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From a few weeks back. https://theathletic.com/3578111/2022/09/09/giannis-antetokounmpo-eurobasket-2022/ Copy-paste of paywalled preview.

Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo and Sandro Mamukelashvili star at EuroBasket 2022​

By Eric Nehm
Sep 9, 2022

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With a little more than a minute left in the first quarter of the final game of Group C action of EuroBasket 2022, Greece opted to let Giannis Antetokounmpo bring the ball up the floor as its point guard, even with Nick Calathes on the floor. Antetokounmpo already had 11 points, so Estonia decided to try something different. They pressured Antetokounmpo the length of the floor as the two-time NBA MVP brought the ball up the floor.

It did not go well.

Antetokounmpo’s ridiculous one-handed dunk in traffic from just inside the free-throw line was not a surprise though; it was simply the most recent highlight play from a dominant run thus far at EuroBasket 2022. In group play, Antetokounmpo averaged 29.5 points per game, the highest per-game average in the tournament, as well as 9.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, as he led Greece to a perfect 5-0 record in Group C.

The Milwaukee Bucks star has been unstoppable thus far in the tournament. The only players capable of matching his output up to this point is reigning back-to-back NBA MVP Nikola Jokić with Serbia and Mavericks star Luka Dončić with Slovenia and even Dončić is betting on Antetokounmpo putting up the biggest numbers.

For Bucks fans though, the tough part of watching Antetokounmpo dominate EuroBasket 2022 competition is knowing that it does carry some risk, which was at least partially realized against Estonia on Thursday.

Dan Murphy
ESPN Staff Writer

Congress has allowed another layer of legal antitrust protection related to college athletics to expire this Friday.

The law, which is officially removed at the end of the day Friday, previously granted an exemption to Ivy League schools that allowed them to prohibit merit-based scholarships to all students, including their athletes. Without that Congressional protection, the league becomes more vulnerable to lawsuits that claim schools are colluding with one another in order to avoid competing for the most talented students.

Officials from the Ivy League did not respond to multiple questions about whether they plan to change their policies in the absence of a Congressional exemption.

The college sports business model has been reformed and regularly threatened by antitrust lawsuits throughout the past decade. Most notably, the Supreme Court voted unanimously in June 2021 to uphold a ruling that stated that members of the NCAA could not collude to limit the academic-based compensation they provide to athletes. A concurring opinion from Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested that the court system ought to reconsider allowing the NCAA to limit any type of compensation for athletes -- a shift that if it happened would open the door for schools paying their athletes directly.

"Nowhere else in America can businesses get away with agreeing not to pay their workers a fair market rate on the theory that their product is defined by not paying their workers a fair market rate," Kavanaugh wrote.

The NCAA and college sports leaders from conferences and schools responded by asking members of Congress to draft new legislation that would include, in part, an antitrust exemption to make it easier for the NCAA members to regulate how athletes are compensated. After multiple years of lobbying and roughly a dozen proposed bills related to the future of college sports, the idea of an antitrust exemption remains unpopular among lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The decision to allow the Ivy League exemption to expire does not bode well for any remaining hopes among college sports leaders that the NCAA might receive any type of similar exemption.

The Ivy League exemption was first signed into law in 1994 and was renewed three times in the past three decades. While no hearings were held on the potential for extending it a fourth time, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) spoke out against the exemption.

"[A]nticompetitive agreements, often between Ivy league universities, have impeded hundreds of thousands of students' ability to receive competitive financial awards while faced with skyrocketing education costs," Rubio and Lee wrote in a letter published in August.

https://nypost.com/2022/09/20/record-number-of-new-yorkers-swap-to-florida-licenses/

This is telling as these are the people that will work 6 months and a day minimum in FL at minimum. Heard an interview today: 50% of NYC office employees are now WFH; only 9% go to the office 5 days a week; international travel is down overall but hurting NYC more because they depend more on it; Broadway attendance is still way down. Facing multi-billion dollar deficits over the next three years.

By Matt Norlander

Tigers coach Penny Hardaway avoids punishment, as the IARP hands down light punishments on Memphis basketball​

Thirty-four months after an investigation began, the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP), finally ruled on Memphis' case involving NCAA rules violations in the recruitment of James Wiseman.

The verdict: Memphis' punishment isn't major. In fact, it's just the opposite. The IARP ruled Tuesday that the university must pay a $5,000 fine, in addition to "0.25% of its average men's basketball budget based on the average of the men's basketball program's previous three total budgets."

The program will go on probation, effective immediately, until Sept. 26, 2025. The school also has to vacate the two wins and all Wiseman-related stats from the three games he participated in back in November 2019.

Tigers coach Penny Hardaway was not directly assessed any penalties, and biggest of all, Memphis avoided a postseason ban.

"We have finally arrived at the end of an extremely challenging period, and I could not be more grateful," Hardaway said in a statement. "Our university and athletic department leadership worked tirelessly to help present the facts of our case. I am thankful to the IARP for allowing us to present those facts and making its decision based on the facts. It's now time to put all of this behind us. Brighter days are ahead, and we cannot wait to share in future successes as one Memphis."

The university initially was levied with seven total violations (four Level I), three of which were tied to Hardaway -- one Level I and two Level II infractions. The notice of allegations accused Hardaway of not establishing a "culture of compliance" as head coach of the men's basketball program.

But in Tuesday's ruling, the IARP stated that Hardaway's "long-standing philanthropic commitment, particularly to youth in the economically disadvantaged Memphis community, even prior to becoming an athletics booster" was a factor in its decision-making on this matter.

The penalties stem from a violation that occurred when Wiseman was in high school. Before Penny Hardaway became Memphis' men's basketball coach -- before he was employed by the university -- Hardaway paid $11,500 to help Wiseman's family cover moving expenses from Nashville in order for the Wiseman family to relocate to Memphis. Wiseman finished his high school career at Memphis East High School.

Given that Hardaway is a prominent Memphis alumnus, he was deemed a booster at the time. This triggered a rule violation.

Wiseman opted to play three games to start the 2019-20 season, in defiance of the NCAA's ruling, before turning course. After initially fighting the NCAA, Wiseman and his representatives withdrew the suit. The NCAA ruled he would have to sit for 12 games. Wiseman left Memphis' program in December 2019. He was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.

The IARP "concluded that Memphis failed to monitor the education and activities of the head coach by not providing sufficient education to him regarding permissible activities for boosters and failing to ask the head coach about any financial contributions he had made to prospective student-athletes and their families in the Memphis community or any other relationships he may have developed with the high school or AAU players he had coached.

"The hearing panel also concluded that the institution's leadership allowed [Wiseman] to participate in a November 5, 2019, basketball contest without informing the head coach until after the contest that [Wiseman] had been determined to be ineligible to play," the IARP's press release states.

Being that this is an IARP case, there are no appeals allowed. This ruling is final and the case matter is complete.

"This investigation has been a cloud over the men's basketball program for three years, and we are happy to have the process concluded," Memphis president Bill Hardgrave said in a statement. "I would like to express sincere gratitude to members of our university staff, athletic department staff and legal team who devoted significant time to preparing the facts of our case, as well as the IARP for attentively listening to those facts and thoughtfully rendering its decision. We respect and will fully comply with the IARP's decision."

The IARP, which formed in 2019 as a 15-person panel and will dissolve in the coming months, took on Memphis' case on March 4, 2020. The IARP was created at the suggestion of the Rice Commission on College Basketball. That commission formed after the federal government's sting operation into bribery and fraud in college basketball became public.

This IARP ruling against Memphis comes five years and one day after that FBI case went public.

Tuesday's ruling marks the first in what will be the five final cases the IARP takes on. Louisville, Arizona, Kansas and LSU all still await their fates, and unlike Memphis, those four schools' cases are tied to the FBI probe.

Colin and Zack have agreed to cover all the away/neutral games for the Trove. They will rotate games.

That will provide the site with coverage of every single game, home and away, as I will cover the home games.

Won in 5. Great resilliancy by the Pirates as they won the first 2 but dropped the next 2 sets, and then came out on top in the 3rd.

UConn picked 4th in the Big East Coaches Preseason Poll (SHU picked last).

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Saw this on Wiki. We're not the poorest? Hooray!?
Ivy excluded from this but someone broke it down in the comments.

I would not waste a ship on a Top 75 - 150 recruit.....maybe not even on a Top 50 - 150. High School recruiting is a waste of time.

They would only see limited minutes as a freshman. Great example is our Freshman - Tae and the JaQuan's.

It is better to go through the portal and get a proven Soph or Junior that can give you quality 10-30 minutes in year one.

For example, if you have 2 scholarships, do you give them both to High School Seniors? I would hold both to the end of the year for transfers.

The game and rules have changed. I am glad that Holloway has no HS commits. Only the top 1-50 recruits play in year 1 and some of that group only receive limited minutes and some are a bust.

High School Recruiting Does not Matter

NEW YORK – Seton Hall's Bianca Bucciarelli (Carate Brianza, Italy) was named to the BIG EAST Women's Volleyball Weekly Honor Roll on Monday.

Bucciarelli was instrumental in The Hall's 2-0 start to BIG EAST play. The junior transfer led the Pirates in both kills per set and digs per set in a pair of thrilling five-set victories. Against Connecticut on Friday, Bucciarelli had a career-high 18 kills to lead all players along with a career-high 13 digs and three blocks. The next night against Providence, she tied for the team lead with 13 kills and collected a new career-best 18 digs to go with four blocks.

The matches were the first two double-doubles in Bucciarelli's career.

Marquette's Yadhira Anchante was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, while St. John's Rachele Rastelli earned Defensive Player of the Week. Creighton's Ava Martin earned Freshman of the Week honors. Joining Bucciarelli on the Weekly Honor Roll are Butler's Amina Shakelford, Creighton's Allison Whitten, St. John's Giorgia Walther and Xavier's Brooklyn Cink.

Seton Hall will return to action when it heads to Washington, D.C. for a match with Georgetown on Friday, September 30. Match time is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.

NEW YORK – Seton Hall's Quenzi Huerman (Vannes, France) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, the conference announced on Monday.

Huerman scored a pair of goals on Saturday as Seton Hall finished in a 2-2 draw against Providence. Huerman now has five goals on the season, which leads the team and ranks him tied for third in the BIG EAST in that category. His 12 points is also the best on the Pirates and places him tied for fourth in the conference. The junior now has points in six of his eight matches so far this season.

The Pirates return to Owen T. Carroll Field for their first BIG EAST home match of the season, as they will host St. John's on Saturday at 6:56 p.m.

Myron Medcalf
ESPN Staff Writer

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- When Jim Boeheim gets hungry after home games, he picks up the phone and calls his favorite restaurant, Saint Urban, which always agrees to stay open late until he arrives.

If the Syracuse Orange are on a hot streak, Boeheim will delay his arrival, to enjoy the festive moment and mingle with fans who still treat the veteran coach with five Final Four appearances and 10 Big East titles like he's a king in this city of approximately 142,000 people. But last season, there were a number of more subdued and stoic late nights, as the program wrestled through the first losing record of Boeheim's 46-year tenure.

"If they win, it's a great dinner," Adam Weitsman, Boeheim's best friend and a program booster who often tags along, said. "If it's a loss, it's the worst dinner ever because we just sit there, quiet. He doesn't say a thing, you know?"

While the rumblings of the 77-year-old Syracuse men's basketball coach's retirement have lingered for years, they have never seemed stronger than now, as the 2022-23 season -- the 20th anniversary of Boeheim's 2003 national championship run with Carmelo Anthony & Co. -- approaches. However, the more pressing question for a program that has been led by the Hall of Fame coach since 1976 is this: How will Syracuse move forward in a new chapter for men's college basketball without Boeheim?

It begins with Boeheim, who will have to convince recruits that Syracuse basketball will maintain the fervor of a fan base that has consistently filled all 35,000-plus seats at the JMA Wireless Dome (formerly the Carrier Dome), the largest on-campus basketball arena in the country.

"Before he moves on, he's going to make sure Syracuse is in a good place, where it can continue to have success," said Eric Devendorf, a standout guard under Boeheim from 2005 to '09 and former assistant. "Is it going to be the same? No. My man's been doing it for 45 years. So it's going to be a little bit different."

Boeheim has promised to retire in the past -- see: 2015, when he announced his decision to retire by March 2018, later changing his mind. Just last year, he told Forbes he would coach until he turned 80. You never know with Boeheim.

Sitting in his office in July, Boeheim says he's approaching the day he leaves, but will only make the move when he's confident Syracuse can handle the change -- which he has already conveyed to those close to him.

"I think he almost loves it now more than ever," Jimmy Boeheim, one of his sons and a starter on last season's squad, said. "I know he won't coach a day longer than he doesn't feel that. He wouldn't shortchange his players or his fans."

But the retirements of Jay Wright (Villanova), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) and Roy Williams (North Carolina) in the past two years have left Boeheim without many peers in college basketball. All three coaches suggested they had limited interest in adapting to a new era of college sports, which now includes NIL and the transfer portal.

Boeheim has said he won't let any changes force him to retire. But he also admits he won't try to attract elite transfers with major NIL deals.

He does not talk like someone who intends to stick around too long to watch as this new climate evolves.

"People have been asking me that for 15 years," he said. "Well, 15 years ago, if I'd said it'd be pretty soon, I would have been a liar. I think, realistically, I'm pretty close. But I would never quit because of this or that."

Don't be fooled by North Carolina's success in Hubert Davis' first season at the helm after Williams' retirement, when he led the team to the 2022 national title game.

Schools often struggle in the years that follow the replacement of a longtime coach. When Guy Lewis retired in 1986 after 30 years at Houston, the Cougars earned just one conference championship until 2019. Arkansas fired Nolan Richardson, who led the team to the 1994 national title, in 2002 -- and failed to reach the second weekend of the NCAA tournament for nearly 20 years. Mike Woodson is the fifth head coach Indiana has hired since firing Bob Knight in 2000. Some would argue UCLA is still searching for the right successor to John Wooden, who won 10 national titles in 12 seasons: The Bruins produced just two Final Four appearances in the two decades following his retirement in 1975.

For Syracuse, the impact of the high-profile program -- and the weight of a job held by Boeheim since 1976 -- extends far beyond the campus.

At The Basketball Tournament regional hosted at SRC Arena in Syracuse in July, the parking lots and the stands were flooded with orange-and-white-clad Syracuse fans. When Boeheim entered the building to watch the aptly named Boeheim's Army, a team anchored by former Syracuse players, the arena roared with applause and cheers.

Game nights at Syracuse make you feel like you've stumbled into college basketball's largest family reunion. Former players often return to the city to live near campus and support their school.

Boeheim has built this community. He also hasn't left the area. Arriving from a high school just over 50 miles away, he joined the basketball team as a walk-on in 1962 and eventually became team captain. Even after graduation, when he played semi-pro basketball from 1966 to 1969, he lived in town and helped former head coaches Fred Lewis and Roy Danforth as a grad assistant.

"I've never left," Boeheim said. "I'm the only coach that's ever done that. People come back. But this is my 60th year."

By Kyle Boone

Memphis is the second school whose NCAA case is resolved by the IARP, and the other four could have decisions soon​

The second of six infractions cases being resolved by the IARP, an independent review panel created in 2019 solely to review complex cases, was formally adjudicated on Tuesday as Memphis joined NC State in seeing its long and winding investigation come to a close. The Tigers program, which was under investigation and facing four Level I allegations and multiple Level II allegations stemming from violations centered around former No. 1 recruit James Wiseman, were instead hit with four Level II violations and five Level III violations after an extensive investigation by the panel.

Memphis faced significant consequences if its initial charges held -- including potentially a postseason ban for the program and stiff penalties for Penny Hardaway -- after Hardaway was charged with acting as a booster to secure the commitment of Wiseman. The hearing panel, though, determined that Hardaway's previous philanthropic involvement within the Memphis community and the availability of his generosity to all Memphians, not just to student-athletes, made his financial involvement with Wiseman merely a continuation of his long-standing status as a booster and not an act of recruiting inducement.

Memphis does face some penalties as part of the IARP's final decision -- it will pay a fine, go on probation and vacate the wins it secured when Wiseman played -- but it was by and large a slap love-tap on the wrist, and one that would seemingly bode well for the remaining schools waiting to hear final rulings from the panel.

There remains no timeline on when the final four schools will see their cases come to a close, but NCAA Vice President of Hearing Operations, Derrick Crawford, told the media on a call Tuesday that the four -- Louisville, Arizona, Kansas and LSU -- are on track to be resolved in "late spring, early summer of 2023." Louisville and Arizona have completed their hearings while Kansas and LSU have not, suggesting they may be ahead in the queue.


As we await those decisions, let's run through the timelines as they currently stand -- first with the resolved cases and then with those still open.

Resolved cases​

Memphis​

Rules violations have centered around former player James Wiseman

• March 4, 2020: Request for referral of infractions case granted to IARP
• Oct. 8, 2020: The first IARP activity in the case -- The Complex Case Unit and Memphis submitted a request to amend the case management plan.
• Feb. 19, 2021: The Complex Case Unit provided notification of completion of the investigation.
• March 19, 2021: The chief panel member provides a status update letter.
• July 9, 2021: The Complex Case Unit submitted an amended notice of allegations.
• August 27, 2021: Memphis submitted a request for reconsideration of the chief panel member's response regarding compliance with operating procedures.
• October 7, 2021: Memphis and coach Penny Hardaway submit responses to the amended notice of allegations.
• April 22, 2022: The chief panel member conducts a hearing with Memphis, the Complex Case Unit and Penny Hardaway.
• May 20 and May 21, 2022: The hearing panel conducts a hearing
• September 27, 2022: Infractions decision released by IARP with Memphis placed on probation for three years, forced to vacate records in the three games Wiseman played in and fined $5,000, but avoided a postseason ban.

NC State​

The NCAA alleged payments to Dennis Smith were tied to former Wolfpack coaches, including head coach Mark Gottfried

• May 18, 2020: Request for referral of infractions case granted to IARP
• Feb 1, 2021: Notice of allegations by Complex Case Unit amended and issued to NC State.
• August 9-10 2021: The IARP hearing panel conducted a hearing.
• December 20, 2021: Infractions decision released by IARP with NC State placed on one year of probation, issued a $5,000 fine and scholarship losses through 2022-23, plus some standard recruiting limitations. The team's 15 wins that came while Smith played at NC State were vacated, but the Wolfpack also avoided a postseason ban.

Like all of you, I bleed Setonia. 74-78 years. Played ball and broadcast wrote about sports. The Center for Sports Media Gala at Chelsea Piers that I attended was the impetus to write this piece about how my years at Seton Hall shaped who I am. As a I get older, the more I realize this and the more I give back. I'm sure you all have this same attachment where the tentacles run deep. I'd like to share it so you can share your own memories. Be True to Your School - our school Seton Hall. Hazard Zet Foward.








What worked so well for the Beach Boys with the Be True to Your School hit single on the Little Duece Coupe album way back in 1963 still rings true almost 60 years later. There is nothing like the memories and associations of “your school.” For many, it’s their time in high school, for others, it is their college years. I fall into the latter category with my affection for all things Seton Hall. Or what I have come to refer to in later years with the abbreviated monikers – “the Hall” or “Setonia.” That school helped shape who I am and what I became, both personally and professionally. The $3,000 my folks spent each year on my tuition in the mid to late 70s was a tremendous price-to-value relationship. A payoff that’s immeasurable, both in real and psychic income.

Recently I was fortunate to attend a fundraiser gala in NYC at The Lighthouse on Chelsea Piers. The benefactor was the new Center for Sports Media at Seton Hall. Led by the generous gift of $2 Million by fellow WSOU alum and ESPN great Bob Ley, the launch of this new venture is off to a great start. Seton Hall is sometimes accused of doing things small time. That certainly was not the case that evening. ESPN stars were out in force to support their friend Bob Ley and the venture he’s passionate about. Renowned ABC news anchor Robin Roberts was honored with the Lifetime Professional Achievement Award. The event was first-class all the way. It resonated with this alumnus who got my professional start broadcasting Seton Hall sports on the campus radio station WSOU and writing game stories for the Setonian. WSOU was a renowned 10,000-watt FM radio station. These experiences were the building blocks that ultimately led to a successful four-decade career in advertising and communications.

Dr. Joseph Nyre, the dynamic President of Seton Hall, spoke eloquently about the “Power of the place to change destinations and transform lives.” Our college years truly shaped many us as individuals. The place that Seton Hall holds with me has deep tentacles, far beyond my passion for all things Seton Hall hoops. (Well, that does rank high from November through March if truth be told). Seton Hall was my sleeper school choice. Syracuse and Fordham were the others. South Orange just felt right for this late blooming 17-year-old. The campus was small and not overwhelming. A plus, I could live on campus and still be home in two hours. I enrolled not knowing that I was going to forge a lifelong love affair with the school. One that keeps growing stronger as I age.

I matured at Seton Hall. When you come from the quiet town of Milford, CT and you’re thrown in with peers from all across Jersey, the five boroughs of NYC, and surrounding states, I learned to adapt and grow up quickly. I fondly remember professors that sparked an interest in advertising and marketing. Friendships were forged lasting four great years and many decades after. Working side by side with broadcasting pros who became brand names in their own right in the business. Broadcasting Hall hoops and baseball games all across the country was living a dream. Sharing post game drinks at a very young age with then coach Billy Raferty (drinking age was 18 back then) and interviewing the likes of the intimidating John Thompson. Being a part of great Pirate baseball teams that made it to the College World Series in Omaha and churned out MLB professional players – Rick Cerone, Charlie Puleo and Dan Morogiello from Canarsie, Brooklyn. Covering NFL Drafts in NYC or sitting in the press box at the newly opened Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands. What 18-year-old wouldn’t sign up for four years of such experiences? All this happened because of power of the place that is Seton Hall.

What made the Center of Sports Media gala so special for me was watching the students present who are a part of the program. They were literally soaking up the big-time atmosphere of the event. You could see in their eyes a starry wonderment as they were held in rapt attention to advice being doled out by Robin Roberts and other ESPN personalities. Imagining themselves in a similar position somewhere down their career path. The future is all in front of them. As I did, they surely have a strong sense that they’ve chosen the right “place,” to put themselves in position to succeed in whatever venture they pursue. Dr. Nyre, know that the power of the Seton Hall place in our lives was strong that night.

So many of the paths in my life can be traced back to the Seton Hall campus in the hamlet of South Orange. Whether it was the people I met or the person I’ve become, I sometimes wonder how much was determined there.

Thanks, Setonia, for all that you did for me. Hazard Zet Forward.

The University today announced a new NIL policy: https://www.shu.edu/policies/seton-hall-university-image-name-and-or-likeness-policy.cfm

Does this answer the concerns some people on this board have posted about NIL and recruiting? Or are those just market-based concerns?