Revival of Marquette, Notre Dame basketball rivalry a long shot

[TJ]

So 96-03 when MU was 11-6 against UL don't count?

I also remember Hutchins in 96, Crawford hitting a 30-footer to beat the shot clock and Lovette not missing a FT in 97, Wardle in 98, Dameon Mason, Diener going off, Novak going off and DJO's tip dunk.

Does MU get better in the big picture playing UL or ND every year? If MU is at the one point where fear of a non-conference loss is an issue, they've got bigger issues.

We should schedule solid opponents where a non-con loss is a possibility.  But they have our number, why not accept it and move on now that they have left our conference?  We mean nothing to them - it's not like they consider us a major rival or anything.  In terms of MU's rivals we're closer to being their UWM than their Madison.  '96-'03 was a long time ago and both schools were in a very different place.  I would imagine that '05-'12 is a more representative sample.

But if they want to schedule UL then more power to Wojo and company.