...to a major team trapped in a mid-major conference? Butler reached the Final Four two years in a row and made it one game short of a National Championship. How has their program changed? Are they getting looks from Burger Boys now? In the past, we talked endlessly about making our Sweet 16 appearance pay off... right. If we had duplicated Butler's run we would be talking about changing the name of KU's campus to the University of Wichita at Lawrence. The bottom line is this, short of a ton of t-shirts being sold and a huge temporary boost of pride, next year nobody cares because you are in the Mo Valley. Even the windfall of NCAA tourney cash has to be spread out among all the welfare teams of the league like E-ville, INSU, NIU, and Drake, who instead of reinvesting in their program, will most likely take their share to pay the electric bill.
Players you recruit want to know what you are doing NEXT year, not what you did last year. Now, if you are making a nice little run in the tournament every year that is a different story. What I'm talking about is getting hot a couple years in a row or making one huge run. I think it helps beating out teams in your league for recruits that are "at your level", but allowing you to start adding more top 100 players... afraid not. Most people would just be thankful of a flash in the pan year, but many Wichita State fans are like me and think the program is a helluva lot more than it has been showing over the last two decades.
This brings me to my point of the thread; I would trade a National Championship for a football team and a new conference. Let's say that this year we have the run of our lives and win it all. I would trade that for a one-and-done in the tourney if we could magically have football and/or a better conference. I'm not even a football fan. We have to get out of this conference ASAP. I would even prefer being independent if that is remotely feasible. And change the name back to Wichita University (WU) like it was back in the 1920's.
That is all...
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Players you recruit want to know what you are doing NEXT year, not what you did last year. Now, if you are making a nice little run in the tournament every year that is a different story. What I'm talking about is getting hot a couple years in a row or making one huge run. I think it helps beating out teams in your league for recruits that are "at your level", but allowing you to start adding more top 100 players... afraid not. Most people would just be thankful of a flash in the pan year, but many Wichita State fans are like me and think the program is a helluva lot more than it has been showing over the last two decades.
This brings me to my point of the thread; I would trade a National Championship for a football team and a new conference. Let's say that this year we have the run of our lives and win it all. I would trade that for a one-and-done in the tourney if we could magically have football and/or a better conference. I'm not even a football fan. We have to get out of this conference ASAP. I would even prefer being independent if that is remotely feasible. And change the name back to Wichita University (WU) like it was back in the 1920's.
That is all...
T
...:cool:
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