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[MakeItRain]

frank would do well taking over Marquette or WVA.  Other than that?  A Trainwreck.

btw, is Marquette a step up from KSU?  Even?  With the Big East reshaping, I was just wondering how a job like that is viewed.  Also, I want prospects lined up when UCONN makes their run after Backy McBacky can't walk anymore. 

Marquette doesn't have the money nor facilities that Kansas State has.  UCONN scares me, although they may opt for the "nice guy" Scott Drew perhaps?

[catzacker]

frank would do well taking over Marquette or WVA.  Other than that?  A Trainwreck.

btw, is Marquette a step up from KSU?  Even?  With the Big East reshaping, I was just wondering how a job like that is viewed.  Also, I want prospects lined up when UCONN makes their run after Backy McBacky can't walk anymore. 

Marquette doesn't have the money nor facilities that Kansas State has.  UCONN scares me, although they may opt for the "nice guy" Scott Drew perhaps?

I thought if Frank leaves, we might have a shot at Buzz....but he makes $2mil (reportedly), though OU made a run at him last year I believe.  And maybe this is naïve/tuckish but is the uconn job looked at as a good job (or rather in the same way) after the big east becomes the hot mess it will become?  I suppose in basketball, it doesn’t matter as much, but no pitt, no Syracuse, no wva.  It’s just Uconn and Georgetown…and Boise.  I duuno. 

[michigancat]

zack's reaction will be hilarious if/when Frank leaves. And I think Marquette is equal to KSU, at worst. I would say Marquette is better, but not by much.

[Stevesie60]

UCONN will absolutely go after a nice guy after all of Calhoun's violations.

[MakeItRain]

frank would do well taking over Marquette or WVA.  Other than that?  A Trainwreck.

btw, is Marquette a step up from KSU?  Even?  With the Big East reshaping, I was just wondering how a job like that is viewed.  Also, I want prospects lined up when UCONN makes their run after Backy McBacky can't walk anymore. 

Marquette doesn't have the money nor facilities that Kansas State has.  UCONN scares me, although they may opt for the "nice guy" Scott Drew perhaps?

I thought if Frank leaves, we might have a shot at Buzz....but he makes $2mil (reportedly), though OU made a run at him last year I believe.  And maybe this is naïve/tuckish but is the uconn job looked at as a good job (or rather in the same way) after the big east becomes the hot mess it will become?  I suppose in basketball, it doesn’t matter as much, but no pitt, no Syracuse, no wva.  It’s just Uconn and Georgetown…and Boise.  I duuno. 

The Big East will eventually still be good in basketball without the schools they're losing.  They will certainly be better than the Pac 10 is currently.  They added Memphis, won't be shocked if they go after Temple and a few other good A-10 programs.  They need to figure out a way to pare out the schools with a football focus and schools with a basketball focus.  If they want to be a basketball conference there are plenty of good programs they could take from other conferences.

[catzacker]

zack's reaction will be hilarious if/when Frank leaves. And I think Marquette is equal to KSU, at worst. I would say Marquette is better, but not by much.

I think my reaction won’t be any different than most.  I’ll initially blame/be mad at currie, then when I’m done with that I’ll blame/be mad at frank, then when currie hires S. Carolina’s coach I’ll go back to blaming/being mad at currie coupled with a deep resentment of Frank for leaving.  It’s SOP.  

[MakeItRain]

zack's reaction will be hilarious if/when Frank leaves. And I think Marquette is equal to KSU, at worst. I would say Marquette is better, but not by much.

Damn I just checked the MBB revenues for Marquette and KSU.  For the latest reporting year Marquette reported $15.5 million in revenue, KSU only reported $7.5 million.  I know Marquette is private and the way schools report these things vary, but that is quite a difference.  We should ditch football and go D1-AAA.

[wabash909]

And I think Marquette is equal to KSU, at worst. I would say Marquette is better, but not by much.

Would agree with this.  They've had a couple more tournament appearances and did win a National Title in the 70's.  Went to a Final Four in the last decade with D Wade.

They have been a mid-major for most of their existence, only joining the Big East in 2005. 

[Cartierfor3]

Umm, Frank isn't going anywhere any time soon.  Has to make another tore-na-ment run before he starts getting any good offers. 

[Skipper44]

zack's reaction will be hilarious if/when Frank leaves. And I think Marquette is equal to KSU, at worst. I would say Marquette is better, but not by much.

Damn I just checked the MBB revenues for Marquette and KSU.  For the latest reporting year Marquette reported $15.5 million in revenue, KSU only reported $7.5 million.  I know Marquette is private and the way schools report these things vary, but that is quite a difference.  We should ditch football and go D1-AAA.

It would seem to me the basketball only schools will get destroyed in the facilities/salary arms race with the way the tv contracts are escalating for the FB schools but the numbers you found seem to dispute it.  I guess the large market location of most of these schools enables them to make up what a school like Kstate gets from football.

[sys]

Damn I just checked the MBB revenues for Marquette and KSU.  For the latest reporting year Marquette reported $15.5 million in revenue, KSU only reported $7.5 million.  I know Marquette is private and the way schools report these things vary, but that is quite a difference.  We should ditch football and go D1-AAA.

yeah, marq is big time bball.  buzz makes big money too, and has a huge buyout on top of that.