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(04-07-2018 02:34 PM)Not Duane Wrote:  

(04-06-2018 11:57 PM)stxrunner Wrote:  

(04-06-2018 05:28 PM)Not Duane Wrote:  

(04-06-2018 09:05 AM)stxrunner Wrote:  

(04-06-2018 07:54 AM)Not Duane Wrote:  All-time post season victories--top 10 programs:

Rank School #
1 Kentucky 124*
2 North Carolina 123
3 Duke 108
4 Kansas 103
5 UCLA 100^
6 Louisville 76
7 Indiana 66
8 Syracuse 65
9 Michigan State 64
10 Villanova 59

All budgets that dwarf UC. All with solid coaches for the bulk of their program's existence. Not luck, not chance, allocation of resources.

Your assertion is incorrect.

Hahahahaha. Do you even know why those programs can spend the way they do? They have millions of fans that donate, watch their games, and spend money on their programs. We.... don’t. We average 10k fans a game with modest ticket prices.

If you want us to spend like UK, Duke, and the like, turn back the clock 30 years and hypnotize more people into caring about UC basketball (And crater X’s program too, because we aren’t getting to that level while sharing our only core market). Because that’s what drives those budgets, not allocation of money out of football.

At this point, you are desperately grasping at straws.

Why do you think those programs have that money to spend?

THEY WIN REGULARLY AND GROW THEIR FANBASE...
MORE (AND LARGER) DONATIONS COME IN....MORE SUCCESS IS GENERATED...

Are you deliberately trying to miss the point or are you simply dense?

Do you even have a point besides showing everyone you don’t know how the business side of sports works? Right now you are complaining just to complain. Shake your fist and show the world that you won’t take it any more.

Sorry bud. Winning alone doesn’t get it done. Just like money alone doesn’t get it done either. The Reds can win the next 10 World Series and they still won’t have a higher payroll than the Yankees or Dodgers. Same with UC. With UC churning out more alumni and getting higher level graduates, there IS room for growth. But it will be slow, very slow. Winning helps that, but the people writing the checks, paying for tickets, and watching the games will ALWAYS dictate the flow of cash in today’s world. Maybe that changes eventually. Things are a heck of a lot different than they were 30 years ago. You never know.

Anyway, I’m not sure what your ‘plan’ would be, but I’m glad it’s not one that’s being heard in UCs board room. Or any board room for that matter.

The plan is easy for MBB:

Shell out money for a proven head coach, hire him, let him recruit, win, and the money flows in.

It isn't rocket science.

Calipari proved it could be done that way when he was at Memphis, Pitino proved it at UL, Donovan proved it at Florida, Martin proved it at USC.

It happens all the time.

Mick does win. Maybe not enough in the tournament for some folks but overall he wins. Can we a least see how the program does with new arena before going crazy. This board and another UC board has gone nuts after the Nevada game. The basketball team just finished #12 in the final poll, which is the highest ranking in a long time. They won the conference regular season and tournament championship in a league that finished with two other ranked teams. Our cross-town rival didn't beat a single ranked team in league play all year and still earned a one seed.

The basketball team is still a great source of pride for the university. They win a lot games and do it while players represent the university in a way that pays respect to those that earned our degrees from the University of Cincinnati.