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Great for Vandy. Has always been a school with potential... maybe Ivey will capitalize on it.
 
CocoHusky said:
Anything new on this in the twitter verse or press conference scheduled?
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I have not seen anything...you?

Looks like I picked a bad night to be off The Boneyard and/or McGraw's Bench and watching the farewell episode of
Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on NCIS!;)

Will be interesting to see if this is Niele Ivey or Nicole Banghart. Me thinks you can't go wrong either way. We've discussed this in past threads and/or posts, but I thought Niele (and certain UConn assistants) might at first be drawn to mid-majors. Vandy would be a great giant step, given that Melanie Balcomb didn't leave the store half-empty. She landed the 17th-rated recruiting class, including two five-stars:

Women's Basketball

If it's Ivey, how will this affect ND? It might affect some recruiting decisions for those close to Niele, but Coach MM is the captain of that ship and I'm sure the recruits know it. In the long run, I'm sure MM can get another bright, young(er) asst. coach to help on the recruiting side and/or with the points guards (Megan Duffy, now at Michigan?).

Stay tuned....
 
Academically, are Notre Dame and Vanderbilt about equal or is Notre Dame a bit tougher?
 
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rugbymate said:
A not so subtle recruiting tool for Ivey will be Nashville.....it has got to be one of the top locations to attend college(Storrs? South Bend? Columbia? )
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Not only that, their campus is gorgeous.
 
rugbymate said:
A not so subtle recruiting tool for Ivey will be Nashville.....it has got to be one of the top locations to attend college(Storrs? South Bend? Columbia? )
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Nashville is a very vibrant place to be. The Vandy campus in right in the middle of it all. And recording row is not very far away from the campus.
 
I live in Nashville, and while the Nashville area has over 30 fully accredited colleges and universities. I wouldn't classify it as a college town. At least not when compared to Knoxville, Tuscaloosa, Murfreesboro, Auburn, Starkville, etc where the city is built up around the college and that's it focus.

The city would be a great recruiting tool for any school, but Vandy is in a bad position of being in the SEC without having made the commitment to the SEC. They have very outdated facilities, other than their baseball field. I absolutely hate their gym, with their end court sidelines. Nashville is very much a transplant city, where fans of many different schools have moved to. Vandy has a fan base for sure, but even in Nashville, the fan base isn't large.

If Niele turns out to be the coach, I think she can do a good job. She definitely has her work cut out for her here though.
 
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rugbymate said:
When I think of Storrs I think of CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!
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Speaking of Championships can someone from this neck of the woods please confirm if this highway sign has been updated.
uconn-championship-sign-jpg.10139
 
rugbymate said:
When i think of Colombia i think of the confederate flag issue
When i think of Waco i think of David Koresh
When I think of South Bend I think of football
When I think of Nashville I think of music
When I think of Storrs I think of CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!
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I would take Palo Alto and the Stanford campus over any of these.
 
Goodgood said:
I would take Palo Alto and the Stanford campus over any of these.
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I would take the campus at West Point over any other. Best description I have heard of the Campus? It is like going to school in a perfectly manicured museum, where this entire country's destiny is shaped.
Pepperdine would be my second choice.
 
rugbymate said:
When i think of Colombia i think of the confederate flag issue
When i think of Waco i think of David Koresh
When I think of South Bend I think of football
When I think of Nashville I think of music
When I think of Storrs I think of CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!
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That's odd. When I think of Colombia I think of Pablo Escobar and drug cartels! ;)
 
CocoHusky said:
I would take the campus at West Point over any other. Best description I have heard of the Campus? It is like going to school in a perfectly manicured museum, where this entire country's destiny is shaped.
Pepperdine would be my second choice.
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Duke has a really nice campus as well. Michigan/Ann Arbor is one of my favorite college towns simply for the fact of how the campus blends into the city and how crazy Ann Arbor is about about Michigan. Ann Arbor is what a college town is supposed to be.

Boulder is by far one of the nicest college towns I've ever been to. Never been to Stanford or Palo Alto but I imagine it's beautiful as well. Pepperdine/Malibu too.
 
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SCGamecock said:
Duke has a really nice campus as well. Michigan/Ann Arbor is one of my favorite college towns simply for the fact of how the campus blends into the city and how crazy Ann Arbor is about about Michigan. Ann Arbor is what a college town is supposed to be.

Boulder is by far one of the nicest college towns I've ever been to. Never been to Stanford or Palo Alto but I imagine it's beautiful as well. Pepperdine/Malibu too.
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Pepperdine/Malibu is literally right on the ocean. Stunning views. Ocean breeze... surfing... don't know how those kids get any work done.
 
ericsandiego said:
Pepperdine/Malibu is literally right on the ocean. Stunning views. Ocean breeze... surfing... don't know how those kids get any work done.
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Drive down Pacific Coast Highway twice a week. Stunning view!
 
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MDoggie said:
Drive down Pacific Coast Highway twice a week. Stunning view!
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Seriously? where do you live? How do you not drive off the road? LOL... I live in LA now but obviously I'm from San Diego
 
ericsandiego said:
Pepperdine/Malibu is literally right on the ocean. Stunning views. Ocean breeze... surfing... don't know how those kids get any work done.
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Yeah, Rutgers was in a tourney there years ago. Lost to either Florida or the host school, I don't remember which. Shouldn't have. During the short period when Julie Rousseau was the HC at Pepperdine.

Views were beyond belief. Fun trip, we drove up the coast a bit further one day and visited the zoo and observatory the other.
 
CocoHusky said:
I would take the Icampus at West Point over any other. Best description I have heard of the Campus? It is like going to school in a perfectly manicured museum, where this entire country's destiny is shaped.
Pepperdine would be my second choice.
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Agree with both your choices. I played in tournaments at West Point. Truly awe inspiring. Especially reading the plaques dispersed throughout the grounds. Pepperdine is awesome in a totally different way. I agree with Eric SD on this one. I don't know how students can concentrate on their work rather than heading toward the surf.
 
The highway folks got tired of constantly messing around with the numbers and simply put "every year"on the sign.The guy who thought of that recently won an award from the state for finding ways for fiscally strapped Connecticut to save money by not having to go back.
 
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