Comments on: On The MAC: The Hoops To-do List for New Commish Jon Steinbrecher http://www.hoopsjunkie.net/blog718/index.php/2009/10/27/on-the-mac-the-hoops-to-do-list-for-new-commish-jon-steinbrecher/ Where Hoopheads Get Their Fix! Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:54:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bigby http://www.hoopsjunkie.net/blog718/index.php/2009/10/27/on-the-mac-the-hoops-to-do-list-for-new-commish-jon-steinbrecher/comment-page-1/#comment-192272 Bigby Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:01:43 +0000 http://www.hoopsjunkie.net/blog718/?p=1816#comment-192272 Nice article, Tim. The rapid decline of hoops in the MAC in general is troubling, as is the rapid decline in Muncie specifically. 11th to 18th in the matter of a couple of years should have been enough to spur the MAC offices into action. We'll see if things improve in the next couple of years (but I don't have a lot of hope). Though the BSU and UB football teams gained a lot of headlines last year, the conference needs to realize that basketball still is the best way for the conference to get national press. One or two great players, like a Bonzi or a Wally, and you have the potential to legitimately compete for national championships. Football doesn't afford that option, with the BCS insider deal setup. As for BSU, Ronny Thompson proved to be the gift that keeps on giving for the Cards. Though with Billy Taylor there are signs of life, I gotta think they are still a couple years away from assessing if his coaching will make BSU a serious program again. What it looks like they may have this year though is a very solid frontcourt. That's a big switch from two years ago when Newell was the tallest player on the team at 6'5". So, for that reason alone I'm excited to see how things go this season. Good to be talking hoops again... Nice article, Tim. The rapid decline of hoops in the MAC in general is troubling, as is the rapid decline in Muncie specifically. 11th to 18th in the matter of a couple of years should have been enough to spur the MAC offices into action. We’ll see if things improve in the next couple of years (but I don’t have a lot of hope). Though the BSU and UB football teams gained a lot of headlines last year, the conference needs to realize that basketball still is the best way for the conference to get national press. One or two great players, like a Bonzi or a Wally, and you have the potential to legitimately compete for national championships. Football doesn’t afford that option, with the BCS insider deal setup.

As for BSU, Ronny Thompson proved to be the gift that keeps on giving for the Cards. Though with Billy Taylor there are signs of life, I gotta think they are still a couple years away from assessing if his coaching will make BSU a serious program again. What it looks like they may have this year though is a very solid frontcourt. That’s a big switch from two years ago when Newell was the tallest player on the team at 6′5″. So, for that reason alone I’m excited to see how things go this season.

Good to be talking hoops again…

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