Georgetown thoughts

[Marcus92]

Spot on.  Duke's endowment is $7.2 Billion - they don't need the extra revenue from Men's BBall.

Think this is a bogus argument. If Duke doesn't need the extra revenue, do they return their share of what they get from ESPN?

Schools are always looking for extra revenue. When it comes to their basketball arena, Duke just looks at value and revenue differently than most schools.

[Marcus92]

BTW, Forbes ranks Duke as the 9th most valuable men's basketball program in the country — the most valuable private school on the list, and one of only three private schools in the top 20 (Marquette and Xavier came in at #15 and #19, respectively).

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2015/03/16/college-basketballs-most-valuable-teams-louisville-on-top-kansas-close-behind/#500398c4609e

[WarriorPride68]

Well...we jumped from #113 in RPI to #108 

G'Town is at #109 for reference (14-16)

[TVDirector]

Back in the day we stopped at the Lanche to get things going. On the way out we each grabbed a six of PBR for $1.45. Those down jackets and Army field jackets were the perfect conveyance for getting beverages into the Arena.

Marquette liquor for a few big azz canisters of fosters lager. 
Of course we paced ourselves and drained only 1 per half. 
Then sneakily rolled the empties down the slope that was the lower bowl of the arena. 
Luckily it was usually noisy enough that no one noticed the clanking...


Speaking of clanking, that in game ESPN reporter at the bc has a voice that makes me want to rip my ears off.