Poll: What Should Marquette Do?

[TallTitan34]

In the wake of Notre Dame bailing for the ACC, I've seen many ideas on what Marquette should do.

Now let's see what the popular choice is! Feel free to change your vote as your opinions change.

[4everwarriors]

Give Buzz a raise and hope he doesn't bolt for greener pastures.

[TallTitan34]

Agreed.  We will be fine wherever we go as long as we have Buzz.

[MU_Beav]

Agreed.  We will be fine wherever we go as long as we have Buzz.

I agree - Calipari could, at Memphis, and Few does, at Gonzaga, get plenty of talent regardless of conference affiliation - could throw Brad Stevens, at Butler, into that group as well...

[Abode4life]

That bball only conference is looking better and better.  Just wait til the Pac 12 come calling for Boise St.  And the Big 12 come calling for either or Louisville/Cincinnati/Houston. 

[mubb34]

A-10!!!!!

[Abode4life]

A-10!!!!!

The only thing that I don't like about that is they already have 15 members.  I would rather see a combination of Us, the Big East non-football schools, and the top half of the A-10 join together.  I would much rather play Providence, DePaul, or Seton Hall rather than the likes of Duquesne, Charlotte, and Fordham.

[Bocephys]

Latch on baby.  Football schools build brand names which equals more exposure.

[4everwarriors]

Maybe we can latch unto the SEC for everythin' but football, aina?

[brewcity77]

Reluctantly, I'm on the basketball-only bandwagon. ESPN is going to keep coming through the ACC and Big 12 until we're no longer viable. See if we can lock Georgetown, 'Nova, St John's, and the others in, poach Xavier, Butler, UMass, and maybe a few others from regional conferences, and hope someone will be willing to push the league, most likely ESPN or CBS.

Though it would suck losing the brand name and possibly MSG for the tourney.

[MUCam]

Option #4 makes the most sense. Football, whether we like it or not, rules the day. The best idea is to latch on to the most stable and best football conference we can.

That option also does not eliminate the Big East from consideration, as it may be the best and most stable we can do. I am not sure the SEC / Big 12 / ACC want any non-ND, non-football schools. Even ND had to succomb to some scheduling influences from the ACC...

[chr31ter]

Just cut to the end, already...

Providence
St. John's
Seton Hall
Villanova
Georgetown
St. Joe's

Marquette
DePaul
Saint Louis
Dayton
Xavier
Creighton or Butler

[Groin_pull]

MU to the A-10...along with DePaul, St Johns and Seton Hall.

Georgetown and Villanova will go the the ACC.

Get used to it, folks. This is the new reality.

[brewcity77]

As much as I'd love a latch-on, where? The Big 10 only wants football. The ACC would clearly look to GT and even 'Nova first. Probably SJU too. The SEC or PAC-12? Yeah right. And while I like the Big 12 as an idea, would all of those massive state schools really want to split their pot with a small private school so far away from their footprint that doesn't even bring in a top-30 media market?

It's simply not a realistic wish.

[Groin_pull]

The only thing that I don't like about that is they already have 15 members.  I would rather see a combination of Us, the Big East non-football schools, and the top half of the A-10 join together.  I would much rather play Providence, DePaul, or Seton Hall rather than the likes of Duquesne, Charlotte, and Fordham.

Sorry, but MU is in no position to dictate terms. They'll be fortunate to end up in the A-10 (or will it be the A-18, by the time this is over?)

UConn and Rutgers to the ACC.

Villanova and Georgetown to the ACC as hoops-only members.

Louisville and Cincy to the Big XII.

MU, DePaul, St Johns and Seton Hall to the A-10.

[Abode4life]

As much as I'd love a latch-on, where? The Big 10 only wants football. The ACC would clearly look to GT and even 'Nova first. Probably SJU too. The SEC or PAC-12? Yeah right. And while I like the Big 12 as an idea, would all of those massive state schools really want to split their pot with a small private school so far away from their footprint that doesn't even bring in a top-30 media market?

It's simply not a realistic wish.

And if we latch on, we will have no leverage what so ever.  They can split the pot however they like and really F*** us over.  Example: Nebraska and Texas A&M bolting the Big 12 since they were sick of the special treatment by Texas.

[Abode4life]

Sorry, but MU is in no position to dictate terms. They'll be fortunate to end up in the A-10 (or will it be the A-18, by the time this is over?)

UConn and Rutgers to the ACC.

Villanova and Georgetown to the ACC as hoops-only members.

Louisville and Cincy to the Big XII.

MU, DePaul, St Johns and Seton Hall to the A-10.

I never said MU is going to dictate terms.  MU needs other bball schools to have leverage.  We don't have anything on our own.

[MerrittsMustache]

NBC Sports has Sunday Night NFL, ND football and every other year the Olympics. Not a great sports line-up. Could NBC be interested in contracting with a bball-only conference that includes markets in Chicago, NY, DC and Philly?

Admittedly, I don't know if that's a realistic possibility or a laughable suggestion.


EDIT: I forgot that NBC also has NHL, horse racing, and some non-BSC college football. They recently added college hockey, CFL and MLS. Seems they may be in the market for college bball, no?

[brewcity77]

I remember an article from the other day saying that with the NHL, NBC Sports isn't interested in Big East basketball, and even before this ND news they only wanted Big East football, with ESPN as the most likely destination for basketball. A new basketball-only would face an uphill climb getting true national coverage.

[chapman]

Still going with wait and see.  There's nothing that can be done at the moment, just have to sit and wait for more exits to happen.  If the non-football conference happens it's not like we're going to get left out, there's no reason to make haste in getting it to happen.  Proactively there's nothing that can be done since there aren't any existing conferences that we can both join and be better off.  If the ACC adds Georgetown we can hope the Big 12 mimics the ACC and decides on adding a pair of basketball schools, in which case that's probably the only situation where it'll pay to be proactive; cause it'll take proactive in that case since the Big 12 still has football additions on its radar.

[frozena pizza]

Painful as it is, for now the best option by far is to stick with the Big East.

[Groin_pull]

Painful as it is, for now the best option by far is to stick with the Big East.

The Big East a.k.a Conference USA 2.0

[lab_warrior]

Just cut to the end, already...

Providence
St. John's
Seton Hall
Villanova
Georgetown
St. Joe's

Marquette
DePaul
Saint Louis
Dayton
Xavier
Creighton or Butler

I'm intrigued by your theory, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. 

Yet again, time to make some chicken salad out of chicken s***.  The posts about joining the B10 are almost ether-huffing level ridiculous, and latching onto a FB conf., we're just going to be left twisting in the wind when another round of re-alignment comes around.  A basketball-only conference with the best available schools like that list, IMO, is what we have to do. 

God, do I HATE college football.

[Groin_pull]

I'm intrigued by your theory, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. 

Yet again, time to make some chicken salad out of chicken s***.  The posts about joining the B10 are almost ether-huffing level ridiculous, and latching onto a FB conf., we're just going to be left twisting in the wind when another round of re-alignment comes around.  A basketball-only conference with the best available schools like that list, IMO, is what we have to do. 

God, do I HATE college football.

I look for Georgetown and Villanova to somehow end up in the ACC as hoops-only members. If that happens, I doubt the A-10 schools you mention would jump to join MU and what's left of the Big East. More like MU, DePaul, and St Johns scrambling to enter the A-10.

[JTBMU7]

The Big East a.k.a Conference USA 2.0

The only option is to stick with the Big East. There is nothing else the school can do. Unless the conference completely disbands and everyone is left to fend for themselves, we are where we are.