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http://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketba...y-flourish

Also, in my opinion, shows why investing in basketball may be more impactful at our level than investing in football. It would take decades for football to reap those types of ROI for a mid major, but I believe with enough investment, any school of our stature could catapult themselves to a position where that sort of run is no longer just a dream.

(03-30-2017 03:10 PM)Monarchblue Wrote:  Also, in my opinion, shows why investing in basketball may be more impactful at our level than investing in football. It would take decades for football to reap those types of ROI for a mid major, but I believe with enough investment, any school of our stature could catapult themselves to a position where that sort of run is no longer just a dream.

It can easily be argued Michael Vick did the same thing for Va. Tech. UCF and USF have upgraded their profile with football too. Its much easier in basketball, but not impossible with football. At least it wasn't until the P5/G5 crap started.

You might be correct, but I can say without ANY doubt that the feeling I get from having this video below gets me much more excited to donate than what comes from our longstanding hoops history. Although I donate for both.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCGkfJoufWU

But that's just a real strong opinion from one alumnus/donor/fan.

(03-30-2017 04:00 PM)FearTheLion Wrote:  You might be correct, but I can say without ANY doubt that the feeling I get from having this video below gets me much more excited to donate than what comes from our longstanding hoops history. Although I donate for both.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCGkfJoufWU

Why did I watch this in March?? Noooooo I need football now

(03-30-2017 04:01 PM)FearTheLion Wrote:  But that's just a real strong opinion from one alumnus/donor/fan.

That's fair, but I think making a ton of Sweet Sixteens brings notoriety nationwide that can be translated into a real impact across the entire university. I think there is a path for schools like us to get there. I don't think there is any path that gets a school at our level the same sort of of cache through football. At least not in a timeframe that doesn't span a lot of decades.

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While the newspaper listing the "Top 100 All Time Basketball Programs" is one person's opinion, it nevertheless gives some insight into where we stand, e.g. our program has a long ways to go before we are at a level some think we are at.

I'M PSYCHED!! CAN'T HARDLY WAIT

(03-30-2017 05:10 PM)The Doctor Is In Wrote:  While the newspaper listing the "Top 100 All Time Basketball Programs" is one person's opinion, it nevertheless gives some insight into where we stand, e.g. our program has a long ways to go before we are at a level some think we are at.

My thoughts on this don't concern how i think our program stacks up historically. I think any midmajor that is as large of a university as ODU, with the sort of financial support that ODU has, and the facilities and location advantages that ODU has, can with the right amount of investment become a midmajor power. It would probably require making some difficult choices that may not make everyone happy, and that is certainly a consideration that would need to be factored in. But with the size of our budget, if we put all of our resources into men's basketball, paid a coach $2 million a year, upgraded facilities to the upper tier and and made it our sole mission to be a top 25 team year in and year out, I do think we could make it happen.

I am not necessarily saying that is what we SHOULD do. That is up for debate. But I do think we COULD do it.

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