wonder what pithy retorts will be presented when Avila is named the MVP of the 2024 ArchMadness?
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'22 IL PF Robbie Avila (Transferred to $aint Loui$)
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wonder what pithy retorts will be presented when Avila is named the MVP of the 2024 ArchMadness?
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Paul Oren (Valpo beat) said that Avila edged out DeVries when they consider the 35 conference only categories for POY. throw in the conference championship as the trump card and it's amazing the votes came out the way they did.
Devries is a a real nice player. One of the best in the valley. But there is a real legit argument that he shouldn't have been POY this year or last year (Roman Penn was the best player on their TEAM).
I'm envisioning a Sunday in the STL where Sycamores out number Drake fans 4 to 1. Sycamores with a 15+ point lead with about 2 minutes to go. And the entire arena is chanting "M.V.P." for Avila as the clock ticks down. Justice will be served then
WSJ's paywall sucks
It's probably just a rehash of the same talking points we have seen on the other "news" sites. I shared it more for the fact that it is the WSJ and not a "sports" site.
Honestly, I completely understand paywalls -- if more papers had established them; they'd still be in business today...
FWIW -- there is an audio versison... no paywall "entrance", it's maybe 2 minutes worth of the articles highlights
the WSJ typically covers some sports but as you mentioned, it's NOT a sports site...
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After this year is done will Robbie have 2 years or 3 years of eligibility left? I guess my question is does Robbie get a covid 5th year???
Larry's class is the last one with a covid year.
Robbie will be on the Pat McAfee Show on Thursday
Honestly could care less knowing he's probably not going to be a Sycamore after the season.
I'm going to miss this. Will be interesting to see how much attention he gets when he losses the Larry Bird connection. But for the time being I'm going to enjoy as much as I can seeing Indiana State everywhere in the media. Days are numbered
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All you tweeters need to tag McAfee and tell him to encourage Robbie to stay @ Indiana State. Can't be Larry Nerd/Blurred without us!!!
The question was asked... And he handled the answer really well. It was more of a question than encouragement - but Robbie gave a good but somewhat PC answer.
McAfee just put out a deal of $10,000.00 to each ISU player should we win the NIT. Obviously there are NCAA hurdles that will have to be addressed but Pat is smart and likes to give out money.
Pretty good interview and it's awesome getting exposure on one of the largest sports platform there currently is.
It was a pretty funny segment. Pat has a huge following and offering the whole team NIL is pretty cool. Winning the NIT aside, what would be great is if Pat offered Robbie the $150k in NIL to stay @ Indiana State (and not leave the state of Indiana where Pat is based) and be a feature on their show throughout next season.
One of the best parts is how many times Pat refers to Indiana State as "we".
I get we don't have the deep pockets like SLU, but we have some really good marketing opportunities.
Good job Robbie!
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I’ll tell you right now, the media exposure and hype dies the minute they go to SLU/move on. Outside of SLU the attention won’t be the same as they have hereIt was a pretty funny segment. Pat has a huge following and offering the whole team NIL is pretty cool. Winning the NIT aside, what would be great is if Pat offered Robbie the $150k in NIL to stay @ Indiana State (and not leave the state of Indiana where Pat is based) and be a feature on their show throughout next season.
One of the best parts is how many times Pat refers to Indiana State as "we".
I get we don't have the deep pockets like SLU, but we have some really good marketing opportunities.
Good job Robbie!
So what was the answer?????????
Go to youtube and find it... @Jason Svoboda isn't paying me enough to be here right now.
He basically said - Indiana State has stepped up it's NIL game and that money isn't everything... The program, the people you are with the community all matter. That's not verbatim but that's basically what he said.
I did like how he said something about how it’s going up from this year to next or something like that