I think Stanford could be a monster but they won’t invest in sports. It just isn’t part of their culture.

I agree with other ACC schools upset over adding Louisville. That is part of the reason the ACC is in trouble. They haven’t fully shifted their focus to investing in their main sports. I also think their academic policies have had a negative impact on their alumni that support athletics.

Wake, UVA, UNC, Stanford, Cal and Duke have significant access to alumni money they just don’t invest in athletics except basketball. Even then they don’t invest at level needed in this new era.

The ACC being this bad in basketball is all related to NIL spend. Does Bennett retire if UVA fully committed to NIL? These are academic institutions that play college sports. Louisville is an academic institution that invests in college sports. Completely different agendas. For Louisville, sports is a marketing tool to increase enrollment. The ACC doesn’t need any help with enrollment they turn people away.

There are no signs of that changing and maybe it shouldn’t but at the core that is why the ACC is in trouble.

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Yes it's nice, but we need to move on from comparing the past two seasons to what this team is. For me it was in the Battle for Atlantis that I knew this was a whole new deal for Louisville basketball.

But at the same time, Louisville is still a elite level program and it should be treated like one by the so called basketball experts. As I've said over and over, what exactly is it keeping the Cards out of these voters top 25? The five losses?

This six game winning streak is current and it shows multiple Quad 1 and 2 wins, most by double digits. How long does it take for the voters to notice? Apparently they only now do but they're not convinced so they omit Louisville from the top 25.

That's BS no matter how you slice it.

It's ridiculous. People like Jay Bilas says it's absurd Louisville isn't ranked. What do they have to do? Why are there reservations?

I agree the AP and coaches polls mean little but they are like grades each week during a long season. Having that number next to your name means you're a good team. The higher the number the better team you are.

As for the NET or any other computer ranking, why is Louisville in the 30's? Why aren't they in the 20's with the strength of schedule and no bad losses? They also have at least 4 quad 1 & 2 wins.

What do these voters want? Do they not look ahead and see Louisville's remaining schedule and notice it's nowhere near as difficult as it was through the first six ACC games?

Shouldn't they expect Louisville to win more games? It's not like some team getting ranked after starting 10 and 1 with 7 cupcake wins, only to have a rugged remaining schedule against multiple ranked teams.

There shouldn't be any doubt that Louisville is a top 25 team and why they're hesitant to vote for the Cards leads to accusations of bias.

Not surprising to me that Siva has him firmly under his wing and Chucky taking those best parts of his game.
I hope Chucky takes it up another notch over the next two months and replicates Peyton's last run.

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Here's to all the young ladies out there! Please, keep-up the good work that you are doing for the Cards!!

To bad smiths eligibility is over after this season. I want it to Reyne for another year!

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Bardman said:

Koren will have plenty of minutes at Louisville. Plus, he is coming back from an injury. Other guys coming hack from injuries - Khalifa, Rodgers and Pryor - would do themselves a favor by staying put. They’ll know the system and have a better chance of playing. It sure why anyone think Rooths is going to bolt? So, because he has shown potential he’ll leave little ole Louisville?

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Come on now. You know the reality today with collegiate sports. You have to be prepared for players to leave for many different factors. I hope they stay, but odds are some won't.

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nccardfan said:

Maybe he decided he doesn't want to play on a blue field... or suffer through all the cold weather in Idaho!

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It was an actually a female that kept him here. Didn’t want to leave his girlfriend and have a long distance relationship.

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another thing i remember coach saying was that when they look at players, they call the coaches at all the previous schools possible to get info. he said basically no coaches have called him to ask about any players that transferred under him. he said the former coach would be the first person he calls about any player entering the portal but no one calls him. he's about the person not just the player

rh62531 said:

When players are having fun, competing well, they are more apt to stay.

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Rooth’s has gotten plenty of playing time and I don’t see that changing. Unless $$ comes into play I would think he stays

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