Matt Smith
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Richmond Spiders Radio Analyst; Marketing & Comunications Professional
Bon Air, VA
Joined October 2007
If you start the movie "Hoosiers" at 10:07 p.m. and 48 seconds on New Year's Eve, you'll ring in 2026 just as Jimmy Chitwood hits the winning shot. No need to thank me.
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I'll join @rfish15 for the broadcast today on @ESPNRichmond
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College athletics is descending into chaos even faster than I expected. The sport desperately needs an overall commissioner and there needs to be uniform eligibility and compensation rules governing players and coaches through a CBA. Itβs the only possible solution.
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Everything I'm reading from college coaches is great stuff, but what's not being said, is that itβs no longer college basketball. It's professional basketball with budgets that rival the Euroleague. So pros have trade deadlines. The G league is way below college basketball on a
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Cal officially went full Godfather Mode on the NCAA and current state of College Basketball tonight π
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Matt Painter addresses the lack of rules and guidance surrounding recruiting and player eligibility for college basketball right now.
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Guard AJ Lopez and other players who transferred to UR were looking to compete at a higher level. It's here, with A-10 play starting.
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Guard AJ Lopez and other players who transferred to UR were looking to compete at a higher level. It's here, with A-10 play starting.
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Tired of coaches "blasting" the system while cashing its checks. John Thompson, Dean Smith, John Chaney were fighters who risked careers to force change. Hurley has the platform, but whereβs the action? Stop being a vocal critic and be a grassroots reformer. Put up or shut up.
"Who's protecting college basketball?" I asked @dhurley15 this AM for a quote, re: CBB's in-season free agency trend. He sent back a voice memo tonight. I've transcribed it in full and am sharing b/c it needs to be read by every person who claims to care about college athletics.
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Phillip Rivers has more children than the entire Minneapolis Somali daycare system.
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Former NCAA President Myles Brand on the continued professionalization of college sports: "college sports as we know it will disappear, and with it, the educational value to student-athletes and the institutional good will and support from alumni and fans..."
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John Calipari goes OFF for nearly SEVEN MINUTES about current state of college athletics & the Trentyn Flowers story in CBB. I haven't seen him this fired up in a press conference...ever?
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For those of us who actually know NCAA Basketball, you know Scott Drew. And if you know him, this is... well, itβs on brand Totally unrelated, just because something is legal or permitted doesnt mean its right or ethical.
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Michigan Stateβs Tom Izzo reacts to James Nnaji being granted four years of eligibility by the NCAA: βIf thatβs what weβre going to, shame on the NCAA. And shame on the coaches, too.β
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There is zero leadership in college sports in the power conferences.I agree with Tom Izzo -calling the current system COLLEGE SPORTS is a FARCE .Itβs the best FREE AGENCY that exists .Read the other day the going rate for top QBβs in the portal is $6 Mill.
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βI thought Iβd seen the worst. Then Christmas came. It topped it. It just topped it." Tom Izzo said after NBA draft pick James Nnaji got eligibility.
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Arkansas HC John Calipari pitched a solution for the transfer portal situations back in July. What do you think of the idea? π₯ X / Steve Sullivan
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Former Duke University Basketball star Christian Laettner sounded off a while back on the shambolic current state of NCAA NIL and the Transfer Portal... Agree? https://t.co/lkRUZxIfG8
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"That NCAA rulebook is thick for one reason... coaches find a way around every rule. Good for Scott Drew & Baylor" @DanDakich reacts to Baylor signing James Nnaji after he was drafted into the NBA in 2023
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University of Nevada Head Basketball Coach Steve Alford rightfully went off on the current state of NCAA hoops, the Portal, and NIL earlier this year: β"I've never been one to say athletes shouldn't be paid. But the way it is now is ridiculous" https://t.co/cFqKIJSu9f
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