With Sykes supposedly getting 1.5 mil really shows LBSU cannot compete in basketball in this environment. There is no way LBSU can pay a good player of theirs that type of money.

With LBSU completely turning over their entire roster every year how many good players can the school find in a single recruiting class. No way LBSU has the juice to fill a roster every year with good players. A couple maybe but then those will be gone and it starts all over again. In the old days a mid major could build a roster over time and field good teams every couple of years but that just will not take place today.

I surely hope the AD does not put at risk all other athletic programs in a failed attempt to build a winning basketball team. If something changes and LBSU finds a consistent steam of significant funds then yes go for it but if that is not the case build programs that can succeed at LBSU.

I know we want men's basketball to be the flag ship program of the university but maybe olympic sports is the only path given the current landscape. Run a mbb program but lets no kill everything else to do so.