The Basketball Tournament: Marquette Needs Your Votes!

[Cooby Snacks]

Looks like Fitz is putting a MU alumni team together for the 2016 edition of The Basketball Tournament.

https://twitter.com/danieljohnfitz/status/717844429046984704

And my understanding is that we need to get them enough votes to qualify: https://www.thetournament.com/teams/golden-eagles-alumni-marquette-alumni

For the uninformed, The Basketball Tournament is a $2 million grand prize open entry event. Groups of other schools' alums have entered in the past and done pretty well, including teams from Syracuse, ND, and I think Wisconsin. F-ck those guys. To give you a level of understanding on the quality of competition, last year's champs were essentially the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the D-League.

So, go vote and tell your non-scooper MU hoops friends!

[KenoshaWarrior]

Looks like Fitz is putting a MU alumni team together for the 2016 edition.

https://twitter.com/danieljohnfitz/status/717844429046984704

And my understanding is that we need to get them enough votes to qualify: https://www.thetournament.com/teams/golden-eagles-alumni-marquette-alumni

Correct. They need a ton of votes

[BM1090]

Maybe add a "Vote for Marquette Alumni Team" to the title of the thread or mods pin it at the top to get more votes? It'd be cool to watch if they were voted in.

[TallTitan34]

Hilltopper/Rocky

Could this be added to the scoreboard on the site?

[TallTitan34]

What's a realistic team to get?

Diener
Blue
DJO
Lazar
R Jackson
...

[LAMUfan]

Devante

[Herman Cain]

Devante is a must. I voted.

[KenoshaWarrior]

What's a realistic team to get?

Diener
Blue
DJO
Lazar
R Jackson
...

R Jax is almost 37 years old at this point so he wont help much.
I was thinking     Blue, Gardner, Wilson, Dom James, Carlino

[mu03eng]

Marcus Jackson works out at my gym and is definitely in tip top shape. Played ball with/against him in pick-up a couple of times, he's good.

[KampusFoods]

R Jax is almost 37 years old at this point so he wont help much.
I was thinking     Blue, Gardner, Wilson, Dom James, Carlino

DERRICK WILSON?!?!?

DJO's gotta be on the squad he is perfect for this thing. Davante too.

[BM1090]

Bump

[brewcity77]

Not sure if this was posted, but if not, it needs to be and it needs some Scoop love behind it. Former Warrior Dan Fitzgerald is trying to get a Marquette team going for the 2016 edition of The Basketball Tournament, a $2 million, winner-take-all tournament that unites old college teams and players of eras past.

Currently, Marquette is in 17th place in the Midwest Region, and only the top 12 seeds get automatic bids. Marquette is at 143 votes and needs to get to at least 224 to pass 12th placed Ohio United (and likely needs more). Come on, Scoop, let's get voting and put a Marquette alumni team in The Basketball Tournament!

https://www.thetournament.com/teams/golden-eagles-alumni-marquette-alumni

[KampusFoods]

I voted. Very curious to see what the rest of the squad turns out to be, should they get enough votes.

[rocky_warrior]

Merged, and pinned to the top in an effort to get the good guys in.

[BM1090]

Is there a Marquette Alumni Facebook group that is active? If so, might be a good idea to post it there.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Is there a Marquette Alumni Facebook group that is active? If so, might be a good idea to post it there.

Are you implying that the invisible hand of scoop is not powerful enough to get this done on its own?

[BM1090]

Are you implying that the invisible hand of scoop is not powerful enough to get this done on its own?

Possibly. I'll let you know in a few weeks.

We are now 35 votes shy of 12th and a spot as an auto qualifier. We're in 15th. Top 12 get auto votes.

We have 181 votes and a good chunk of those are referrals. I know the Scoop community has a much larger population than that.

[rocky_warrior]

All good...but Fitz needs to recruit a few more players!

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I just OK'd Fitz for the Marquette Club of CT Facebook page.

He promptly advertised support for this.

[BM1090]

Bump. We're getting closer. Still need alot of votes though. Feel free to use the link below, which would help me become the "top fan" for the group.

https://www.thetournament.com/teams/golden-eagles-alumni-marquette-alumni?type=fan&f=57059d90ab29e100072670

If you need any incentive, if you vote and Marquette ends up winning the tournament, the top 80 fans of the team receive money (minimum of $1K each and up to $20K)

Dan Fitzgerald is doing his best on Facebook to increase votes, but every vote helps.

EDIT: up to 13th in the Midwest.

[Galway Eagle]

All he needs to do is get Jimmy, Jae, Wes or Wade to put it on twitter or retweet it and he'll get loads of votes

[BM1090]

All he needs to do is get Jimmy, Jae, Wes or Wade to put it on twitter or retweet it and he'll get loads of votes

Good idea....disappointed in myself for not thinking of that. Can't believe Fitz hasn't at least gotten Wes to promote it since they played together.

Granted, he has probably been pretty busy with his playoff chase...

[Galway Eagle]

Good idea....disappointed in myself for not thinking of that. Can't believe Fitz hasn't at least gotten Wes to promote it since they played together.

Granted, he has probably been pretty busy with his playoff chase...

Marketing major pays off

[BM1090]

Jerel is playing

[brewcity77]

Marquette up to 12th in the Midwest. 8 more votes puts them in the top-10.