News tidbits…
Hoops Season: Can you feel it…callin’ in the air at night, oh lord. – Phil Collins
Hoops practices have begun…Exhibition tilts begin this week. We’re in the midst of conference media days events. Yep… basketball season has arrived. Here’s a snapshot of current events.
- Protect College Sports Act bill.
- Court rulings affecting fifth year and foreign players
- More preview predictions
- Upcoming exhibition games
- Big East Schedule
- Creighton Schedule
- links to informative articles below….
- ESPN’s latest Preseason Top 25 & NCAA Bracket prediction
Protect College Sports Act
Just passed in the US Senate. Goes to the House of Representatives (out til 9 November 2026). Not likely to pass in the House. One of the main provisions is tougher restrictions on athletes payments. Many schools currently exceed the $21.5 million cap. 30+ P4 (football) schools exceed $30 million annually, with 10 schools exceeding $40 Million. Link at bottom of page
Court Rulings on 5th year/int’l players.
State cases in New York (Melvin Council Jr.), Florida (Aberdeen), Colorado, others – as well as a federal lawsuit in West Virginia (Brenen Lorient and Javan Buchanan) — yet, for the most part, the NCAA has been granted stays as it appeals each (cases in Ohio and Tennessee are two such examples). This is leading to players moving their lawsuits to other jurisdictions. Link at bottom of page
Other Big East Previews
Exhibition games
Schedules:
Links:
Preseason Top 25 / ESPN
- Uconn @ #5
- St Johns @ #10
- Nova @ #29
Latest ESPN Preseason Bracket / Lunardi
Lunardi still has 7 Big East teams in. In Order:
- Connecticut 2-seed East
- StJ 5-seed MidWest
- Nova 7-seed South
- Marq 8-seed South
- Prov 10-seed West
- Xav 11-seed South
- Crei 11-seed East (part of last 4 in)
Jim Harvey aka @gtmoBlue
