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11 seasons - Jonathan Stewart more?? Just like J. Stew, I assume there's some more I've overlooked? Nice to think back and remember some of these guys. And, a bunch at 8 or 9 like Cota and Geoff Schwartz.

There are guys who don't make the list below because they were under 10 years, like Chad Cota 8 years, but here is a list with 10 seasons off the top of my head: 15 seasons – Fouts 14 – Mel Renfro 14 – Russ Francis 14 – George Martin 13 – Haloti Ngata 12 – Van Brocklin 12 – Gary Zimmerman 12 – Patrick Chung 11 – Dave Wilcox 11 – Mike Walter 10 – Bobby Moore (Ahmad Rashad) 10 – Fred Quillan 10 – Max Unger others?

Must be a hell of a coaching staff. Michigan State's head coach and assistant were named coaches of the year in their respective categories. Michigan State had no players on first or second team all-conference. They did have on 2 on third team, but third team is noted as having 7 players rather than 5 due to tie votes.

As I recall, the design for MKA was as a multi-purpose facility. Not solely for basketball. Concerts, bull riding, comedians, Circque du Soleil, graduations, conferences, and so on. There was no other facility in the Eugene area with close to the proposed MKA seating capacity which could fill those needs. I don't know for sure, but my GUESS is that the dark background was an architect's priority for those other uses such as concerts. The facility is home to two regulation-size basketball courts and one regulation-size volleyball practice court. The floor level has spacious on-site athletic training and weight training facilities as well as a nutrition bar. A large flat concourse encircles the arena with 50 concessionaire stations, over 200 toilets and two Duck retail shops. Additionally the building has private club rooms and four loading docks. I suppose some of the older fans still have nostalgia of standing in a crowded Mac hallway waiting and waiting for stale popcorn, or wondering if they should use their soda container as an emergency bathroom. I believe it was Ernie who said that Mac was a liability in recruiting unless he could get a recruit on site during an actual game. Then, hope the kid wasn't overwhelmed by the player amenities in a modern arena at his next recruiting stop. “We got things done with what we had,” Kent said in a phone interview. “We split one court with wrestling, women’s basketball and volleyball. Our 7-footers could barely fit in the restroom stalls the season we went to the Elite Eight. You can build programs a lot of places, but there has to be enough there to build.”

West Four ranks 12, 13, 15, 18. I suspect West fans are more front runners than the Midwest fans? Though Iowa fans where attendance has dropped significantly may be a Midwest version of front runners? Available alternatives due to weather in Dec – Jan – Feb for fans of West Four vs Midwest may explain part of it, but only part of it. Having Indiana lead the league in attendance is not a surprise, I guess. But, sure makes it problematic when the Ducks have to face them 51 miles from their home court at 9:00 am PT.

Just win baby. Last season the Ducks were a 3 seed which meant a minimum of 32 teams were seeded above them in the 16 regionals. But, the Ducks won their regional Santa Barbara which fortunately was in the Pacific Time Zone. Home teams were 10-6 in the regionals. Of the 6, 5 were 3's, and 1 was a 4 seed. Home teams were 6-2 in the Super Regionals. One of the 2 was Oregon losing at Tex A&M. Seeding that allows home games are impactful, as is the SEC bias in seeding. The last B1G team with a home regional was Minnesota in 2018. They won, then got swept by Oregon State in the Super.

The women's final between USC and UCLA in Indianapolis had 8,358 in attendance. Two L.A. schools playing in Indianapolis. Last year, the Pac championship in Vegas between USC and Stanford had 5,526. A very good USC team, and Tara VanDerveer's last Pac game as coach of Stanford. Fan loyalty and attendance has many factors in play, but generally as compared to other regions of the nation the West Coast rides the last horse on the wagon train. The structural and amenity character of Mac made a move necessary. And, the fan interest and involvement in that era is much different today. The best Pit crowds we remember would not be replicated by today's fans. Nor do we remember Pit games that were half capacity - and there were. There has been criticism of home attendance this season which averaged above 7,500. The last full season at The Pit it was 7,100. My guess is that a bunch of that 7,500 wouldn't cram themselves into The Pit based on today's criteria for fan amenities.

No. 9 Oregon is currently the only B1G team in the top 25 at D1baseball. In the same ranking, same week, last year there were no B1G teams. The second week of April, Nebraska was the last B1G team to appear in a weekly ranking at No. 23 before dropping out. The final 2024 ranking had Oregon St, Oregon and Arizona from the Pac. None from the B1G. As I noted elsewhere, of the West Four that joined the B1G, Oregon is the only one of four that has a record in B1G conference play above .500 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball this season. Will Oregon baseball join that list? The Ducks will still play Grand Canyon, Kent State, Portland, Georgetown, Oregon State, St Mary’s in non-conference. When it comes to tournament seeding, I imagine the Ducks are going to have to be dominant in those non-conference games as well as playing well in the B1G?

Ducks finish the regular season above. 500 in Big Ten standings in all 3 major sports: football, men's basketball, and women's basketball. Of the four programs from the West which joined the Big Ten, Oregon is the only one above .500 in all 3. 3-0 Oregon, 2-1 UCLA, 1-2 USC, 0-3 puppies

Interesting "home" season for USC. Their baseball stadium is under re-construction so playing off-site. Most weekend games at Great Field in Irvine, about 50 miles from campus. Mid-week games at Loyola Marymount about 14 miles from campus. Wonder what their attendance is like?

Looks like it will be Indiana. A bit of home cooking in the foul calls in Bloomington today in their win over Ohio State. So, Ducks men will join Ducks women in playing Indiana in Indianapolis.

And, a pretty quick update. BYU's Amari Whiting intends to enter transfer portal - On3 WWW.ON3.COM BYU sophomore Amari Whiting intends to enter the transfer portal, she told On3.

Not men's basketball news, but BYU has terminated women's head coach Amber Whiting. Amber's daughter Amari was an Oregon commit (2023 class) who flipped to BYU after her mother was hired as head coach. She was a Player of the Year in Idaho when she committed to Oregon. She still has eligibility remaining at BYU where she started all 30 games this season. May be interesting to see if she sticks it out at BYU or transfers. If her mom is hired as an assistant somewhere, maybe...

"If Oregon faces Indiana, it will be like a home game for the Hoosiers. Bloomington is only 56 miles away from Indianapolis. " I think arena to arena is 51 miles. "Home" was a factor in the Indiana vs Oregon women's game, and Indiana then trailed USC by 1 today at the end of the third quarter before USC pulled it out.

Illinois wins 88-80. Finished the game scoring 13-1 vs Purdue. Trailed 75-79.

Indiana's on-campus arena is 51 miles from the Big Ten Championship site in Indianapolis. Will be interesting to see how well Indiana women do against USC on Friday with that type of local backing. Like the Ducks game, tipoff will be 9:00 am Pacific (Noon local) It's very possible the Ducks men would also face Indiana.

Lanning will be 39 in April. No current head coach in the NFL under age 45 makes more than $9M. There are 7-8 established NFL coaches that make $11M or more topped by multi-Super Bowl champion Andy Reid at $20M.

As I read this, his base for the 2025-26 contract will go from $7.4 to $9.4 million. His contract does include $1M in annual deferred comp which would make the current year total $10.4 million. (Yes, there are public disclosure sources to coaches contracts at the UO, and a clause includes the deferred comp) The $10.4 is the first year of the now new 6-year contract which has annual escalators. By the 6th year, he would be over $11M so the six year "average" comes out a smidgen below $11M. In addition, the contract has "annual incentives" such as $150K to win B1G Championship, $200K if win 11 games, $$$ for CFP participation/wins, etc.

I believe the "run-rule" which is 10 run lead after 7 innings: - applies to non-conference games - it has to be agreed upon by both coaches prior to start of the game - it is most commonly applied to second game of a daily double-header; or, the last game of a multi-game series which is typically on a Sunday and thereby allows the visitor whether trailing or leading to leave for home campus early I assume the coaches inform the umpire before the game. By prior agreement, it reduces "in-game passions" between coaches, with the trailing coach pointing to the agreement rather than a last minute decision to pull his team off the field. Reduces embarrassment and tension for players on losing team. Some, not all, conferences do have a run-rule which is similar to points above. Conference choice. In my thinking, the inconsistency as to how many games can be affected across the NCAA totality it does have an effect on baseball's Holy Grail of statistics, such as the number of scoreless innings a pitcher throws. Or, all of what I just wrote might be found to be just B.S. I don't know "for sure."

Current national ranking in NCAA women's golf: 3-Oregon 4-USC 10-Norhwestern 21-Michigan St 25-UCLA 26-Ohio St Indiana is defending B1G Tournament Champion. The last four championships have had different teams win. Like in 2024, this year's event returns to Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland during April 18-21 (northeast of Baltimore)

Sources - FSU, Clemson expected to reach settlement with ACC - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM FSU and Clemson will vote Tuesday on an agreement that would ultimately result in the settlement of lawsuits between the schools and the ACC, sources told ESPN.

more in this link, including this nugget: In the 2023 super regionals, Oregon trailed Oral Roberts by eight runs in the third inning only to come back and walk off with a 9-8 win. Florida State baseball won by 20 in super regionals. Is there a mercy rule in NCAA tournament? WWW.TALLAHASSEE.COM FSU baseball jumped all over UConn in their NCAA super regional. Would the game end early by the mercy rule? We've got the answer and the reason why.

Oregon's official game recap for Rhode Island, "The two teams mutually agreed to implement a 10-run rule for Saturday's second game of a doubleheader and Sunday's series finale" Me...first, I believe run-rule in baseball only applies to non-conference games per NCAA rules. Rhode Island, was non-conference. But, so was today's game vs Columbia. Then, I believe, the NCAA rule is that a run-rule can only be applied to the second game of a double-header, or the series final game. Today's game with Columbia was the first game of a double-header. NCAA Baseball Run Rule Explained. Here's When It's Used - FloBaseball WWW.FLOBASEBALL.TV Is there a college baseball run rule? Yes and no. Here's what to know.

35-1. If anyone is wondering: March 17, 1999 - The Nebraska Cornhuskers set numerous NCAA baseball records Tuesday by defeating Chicago State, 50-3, in the second game of a doubleheader. The game, which had been scheduled for nine innings, ended on the 12-run mercy rule after 6 1/2 innings. Chicago State is 2-9. The previous record for runs was set by West Chester, Pa., which beat Philadelphia Textile, 42-1, on April 7, 1994. The Huskers (12-6) also established an NCAA record for winning margin--47 runs.

Yep, this is what I was responding to.... ".... the conference (B1G) has been horrible in baseball forever. I honestly think they might care more about Wrestling and Hockey (nothing wrong with those sports btw). " Aside from 2019 Michigan, it had been since 1966 Ohio St. 58 years is almost forever in today's short attention span sports. laugh And, wrestling and hockey are indoors.... I suspect in those earlier years of short seasons (i.e. 27-6-1) they weren't going to "pre-season" tournaments in Arizona, Texas, Florida. That 2019 Michigan team played a bunch of games in Florida, S. Carolina and California before it played its first one in Ann Arbor. But, other B1G teams have as well. One since 1966 is still a long time for the B1G.