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Matty V. reports UMass has hired Tom McElroy as associate athletic director. Matty has more information about McEvoy in this article from March 2015. McElroy's Leffer Agency's bio.This is a very good move folks. McEvoy spent 20 years in the commissioner's office of the Big East. He has deep connections with both the Big East and AAC, which is the conference UMass really covets.
Had Temple stayed in the MAC, we'd probably still be there. UConn and the Owls are the teams UMass would like to be playing every year. It wouldn't be bad for the Huskies either as Boston College continues to turn up their long noses to a annual series with UConn.
Besides UMass football, there is the long term future of Minutemen hoops. Butler and Xavier have already left the A10 for the Big East. Rumor has it St. Louis wants out too. The only A10 team UMass really has a history with is Rhode Island.
If nothing else McElvroy proves UMass is interested in a professional staff for the athletic office. That hasn't been the norm for Minutemen sports and it's been part of the reason why UConn and other Northeast schools have left UMass behind. The country club atmosphere that was pervasive in the UMass athletic dept back in the 70's and 80's hurt UMass sports and the school. If UMass really wants to be a top tier public university, sports is part of the package. And top tier public universities are dead serious about running their athletic departments at the highest level possible.
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Pac-12 Blog "Pacific Takes" looks at Colorado's schedule.
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Bob McGovern reports Brandon Potvin and Nick Speller are playing for the Trenton Freedom. Trenton's website here.
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Army and Navy says they won't bend their scheduling to accommodate the college Playoffs.
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