Oso planning to go pro
Why does everyone think that SMU has a huge athletic budget? Last I heard, they were 98 million in the red for the past decade. Does anyone know why their fans think they can outbid 2.6 mill a year? Am I missing something?
Probably because of their endowment. They are one of probably 50 schools in the country with an endowment over $1billion. On a per student basis, that is north of $100K per student. Very impressive.Marquette ain't close to that level, about $400 millionhttp://www.marquette.edu/endowment/endowment-performance.shtml
Can anyone name a conference cellar dweller program with no legacy in hoops that hired a "big name".and it worked?I don't see Tubby Smith at Minnesota or Oliver Purnell at Depaul. Tearing it up.Hire a hot assistant like Benford and let him go to work. That is how its done.
"It's SMU... It's SMU"Seriously, though, is that reporter doing lines off of her laptop?
All joking aside...SMU has a basketball team?
I knew they had a very impressive endowment, but athletic budget's aren't directly related to endowment. A university can only use so much of their endowment each year, or otherwise it loses it's economic purpose. Harvard would be unstoppable with their endowment of $32 billion, if that were the case
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.