Jimmy Lemke
by Published on 06-22-2012 02:17 AM
If one has only one thing to say about the NCAA, let it be that they have always tried their hardest to keep up the charade.
The charade, of course, is that they are an organization that extols the virtues of higher learning through athletics. We hear from the NCAA on the business side of college athletics, but even more in their role as the "enforcer" of the rules agreed upon ...by Published on 06-05-2012 12:30 PM
There's no way to get around it. The void left by Butler's departure is a crater in the Horizon League. With nine members in the conference for the 2012-13 season, Milwaukee and any other team that has at-large aspirations - and, if Milwaukee has those aspirations, so does half the conference - took a pretty big hit with losing chances at two or three quality victories for the resume.
We may not notice the difference initially. Certainly the conferences will lose tens of thousands at the gate from the loss of the best draw in the Horizon League, and Butler definitely would have been a boost to the conference RPI. But the conference is still going to send one team the NCAA Tournament, it once again will not be Butler, and since Butler wasn't going to set the world on fire this season, the drop in RPI may not be big.
Over the course of the next several years, however, the Horizon League is going to lose its footing as a solid 12-14 RPI conference unless it expands. ...by Published on 05-29-2012 04:02 PM
In a response to the Horizon League blocking Butler from the conference postseason in 2012-13, those same Butler Bulldogs have decided to pack up and leave early for the Atlantic 10, making that ...by Published on 05-25-2012 03:08 PM
Assistant coach Duffy Conroy of the Milwaukee Panthers is still trying to fill dates on the schedule. The Panthers have games against Wisconsin, Marquette, Northern Iowa, Northern Illinois and Buffalo for sure, with a possible road swing at Fairfield ...by Published on 05-07-2012 09:49 PM
PantherU has learned that 6'1'' point guard Thierno Niang, affectionately known as Bobo, has committed to play for the Milwaukee Panthers beginning this fall. He is the sixth commit ...by Published on 05-02-2012 07:26 PM
UPDATE: MY SOURCE AND I MISCOMMUNICATED. THEY VISITED, BUT DID NOT COMMIT TODAY. SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION.
Milwaukee had two players visit who could be part of their 2012 recruiting class today.
...by Published on 05-02-2012 10:58 AM
It's the summer of 1998. The Horizon League is a Midwestern Collegiate Conference that looks, in men's basketball, to be on the precipice of becoming a "major" - not quite high-major, but definitely better than the other mid-majors. They just put three ...
