The opportunity to compete in basketball is there while the turnaround from loser to winner is quicker. Its why we have Gonzaga, Xavier, Butler, and other small private schools doing it. Most big winners in football are large state schools followed by mostly public or well funded city schools in recruiting rich areas.

Would love to see Tulane and Tulsa go back to becoming relevant basketball schools again. ECU, UCF, and USF should be football first schools. I believe Houston, SMU, UConn, and Cincinnati have the ability to do a little bit of both. Memphis and Temple are basketball schools all the way.

(02-04-2014 04:19 PM)Carolina Stang Wrote:  much easier to turn around a BB program than a FB program - just look at SMU.

I've said for years that we should focus on becoming a BB-first school like Duke. SO much easier for small schools to get it done and to fill an arena vs filling a stadium.

But in Texas, football will always be king.

I agree with your last statement, but if I'm an SMU fan, I would think it's much more fun being in a packed basketball arena 10+ times a year than being in a half empty football stadium pretty much anytime other than when a big 12 school comes to town. I'd really like to keep the basketball momentum going if I'm an alumni down the road. You guys have an excellent home court going right now. And even though football may be king in this state, with the alumni $$$ you have, you're one school i can see making it work.