Quote from: dgies9156 on Today at 11:10:37 AMThe comments earlier that college is a "scam" left me a little high and dry. I don't believe it for a minute, at least not with most schools. In fact, I still believe that college is a wise investment -- and put my money where my belief is with our children.

Here's why:

1) College opens your mind to ideas, issues and debate. It teaches you how to think, rather than strictly a trade. If one has taken advantage of the education before him or her, you've become a lifelong learner.

2) Marquette offers is a path to a degree based on programs for which Marquette is good to great at. Nobody will guarantee a student a job, an internship or even success. Not even Harvard Guarantees success. A student and a college grad must earn it. It's up to the student to understand the post-college opportunities in a field, as well as its cost-benefit ratio.

3) One of the most repeated debates today is the issue of "I can go to trade school, spend a lot less money and make a lot more money on the backside. True, and if it's your vocation to be a plumber, electrician, HVAC expert or one of many other trades, by all means, go for it. The trade will make you happy and you should have a good life. But, if your goal is Return on Investment ("ROI"), you're better off in college!

On the ROI front, my first job out of college paid between a third and half of what UAW-represented laborers made at International Harvester in the Quad Cities. The folks in the union hall were repeatedly calling me "college boy" and ridiculing me becaue their checks were perceived to be larger than mine (they clearly were, but I didn't tell 'em).

Fast forward 10 years. International Harvester was gone, their jobs eliminated. For every 1,000 machinists out of work in the region, there might have been one, maybe two machinist job openings. By contrast, I had a degree, was by then working in Chicago and had just completed an advanced degree. The opportunities for me abounded and my pay was reasonably good. What made that happen, in no small measure, was what started at Marquette.

  Well, we know how old you are now lol. Let's just say it ain't the 80s no more.

Quote from: muwarrior69 on Today at 09:30:35 AMWill the Big East return to winning basketball? I cannot remember a worse season for the league since MU joined. It is not just MU having to make adjustments this off season but a majority of the league.

It's a function of two teams excelling at the top of the conference (a combined 31-4 in BE play) and because everything has to equal out, the record at the bottom reflects it. The non-confernce marks were's stellar but when two of those four losses above for SJ and UConn were to each other, the wins are coming from teams down below.

Case in point: the 2012-13 season--a national champion in Louisville, top 20 teams at Marquette, Georgetown, Syracuse and Pitt. Here were the bottom four teams on those standings:

Rutgers   5-13
Seton Hall 3-15
South Florida 3-15
DePaul 2-16

Quote from: dgies9156 on Today at 10:48:54 AMThere is no circumstance short of the most improbable run of all time through the Big East tournament that we would be invited to any post-season tournament.

Given our record this year, an invitation to any post-season tournament would be an embarrassment to the sponsoring organization. It also would be a prima facia indication that there's too many post-season tournaments.

Hermano dgies, not how it works for Crown

Well, a distraction will be needed if a certain Bubba story is confirmed tomorrow.

Well, when you need to cut it to 47 days for symbolic reasons, the non-essential stuff will get cut. Like abiding by the Constitution.

Quote from: The Sultan on February 25, 2026, 03:20:25 PMYou realize they play all summer right?

Based on our lack of progression from last season to this one, I'm starting to have my doubts.

Quote from: wiscwarrior on Today at 11:00:08 AMUnfortunately, no. We live in Blowing Rock, NC now. Glad you got to enjoy the game live and in person. 

Oh, you're the guy I posted to after you moved to Blowing Rock to be closer to your children and I was encouraging you to go to the BET that year, but you were just settling in.

We're going to pass on the BET this year but maybe go next year. Been there 3 times and we loved it.

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on Today at 10:53:53 AMI know of a P4 coach who is campaigning for the PC job that will come with no buyout.

Porter Moser parachuting to Providence?

Quote from: Hards Alumni on Today at 11:10:16 AMPeople think too much about buyouts.  If a coach sucks for too long it can ruin your program very quickly.  Syracuse, Pitt, Stanford, Maryland, were perennial power houses but each has fallen on hard times after bad hires.  Georgetown is also right at the top of that list.

If a school is serious about hoops (or football) they're not keeping a guy around just because their contract is prohibitively expensive.  Money will always be found for a change.

Stanford has not fallen on hard times under Kyle Smith.

As for the buyouts, in football, yes, but right now, many P4 in that middle level that you mentioned would rather have donors give an eight-figure amount to football NIL than to buy out a hoops coach. 

Doomed.