Fantastic showing you guys. Absolutely fantastic.

Tonight was one of those times when everything that could have gone right, did. The atmosphere looked very impressive on TV. The crowd was rocking, and the ESPN announcers were very complimentary of SMU basketball throughout the entire night. And to ...

Littl' ole TCU has the highest ranked Class AND most 3 and 4+ star recruits in the Big 12-ranked only No. 23 nationally. Now several schools have better average per recruit-but essentially the perception of the Big 12 is really suffering where it matters most-RECRUITING.

3 star players are not a ...

College athletics would be better off in general just letting these guys go pro whenever they want.

IMO, the absolute best model is the one used by baseball.

Every single player is permitted to go professional straight out of high school.

For everyone who chooses to go to college first, they ...

I meant to get by here earlier to wish you guys congratulations. Sorry for the delay.

You guys had several great wins this year and you most definitely deserved to be in the NCAA tournament. The fact that SMU swept the national champions is especially fantastic.

Coach Brown has got you on the ...

IMO the bowl win for SMU football this year is a bigger accomplishment than the basketball win over Memphis.

For a non-elite basketball program to sign a 4 star or 5 star player you usually have to recruit them hard for a few years. Who are the 4 and 5 star high school recruits in Texas that SMU ...

Go to any certified AAU event in Texas where college coaches are allowed to show up and there is at least one good prospect that baylor would want. You will always see a Baylor coach there. And I do mean every single time . Period. Baylor coaches will attend even the smallest events.

Recruits ...

If SMU football continues improving then there will be people with zero evidence who throw out accusations such as "SMU must be cheating! There is no other explanation!! Other coaches do not like June Jones!!!"

Sorry, but that is not acceptable in my book.

Just because a down and out program is ...

Nice job on the win this weekend and nice job of moving to 2-0 in conference play. I wish you guys would have beaten washington state because that would have REALLY put you in good position to break through this season and go to a bowl. But that's okay. You still have a few chances to make that up ...

Being in a power conference means tougher hill to climb, obviously, but it is well worth it. You also get much more resources to help you make that climb.

When private schools like wake forest, stanford, or northwestern win major conferences then everybody notices. When private schools win or ...

Memphis will be okay.
Memphis will probably not be elite any longer.

Bad deal for the conference.

TC

Right - these guys aren't any good - that's why they were going to UK

They are not good enough. That is why they WON'T be going to UK....... or any other program on Calipari's level for that matter.

Vilarino is open and available to sign right now. Notice that none of the high majors are ...

Once again, you can say people are misinformed, but where are your examples of small, affluent, primarily white schools, w/nationally recognized national hoops programs, that recruit their backyard primarily. I think everyone agrees Doh should have brought on a local coach/AAU connection. That was ...

KC ross miller is probably not good enough to play at Kentucky in the future. Calipari will be bringing in some amazing studs.

GJ Vilarino was definitely not good enough to compete at the elite level. He is mid major all the way.

TC

Calipari obviously had a great record at Memphis of winning games. It is hard to convince other coaches to come in and follow a highly successful run like that. Memphis made the type of hire that they probably had to make at this point in time.

On a side note, this is a bad deal for C-USA if this ...

Texas Tech basketball did get on probation under Dickey. However, it was mainly over academic stuff if I recall correctly(using ineligible players, etc.). At the time there were widespread problems throughout the entire Tech athletic department for not monitoring grades and that sort of thing ...