MBB: American Rivers Conference

[Purple Heys]

Cornell announces that Mike DeGeorge has resigned.

Citing family/personal reasons, he is the father of several very young kids and wants to be a bigger part of their growing up than a hardworking, recruiting coach can be.   A very tough choice for an up and comer.

Best of luck to you, Coach Mike...Cornell's loss is your family's gain...and I can't find anything really to complain about...we were blessed to have him work his tail off for us while he was here.

What a wonderful measure of love you have shown your wife and kids.

http://www.cornellcollege.edu/athletics/mens-sports/mens-basketball/news/07-20-09.shtml

Ummmm....

http://www.rhodeslynx.com/news/2010/5/18/MBBALL_0518101216.aspx?path=mbball

[Purple Heys]

Dude didn't even last a year.   

[doolittledog]

Dude didn't even last a year.   

Maybe his wife and kids had become used to him not being around and didn't like dad hanging out and asking them who wanted to take him on in Wii

[Kohawk Krazy]

Dude didn't even last a year.   

Maybe his wife and kids had become used to him not being around and didn't like dad hanging out and asking them who wanted to take him on in Wii

I'm guessing, and it certainly appears this way, that he really was just trying to get out of Cornell.

[hoop_junkie]

I believe the reason he left Cornell was because they cut his pay by %20. I heard this from a very reliable source. I also heard that Coach Brase was given the same pay cut. This obviously had nothing to do with performance but rather a tight budget at Cornell. I'm not sure if other coaches at Cornell were forced to take a pay cut but my guess is that they all were affected. If my source is correct, this is definitely uncharted territory, to cut a coach's pay after he takes a team to the NCAA tournament. Easy to see how that would make someone bitter enough to leave. Rhodes is a very good D3 school and they play in arguably the best D3 conference in the country. That is definitely an upgrade for DeGeorge.

[doolittledog]

I believe the reason he left Cornell was because they cut his pay by %20. I heard this from a very reliable source. I also heard that Coach Brase was given the same pay cut. This obviously had nothing to do with performance but rather a tight budget at Cornell. I'm not sure if other coaches at Cornell were forced to take a pay cut but my guess is that they all were affected. If my source is correct, this is definitely uncharted territory, to cut a coach's pay after he takes a team to the NCAA tournament. Easy to see how that would make someone bitter enough to leave. Rhodes is a very good D3 school and they play in arguably the best D3 conference in the country. That is definitely an upgrade for DeGeorge.

Interesting in that Cornell has actually seen an increase in annual giving over the past 4 years.  So if they are cutting pay in the athletic department it would be interesting to see if they are cutting pay across the board.  If Cornell isn't doing that then that shows you how little they care about their athletic department.  I would also think that would signal they are intending to move away from the IIAC. 

Annual giving at Cornell over the past 4 years.

2006 - 5,511,896 (7th in IIAC)
2007 - 7,789,761 (5th in IIAC)
2008 - 9,190,240 (5th in IIAC)
2009 - 9,810,205 (2nd in IIAC)

[hoop_junkie]

I think Cornell would prefer a move to the Midwest Conference which would open the door for Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln, NE) to join the Iowa Conference. Not sure if we will see this happen anytime soon but it's definitely been talked about.

[Gregory Sager]

Rhodes is a very good D3 school and they play in arguably the best D3 conference in the country.

The best D3 conference in the country at what? You can't be talking about men's basketball, because the SCAC isn't even a power conference on the hardwood. It's strictly mid-tier.

[doolittledog]

I think Cornell would prefer a move to the Midwest Conference which would open the door for Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln, NE) to join the Iowa Conference. Not sure if we will see this happen anytime soon but it's definitely been talked about.

I would like Cornell to stay in the IIAC.  That said, if they don't really care to be here then they should leave for somewhere else.  I do not want to see Nebraska Wesleyan joine the IIAC.  I'd rather an Iowa school...like Iowa Wesleyan come back to the IIAC. 

[Pat Coleman]

Rhodes is a very good D3 school and they play in arguably the best D3 conference in the country.

The best D3 conference in the country at what? You can't be talking about men's basketball, because the SCAC isn't even a power conference on the hardwood. It's strictly mid-tier.

But from the IIAC point of view, that is a step up.

[Alfredeneumann]

Wartburg to play UNI in an exhibition game 11/2/10.

[Kohawk Krazy]

Wartburg to play UNI in an exhibition game 11/2/10.

Coe plays them exactly 2 weeks later in a regular season contest.

[AndOne]

I believe the reason he left Cornell was because they cut his pay by %20. I heard this from a very reliable source. I also heard that Coach Brase was given the same pay cut. This obviously had nothing to do with performance but rather a tight budget at Cornell. I'm not sure if other coaches at Cornell were forced to take a pay cut but my guess is that they all were affected. If my source is correct, this is definitely uncharted territory, to cut a coach's pay after he takes a team to the NCAA tournament. Easy to see how that would make someone bitter enough to leave. Rhodes is a very good D3 school and they play in arguably the best D3 conference in the country. That is definitely an upgrade for DeGeorge.

You could argue until you're blue in the face and you would still lose that argument.
Ever hear of the WIAC, the CCIW, or even the NESCAC?

[AndOne]

I think Cornell would prefer a move to the Midwest Conference which would open the door for Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln, NE) to join the Iowa Conference. Not sure if we will see this happen anytime soon but it's definitely been talked about.

As a former NWU player, I would like to see Wesleyan in an NCAA DIII conference rather than in the NAIA GPAC where they currently reside. I think one of NWU's problems in recent years is competing against schools able to give athletic $$ where NWU, the only NCAA school in a NAIA conference, is unable to do so. However, in light of today's economic environment, wherein most schools are looking to cut rather than increase costs, I think its unlikely that they will move to a conference that would involve a greater cost of transportation to away games, among other issues. 

[Alfredeneumann]

Wartburg 2010-11 Schedule is released
http://www.go-knights.net/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

After @ UNI (Exhibition), 6 straight home games.The last week of the season ends with 2 games in Dbq.