(03-13-2021 09:13 AM)82hawk Wrote:  

(03-13-2021 06:48 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  Just to reinforce the point on Gonzaga, check out this excerpt from a 3-man weave article about budgets:

“Perhaps our critical reviewer was correct: the term we should be using is Power 6-PG (Power 6 – plus Gonzaga), considering how deep the Zags’ pockets have become. The Zags ranked 27th in the entire country in basketball expenditures, outpacing every Pac 12 team except UCLA, along with other “powers” like Illinois, Arkansas, Florida, and Maryland. They’re in a completely different stratosphere than their WCC foes.”


When we talk about mid-majors getting screwed, we’re not talking about programs like Gonzaga. They’re part of the fabric of major college basketball, a level we can only dream of reaching. We only have 2 things in common with Gonzaga: We’re a basketball first school, and we’re in a bad conference we’d escape if/when we can.

UNCW facesa long term problem of being a "hyphen" school under UNC. We can't develop any more than a small regional brand and fan base with our name. I'd like to see UNCW explore another name.

UNCW has always done an awful job of branding. There are plenty of hyphen schools who have lost their hyphens (UCLA, UNLV, IUPUI, others). But UNCW cant even be consistent in how it refers to itself. So good luck in getting others to use your alleged name when you yourself persist in using the monikers you claim to want to shed.