NCAA rejected former basketball coach Kevin Ollie’s appeal over UConn violations. Here's one violation that appears to be petty when you see all other big time scandals in college sports: improper pickup games at which student managers kept statistics for coaches. This occurred before UConn left the AAC for the Big East in hoops.
Some NBA mock drafts have JAMES WISEMAN who played in a few games for Memphis going first overall to the Golden State Warriors. And his Memphis teammate Precious Achuwa going to the Spurs as the 11th overall pick.
Notre Dame / Navy(AAC) football game is being moved from Dublin ,Ireland to Annapolis, MD at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial
Stadium. It will the first time the rivalry game will be played in this venue.
I'm curious as to how Jeff Scott, former Clemson OC, does in his first season as the USF HC .
June 6, 2020
Oklahoma’s Ryan Jones is fifth P5 transfer added by East Carolina this spring, but not all of the transfers have been regular starters. Jones, a native of Charlotte, NC, played LB the last two seasons , but
he's joining the Pirates to play in a WR/TE role; a position that he was
originally recruited for by OU.
June 7, 2020
Here's one possible reason James Madison football didn't move up to 1A and join the AAC: It didn't want to be erratic in the way Old Dominion(CUSA) has been since moving up to 1A. Plus moving from the CAA to AAC in hoops would've been a huge move.
June 10, 2020
I saved a list from a print newspaper of interesting non -conference battles in 2020. This one could be a barn-burner. Cincy (AAC) visits Nebraska (B10) on 9/26/20. Nebraska beat Cincy in 1906 for 1-0 series edge. JD Spielman, Nebraska's leading wide receiver from the 2019 season will
enter the transfer portal. He's been dealing with a "personal health
matter" , whatever that means. Cincy will need to fill the void of
Michael Warren III moving on to the NFL.
June 13 2020
Memphis(AAC) and Mississippi State(SEC) have added more future matchups. Miss St has won 12 in a row and leads the series 27-10. Memphis won at 45-35 at Miss St in 1993 under Coach Chuck Stobart and were in the CUSA Conference. Jackie Sherill was the Miss St HC.
Isaac Bruce was a WR on that Memphis St squad and went on to a long NFL career with the Rams.
june 18, 2020
Fran Dunphy, who retired from coaching hoops at Temple in 2019, is back working for the school as acting AD after Patrick
Kraft left the post to become the new AD at BC.
June 28, 2020
Syracuse(ACC) visits Independent UConn for a football game in in 2022. In 2012 they were members of the Big East, but Cuse moved to the ACC, and UConn became a part of the AAC in 2013.
July 8, 2020
Ruffin McNeal, who was the HC of East Carolina from 2010-15 during its move from the CUSA to the AAC, has been hired as a special Asst at NC St.
July 15, 2020
I found this in a article about starting Tulsa safety Cristian Williams ,who was popped for a DUI and suspended In bringing back Head Coach Montgomery for a sixth season, Tulsa made it clear that it’s a bowl game or bust in 2020. I haven't read of a change in that thinking since the pandemic started.
July 16, 2020
Moussa Cisse, a power forward regarded as a potential
first-round pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, committed to Memphis . Last season he moved from NYC to Memphis to play high school ball. Did Coach Hardaway keep his distance. Is this another possible "Wiseman" scandal?
July 18, 2020
Army and Navy(AAC) ADs: ‘If there’s only one game we’re going to play, it’s the Army-Navy game’. This needed to be said.
Oct 9, 2020
The investigation of Gregg Marshall's
Wichita State(AAC) basketball program, which started after seven players transferred out is nearly over. He's been accused of shoving some players, particularly Shaq Morris, and of not being a nice guy around campus. I bet he survives for this season but faces a huge hurdle in recruiting.
Nov 18, 2020
Gregg Marshall resigned from Wichita St and agreed to a settlement of $7.75 million to be paid over the next six years. Assistant coach Isaac Brown will be the interim HC.
Nov 19, 2020
Wiseman from Memphis of the AAC goes 2nd overall to GSW in the NBA draft. Edwards from Georgia(SEC) went 1st.
Jan 21, 2022
I started this blog mentioning Kevin Olie, former UConn hoops coach when they were in the AAC, and yesterday an arbitrator awarded him 11M from UConn for improper firing. His membership in the American Association of University Professors union was a factor in the decision.
May 7, 2022
I pulled up this old blog when I saw that Wichita State(AAC) fired its athletic director Darron Boatright. My initial reaction was it must be tied in some way to the sloppy way hoops Coach Marshall left there in 2020. However , most of the chatter is about how Boatright was slow to get on the NIL "fundraising" train. Funny world.
