue
After a full year of play in all sports, it's safe to say all the talk of travel having an effect on play turned out to be nothing. Oregon and UCLA won more B1G Championships this year than any other school in the conference. Oregon won 8 championships, and UCLA won 7. USC won 3 and Washington won 1. Combined, the 4 PAC schools won 19 B1G Conference Championships. This includes regular season championships (and co-championships) as well as tournament championships. The 14 other schools combined for 29 championships.
Oregon - 8
Women’s Cross Country
Football
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Women’s Golf
Softball Regular Season
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
Baseball Regular Season
UCLA - 7
Women’s Soccer Tournament
Women’s Basketball Tournament
Women’s Gymnastics Regular Season
Women’s Gymnastics Tournament
Men’s Tennis Tournament
Men’s Golf
Baseball Regular Season
USC - 3
Women’s Soccer Regular Season
Women’s Basketball Regular Season
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Washington - 1
Women's Rowing
For the 14 other B1G schools, Ohio State led the way and tied UCLA for second overall with 7 championships:
Ohio State - 7
Men's Soccer Regular Season
Men's Soccer Tournament
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Tennis Tournament
Men's Tennis Regular Season
Men's Lacrosse Regular Season
Men's Lacrosse Tournament
Michigan - 6
Field Hockey Tournament
Men's Basketball Tournament
Men's Gymnastics Regular Season
Men's Gymnastics Tournament
Women's Tennis Regular Season
Softball Tournament
Penn State - 4
Women's Volleyball
Wrestling Regular Season
Wrestling Tournament
Men's Gymnastics Regular Season
Michigan State - 3
Men's Basketball Regular Season
Men's Ice Hockey Regular Season
Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Northwestern - 3
Field Hockey Regular Season
Women's Lacrosse Regular Season
Women's Lacrosse Tournament
Nebraska - 2
Women's Volleyball
Baseball Tournament
Indiana - 2
Men's Soccer Regular Season
Men's Swimming & Diving
Minnesota - 1
Men's Ice Hockey Regular Season
Wisconsin - 1
Men's Cross Country
These 5 did not win any conference championships this year:
Illinois
Iowa
Maryland (first year Maryland didn't win a conference championship in the B1G; they had trailed only Ohio State and Michigan in overall championships going back to 2014-2015 when they joined, so this is surprising)
Purdue
Rutgers (almost won a rare conference championship in Women's Rowing this year, but finished second to Washington)
Overall Totals:
1. Oregon - 8
2. UCLA - 7
2. Ohio State - 7
4. Michigan - 6
5. Penn State - 4
6T. USC - 3
6T. Michigan State - 3
6T. Northwestern - 3
9T. Nebraska - 2
9T. Indiana - 2
11T. Washington - 1
11T. Minnesota - 1
11T. Wisconsin - 1
14T. Illinois - 0
14T. Iowa - 0
14T. Maryland - 0
14T. Purdue - 0
14T. Rutgers - 0
Oregon - 8
Women’s Cross Country
Football
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Women’s Golf
Softball Regular Season
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
Baseball Regular Season
UCLA - 7
Women’s Soccer Tournament
Women’s Basketball Tournament
Women’s Gymnastics Regular Season
Women’s Gymnastics Tournament
Men’s Tennis Tournament
Men’s Golf
Baseball Regular Season
USC - 3
Women’s Soccer Regular Season
Women’s Basketball Regular Season
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Washington - 1
Women's Rowing
For the 14 other B1G schools, Ohio State led the way and tied UCLA for second overall with 7 championships:
Ohio State - 7
Men's Soccer Regular Season
Men's Soccer Tournament
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Tennis Tournament
Men's Tennis Regular Season
Men's Lacrosse Regular Season
Men's Lacrosse Tournament
Michigan - 6
Field Hockey Tournament
Men's Basketball Tournament
Men's Gymnastics Regular Season
Men's Gymnastics Tournament
Women's Tennis Regular Season
Softball Tournament
Penn State - 4
Women's Volleyball
Wrestling Regular Season
Wrestling Tournament
Men's Gymnastics Regular Season
Michigan State - 3
Men's Basketball Regular Season
Men's Ice Hockey Regular Season
Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Northwestern - 3
Field Hockey Regular Season
Women's Lacrosse Regular Season
Women's Lacrosse Tournament
Nebraska - 2
Women's Volleyball
Baseball Tournament
Indiana - 2
Men's Soccer Regular Season
Men's Swimming & Diving
Minnesota - 1
Men's Ice Hockey Regular Season
Wisconsin - 1
Men's Cross Country
These 5 did not win any conference championships this year:
Illinois
Iowa
Maryland (first year Maryland didn't win a conference championship in the B1G; they had trailed only Ohio State and Michigan in overall championships going back to 2014-2015 when they joined, so this is surprising)
Purdue
Rutgers (almost won a rare conference championship in Women's Rowing this year, but finished second to Washington)
Overall Totals:
1. Oregon - 8
2. UCLA - 7
2. Ohio State - 7
4. Michigan - 6
5. Penn State - 4
6T. USC - 3
6T. Michigan State - 3
6T. Northwestern - 3
9T. Nebraska - 2
9T. Indiana - 2
11T. Washington - 1
11T. Minnesota - 1
11T. Wisconsin - 1
14T. Illinois - 0
14T. Iowa - 0
14T. Maryland - 0
14T. Purdue - 0
14T. Rutgers - 0
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Screw them all
Looks like the Big Ten Network is trying to create live sports programming over the summer months.........
en.volleyballworld.com
Volleyball World, CBS Sports and Big Ten Network announce Landmark U.S. Broadcast Partnership
Every U.S. National Team match in the 2025 VNL and FIVB World Championships will be broadcast nationwide via CBS Sports and Big Ten Network
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Most of that is irrelevant. In today's college sports world reality there's a heavy weighting that should be included in the formula. The order of weighting in declining order of importance is:
Football ----huge drop--->MBB---big drop--->WBB---->MHockey--->Lax/Soccer/Baseball/VB--->all else
The difference in importance from top to bottom is several orders of magnitude.
I agree with what you said, but the point I was making is that one of the big arguments against this realignment was that the travel would negatively affect the student athletes. It clearly didn't. At least not on the field. When the academic performance metrics are released, we will know if it impacted their academics.
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Baseball, softball, and women's volleyball should be a higher tier than lax and soccer. Probably in the same tier as men's hockey, unless we're talking about UConn specifically.
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not so sure about that
"Cronin, however, denounced such a mindset. He was an avid critic of the new travel format and felt that it was the main reason his team wasn't able to reach its full potential last season."
"The travel was mostly difficult on the sports that had to play multiple games a week, unlike football. And a new conference filled with programs on the east coast meant more than double the travel than seasons prior."
""The biggest adjustment we'll make going forward is investing more in recovery," Aozasa (soccer) told Bonagura. "Our team actually performed really well on the road, but it was the games the next week, when we had to come back after making that longer travel trip, that we noticed it.""
Conference Realignment, Travel Proven Difficult for UCLA Athletics
The intense travel that came with moving to the Big Ten proved to be difficult for many UCLA sports teams in their inaugural year in the conference.
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A few years I wondered on this board whether the BTN would have interest in broadcasting something like pro lacrosse, which would provide summer programming and highlight some former B1G players.....Looks like the Big Ten Network is trying to create live sports programming over the summer months.........
Volleyball World, CBS Sports and Big Ten Network announce Landmark U.S. Broadcast Partnership
Every U.S. National Team match in the 2025 VNL and FIVB World Championships will be broadcast nationwide via CBS Sports and Big Ten Network
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Drawing conclusions based on one period of data .... bold strategy.
I think a bigger concern is if the players have less fun as a result, or it scares away recruits.
not so sure about that
"Cronin, however, denounced such a mindset. He was an avid critic of the new travel format and felt that it was the main reason his team wasn't able to reach its full potential last season."
"The travel was mostly difficult on the sports that had to play multiple games a week, unlike football. And a new conference filled with programs on the east coast meant more than double the travel than seasons prior."
""The biggest adjustment we'll make going forward is investing more in recovery," Aozasa (soccer) told Bonagura. "Our team actually performed really well on the road, but it was the games the next week, when we had to come back after making that longer travel trip, that we noticed it.""
Conference Realignment, Travel Proven Difficult for UCLA Athletics
The intense travel that came with moving to the Big Ten proved to be difficult for many UCLA sports teams in their inaugural year in the conference.www.si.com
USC won the Women's Basketball Regular Season and UCLA won the Women's Basketball Tournament. They had the same travel as the men's teams.
And UConn beat them both! Screw the Big Ten!
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So they won their titles. That's not to say travel wasn't an issue. Those two teams may just be that much better than the rest of the Big Ten. If the men's basketball coach says travel is an issue, it's an issue. I think the guy coaching the team racking up frequent flyer miles has a tad more insight than any message board poster.