Kolek planning to go pro
I know our team and the Winnie don't mix, but I think this year is different.
Georgetown is still a brand. Honestly they and UConn (and maybe Villanova) are the only teams from the NBE that ESPN covers. Their run through the BET in 2021 was probably the most coverage the BET has gotten since the new conference was formed.
Georgetown is still a brand. Honestly they and UConn (and maybe Villanova) are the only teams from the NBE that ESPN covers. Their run through the BET in 2021 was probably the most coverage the BET has gotten since the new conference was formed. If DePaul had lost the same number of games or won the BET no one would have noticed, certainly not SportsCenter but for some reason Georgetown resonates.
Have relegation, like the EPL.
We've yet to lose a game to a team quite like DePaul (though Mississippi State is about as close as we came)... and Wisconsin
Wisconsin and Mississippi St. were very good teams when we played them. They have not progressed as the season went on.In the same time period UConn was a great team, but they also failed to progress as the season went on.i know most of you do not agree with me, but I still believe winning in November should not get you an NCAA bid when you falter down the stretch.
To where? The A10? Does Dayton get the yo-yo pro/reg role?
Georgetown is the Dallas Cowboys of college hoops. Though they may be incredibly incompetent they have a following or a brand so big you can’t even comprehend. They warrant mention on ESPN’s ticker for everything they do. Win or lose, they make news. Yes, they are a better job — it’s not a facilities situation, an alignment with the President situation or even a local fan support situation. It’s the fact it’s a brand, a big old MF’ing brand that the entire country cares about and if they’re rolling, the place will be rocking.
I completely disagree. Even at the lowest point of the Dukiet era, MU was drawing over 10k a game to the MECCA and the. 13k to the Bradley Center. Georgetown is pulling in less than 5k per game. That looks like apathy has set in. That’s the worst thing that can happen to a once great program. One would think it can be rebuilt; great school, basketball tradition, a huge NBA arena, etc. Ewing definitely wasn’t the answer.
If this continues for the next 5-10 years I can see a scenario where the Big East will show Georgetown the door. Remember, this is a team which hasn't sold out a home game in 10 years, and is losing season ticket holders across the board .
If Georgetown won't pay a coach as much, won't pay assistants as much and won't invest as much capital into the program as a whole, it's not as good a coaching job as Marquette -- and many other places. No matter how good a "brand" it allegedly still is or how often ESPN shows their scores.
R-E-L-A-X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It's DePaul.I know our team and the Winnie don't mix, but I think this year is different. We've yet to lose a game to a team quite like DePaul (though Mississippi State is about as close as we came). What's DePaul have that say UConn didn't?Coach Shaka has the guys prepared. Plus, as we found in the Notre Dame game, Coach Shaka understands rivalries. We got this one!
What are you basing this on? I've seen reports are that Georgetown pays Ewing nearly $4 million per year. Georgetown's basketball budget is reported to be more than $13.5 million (i.e., 12th highest in the country and third in the Big East behind Marquette and Villanova). Not long ago, Georgetown spent $62 million on the Thompson center -- a beautiful new athletics facility that houses the basketball program (and other athletics). They play in an NBA arena, albeit an inconveniently located one.In short, despite many issues with the Georgetown athletics department (some of which I know first-hand), the school has demonstrated a willingness to spend money on its basketball program. If your argument is that Georgetown isn't a good coaching job because they don't spend money...you're off base. I have no doubt that some of the luster has been lost, but I'm pretty sure that Georgetown is still an attractive job and they could hire someone pretty good. Whether they will or not is an entirely different question because they're incompetent.That said, it's not as good of a job as Marquette -- even if GU arguably has a better "brand".
The metrics say DePaul is bad at everything. Hopefully they are bad at everything on Saturday and it will be a 20 point win. Lightning could strike but our team is good enough this year that hopefully it won’t be an issue if they hit a couple shots initially. I think they come out playing hard with a crowd size they haven’t seen all year at their place but MU will keep punching them in the mouth until their coach looks like Shaheen Holloway in the second half of last Saturday’s game.