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YSUGO:
Could care less if the MAC is weaker in basketball..Butler is the Horizon..we are along for the ride and up to now other than getting the little subsidy money from BUTLERS success our Men's program has done little to justify any excitement in Ohio's recruiting wars....as for what Kent Hired...they did what they always have done since Waters turned that program around...They hired from within...

IAA Fan:
Something else to consider. I think we may find a solution stemming from football, rather than basketball.  With the expansion of the MVFC, the conference will only require 7 or 8 games for it's members. This does leave us with enough open dates to play a warm-up, a money game, and Akron and/or Kent (rival). If we can begin to defeat these two (or at least an above 50/50 split) we make a statement to potential recruits and excite the fans with a return to our rival games.

pittsburghpenguin:
I like your idea of scheduling Akron or Kent. It's not going to happen though because YSU is not going to schedule two FBS schools in one year. they will not make the playoffs doing that.

guinpen:
I don't see us playing Kent or Akron in football ever again - unless - something very drastic happens to our program or theirs. Talking someone changing divisions!

They do not have the money to pay us big bucks and I just do not see a recruit coming to YSU because they may get a chance to play either one of them, yea yea. Penn St, Ohio St, Mich St are worth getting pumped up about, not some low end MAC schools.

ysuindy:
Updates on Valpo's Brandon Wood and Butler's Shelvin Mack and their declarations for the NBA draft.  I had not previously heard that Wood is likely to transfer to grad school in the Big Ten if he doesn't stay in the draft.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/6443622/reaction-new-names-nba-draft-list

• Valparaiso leading scorer Brandon Wood declared for the draft. But according to Valpo assistant coach Bryce Drew, Wood wanted to see the process and get a sense of where he stood. If he doesn't hear anything positive, then he will withdraw from the draft. But there is another curveball. Wood is a fourth-year junior at Valpo and is graduating. He started his career at Southern Illinois and went to a junior college for a year. The Crusaders aren't expecting Wood to return, even if he were to withdraw with the option that Wood would transfer to a Big Ten school for graduate school and a fifth year. One option for him might be Michigan State, according to a source. If Wood were to join the Spartans, it would be a huge pickup because of his ability to score from the perimeter.


• A number of NBA personnel said they wouldn't be surprised if Maryland's Jordan Williams, Butler's Shelvin Mack, Washington's Isaiah Thomas, Boston College's Reggie Jackson or Fresno State's Greg Smith all stayed in the draft. But there is a consensus already that Michigan's Darius Morris, Xavier's Tu Holloway, Georgetown's Hollis Thompson, Miami's Reggie Johnson, Pitt's Ashton Gibbs and Northwestern's John Shurna should go back to school before they make a mistake of leaving too soon, and in the case of those who can't make an NBA roster, a major error in giving up their eligibility.

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