Sunday, March 16, 2025

Why was the Conference USA men’s basketball championship game delayed? - al.com

Why was the Conference USA men's basketball championship game delayed? - al.com

Why was the Conference USA men's basketball championship game delayed?

The article describes the delay in the Conference USA men's basketball championship game due to a roof leak. The delay was caused by a drop of water frequently falling on the court during warmups. The game was delayed for an hour and six minutes before the game tipped off.

CUSA Jacksonville St Liberty Basketball

Officials try to dry the floor as water leaks from the roof prior to an NCAA college basketball game between Jacksonville State and Liberty, in the championship of the Conference USA tournament, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)AP

It's not often you see a rain delay at a basketball game.

A leak in the roof at the Von Braun Center's Propst Arena in Huntsville delayed the Conference USA men's basketball championship game for an hour and six minutes.

The game, which pits Jacksonville State against Liberty, was originally set to tip off at 7:30 p.m.

Officials say that during warmups, there was a drop of water frequently falling on the court.

CUSA Jacksonville St Liberty Basketball

Jacksonville State head coach Ray Harper, pointing, spots water dripping on the floor just seconds before tipoff of an NCAA college basketball game between Jacksonville State and Liberty in the championship of the Conference USA tournament, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Huntsville, Ala. A leak was coming from the roof during a heavy rainstorm and caused a delay to the start of the game. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)AP

Players took the court before Jax State coach Ray Harper took note of the water to officials, which prompted game officials to put towels over the spot of the leak near Jax State's bench.

Officials originally said that the Von Braun Center staff was assessing if the roof can be fixed, and if not, the game would be postponed.

According to the CBS Sports Network broadcast following the leak, officials were trying to find a lift that will help them reach the leak in the roof to repair it.

Staff went on to place multiple tarps under the leak in the roof to catch the water that was falling on the court.

CUSA Jacksonville St Liberty Basketball

Technicians try to stop the flow of water from the roof before the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Jacksonville State and Liberty, in the championship of the Conference USA tournament, Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Huntsville, Ala. The roof leak, during a major storm, caused the game's start to be delayed. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)AP

Players came back out of the locker rooms at 8:27 p.m. and had 10 minutes to warm up before the game tipped off following the staff suspending the tarps under the leak.

Liberty claimed the regular-season championship, entering the Conference USA championship game at 27-6 overall and 13-5 in Conference USA.

Jacksonville State finished second in the conference and is 22-11 on the year and 12-6 in CUSA.

The winner of the game will claim the conference championship and advance to the NCAA tournament. Jax State last appeared in the NCAA tournament in 2022 and Liberty's last appearance was in 2021.


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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Interview with U Conn MBB coach 202425

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Friday, March 7, 2025

Spring 2025 HHP 428 Sports Administration Fridays Noon & HHP 420 Sports Law Wallace March 8 - Here on March 8



On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM Sean McAndrews <mcandrse@wvstateu.edu> wrote:
I will be going up to the classroom 11:30AM-12:30 pm and then 1:30pm-2:30pm on Friday March 8

If you are having questions or issues - I can walk you through the assignments and quizzes - I do have to grade every ESSAY question...

Bunch of student athletes are off playing - 1st set assignments due by 3/13 - see below

Been a busy 15 days as interim AD and handling normal duties... The budget and planning and other items I teach have come up handy in meetings...

I should be in my office by 8:30 AM and go home my normal 5:30pm-6pm

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM Sean McAndrews <mcandrse@wvstateu.edu> wrote:
1st set of assignments and quizzes due March 8 to March 13
2 times to take every quiz - I take the average
All have been available since January 11
Download the manuals and look up the answer - Google search or other can cost you points

also - all essay have to be hand graded even if you type word for word from the manual

I will be here on Friday


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On Feb 28, 2025, at 11:05 AM, Sean McAndrews <mcandrse@wvstateu.edu> wrote:


FYI

I was named interim athletic director at WVSU

I have had several meetings called by CFO/President Etc

Class today is canceled

I will be in the office today and tomorrow before we go play UC in hoops

On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM Sean McAndrews <mcandrse@wvstateu.edu> wrote:
I just walked up campus to the class room in 733 wallace and it is bitterly cold and the sidewalks are extremely slippery - every county is on a delay or closed

Every county from charleston to huntington is either on a delay or closed today if it touches Kanawha, Cabell, or Putnam

I do not need anyone getting injured 

If you are on campus - I will go over the assignments & quizzes due on March 8 and april 19

If you are in fleming next week for Dr Settle or Dr Bradley or Jay Class - stop by my office

Sean


Sunday, March 2, 2025

JUDGE WHO REFEREES Decision GETS WAIVED 202425

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Monday, February 24, 2025

TRANSFER ISSUE IS A PROBLEM COLLEGE ATHLETICS IS IGNORING 20250224

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Friday, February 21, 2025

NCAA D1 Schools Opting into Settlement before the settlement has been completed lawsuit - February 2025

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

West Virginia introduces legislation prohibiting NCAA from investigating athletes for NIL activities - On3

West Virginia introduces legislation prohibiting NCAA from investigating athletes for NIL activities - On3

West Virginia introduces legislation prohibiting NCAA from investigating athletes for NIL activities

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A bill introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates would prohibit the NCAA from investigating athletes for NIL activities. With the House v. NCAA settlement set to establish an NIL clearinghouse that requires all third-party NIL deals of $600 or more must be approved by a clearinghouse that will vet contracts, the legislation could provide protections to West Virginia athletes if approved.

The five-page bill introduced this week would also allow insitititiouns to provide NIL dollars and share revenue and prohibit athletes from engaging in specific NIL deals, including alcohol, drugs, tobacco and gambling.

The bill also states that "nothing in this article shall be construed to qualify a student-athlete as an employee of an institution because the student-athlete engages in name, image, or likeness opportunities." The NCAA has pressed Congress to rule that athletes are not employees in an ongoing battle to ensure athletes are not classified as employees.

West Virginia becomes the latest state to introduce legislation that pushes back against the NCAA. Institutions across the country are operating under a patchwork of state laws. Lawmakers in Missouri and Texas have passed bills in recent years to prevent the NCAA from launching investigations into NIL activities. Missouri's NIL law even allows high school recruits to enter into NIL deals and start earning endorsement money as soon as they sign with in-state colleges.

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NCAA president Charlie Baker and multiple Power Four commissioners have repeatedly visited Capitol Hill in the last 18 months, lobbying lawmakers for a federal NIL bill that would include a state preemption to override the patchwork of state NIL laws.

The NCAA halted all investigations involving third-party NIL collectives last March. That has continued, but with the House v. NCAA settlement, the Power Four conferences are creating a new enforcement arm to police violations of the rev-sharing cap. It's expected this new enforcement entity will create a penalty structure for violators, too.

"No institution, athletic association, athletic conference, or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics may: open an investigation, penalize, suspend, take other adverse action, or declare a student-athlete ineligible from intercollegiate athletic competition," the bill states.


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NON POWER 5 SCHOOLS HAVING TO PAY FOR A LAWSUIT THEY WERE NOT APART OF

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SEC, Big Ten discussing new formats for football championship weekend - The Athletic

SEC, Big Ten discussing new formats for football championship weekend - The Athletic

SEC, Big Ten discussing new formats for football championship weekend

NEW ORLEANS — The SEC is talking about "re-imagining" its football championship weekend into a series of play-in games to the College Football Playoff. That includes the somewhat radical possibility of the eighth-place team getting a chance to earn a bid by knocking out the top seed.

The idea of play-in games has been floated since last fall, as part of a proposal where the SEC and Big Ten would get four guaranteed bids to an expanded 14-team Playoff field. The most-discussed proposal has been to have the two top seeds meet in the SEC Championship Game as usual, both teams ensured a Playoff bid but playing for a bye, and two play-in games, matching the No. 3 and No. 6 seeds and No. 4 and No. 5 seeds.
But the SEC has discussed a more radical idea: four play-in games, matching No. 1 and No. 8, No. 4 and No. 5, No. 2 and No. 7 and No. 3 and No. 6.

"It's one of the ideas on the table," Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said Wednesday as he left New Orleans, where SEC and Big Ten athletic directors met to discuss several issues.

This isn't the only idea, and there doesn't yet appear a consensus. But it shows how far the conference is going to rethink championship weekend.

"We'll see what happens," Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said when asked if that format was in play.

The Big Ten's discussion has swirled around the top two teams playing for a championship, while No. 3 would face No. 6 and No. 4 would play No. 5 in CFP play-in games. Nothing is finalized, but there's potential for the games to take place on campuses or even all three in two days at one venue.

"One of the things that we're going to continue to prioritize is trying to find ways to make our regular season as exciting as we possibly can," Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman said. "How can we keep as many fan bases engaged into November? How can we create meaningful football games in November? So, any ideas that strike at that are things that are going to be worth having conversations about."

Whitman's Illinois team would have entered that discussion last year. The Illini finished 9-3 in the regular season and tied for fifth alongside Iowa in the Big Ten standings. Illinois would have faced Ohio State in a game pitting No. 4 vs. No. 5 with an opportunity to qualify for a CFP spot. Indiana would have played Iowa for another CFP berth. A play-in loser would then contend for an at-large spot outside of the guaranteed allotment.

The value of conference championship games has taken a hit in the expanded CFP era. All five conference champions who made the field lost their first game, including the top four seeds who had byes: Oregon, Georgia, Boise State and Arizona State.

But the SEC will be reluctant to just do away with its championship game. It was the first conference to create one, in 1992, and it has become very lucrative. This past year's game, when Georgia beat Texas in overtime, drew the highest ratings for any non-Playoff college football game last season.

Still, the notion of a play-in weekend has gained steam, especially with the chance for the extra games to bring in more revenue. The Big Ten floated the idea first, and while the SEC has been slower to get on board, many in the league now believe some sort of change is coming.

"The conversations were really creative and innovative and robust and ended up with several suggestions that we could provide our leadership, our commissioners, as they go forward with a couple of key meetings in the next couple weeks," Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione said.

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Alabama wants to make NIL Money Tax Exempt



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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Another NCAA Lawsuit over seasons of competition

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Monday, February 3, 2025

RECRUITS/PSA - Coaches can not comment about them on social media or Radio/TV

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Friday, January 31, 2025

D2 LAWSUIT AGAINST COACH

Sean McAndrews, MA
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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Senate committee puts UH athletics under the microscope for $2M-plus deficit | Hawai'i Public Radio

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2025-01-29/senate-committee-puts-uh-athletics-under-the-microscope-for-2m-plus-deficit

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| Q&A with Mike Broeker, new Marquette Athletic DirectorPaint Touches

https://painttouches.com/2025/01/30/questions-with-mike-broeker-new-marquette-athletic-director/

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Indiana’s athletic department reports $173.5M in revenues and deficit of $3.1M

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2025/01/30/indiana-athletic-department-reports-three-million-deficit-2024-ncaa-financial-report/77534539007/

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202526 BASKETBALL START OF SEASON CONFERENCE CHALLENGE November 14, 2025 1st game

17.4.3 First Contest. A member institution shall not play its first contest (game or scrimmage) with outside competition in basketball before the second Friday of November, except as provided under Bylaw 17.4.3.1(Revised: 1/4/96, 1/9/96, 1/13/03 effective 8/1/03, 1/16/10 effective 8/1/10)

202526 November 14, 2025

202627 November 13, 2026 - Olympic Festival Year for Fall Sports other than football

202728 November 12, 2027

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Monday, January 27, 2025

SONOMA STATE LAWSUIT

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Spring 2025 - NCAA Violation Due March 8 & TITLE IX April 19



NCAA VIOLATION FILE
Due March 8
TITLE IX
Due April 19
  Equity in Athletics
Bennett, Kira K. 2023.11.30 Husson  Montana D2/NAIA
BRITT, ERRICK D. 2024.01.11 Florida State Virginia D2
Cisse, Aboubacar 2023.06.21 U of Memphis Indiana D2
EVIN, ECE L. 2023.09.13 University of Findlay California D2
FLETCHER, DARYL . 2019.02.07 Saginaw Valley  Maryland D2
GETER, JAYLEN P. 2021.10.07 Jacksonville State Alabama D2
Goins, Baylee R. 2023.02.24 U Miami Mississippi JUCO
Gonzalez Castro, Paula 2021.03.11 Clarion U Puerto Rico D2
GREGORY, TODD P. TJ 2024.10.03 Arizona Stae  Ohio D2
Griffin, Anaisia L. 2022.12.09 West Chester Connecticut D1
Henson, Jada M. 2023.02.28 U of Indianapolis Colorado D2
Jones, Nazir 2022.03.04 Clark Atlanta North Carolnia D2
Knox, David A. 2022.05.02 U Nebraska West Virginia D2
LAW, ADRIANA Y. 2023.12.06 FIU Illinois D2
MCNATT, NIGEL T. 2024.11.12 USC District of Columbia D1 or D2
MCSWEENEY, HUNTER E. 2024.02.01 U Alabama Pennsylvannia D2
Moore, Kerigan B. 2023.06.30 Morgan State Mississippi D2
NOEL, WILLIAM T. 20024.08.07 U Michigan Georgia D2
PENN, JOHN-MILLER A. 2019.04.16 Barry U Tennesse D2
RAY, JU'JUAN . 2019.05.31 West Liberty New York D2
Rice, Jacob 2024.02.13 U of the South Sewanne Virginia D1 FCS or D1 No FB
RIVERA, YADIEL A. 2023.02.02 Lake Erie College Florida D2
Sipple, Brody E. 2023.07.14 U Tennessee South Carolina D2
Slack, Jaedaun L. 2024.04.19 Arksansas State Oklahoma D2
Spolarich, Ethan M. 2024.05.29 Southern Utah Maine D1
TOBARU, AIKA . 2023.09.13 U Mass Lowell Texas D2
Vickers, Andrew C. 2023.03.10 US Airforce Kentucky D2
WILLIAMS, KENNETH I. 2009.06.30 Alabama State Alabama D1
WOOD, WARREN D. 2023.05.09 Kentucky State U  Delaware D1/HBCU PA D2


I gave each one of you a state and a level of sport.

You will use this site - https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/  along with the school web site and the schools athletic site to complete the form - find 1 school and answer the questions

the NCAA Violation PDF is available in the online education site



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