Declan Walsh

Appreciate @declanaw for the deep dive into what’s becoming my obsession in scheduling! ctpost.com/sports/article…

@brauf33 People going to bat for the urban design of Houston or Phoenix -- hopeless

Walkable cities only. No more Houston or Phoenix

Great look at our offense and program as a whole! ctpost.com/sports/article… via @ConnPost

@coleadamss You're not at all curious if Michigan can top this?

If you’re a college sports fan Saturday is going to be absolutely insane College Football: #4 Texas Tech vs #11 BYU 12:00 #3 Georgia vs #9 Alabama 4:00 #1 Ohio State vs #2 Indiana 8:00 #17 Virginia vs Duke 8:00 College Basketball: #1 Purdue vs #10 Iowa State at 12:00 #7 Michigan State vs #4 Duke at 12:00 #22 Indiana vs #6 Louisville at 2:15 #13 Tennessee vs #14 Illinois at 8:00 #2 Arizona vs #20 Auburn at 10:00 Imagine doing anything else this Saturday. I can’t.

@BoilerMuse “Why would CBB fans care about the atmosphere of a game they’re not at”

@2ndChancePoints Maui, Atlantis, etc. all follow(ed) the same, pretty evident formula, and I get they are sorta annoying, infeasible destinations. but why not like the Great Smoky Shootout in Gatlinburg, or the Gilmore Girls Jamboree in northern CT, or the Border Bash in Chula Vista?

A very clear instance of the fans' and the media's interests being severely misaligned The people at games insisting crowds are ok in person (maybe they are!) aren't hearing the soulless TV broadcasts with faint, echo-y cheers, which makes the copious empty seats very sad

@GoodmanHoops The small, intimate venue in a far-flung destination was part of the appeal and the atmosphere it created was cultivated/intentional. Players Era isn’t categorically different, it’s just making a good thing worse.

I hate to agree with Sweeney, but he is right. I have been to a ton of the MTE’s over the last 25 or so years, and the crowds here for Players Era is comparable to most of them. Difference is it’s tough to fill every game when you have 18 teams, big arenas and don’t have Duke, UK, UNC.

@CurryHicksSage The neutral site-ification of the biggest games in college sports is genuinely my No. 1 issue/concern atm. NCAA Tournament expansion is the same thing — no more great late February atmospheres at, say, the RAC/Nebby/W. Virginia

That UConn Arizona game at Gampel last night really felt like the college hoops era of my childhood in the mid to late 90s. A heavyweight bout between two terrific teams played on a college campus in front of a jam packed crowd. We need way way more of that.

@ryanhammer09 The European academy system makes it harder to draw a clear line — a lot of those guys start making apprentice $$ at 15, and it’s not fair to exclude them. But overall it continues a trend of professionalizing CBB, which does suck imo

I like the international pros playing college basketball

Right, I didn't mean that kind of thing would happen tomorrow, should've phrased that clearly. But there were also (overly punitive) rules that would have prohibited this and many of the European players coming over before. I get this is a fallacious slippery slope argument, but it seems to be echoed by a lot of coaches who have no confidence in the NCAA to enforce future challenges to those rules.

@declanaw There are rules around this! Have to be within 5 years of HS graduation and, if you were making more that what is deemed “necessary expenses”, you have to pay the difference

Why is no one talking about the addition of G League players being a GOOD thing for college basketball? It's a boost to the talent pool and keeps the level of play as high as it can be. You're not going to suddenly see an influx of 30 year olds or failed NBA guys - there are still legitimate rules around that. This is for players within 5 years of their HS graduation that were making minor league money. Giving them another avenue is GREAT for both them and for the sport. We also need to stop acting like some boogeyman is coming for college basketball. Remember when the one-and-done rule was going to kill the sport? Then it was Australia's NBL Next Star program. Then G League Ignite, then NIL, then European pros entering the mix. And guess what? All that has made the sport better. The level of play has never been higher. Ratings have never been higher. Interest is as high as it has been in a decade-plus. And fans still feel immense passion for their school and their program. The addition of a few G League players will continue to enhance college basketball's product. Let's embrace it with the guardrails that are already in place and stop crying wolf every time there's a change.

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@alanthefisher Maybe not quite <200k, but I feel like Lower Moyamensing has a good amount around 200-225k and has a lot of quintisential south philly attributes

New Yorkers will say shit like this and then 2 years later move to philly because they realized that they'll never be able to afford to buy a place in NYC ever.

@conomarz @ridestheq46 @the_transit_guy Kudos to Seattle -- 300 events is awesome. The conferences, theatre events, etc, are particularly interesting imo. Graduated from UF where BHG is open to the public 9-5, and I'd always thought downtown stadiums could do more to activate the space more casually.

@ridestheq46 @the_transit_guy Lumen Field alone hosts over 300 events/yr: football, two soccer teams, misc sporting events, major concerts, conventions in the convention space, smaller concerts in the theater, charity and community events, etc. it’s possible because it’s right downtown

Over this?

@conomarz @the_transit_guy Football probably doesn’t get used enough for a true downtown stadium — I think Philly does it right

@the_transit_guy How it should be

@CBB_Central Harun Zrno heave from the logo to win it

Can't wait for 4-4 Rutgers with a loss to Maine to be leading No. 1 Purdue 47-43 with six minutes left

@ryanhammer09 Pauley looks really nice imo

The 4 Best Home Courts in College Hoops⬇️

@PanasonicDX4500 Philadelphia QuakHers?

Potential Philly WNBA Team Names Great: Revolution, Rage, Fire Boring but Fine: Freedom, Independence Terrible, Stop Saying It: Belles

@brandieeemac rutgers will be mid-major bad this year if you want to check off the RAC