Thank You NCAA.......

[duanewade]

In other words, you would like MU to act like a bit&h? Why do I have a feeling it didn't bother you that we left CUSA for the BE? Are you still sad for the remaining teams in CUSA?  ...hypocrite

Am a hypocrite or did we originally join the "Great Midwest" that was formed with basketball in mind.  Later we were forced into the merger of CUSA which was good for awhile until Mike Slive (the commissioner) started grabbing crappy bball teams like TCU, East Carolina, S. Mississippi for football and then it became a silly conference where I remember for one stretch for two years in a row we didn't even play Memphis once even though they were in the same conference with us.

Later we played our uptick in status to roll to the Big East after coming off a Final 4 appearance. 

I remember Phil Jackson used to bitch and moan about the officials after every game he thought the Bulls got screwed in (see the Indiana Reggie Miller series where he compared the officiating to the Munich Olympic games in the Russia vs. USA game).  Guess what it worked as Phil Jackson has now won 10 NBA titles.  Please call me a whiner or anyone else in the program a whiner if it leads to us not getting screwed. 

[duanewade]

Yea, you probably should have asked such questions before you fired off that original tirade.

You might have gotten more legitimate responses.

Please no bush league cut-downs....I responded to your response with respect.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Please no bush league cut-downs....I responded to your response with respect.

I'm trying to start a personal fight.

I'm just saying that your original post(s) while not unfounded, were somewhat inflammatory, and thus the resulting thread.

[duanewade]

I'm trying to start a personal fight.

I'm just saying that your original post(s) while not unfounded, were somewhat inflammatory, and thus the resulting thread.

Fair enough.....I respect your point. 

[MUBurrow]

does Marquette have a big stick we can wield?  If not then we will get screwed. 

No, we don't. That's why we are so concerned about the Big East breaking up and what will happen to us. If we were/had a big stick, we would be doing the breaking, not afraid of picking up the pieces.  That isn't anyone's fault, its just how it is. We were very fortunate with the Big East expansion, and we will be very unfortunate if it grenades. A bummer, but we're more along for the ride than anything.

[ChicosBailBonds]

This is all moot...the world is ending in 2012, so who cares?

It may end today depending on the vote in D.C.

[GOMU1104]

It may end today depending on the vote in D.C.

Good call. 

[4everwarriors]

It may end today depending on the vote in D.C.

They're not calling for a vote unless they know the votes are there.

[Henry Sugar]

NO POLITICS ON MUSCOOP!

[MUBurrow]

the politics police here are worse than McCarthy during the red scare!

(see how I double dipped there?)

[Warriors4ever]

This thread has been pretty dumb ( I say that knowing I posted in it earlier) and bringing politics into it is even dumber.  I'm tired of seeing politics brought up into the basketball threads.

[JimmyLikesBasketball]

Thank you, Billy Madison's Principal.

Thanks! SOMEONE got it

[77ncaachamps]

the politics police here are worse than McCarthy during the red scare!

(see how I double dipped there?)

Good one.

Now I see why other messageboards have a politics/religion section!

People gotta vent! Just don't do it on a college basketball messageboard if it doesn't even deal with college basketball! lol

[jt92]

One thing I know is that I am frustrated.  I am frustrated because we did get jobbed the other night with phantom travelling calls, loose ball fouls where we had position, moving picks, key non-call on an obviouls hold, contact on them that was ignored...all these things that just piled up all at once.  On top of that we had to play in CA for the 4th time in 5 years.  I think that was bs too. 

Duane makes valid point...I for one have no  interest in playing in a mid-major again.  If you don't think there is a serious threat of that you are not paying attention.  So go ahead take all of your shots at Duane, but the rumors are getting louder.  While some of you may like the St. louis, Dayton match-ups, I couldn't stand them.   

[duanewade]

One thing I know is that I am frustrated.  I am frustrated because we did get jobbed the other night with phantom travelling calls, loose ball fouls where we had position, moving picks, key non-call on an obviouls hold, contact on them that was ignored...all these things that just piled up all at once.  On top of that we had to play in CA for the 4th time in 5 years.  I think that was bs too. 

Duane makes valid point...I for one have no  interest in playing in a mid-major again.  If you don't think there is a serious threat of that you are not paying attention.  So go ahead take all of your shots at Duane, but the rumors are getting louder.  While some of you may like the St. louis, Dayton match-ups, I couldn't stand them.   

Thank you JT92.....you sound like a very perceptive poster!