TCU is a hard team to assess. Even the computer rankings have them all over the place: 39th, 51st, and 67th.
Unlike football, most computer rankings (like RPI) and weekly coaching poll halt in the basketball "post-season") because things are decided on the court. The exception is the BPI, where we picked up 2 more places to 62nd, passing 63rd Illinois (which stayed the same) and 64th Illinois State (which fell 3 places). TCU rose 3 more to 51st. The biggest gains near the top were by S. Carolina, UF, WVU, Kansas, Oregon, UCLA, Xavier. Bakersfield shot up by 15, and Colorado rose by 5. These are changes over the past 7 days.
Yep. Just watched an interview from today. Sounds like he's slumming at the NIT until he can fast-track a rebuild at TCU.
And hasten his return to the P5, especially after his son graduates. Remember that Dawkins (and Frost) were hired while a Big12 expansion seemed probable, and UCF appeared to be a strong candidate. Also, the AAC had been getting 4 or more NCAA Tournament invitations (unlike this year's pitiful 2). Illinois just grabbed up Oklahoma State's coach (after only one year there) for $18 million over 6 years. There definitely will be good P5 offers to Johnny that we can't possibly match (even a return to Duke should Coach K's back problems continue).
We're not a hot bed for basketball talent, and the standard dismissal on the Forum is Florida doesn't care about basketball
Bullcrap. Check the data sometime instead of repeating what you heard. My kids live in these cities and I visit. Rents no higher than Orlando, now among the tightest markets in the nation since the real estate bubble bust threw homeowners onto the rental market. Record population growth has also contributed to the doubling of rents. Google it. Eating out? Prices are jacked us by our classification as a travel destination market. My recent trips to Manhattan and D.C. found lower prices at the franchise eateries. Florida has the highest energy prices (and airconditioners run year round) because utilities block much cheaper natural gas.
And mascots. The Citronaut is still available
In the 80s, I had a student whose parents owned the Arabian horse at the football games. Also, remember the low vehicle Nitro would ride around the field in? Lots of changes over the years.
Actual median rental values in the cities you list as of March 2017
Nice list of old data. Sentinel's Real Estate edition just published this year's rents. Also, the metro areas have much more affordable rates than those listed. My kid's 20 minutes from downtown DC in an 850 sq ft 1 BR for $950. Unlike Orlando, these places listed have fast public transit, so you don't need a car/insurance/parking/gas. Relevant trivia: Orlando has more miles of toll road than any city on the planet.
Businesses are coming to Florida for Tax Breaks and deals set up by counties. Not weather.
Businesses come to Florida because SubChapter S Corps can take advantage of Florida being the only state in the region without a state income tax. Also, nearly half the population growth is migration from Puerto Rico, with many of them setting up small businesses. The Florida Speaker is about to close Enterprise Florida and its business recruiting fund.
well its only the median rents as of march 2017. Certainly there will be instances of lower or higher rents as your "kids" can attest.
My daughter paid $2400 for a shared 2-bedroom in Brooklyn just across the bridge and 10 feet from the subway, but she made do with no help from us. Even had our old van parked with a friend when she had work out of town.
TCU did beat Kansas and Kansas State, but overall they were wildly inconsistent. 6-12 in conference and lost 11 of their last 14 regular season games including 11-20 Oklahoma. Kansas loses some headscratchers every year, particularly in neutral site tournament games (see Indiana this year). A win over 30 win Kansas is slightly more impressive than a win over 30 win Cincinnati. Fresno State, Iowa, Richmond was not as difficult a schedule as Colorado, Illinois State, Illinois either. I think TCU is a great team and should be favored. If they shoot 50% and score 85 like they did against Kansas, we won't win. If they shoot 39% and score in the 60s as they did in their previous game against Kansas (lost by 19) we have a great shot to win and make the finals.
Illinois has perhaps the best claim to being our toughest opponent in the NIT because they beat Michigan, Michigan State, swept Northwestern and Iowa, and BYU all in the NCAA tournament or NIT, with Michigan making the sweet sixteen. TCU's Kansas win can be largely attributed to the one game suspension of the Jayhawks' star player. Of course, Illinois St. had the highest ranking but didn't beat anyone.
