(02-03-2018 08:37 AM)LeadBolt Wrote:  

(02-03-2018 08:28 AM)nj alum Wrote:  Men's basketball. It was treated the same as the "lowest" sport. By a person with deep roots and knowledge of men's hoops, and what it can do to raise a university's profile. Any attempt by others to "raise the profile" of men's hoops was worse than pulling teeth. That's what the "bashing" is all about. That's all you need to know.

Exactly. Basketball, both men's and women's suffered on the lowest rung of the ladder @ W&M. It is the sport with the greatest upside and potential at W&M. It's elevation will elevate the College's image. I look forward to the day I'll not cringe 6-8 times in March watching the NCAA's on national tv or get the standard dismissal when engaging in sports talk with those from other institutions.

+1 on these two posts. Under Driscoll we invested more in the sports other schools were not investing in, so it should be expected that we did well in them. The problem is, there's a reason other schools aren't sending their money to tennis and track and gymnastics, etc. - they don't benefit the school nearly as much as a solid basketball program would have (and yes, I realize people like to trot out stats about alums from those programs donating which is fantastic, but there is no question our overall donations would be much higher with a historically annually competitive men's basketball program).

I don't know enough of the behind the scenes stuff to say whether Driscoll was competent or not, but I certainly believe his approach set WM back as a school.