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[geo weidl]

Thanks for the post Whitley.

[entropy]

Thanks guys... Good posts.

KU would replace UNL as the most conservative school... I wonder how much that will hurt them?

[Pasadena Blue]

Is there a chance of Neb getting back into the AAU ... I really like that the B1G has had AAU members only.

[iam416]

A quick follow-up -- the "source" guy was pushed on the Grant of Rights stuff (namely, his assertion that it's worthless). He said the B10 has looked at this and feels very strong about its position.

[WM Wolverine]

When Nebraska lost AAU status, it was thought Kansas was every bit at risk if not next on the list.

[Wild Hoss]

Is there a chance of Neb getting back into the AAU ... I really like that the B1G has had AAU members only.

I think when our next chance at membership rolls around in a few years we will have a good shot. It will be helpful if all the Big Ten schools vote for us in that instance...if they had last time we'd still be in it.

[lineygoblue]

What's the deal with the AAU, and how does it relate to college basketball?

[WM Wolverine]

AAU is where all the top high school talents compete against each other in 3-on-3 style basketball (AAU also has other sports). The problem is these teams are organized, sponsored by people who have interests in CBB. Much like how a high school FB coach can have a huge impact in a FB players recruitment, an AAU coach can have as much or more impact on a BB recruitment than his actual HS coach...

This is one big reason why CFB coaches absolutely hate the 7-on-7 'events' propping up.

[madootra]

http://www.aau.edu/policy/accreditation.aspx?id=6874

[WM Wolverine]

What liney is talking about:

http://aausports.org/

[hack]

Whitley, how precisely are research dollars shared? I mean, much of the time these are grants in which the money is tied. Budweiser funds a study that discovers that foreign beers give you gas, or Exxon funds a study that says waterfowl do well with a nice coating of oil on their feathers. Or a prof applies to a specific institution for x dollars to study topic y. When my wife's lab shares money, it is with a prof at UC Santa Cruz, because that prof is working on a similar project.

[WM Wolverine]

B10 unsure what to do about divisions with the new additions, they even asked the fans about a week ago on their website & facebook...

I don't like pods but they solve one problem a great deal; that is that you play the 'other' division a lot more often. It works by rotating 'pods'; e.g. A plays C, B plays D in year 1 & 2... Year 3 & 4, A plays D, B plays C... You rotate who you play in the un-matching pod; e.g. B rotates who they play in D, A rotates who they play in C or you can have rivals in the un-matched pod.

[Whitley]

Whitley, how precisely are research dollars shared? I mean, much of the time these are grants in which the money is tied. Budweiser funds a study that discovers that foreign beers give you gas, or Exxon funds a study that says waterfowl do well with a nice coating of oil on their feathers. Or a prof applies to a specific institution for x dollars to study topic y. When my wife's lab shares money, it is with a prof at UC Santa Cruz, because that prof is working on a similar project.

Pretty much like you said....profs working on similar projects. Another reason that the academics have to get up to snuff. As I said, the research percentages I put up were only a guesstimate.

[WM Wolverine]

Google search on CIC (probably official site) will likely yield a lot of good information about how it works. Whitley and I gave the very simple explanation, that being B10/CIC universities grouping together to land grants, where they'll share resources, professors, labs, etc.

[hack]

What I'm suggesting is that they don't do it based on a conference affiliation. Academics are in such specific niches that you couldn't even say ``well lets collaborate with someone preferably in the B10'' if you wanted to.