Marquette to Scrimmage Virginia

[spartan3186]

Apparently Virginia is this years Kansas State. Marquette and Virginia will play in one of the closed door scrimmages.The story didn't give a date, but I would anticipate it would be before the MSOE game. I didn't see a destination in the story either.

http://www.newsobserver.com/734/story/1677147.html

[downtown85]

I could be wrong but I thought Nebraska was due to pay us a visit this year. 

[spartan3186]

My guess would be that was nixed once Layer went to Liberty. Layer was an assistant at Nebraska before coming to MU so he probably had a lot to do with setting up the Nebraska scrimmage.

[Chili]

My guess would be that was nixed once Layer went to Liberty. Layer was an assistant at Nebraska before coming to MU so he probably had a lot to do with setting up the Nebraska scrimmage.

Benford coached at NU not Layer.

[Marquette84]

My guess would be that was nixed once Layer went to Liberty. Layer was an assistant at Nebraska before coming to MU so he probably had a lot to do with setting up the Nebraska scrimmage.

Tony Benford was the Nebraska assistant.  

Dale Layer was assistant at Liberty before taking the MU job.  Prior to that he was HC at Colorado State.  He never worked at Nebraska.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Layer

[ToddRosiakSays]

MU to scrimmage at Virginia
               

For the fourth consecutive season, MU will forego one of its exhibition games in lieu of a private, closed-door scrimmage against another Division I program.

This season the Golden Eagles will scrimmage at Virginia on Nov. 1, with the Cavaliers returning to Milwaukee next season.

Last year, MU scrimmaged at Nebraska, an arrangement facilitated in part by the relationship between coach Buzz Williams and Cornhuskers coach Doc Sadler. Prior to that, the Golden Eagles took part in a home-and-home scrimmage series with Kansas State that began when Tom Crean was at MU and Bob Huggins with the Wildcats.
               

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/57704812.html
               

[NotAnAlum]

Would tend to dispell the notion that there was some kind of hard feelings between Bennett and MU management which was the reason he didn't want the MU job.  At this point they are friendly enough to reach out to each other on this.

[MR.HAYWARD]

dont remeber that there was any hard feelings.....why would there be?

[GGGG]

dont remeber that there was any hard feelings.....why would there be?

I might be wrong, but I think his father wanted the MU job, and wasn't even given an interview, when it was given to Mike Deane.

[sarcastro]

Sure, I've been away from Milwaukee for 16 years and the first time MU ends up in the same town I'm living I can't even go to the game.

[NotAnAlum]

We were told that Tony "declined to consider the MU job" when TC left.  At the time one of the reasons floated by this board and others was "hard feelings left over from his father's dealings with MU."  I never thought this was true but this deal would seem to further dispell it.  Tony just didn't want the MU job.  Based on taking Virginia I would say that he wanted a program that had hit rock bottom because of the upside potential.

[ChicosBailBonds]

We were told that Tony "declined to consider the MU job" when TC left.  At the time one of the reasons floated by this board and others was "hard feelings left over from his father's dealings with MU."  I never thought this was true but this deal would seem to further dispell it.  Tony just didn't want the MU job.  Based on taking Virginia I would say that he wanted a program that had hit rock bottom because of the upside potential.

Tony didn't think he could win at MU in this conference on a consistent level.  His wife is also from the South and Virginia has pretty much sucked the last decade (2 NCAA appearances in 12 years) so it's easier to take that gig then try to keep MU where it was, especially since MU hasn't been at this level in 3 decades for this amount of time.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Tony didn't think he could win at MU in this conference on a consistent level.  His wife is also from the South and Virginia has pretty much sucked the last decade (2 NCAA appearances in 12 years) so it's easier to take that gig then try to keep MU where it was, especially since MU hasn't been at this level in 3 decades for this amount of time.

But he is confident he can beat North Carolina and Duke. Makes perfect sense.

I suspect this has more to do with Milwaukee than Marquette.

[ChicosBailBonds]

But he is confident he can beat North Carolina and Duke. Makes perfect sense.

I suspect this has more to do with Milwaukee than Marquette.

He doesn't have to beat North Carolina and Duke to be competitive in the ACC.  He just has to be able to beat out Virginia Tech, Miami, NC State, Maryland, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson and he's in the tournament each year.  A decent bunch, but not exactly murderers row.

In the Big East, he has to beat UCONN, Louisville, Pitt, (all #1 seeds this past year) along with Georgetown, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia.....I'm sorry, but I think he has it easier at UVA to deal with the ACC.

It's a lot easier going into a place that has sucked hind tit recently  (see TC to MU, see TC to IU, see Tony Bennett to UVA) then to continue at a level that hasn't been seen in quite some time (i.e. MU, UMass, potentially soon Memphis and maybe Xavier, we'll see).

[Freeport Warrior]

Eventually he will come back to Wisconsin . . . and coach the Badgers. THAT is why he never considered the MU job.

[GGGG]

I suspect this has more to do with Milwaukee than Marquette.

I love Milwaukee, but if I were offered seven figure jobs in Charlottesville and Milwaukee, I'm headed to Virginia.

[77ncaachamps]

Tony Benford was the Nebraska assistant.  

Dale Layer was assistant at Liberty before taking the MU job.  Prior to that he was HC at Colorado State.  He never worked at Nebraska.


http://www.muscoop.com/wiki/doku.php/men_s_basketball/dale_layer

There. Corrected it for you.

[PBRme]

I love Milwaukee, but if I were offered seven figure jobs in Charlottesville and Milwaukee, I'm headed to Virginia.

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[sarcastro]

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Clearly you two have never lived in Charlottesville.

[GGGG]

Clearly you two have never lived in Charlottesville.

I've never lived there, but I have been there.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Eventually he will come back to Wisconsin . . . and coach the Badgers. THAT is why he never considered the MU job.

Maybe, not 100% convinced of that.

[mviale]

make or break job for Bennett.  If he fails in Virginia, its UWM or Greenbay

[ChicosBailBonds]

make or break job for Bennett.  If he fails in Virginia, its UWM or Greenbay

Maybe, though I'd guess if he failed at UVA that a CUSA school or something along those lines would pick him up much like UAB did with Mike Davis or Houston did with Tom Penders

[Freeport Warrior]

Maybe, not 100% convinced of that.

You never really know, but that's the word from one of his good friends and former Badger who he coached under his dad.

[ChicosBailBonds]

You never really know, but that's the word from one of his good friends and former Badger who he coached under his dad.

If that's the case, I don't know why he didn't stay at Washington State where things were starting to get rolling.  Unless Bo has told folks he's retiring in the next 3 or 4 years.