Welcome Coach Tony Skinn!

[FlPatriot]

What number would you say We have to hit to make them care?

A few thousand would be a good start.

 

[psyclone]

The BOV doesn’t care about 30 people emailing about bball…

I think that the preferred lobbying route would be to get the Alumni Association to indicate their support, and providing testimony to that end, the next time the AD is scheduled to present to the BOV on the budget. Especially if you want to make a case about raising student fees to get additional funding. Get them to collaborate with the AD and his office.

That said, I'm certainly not an expert on university budgeting constraints nor money-raising.

 

[psyclone]

I think the GMU fiscal year begins July 1, but I don't know when the administration has their budget proposal drawn up and to be presented to the BOV for their approval.

Meanwhile, from the BOV website:

2026 Committee Membership
Approved February 26, 2026​

Trevor Montano, Chair
Jim Moran, Vice Chair
Tom Davis
Jon Peterson
Shawn Purvis
George Schindler
Jennifer Taylor
Dominique Banville, Faculty Representative
Ali Weinstein, Faculty Representative
Marvin Lewis, Assistant Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

I think that the preferred lobbying route would be to get the Alumni Association to indicate their support, and providing testimony to that end, the next time the AD is scheduled to present to the BOV on the budget. Especially if you want to make a case about raising student fees to get additional funding. Get them to collaborate with the AD and his office.

That said, I'm certainly not an expert on university budgeting constraints nor money-raising.

I’ll let you know what they say.

 

[GMUgemini]

Any campaign to increase budget spend (especially on revenue share) needs to come with a commitment for those demanding more to donate more. If you aren’t willing to increase giving, I don’t know why anyone should care about what you’ve got to say about them paying the players more. This is especially true if you’re asking students to pay more.

 

[NewPatriot]

I’ll let you know what they say.

My question to you: do you want a coach who an NCAA invitation every once and awhile or do you a program that becomes perennial contender to participate regardless of the HC?

The former is St. Louis while the latter is vcu?

The irony here is Mike Rhoades, Ryan Odom and Phil Martelli Jr are being roughly half the money that Shertz is getting now.

Mason's leadership is taken the latter approach in investing in infrastructure first so that program success is not completely dependent the coach sitting on the bench.

It's the correct way to go.

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

My question to you: do you want a coach who an NCAA invitation every once and awhile or do you a program that becomes perennial contender to participate regardless of the HC?

The former is St. Louis while the latter is vcu?

The irony here is Mike Rhoades, Ryan Odom and Phil Martelli Jr are being roughly half the money that Shertz is getting now.

Mason's leadership is taken the latter approach in investing in infrastructure first so that program success is not completely dependent the coach sitting on the bench.

It's the correct way to go.

do modern players care about infrastructure I/e a basketball facility or do they care more about a high paying salary?

 

[gmujim92]

Any campaign to increase budget spend (especially on revenue share) needs to come with a commitment for those demanding more to donate more. If you aren’t willing to increase giving, I don’t know why anyone should care about what you’ve got to say about them paying the players more. This is especially true if you’re asking students to pay more.

With all due respect, this is hogwash. Mason doesn’t have a large enough donor base for small-time contributions to make even a dent in what is required. We need at least five more Kathy McKays and it’s literally Marvin’s job to sell the business community on the benefit of being associated with Mason Basketball. But we’ve been beating that dead horse since long before he arrived in Fairfax.

 

[Jack Strop]

do modern players care about infrastructure I/e a basketball facility or do they care more about a high paying salary?

Yes.

 

[Ben Chwarmer]

Yep, this even applies further with casual fans. All of us on here can appreciate 20 win seasons and validate the progress we're seeing on the court, but casual fans and the broader Fairfax/NOVA community probably don't see that...getting into the tournament and being part of the "Madness" is that next step to really drive fan engagement with the program.

Then let’s move to the CAA or patriot league. if the only thing that matters is making it to March madness. Go dominate a lower league.

 

[Old Man]

What number would you say We have to hit to make them care?

More people than exist.

 

[mkaufman1]

Then let’s move to the CAA or patriot league. if the only thing that matters is making it to March madness. Go dominate a lower league.

We can be the first team to go 30-0 and not make the tournament. Make history! lol.

 

[tblack33]

We’ll make the NIT again this year, no P5s are going to bother anymore. Not expecting to get home games after how we ended the season.

 

[Jack Strop]

We’ll make the NIT again this year, no P5s are going to bother anymore. Not expecting to get home games after how we ended the season.

We'll see. We're definitely on the NIT bubble..

 

[GMUgemini]

We'll see. We're definitely on the NIT bubble..

SLU made it last year with the same conference record (overall 17-15) NET of 106. Loyola also made the semifinals had a NET of 104.

We currently have a NET of 92.