Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[NoSpamHere]

Tell us you're old without telling us you're old

I like to be thought of as “vintage” 😎

 

[UConnJim]

University or Oregon men's basketball had a bad season this year going 12-19 and 5-15 in the Big 10. It was their second year in the Big 10 and they had won 20+ games per season for 14 straight seasons. The move to the Big 10 has resulted in the loss of many traditional rivals as well as increased travel considerably. During the 2024/2025 season, Oregon set an NCAA record for pre-NCAA Tournament travel of 26,700 miles. In 2023/2024, Oregon's last year in the Pac 12, they traveled 7,327 miles. I think the heavy travel would make top basketball players think twice about playing at Oregon.

Why am I bringing this up? The current geographic configuration of the conferences makes no sense and the travel will wear on some schools and have high travel costs. (Cronin at UCLA has been vocal about the travel issues.) The travel is tough, but not a show stopper for football, but it is for every other sport. Thus, I think you will see some conference moves to rationalize their footprints in the next few years. One idea, maybe the Big 10 adds Cal and Stanford to create a 6 school pod in the West.

 

[greenday61892]

Why are you perpetually angry?

Some questions are unanswerable.

I'm not perpetually angry, AI is just trash.

 

[Rufus]

University or Oregon men's basketball had a bad season this year going 12-19 and 5-15 in the Big 10. It was their second year in the Big 10 and they had won 20+ games per season for 14 straight seasons. The move to the Big 10 has resulted in the loss of many traditional rivals as well as increased travel considerably. During the 2024/2025 season, Oregon set an NCAA record for pre-NCAA Tournament travel of 26,700 miles. In 2023/2024, Oregon's last year in the Pac 12, they traveled 7,327 miles. I think the heavy travel would make top basketball players think twice about playing at Oregon.

Why am I bringing this up? The current geographic configuration of the conferences makes no sense and the travel will wear on some schools and have high travel costs. (Cronin at UCLA has been vocal about the travel issues.) The travel is tough, but not a show stopper for football, but it is for every other sport. Thus, I think you will see some conference moves to rationalize their footprints in the next few years. One idea, maybe the Big 10 adds Cal and Stanford to create a 6 school pod in the West.

If Uncle Phil opens his wallet for Oregon basketball like he does Oregon football, the top recruits won’t care about miles traveled.

Ask the poor UCLA women’s basketball team how hard that travel schedule is.