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Lazy Detlef: Evan Clark retires. Get your shortlist for women's tennis coach out.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 10:32:08

Never great under him but not awful either. Let's move up a notch, though.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Craig Tiley?*

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 17:15:40, in reply to "Lazy Detlef: Evan Clark retires. Get your shortlist for women's tennis coach out."

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Never great under him but not awful either. Let's move up a notch, though.

Running the USTA now.*

Posted by PDO <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=PDO' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 18:08:39, in reply to "Craig Tiley?*"

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Never great under him but not awful either. Let's move up a notch, though.

Maybe he knows a guy (or gal)*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 20:01:15, in reply to "Running the USTA now.*"

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Never great under him but not awful either. Let's move up a notch, though.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Very excited to see who they hire.*

Posted by PDO <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=PDO' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 17:14:00, in reply to "Lazy Detlef: Evan Clark retires. Get your shortlist for women's tennis coach out."

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Never great under him but not awful either. Let's move up a notch, though.

Also of note, Arkansas dropped both men's and women's tennis

Posted by jdl <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jdl' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 12:15:47, in reply to "Lazy Detlef: Evan Clark retires. Get your shortlist for women's tennis coach out."

Could be a sign of things to come for the "non-revenue" sports teams.

MAJOR UPDATE !!11!!!ELEVEN!!

Posted by jdl <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jdl' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 14, 2026, 14:07:28, in reply to "Also of note, Arkansas dropped both men's and women's tennis"

NEWS: Arkansas is reinstating its tennis programs 20 days after they were initially cut. https://t.co/jlaF8Bcaqu pic.twitter.com/NFqDJwJeJs
— Matt Jones (@ByMattJones) May 14, 2026

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Brilliant stuff. Shutter the program, donor steps in to pay for it...profit?*

Posted by PDO <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=PDO' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 15, 2026, 4:30:25, in reply to "MAJOR UPDATE !!11!!!ELEVEN!!"

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NEWS: Arkansas is reinstating its tennis programs 20 days after they were initially cut. https://t.co/jlaF8Bcaqu pic.twitter.com/NFqDJwJeJs — Matt Jones (@ByMattJones) May 14, 2026 .

And Illini men's tennis hosting a regional

Posted by jdl <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jdl' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 13:14:00, in reply to "Also of note, Arkansas dropped both men's and women's tennis"

Open vs Yale and if they win that, play the winner of ND/Vandy.

Yep yep. :-( Sign o' the times....

Posted by osklister <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=osklister' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 12:23:55, in reply to "Also of note, Arkansas dropped both men's and women's tennis"

Men's/women's hoops, football; and enough schollies on the women's side to balance the football schollies.

Maybe not in my lifetime, but sometime in the lifetime of other posters.

JMH (and sorta sad) opinion.

yeah, it's pretty sad that we're probably witnessing the end of collegiate athletics*

Posted by illinibone <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illinibone' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 12:48:52, in reply to "Yep yep. :-( Sign o' the times...."

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Men's/women's hoops, football; and enough schollies on the women's side to balance the football schollies.

Maybe not in my lifetime, but sometime in the lifetime of other posters.

JMH ( and sorta sad ) opinion.

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So many small colleges have closed, taking sports opportunities with them

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 18:44:24, in reply to "yeah, it's pretty sad that we're probably witnessing the end of collegiate athletics*"

Many more to follow

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Men's/women's hoops, football; and enough schollies on the women's side to balance the football schollies.

Maybe not in my lifetime, but sometime in the lifetime of other posters.

JMH ( and sorta sad ) opinion.

olympic sports are a mess

Posted by illinibone <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illinibone' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 19:13:34, in reply to "So many small colleges have closed, taking sports opportunities with them"

the guaranteed scholarships have forced schools to cut back the number of roster spots since they can't offer partials anymore, and the budgets just don't support it outside of the revenue top 25 athletic departments.

this pushes fringe d1 scholarship athletes to d2, which then pushes d1 walkons and former d2 athletes down to d3 or naia.

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Many more to follow

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Men's/women's hoops, football; and enough schollies on the women's side to balance the football schollies.

Maybe not in my lifetime, but sometime in the lifetime of other posters.

JMH ( and sorta sad ) opinion.

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Something like that. SEC/West Coast will retain baseball, swimming later...

Posted by osklister <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=osklister' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 13:27:38, in reply to "yeah, it's pretty sad that we're probably witnessing the end of collegiate athletics*"

Hard to think that some of the legacy B1G teams will be in that bucket.

As noted, JMHO.

Just need 105 women's scholarships, and the rest will go away.*

Posted by illinibone <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illinibone' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 15:13:32, in reply to "Something like that. SEC/West Coast will retain baseball, swimming later..."

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Hard to think that some of the legacy B1G teams will be in that bucket.

As noted, JMHO.

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Trying to think of some women's sports that are kinda exclusive to that gender. Volleyball...???

Posted by osklister <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=osklister' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 15:24:28, in reply to "Just need 105 women's scholarships, and the rest will go away.*"

Strictly MHO for this fantasy, but something like gymnastics?

I'm going indoor sports for the (traditional) B1G footprint.

Long story short: hoops and football are the only two revenue sports for about 90% of schools.

Eh. Been down this road before, now we're accelerating.

44 have bowling*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 18:47:40, in reply to "Trying to think of some women's sports that are kinda exclusive to that gender. Volleyball...???"

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Strictly MHO for this fantasy, but something like gymnastics?

I'm going indoor sports for the (traditional) B1G footprint.

Long story short: hoops and football are the only two revenue sports for about 90% of schools.

Eh. Been down this road before, now we're accelerating.

volleyball (18) is the most traditional one

Posted by illinibone <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illinibone' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 15:31:16, in reply to "Trying to think of some women's sports that are kinda exclusive to that gender. Volleyball...???"

field hockey (27) is another one.

I could see them cutting back to women's only lax (38) and soccer (28) since it's a similar field.

And then maybe cross country and just running track events (like washington state did) because you can share scholarships (17).

That's 128. I think there's a fudge (10%? 15%?) so they might even be able to get rid of lax (equipment heavy) and it would still count (90), or maybe just ditch soccer, too (100).

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Strictly MHO for this fantasy, but something like gymnastics?

I'm going indoor sports for the (traditional) B1G footprint.

Long story short: hoops and football are the only two revenue sports for about 90% of schools.

Eh. Been down this road before, now we're accelerating.

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Only Trump can fix it*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 12:49:14, in reply to "yeah, it's pretty sad that we're probably witnessing the end of collegiate athletics*"

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Men's/women's hoops, football; and enough schollies on the women's side to balance the football schollies.

Maybe not in my lifetime, but sometime in the lifetime of other posters.

JMH ( and sorta sad ) opinion.

get the fuck out of my thread.*

Posted by illinibone <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illinibone' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 15:04:04, in reply to "Only Trump can fix it*"

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Men's/women's hoops, football; and enough schollies on the women's side to balance the football schollies.

Maybe not in my lifetime, but sometime in the lifetime of other posters.

JMH ( and sorta sad ) opinion.

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SLU dropping tennis, too*

Posted by LWillhite <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LWillhite' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 12:18:42, in reply to "Also of note, Arkansas dropped both men's and women's tennis"

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Could be a sign of things to come for the "non-revenue" sports teams.

And ISU Mens*

Posted by Dark Knight <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Dark+Knight' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 28, 2026, 13:37:32, in reply to "SLU dropping tennis, too*"

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Could be a sign of things to come for the "non-revenue" sports teams.

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