MU is biggest spender in BIG EAST

[Warrior of Law]

By a sizeable margin. 

From the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-12-depaul-chartjan12,0,4175959.story

Marquette top spender on men's basketball program in Big East; DePaul 15th of 16

Marquette: $10,306,548

Louisville: $8,625,245

Syracuse: $7,784,244

Georgetown: $7,405,214

Connecticut: $6,796,942

Villanova: $5,959,931

West Virginia: $5,963,760

Pittsburgh: $5,337,512

Seton Hall: $5,200,805

St. John's: $4,729,555

Providence: $4,637,423

Notre Dame: $4,380,691

Cincinnati: $4,011,357

Rutgers: $3,793,356

DePaul: $3,257,409

South Florida: $2,927,362

[4everwarriors]

Karate lessons, hyperbaric chambers, and midnight limo rides are expensive.

[HoopsMalone]

Are there overhead costs that get directly attributed to MU's men's bball program (weight room, vehicles) that would be shared by other schools' football programs?

Hopefully we can start getting a little more bang for our buck with a Big East title or a Sweet 16.

Regardless, MU is a small Catholic school in Milwaukee.  Men's basketball is the best way to increase name recognition for our school.  I am all for them spending like they do.

[akmarq]

Karate lessons, hyperbaric chambers, and midnight limo rides are expensive.

The figures were from July 2008-June 2009...so you can't blame this one on Crean.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

The figures were from July 2008-June 2009...so you can't blame this one on Crean.

You meant for that to be in teal I hope?

[bs4173]

Kind of surprising. Wonder what our revenue is...

[akmarq]

You meant for that to be in teal I hope?

From the article:
"Here's a look at how much each of the Big East schools spent on men's basketball programs from July 2008 to June 2009, according to U.S. Department of Education data:"

Or, if you're referring to the Crean part, he did raise our spending profile. However, I don't think we took out a 3 year payment plan on his karate lessons. His spending that we are still feeling is worthless stuff like, you know, the Al.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

From the article:
"Here's a look at how much each of the Big East schools spent on men's basketball programs from July 2008 to June 2009, according to U.S. Department of Education data:"

Or, if you're referring to the Crean part, he did raise our spending profile. However, I don't think we took out a 3 year payment plan on his karate lessons. His spending that we are still feeling is worthless stuff like, you know, the Al.

Buzz was hired in April or May of 2008, so I do no think he had much control of the upcoming years budget.

[mu_hilltopper]

This story surfaces every 4-5 months.  

It's been explained to me that it is not apples to apples.  Some schools charge certain things to the Athletic Department that others do not.  Example.  Scholarships.  Some schools charge that to the AD, others, it's just free.  Another biggie is the physical plant.  Some schools don't charge expense to the AD for the practice facility.  Others do.   Imagine how many dollars the Al Center sucks up.

There's about a dozen ways one school will come out higher or lower, depending on their accounting practices, yet they actually spend the same.

The rankings are pretty worthless, or so I've been told.

[PE8983]

I assume we also pay a Bradley Center lease?

[77ncaachamps]

It makes sense.

MUBB is *THE* sport at the school.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Is the budget going to go down now that Buzz is the coach?

[willie warrior]

Those costs should go down considerably now that the High Maintenence Maymon has exited the building.

[PBRme]

Depending on the accounting used it may include a big number depreciating the AL.  It would be interesting to see the same list with the womens teams.

[ChicosBailBonds]

As stated in the past, these numbers are interesting but without knowing what goes into them, they are largely irrelevant.

Some schools have the athletic departments pay for things like building costs, maintenance, etc....while other schools hide that in an overall plant budget.

Some schools waive tuition costs while other schools have the athletic department pay for the costs themselves an reimburse the university (like MU has to).

Etc, etc.

And if anyone thinks the budget is going down because the previous coach left.....the only impact will be salary which will be short term because Buzz will get a raise if he continues to do well.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

As stated in the past, these numbers are interesting but without knowing what goes into them, they are largely irrelevant.

Some schools have the athletic departments pay for things like building costs, maintenance, etc....while other schools hide that in an overall plant budget.

Some schools waive tuition costs while other schools have the athletic department pay for the costs themselves an reimburse the university (like MU has to).

Etc, etc.

And if anyone thinks the budget is going down because the previous coach left.....the only impact will be salary which will be short term because Buzz will get a raise if he continues to do well.

Buzz also spends less on wardrobe, and doesn't: do karate lessons, ride 4 wheelers, own a hummer, buy/lease a hyperbolic chamber, etc.

In summary, I like Buzz, therefore the large budget is not his fault.

[swimmer]

Buzz also spends less on wardrobe, and doesn't: do karate lessons, ride 4 wheelers, own a hummer, buy/lease a hyperbolic chamber, etc.

In summary, I like Buzz, therefore the large budget is not his fault.

What exactly is a "hyperbolic" chamber?  Is it an enclosure where one goes to make exagerated statements, or a chamber shaped like a hyperbola.  The former seems appropriate for the previous coach.    

[tower912]

Apparently, we should be spending more to get some calls.

[hdog1017]

I wonder if part of the $8M that Louisville has spent was paid to an abortion clinic. 

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

What exactly is a "hyperbolic" chamber?  Is it an enclosure where one goes to make exagerated statements, or a chamber shaped like a hyperbola.  The former seems appropriate for the previous coach.    

HA.

Nice catch. Good response.

I'm an idiot, and I meant hyperbaric. Stupid spell check.

[LON]

I wonder if part of the $8M that Louisville has spent was paid to an abortion clinic. 

Nice

[KonaWarrior]

A couple of things:

Do these figures include the coaches salaries?

Could it be that the football programs in most of these schools help ofset the cost of training facilities and other sports related items thus reducing the need for the BBall programs to foot the bill?

[Tulsa Warrior]

Consider it marketing money and cheap at the price.  Do you know what ad time costs on ESPN or space in newspapers/magazines across the country?

[mu-rara]

Buzz also spends less on wardrobe, and doesn't: do karate lessons, ride 4 wheelers, own a hummer, buy/lease a hyperbolic chamber, etc.

In summary, I like Buzz, therefore the large budget is not his fault.

We all know you're really Joni, so give it up.

[muwarrior87]

Buzz also spends less on wardrobe, and doesn't: do karate lessons, ride 4 wheelers, own a hummer, buy/lease a hyperbolic chamber, etc.

In summary, I like Buzz, therefore the large budget is not his fault.

don't be so sure about that. Buzz has been quoted before that one thing he spends money on are nice suits, etc.  I remember him talking about this last year at the Annex one Tuesday night with Homer on the radio.