GrandGreen

Thanks for your opinion. No I obviously was not feeling that way when NT was up by 15. However, the rest of the game were Cal Irvine won by 60-43; I did not think NT looked like the game meant a lot to them. I have no idea what your last sentence means, other than you chose to insult NT fans.

Not making under the basket shots will lead to a lost. Unfortunately, I don't think most NT players cared a whole lot about this game.

He was impressive in the interview, which doesn't mean much other than he can effectively communicate. I am not sure who some of you thought NT had a shot at hiring, but most likely anyone hired would be a significant risk. Hodge was a success because he could identify talent that would come to NT. Ross couldn't afford to buy players, but had a great vision of what combination of athletes would mesh together. Robinson's ability to do that will determine his success. I hope NT mitigated some of the risk by limiting the contract to three years with reasonable buyouts.

Professional sports are and have been superior in that they know the value of competition. Hence, the pros have salary caps, drafts and uniform scheduling. College athletics is completely ruined as NIL has made it basically who can raise the most money to buy players.

All I hope, any new coach is going to want to select his staff.

Deck IMO is far from a great player, but she is one of the best on the team. Alway great effort, but sometimes questionable decisions. Too many quick threes, at least when Lampkin was in the game and a much better offensive option. Burton played this game like he wanted an offensive shootout and it cost him. I opined after the last game that I though Brackens was a better player than Johnson. I was wrong, NT missed Johnson's size and their bigs controlled the boards.

Refs were completely incompetent, but both teams played with the same calls. My only problem again is that in the vast majority of instances, refs are not going to call last second fouls unless it particularly egregious.

Both teams played to lose. NT played atrocious defense. Referees were horrible as usual, but I have never seen any official make a call like that at the end of the game. The refs ruined the game with their excessive traveling calls. Completely abnormal amount of traveling violations, this can be called on just about every possession. But most referees knows this ruins the game and only obvious too many steps are ruled traveling; not every shuffling of the feet. Lampkin went out like a champ, great game. Free throws lost the game which a familiar refrain with this team.

Took a elbow in the face, which I thought was an automatic flagrant foul; but apparently not.

You should save a lot on travel with that belief. Denton, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, Jackson Hole, all the same not to mention Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Antarctica, etc. Most places have multinational companies, the usual hotel and restaurant chains, but for example; I see a lot of difference in Dallas and Fort Worth and they basically border each other. As far as overpriced bs, that depends on the experience and what you think important.

What are you attempting to communicate? Mosley or any other AD would like to have more funding, unfortunately NT has a very tight budget. You can blame the AD for not being able to raise more, but calling him a tight wad when the bulk of NT's funding comes from student fees, is questionable.

NT would lose most or all the team after the tournament like the last few years, with Hodge or not. I don't have a lot of faith in Moseley, but hopefully he will hit on a great coach.

Neither of which had anything to do with Ross leaving. Much better conference and pay are much more important factors. It is the destiny of any teams not in the B12, SEC. ACC and maybe Big East. Other conferences can't match the exposure or money.

It has little to do with NT, it is a move to the big time. It is almost eventible that a coach at a lower tier school that is successful enough to warrant a ticket upward is going to be gone. I doubt if NT had sell-outs and triple the NIL funds; it would have made any difference. The luncheon fiasco had nothing to do with it. Time to try the impossible and find a better basketball coach for NT. I also would listen very intently on who Hodge might recommend.

I didn't know all businesses now or ever got consistent government funding. I would be for most of anything that leveled the playing field with more equal funding, but i doubt Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas Universities are going to give up a cent to support lower tier teams. Socialism exists to an extent in the NCAA, with limits on number of scholarships, number of coaches, non-NIL financial support for players, etc. However, the current trend with the increasing impact of NIL, which as evolved into paying players is highly capitalistic. Unless there are major unexpected changes in the NIL rules, I think the number of teams attempting to play D1 will dwindle down to something akin to the NFL with about thirty members.