Bluenotes Site Update

On August 31, 2020September 4, 2020 By @gtmoblueIn college basketball 365

Bluenotes is currently undertaking a major facelift. We have tied our various sites together under one banner. We have updated our site theme and style. We are introducing ads, monetization (donations), and new features to bring Bluenotes into the current century.

As for monetization, we are seeking voluntary donations and making ad space available to bring in financial support to the blog. The blog will remain open and no subscribers. Bluenotes is adding a Patreon page with subscribers/tiers/rewards as another means of income. There will be one or two other new feature arrivals in the near future, but Bluenotes blog will carry on as a free site.

I am pleased and proud to announce that Bluenotes is bringing in fresh, young writing talent to improve and boost content outputs. We look forward to successful and profitable relations with our new professional associates.

Our 1st new paid contributor talent is Zac Voynow, of Philadelphia, PA. Zac is a talented and prolific young writer who has had numerous featured articles on Fox Sports, Busting Brackets, and The Comeback.

Zac will be creating feature content for Bluenotes: Primary Big East coverages and select topics series of articles. He will also create select feature content for Patreon subscribers.

He is a senior at UNC Wilmington where he’s studying sports journalism and finance. He previously made prolonged stops at Busting Brackets and The Comeback sports news sites.

Zac is a lifelong Philly sports fan and is planning on writing in the Phanatic for president in 2020.

Welcome aboard Zac. Bluenotes is happy to have you on the Team!

courtesy: Big East Conference

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Trial Balloon: 2020-21 Basketball – to be or not to be?

On August 25, 2020September 2, 2020 By @gtmoblueIn NCAA Basketball, Sports Commentary

NCAA releases candidate Basketball start dates under consideration.

NCAA releases prelim data to CBS Sports: R. Dauster report.

“The NCAA is in the preliminary stages of considering four potential start dates for the 2020-21 men’s and women’s college basketball seasons, sources told CBS Sports. The NCAA provided a timeline document to conference commissioners late last week, obtained by CBS Sports, that details the review and approval process on starting the forthcoming season.

Sources said NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt communicated to conference commissioners late last week that the four timelines depicted below are up for discussion:

Option 1

First practices allowed: Sept. 29
First day of season: Nov. 10 (No change to start of season)

Option 2

First practices allowed: Oct. 9
First day of season: Nov. 20

Option 3

First practices allowed: Oct. 14
First day of season: Nov. 25

Option 4

First practices allowed: Oct. 24
First day of season: Dec. 4 “

Those dates are not the only dates being discussed, but they are the primary trial balloons the NCAA is launching for consideration.

Between now and Sept. 1st many various NCAA committees and coaching organizations will meet, discuss, and make adjustment recommendations. Recommendations will be run past the NCAA Covid-19 MAB. They hope to have hard proposals/models by the 1st week of September to submit to the NCAA Division 1 Council.

The D1 Council will study, deliberate, and make a decision by Sept 16th, 2020.

A followup meeting with the D1 Council is scheduled for 13-14 October, 2020 to adjust the model, if needed.