With almost no justification for doing so, the NCAA stupidly but unsurprisingly extends Mark Emmert's contract (College Basketball 04/28)
Eye On College Basketball
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🗓️ 28 April 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The NCAA quietly announced late Tuesday night that president Mark Emmert had his contracted extended through 2025. It's baffling, and it's why we open this week's pod on the topic. Then Norlander and Parrish get to Loyola Chicago (22:00) hiring the youngest coach in D-I basketball -- while somehow keeping the roster almost entirely in tact. Pretty impressive. The pod closes with some thoughts on Texas (35:45) and then a Trivia Time! for you, the listener!
Here is the Trivia Time! Name the 17 coaches in the past 25 seasons to get their first head-coaching job while simultaneously inheriting a program that made at least the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament the season prior.
Parrish's column on Emmert: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/mark-emmert-receiving-contract-extension-as-ncaa-president-should-draw-disappointment-but-not-surprise/
Norlander's column on Drew Valentine: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/loyola-chicago-hired-29-year-old-drew-valentine-to-take-over-a-top-mid-major-and-then-things-got-even-better/
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| 0:27.0 | Hey there, it's Gary Perish. It's Wednesday, April 28, 2021. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome back to the CVS Sports Eye on College Basketball Podcast, |
| 0:33.0 | where we sometimes discuss camel fighting, dodo birds, and leaky black mat and or land. |
| 0:38.0 | It is here with me and, obviously, there haven't been any massive headlines in college basketball. |
| 0:43.0 | On recent days, the coaching carousel has slowed. |
| 0:46.0 | The transfer portal is the transfer portal. |
| 0:50.0 | Whatever. But we did get an announcement, a hilarious announcement from the NCAA late Tuesday, |
| 0:56.0 | one that detailed that instantly president Mark Emmerck's contract has been extended |
| 1:01.0 | through December 31, 2025. |
| 1:04.0 | They're so proud of this development that they buried it in a press release blasted out |
| 1:09.0 | after nine o'clock on the evening. |
| 1:11.0 | As I wrote in a column published at cbsports.com, I wasn't surprised to see the initial reaction among most, which was disappointment. |
| 1:29.0 | Oh man, why are they doing this? |
| 1:32.0 | But I was surprised that anybody was surprised that the NCAA extended the contract. |
| 1:38.0 | So did I guess let me ask you this, were you surprised that Mark Emmerck had his contract extended? |
| 1:49.0 | Yes, I was. I was surprised that his contract was extended for one specific reason. |
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