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IMHO, we only have four realistic options right now. In terms of what would be best for us (not what is most likely):
#1: Move to Big East, play in newly created western division. Best combination of geography and focus, a bunch of somewhat Midwestern teams with a focus on basketball.
#2: Move to AAC as an offsetting member to Navy. Potentially better for recruiting (Texas), and has some good basketball schools. But there would be more stability problems and the focus would not be on basketball.
#3: Move to MWC as offsetting member to Hawaii. Worse geography, and focused more on football. But they had a fairly stable amount of success in basketball, despite continuously underachieving in the tournament.
#4: Stay the MVC.
The A10 is not a feasible option. At best it would be a lateral move. The conference may be a better basketball conference than the MVC, but that could only be temporary and doesn't translate to TV numbers (and thus $$$). The bad geography would be a constant.
Kinda resembles the Valley of old with WSU, Cinct, Memphis State, and Tulsa. Wasn't SMU an MVC member briefly?
No. But Houston was.
"Hank Iba decided he wouldn't play my team anymore. He told me that if he tried to get his team ready to play me, it would upset his team the rest of the season." Gene Johnson, WU Basketball coach, 1928-1933.
There are no great options out there now. But we are relevant and will become more so as our ooc schedule improves. Our conference has only been reactive at this point when it should have been looking to improve its lot when Creighton and wsu were both ranked by going after Butler and Dayton.
Then drop Drake and Evansville and maybe you don't lose Creighton. .
I wish our conference would start being the hunter rather than the hunted.
The longer we dominate the Valley, the higher the chance is of Gregg Marshall leaving Wichita State for more a more competitive league. Coaches like competition.
The longer we dominate the Valley, the higher the chance is of Gregg Marshall leaving Wichita State for more a more competitive league. Coaches like competition.
Maybe you are right, but what coaches really like is winning…and I don't just mean in the regular season. If being at WSU impedes Marshall's ability to win at the highest level, he will move on.
Maybe you are right, but what coaches really like is winning…and I don't just mean in the regular season. If being at WSU impedes Marshall's ability to win at the highest level, he will move on.
I know what you mean, but a Final Four, a top five ranking and a #1 or #2 seed in the tournament is about as good as it gets anywhere.
The longer we dominate the Valley, the higher the chance is of Gregg Marshall leaving Wichita State for more a more competitive league. Coaches like competition.
You have got to be kidding, right?
Coaches like winning, a supportive fan base, and a quality of life with excellent compensation - all of which Marshall has in spades at WSU. Could he leave? Of course he could but is he likely to leave because he becomes tired of winning at WSU and wants a more competitive environment - I seriously doubt it. Why in the world do you think Syracuse has been able to keep Jim Boeheim? I have lived in both Syracuse and Wichita - believe me Wichita is a hell of a lot better place to live than Syracuse.
We need to worry when WSU wins the league and still only gets a 10 seed or worse. If that happens then that means we are horrible in our ooc schedule. Also if the U backs off of its support of the program.
The longer we dominate the Valley, the higher the chance is of Gregg Marshall leaving Wichita State for more a more competitive league. Coaches like competition.
Butler disagrees with you.
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should accomplish with your ability."
-John Wooden
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