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Any explanation given as to why?

James Taylor did not play against Seneca. Is he back for tonight’s game?

previous link May 31, 18, 12:14 AM #113 True blue (and gold) Quote Originally Posted by rsmith6971 View Post The source? Yes. The website you linked in your previous post. When I went there, your source clearly is extremely biased. New article with complete data analysis shows that the number of mass shootings in the U.S. and Europe are about the same. The source of your data on mass shootings, Adam Lankford, refuses to release his data. How can you conclude that the source of my data is biased when your source won't even release his data analysis. John Lott Jr.: Adam Lankford 'botched' study claiming U.S. accounts for one-third of mass shootings - Washington Times

I have shared my analysis and recommendations with the NAIA Athletic Directors Association and with the NAIA National Administrative Council, the council that has the authority to make all decisions related to the consolidation of NAIA D1 and D2 including the tournament restructure. Because of the issue that more than half of the 16 4-team regions would simply become re-plays of Conference Tournaments, I recommended the following: (1) the Men's and Women's 64 team fields be based on automatic qualifiers as established by each Conference (currently 36 automatic qualifiers over both Divisions) and at-large qualifiers based solely on Massey rankings (28 remaining positions to fill out the 64-team field. (2) the 64-team fields be seeded solely based on their Massey rankings and distributed in the standard manner across the first round of the 64-team tournament bracket. My analysis of 2016, 2017 and 2018 shows that these recommendations would cause minimal disruption of participating teams, participation by Division and participation by Conference. For example, in 2018 and 2017 there would be 34 D1 teams and 30 D2 teams in rather than 32 teams from each Division. In 2016 there would be 30 D1 teams and 34 D2 teams rather than 32 teams from each Division. The recommended approach replicates the actual automatic qualifiers so the difference is due to higher Massey ranked at-large teams replacing lower ranked at-large teams that made the actual field. While this recommended approach does not maximize the objective of saving travel and lodging costs, it still provides the opportunity to achieve savings. For example, the Council could negotiate 8 site contracts for first and second round games with 2 teams advancing from each site to the final site. Once the standard bracket is established the Council could assign each 8-team segment to a site based on the best travel fit of the geography for those 8 teams. Alternatively, the Council could negotiate 4 site contracts for first and second round games with 4 teams from each site advancing to the final site. Once the standard bracket is established the Council could assign 2 8-team segments to a site based on the best travel fit of the geography. If the issue of re-plays of Conference Tournaments leads the Council to re-consider the format of 16 4-team regions and replace it with standard 64-team bracket based on my recommendations, I further recommended that the Council reconsider the 16-team final site. Based on the survey data of men's and women's coaches and athletic directors, the historical 32-team final site is strongly preferred. Based on fan comments on the internet, the 32-team final site also is strongly preferred by fans. I have alot more analysis than I can report in a message. If you have a specific question, I can report how my findings address that question.

Thieneman's father is in the Trinity hall of fame as a basketball player. I believe he played college basketball at Virginia. For his son to transfer away from Trinity says alot about the Trinity program. To make it even worse, his son is one of six players who would be Juniors on the Trinity team who have left the team and left the school. I will try to reconstruct the names and share them. Luke Morrison's dad was an outstanding player at Trinity and in college. His name is Lee Morrison. For him to choose to have his son go to South Oldham rather than Trinity also says alot.

Roster of John A. Logan: Antwan Campbell G So 6'2" 190 Chicago, IL / - 1 Jay Scrubb G/F Fr 6'6" 220 Louisville, KY / - 2 David Sloan G So 6'0" 195 Louisville, KY / - 3 Jonah Jackson G So 6'3" 210 Merrillville, IN / - 5 Chris Harris G So 6'4" 215 Antioch, IL / - 11 Vonnie Patterson G/F So 6'4" 200 Louisville, KY / - 12 Justin Saddoris G Fr 6'2" 195 Marion, IL / - 21 Will Keller F So 6'7" 220 Marion, IL / - 23 Quamain Nelson F So 6'7" 215 Great Falls, SC / - 32 Jordan Cousin G/F Fr 6'7" 215 Bowling Green, KY / -

Jayden Scrubb is at John A. Logan of NJCAA. He will be playing with David Sloan and Vonnie Patterson, other players from Louisville.

And Luke Morrison who went to South Oldham?

The NCAA today announced sweeping changes regarding college basketball eligibility, agents and other reforms in response to both the FBI investigation into alleged college basketball corruption last year and the April recommendations by the Commission on College Basketball. Here is a link to their summary of changes. Committed to Change | NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA

I have evaluated the 2016, 2017 and 2018 NAIA D1 and D2 basketball tournaments to better understand the conferences the qualifiers come from. I have found that history shows so many Conferences can completely fill a 4-Team Region. While this may be consistent with the objective of controlling travel and lodging costs, it leads to more than half of the 4-Team Regions simply becoming a re-play of Conference Tournaments. I suggest that this re-play of Conference Tournaments is not an acceptable result and will be viewed negatively by the individual Teams and the Conferences.

The NAIA national basketball tournaments will have smaller fields at the final sites when the transition from two divisions to one takes effect in the 2020-21 academic year. The National Administrative Council finalized approval of a men's and women's basketball postseason tournament format which will include 64 qualifiers, 16 four-team opening rounds and a 16-team final site tournament. Follow this weblink to the announcement of this decision: NAIA decides on smaller final sites for one-division basketball tournaments | College | siouxcityjournal.com This decision is disappointing to many NAIA basketball fans. There is no question that this is a bean counter decision. A recent article by John McCarthy of Small College Basketball best expresses the disappointment of long term NAIA tournament fans. His full article is very much worth the read and can be found at this weblink: The Historical NAIA Tournament - News Here is his key message: " ...This is America’s most historical, longest-running National Championship. The tournament format was decided by Dr. James Naismith, Emil Liston and Frank Cramer. The format is what made the NAIA unique and special. What happens to College Basketball’s Toughest Tournament? What happens to 32 teams. 31 games. One Week. Basketball historians and basketball junkies and coaches and so many people that sincerely care about our game……well, they are crushed. Devastated. The NAIA Coaches voted unanimously to keep the format the same. The NAC didn’t listen."

Do you disagree with the facts? Did you look at the source and the detail of the facts or do you just not like the conclusions?

The source?

The problem with comparing the U.S. with other countries is there is a significant difference in populations per country. The Crime Prevention Research Center has adjusted for this by comparing similar size populations. They have done this by comparing the U.S. in total with Europe in total. Also, they compare individual U.S. States with individual European countries. Their findings show that the number of mass shootings in the U.S. and Europe are about the same. Their full analysis can be found at the following weblink: https://crimeresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Europe-v-US-and-US-states.png

Number of shootings at U.S. K-12 schools is actually down dramatically over the last 10 years. The table below is from the Crime Prevention Research Center (hyperlink provided below). The table displays the number of events, not the number of deaths. Number of School Shootings Grades K-12 Year School Year Number 25 1992-93 17 24 1993-94 30 23 1994-95 7 22 1995-96 15 21 1996-97 16 20 1997-98 15 19 1998-99 6 18 1999-00 11 17 2000-01 11 16 2001-02 2 15 2002-03 8 14 2003-04 16 13 2004-05 6 12 2005-06 2 11 2006-07 7 10 2007-08 2 9 2008-09 6 Median all years 8 2009-10 6 6 7 2010-11 1 Median last 20 years 6 2011-12 1 6 5 2012-13 3 Median last 15 years 4 2013-14 2 3 3 2014-15 2 Median last 10 years 2 2015-16 2 2 1 2016-17 6 Median last 5 years 2 Total for all years 200 Significant reduction in number of shootings over the last 13 years. Source: Crime Prevention Research Center Information on K-12 and University Shootings Deaths: The number of deaths has been declining over time - Crime Prevention Research CenterCrime Prevention Research Center

The younger brother of former Louisville men's basketball player David Levitch, Jax Levitch played his high school basketball at Trinity High School in Louisville, Ky. With the separation of IUPU Fort Wayne into two schools and the future of athletics uncertain for the two schools, Jax Levitch received his release and landed at UNC Ashville. He will sit out the 2018-2019 season and then have two years of eligibility. Follow this link to the announcement by UNC Ashville. 6-foot-7 Forward Levitch to Join UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball Program - UNC Asheville Follow this link to the discussion about the separation of IUPU Fort Wayne. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne's future remains up in the air - Indiana Economic Digest - Indiana

You can follow NCAA D1 and D2 transfers at verbalcommits.com Verbal Commits confirms that he is heading to Louisville.

Recommendations could dramatically reduce AAU basketball. The most damaging impact to AAU would be Section 3 on pages 44 thru 50 (page numbers are at bottom right hand corner of each page of the Commissions report). Follow this link to the pdf of the full report https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2018CCBReportFinal_web.pdf

Justin could have gone to Montverde for the 2017-2018 season but chose to stay at Trinity to try to win a State championship. This past season at Trinity was a disappointment because of selfish play by a couple of players. Justin did not want to pass up Montverde again.

Thomas More is returning to the NAIA in the fall of 2019. They will be joining the Mid-South Conference. The other seven teams will be joining the NAIA in July 2018. Columbia International enters the NAIA as a member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference and Ottawa will compete in the Golden State Athletic Conference and Sooner Athletic Conference for football only. The other five schools will be members of the Association of Independent Institutions. Follow this link for more information: Thomas More approved to move to NAIA beginning in 2

The NAIA Council of Presidents approved the consolidation of Division 1 and Division 2 of men's and women's basketball effective with the 2020-2021 season. Starting in 2021 there will be one national tournament for the men and one for the women. Each tournament field will be 64 teams with either 32 or 16 teams to advance to the national site. Early round games will be played in regional tournaments. Each team can provide up to 8 scholarships. Currently D1 can provide up to 11 scholarships and D2 can provide up to 6 scholarships. Follow this link to the announcement by the NAIA Council of Presidents: NAIA to Combine Basketball Divisions - NAIA - National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics