Looney Offer

[Bocephys]

Just checked in... what does all this have to do with Looney????

After page 2 of any thread, there's about a 12% chance of the original topic still being discussed.

[Tugg Speedman]

All threads are wildly off topic by page 3

[JakeBarnes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFcufSBjlVI

Videos like this really make me hope we keep Looney close.  Just like Deonte Burton wants to be a mentor, Looney seems to have that same leadership and desire to be a mentor for local kids.  Really awesome stuff and hope we can keep him around not just for his game, but because he seems to be a great character guy that would do well in Buzz's system.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Very impressive video with an excellent message.  Kevon seems like a quality individual who wants to mentor and possibly coach some day.  Will hope and pray that he decides to continue his basketball at Marquette.  He will be a great inspiration for Milwaukee youths.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Didn't ESPN have an article a couple months ago ranking the best basketball colleges going back 50 years i believe?

I think MU cracked the top 20, and the Badgers weren't even on the list.

Street and Smith did it in 2005 for the top 100 programs.  MU was 33,Wisconsin 55.  Of course that was 7 years ago and a lot has changed, but enough to vault teams around would be based on how much weighting they give to each criteria.


1 Kentucky
2 UCLA
3 UNC
4 Kansas
5 Duke
6 Indiana
7 Louisville
8 Arkansas
9 UCONN
10 Cincinnati
11 Utah
12 Ohio State
13 Oklahoma State
14 Arizona
15 Syracuse
16 Penn
17 NCSU
18 St John's
19 Princeton
20 Temple
21 Georgetown
22 Kansas State
23 Texas
24 Oklahoma
25 Michigan State
26 Michigan
27 Illinois
28 UNLV
29 San Francisco
30 Purdue
31 Western Kentucky
32 Villanova
33 Marquette
34 West Virginia
35 Maryland
36 BYU
37 Houston
38 Missouri
39 Notre Dame
40 Iowa
41 Cal
42 Wyoming
43 Saint Joe's
44 Stanford
45 Creighton
46 Wake Forest
47 Miami of Ohio
48 Xavier
49 UTEP
50 LSU
51 Weber State
52 Murray State
53 La Salle
54 Alabama
55 Wisconsin
56 Virginia
57 DePaul
58 Oregon State
59 Tulsa
60 Pitt
61 Memphis
62 NC A&T
63 Bradley
64 Georgia Tech
65 Colorado
66 Dartmouth
67 Texas Tech
68 Holy Cross
69 Pepperdine
70 New Mexico State
71 Southern Methodist
72 Santa Clara
73 Idaho State
74 Boston College
75 Providence
76 Southern Cal
77 Tennessee
78 Massachussetts
79 Dayton
80 Davidson
81 Chattanooga
82 Utah State
83 Alcorn State
84 Iowa State
85 Washington
86 Ohio
87 Navy
88 Charlotte
89 Gonzaga
90 Valparaiso
91 Seton Hall
92 Arizona State
93 Northeastern
94 Oregon
95 LA-Monroe
96 Florida
97 Loyola
98 New Mexico
99 Mississippi State
100 Butler

[Tugg Speedman]

I take a wild guess and say Butler is now higher than 100.

[Stretchdeltsig]

It seems that Chico likes to go away from the topic.

[ChicosBailBonds]

It seems that Chico likes to go away from the topic.

I was answering JDuq's question.

[MerrittsMustache]

I was answering JDuq's question.

Actually, the link below answers JDuq's question. Marquette comes in at #17 on a list made in August 2012.

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/tag/_/name/50-in-50-series

[ChicosBailBonds]

Actually, the link below answers JDuq's question. Marquette comes in at #17 on a list made in August 2012.

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/tag/_/name/50-in-50-series

Fair enough...I was expanding on his question since ESPN only did top 50 and Street and Smith did top 100.

[buckchuckler]

Fair enough...I was expanding on his question since ESPN only did top 50 and Street and Smith did top 100.

Or, being a conspiracy theorist, you could say you used a list that better suited your point.  Or again, maybe you just needed a longer list so Dayton could feel included.  That was nice of you.