Welcome to The Holy Land of Hoops

Have enjoyed your recent contributions and glad you're back. I've also enjoyed not having to butt heads over which hoops conference (BE - AAC) had/has the brighter past, present and future.

Now, this doesn't mean you can't challenge the status quo around here sometimes. Doing so with fact-based data will be always welcomed. I know you are a big college hoops fan deep down, as are all of the posters on this site. This conference is possibly the best thing for long-term health of the sport IMO. It keeps the FB power guys from thinking they can just dictate their own terms with all athletics. College hoops needs a strong BE. And thankfully they are getting one. And it's nice to see that perhaps the BE has a larger place in your heart and fandom than it did previously.

GumbyDamnit! wrote:Have enjoyed your recent contributions and glad you're back. I've also enjoyed not having to butt heads over which hoops conference (BE - AAC) had/has the brighter past, present and future.

Now, this doesn't mean you can't challenge the status quo around here sometimes. Doing so with fact-based data will be always welcomed. I know you are a big college hoops fan deep down, as are all of the posters on this site. This conference is possibly the best thing for long-term health of the sport IMO. It keeps the FB power guys from thinking they can just dictate their own terms with all athletics. College hoops needs a strong BE. And thankfully they are getting one. And it's nice to see that perhaps the BE has a larger place in your heart and fandom than it did previously.

What you mean North Texas and UTSA aren't going to just dominate college hoops? And Charlotte.

The fact that Stever is back THIS SEASON after the AACK Poaching, their diminished future and This year so far being ranked lower than the MWC is a litmus test proof to me that he wasn’t the AACK troll I thought he was.

Django wrote:The fact that Stever is back THIS SEASON after the AACK Poaching, their diminished future and This year so far being ranked lower than the MWC is a litmus test proof to me that he wasn’t the AACK troll I thought he was.

Not only that, but also the AAC replaced their 3 departing schools with 4 insulting mid-level football schools. Couldn't add even 1 basketball school amongst their 4 expansion teams. Had they replaced UConn with VCU (as he wanted) things may be different, but it's clear now that the AAC doesn't care at all about basketball and probably only added Wichita to appease UConn.

I'd say he was previously more overdoing with the "devil's advocate" thing than being an intentional troll, but I agree that I've been enjoying Stever's posts lately. I'll 2nd the welcome back!

Do what you do!

Wizard of Westroads wrote:Do what you do!

Still the greatest gif ever!

Wizard of Westroads wrote:Do what you do!

lol i forgot about this classic. Who knows where Stever's true allegiance lies, but I don't think he was ever a troll trying to get a rise out of everyone.

99% chance I at that GIF.

I just wish we had the RPI Forecast thing still.

Wizard of Westroads wrote:Do what you do!

Have to admit that is world class work right there. Still makes me laugh immediately. Good times, good times in the HLOH family album.