Official Running NCAA/March Madness thread

The main stream sports media won’t cover the story because a douche brought it up. But SB Nation wrote about an aspect of it in October. And if Williamson’s father is talk of on tape asking for money, why wouldn’t Nike pay his mom? And if Nike pays or employs the parent of a recruit or student, St. Mike of Duke would know it.
the father of Zion Williamson — Duke freshman and Internet legend — allegedly asked Kansas assistant coach Kurtis Townsend for money, housing and a job according to a conversation caught on tape between Townsend and Code.

The conversation was caught on an FBI wiretap, but wasn’t admitted as evidence in the trial because it occurred just 12 days before Code was arrested in September of 2017, well after the alleged fraud he committed that put him on trial

Zion Williamson has been dragged into the FBI trial. What does it mean for Duke, Kansas and the NCAA?

 

The NCAA wouldn't touch John Wooden in the 1960s-70s, when UCLA athletes received all kinds of special benefits. They waited until Larry Brown was the coach.

Nothing has changed 50 years later, they're not gonna touch Coach K. Wojo or Hurley better be aware.

 

There was barely an NCAA staff of any job description in the 1960s. They let the UCLA booster do his thing. They also let football run amok. Wasn't really until the basketball tournament took off and got monetized that they developed the power and the will to enforce anything.

 

That's not entirely true. As was pretty well-documented in Seth Davis's bio on Wooden, the NCAA did begin an investigation but was told to back off by the organization's higher-ups. They concentrated on Tark instead because Ed Ratliff got a free ham sandwich or something at Long Beach State.

Numerous football programs were on some sort of NCAA probation in the Wooden coaching era.

 

So y'all are saying Cleveland State is never getting off probation?

 

Dog bites man.
Film at 11.

 

Was there no under-4 timeout there? I don’t think the clock stopped once.

 

It did not.

 

My beer cup is empty, so I can confirm this.
Also no horn to end the half.

 

https://sports.theonion.com/tom-izzo-calls-2019-spartans-best-team-he-s-ever-threat-1833849663

 

He probably was given a lot of candlesticks.

 

Jerome, that was a bad foul.