(06-22-2017 03:33 PM)odu09 Wrote:  You write a great post and then throw it all away with a sarcastic shrug at the end. Of course there is value in winning games in the NCAAT. There is value in getting in there, period. You make a great point but you also seem really hung up on the on-court/field performance as the only metric when considering a program's value. You also seem to be getting hung up that when considering a program's value, it's subjective and varies from one person to the next. Each writer is going to have a different list based on their on biases.

Nobody here is suggesting that MT basketball doesn't bring value to the conference.

Understood, but what I'm saying is the value brought just by basketball alone is more than most. And then you know we have pretty damn good facilities, finish in the top three or four in just about every sport (sans last two years of baseball), we have a strong corp base of fans that travels as well as any in the conference (not claiming our overall fanbase is as good as ODU's cause it isn't) and from total facilities, tradition and market perspectives it is puzzling to read.

Enough about MT. When I look around the entire league and look at all those I agree there is much subjectivity to it, but I just don't see how there is any legitimacy to this ranking. There is a lot of misplacement in this thing but I do find the topic interesting. Thanks.