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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4067006, member: 1414"] Nah. I know your usual take on this but it isn't factual in this case. Creighton plays in a modern 18,000 seat arena in downtown Omaha, and they fill it. Attendance consistently better than Nebraska. Certainly Wisconsin has advantages over Marquette, but Marquette is in Milwaukee, and they play in [URL='https://gomarquette.com/facilities/fiserv-forum/1002']a very new 18,000 plus arena[/URL]. Many Big East teams, including UConn, play in large city center arenas that they don't have to fund, unlike an on campus football stadium. The cost of a D1 basketball team is so low, that CCSU, Fairfield, Sacred Heart and others manage it. These aren't "one hit wonders" like Loyola Chicago last year (actually strong two years in a row), they can compete regularly. So can Georgetown, Xavier and others in the league. This isn't football, where you need 80 really good players, including 2nd and 3rd string QBs and RBs to compete. You just need 2 [I]really good[/I] players and a handful of [I]good[/I] players and you can win. I think there has been a shift to the SEC schools, but I don't think that does anything more than make them competitive, when the used to be the worst major conference in the sport. What we've seen is that the talent is being dispersed, including to Big East programs and yes, schools like Loyola Chicago. Ja Morant somehow ended up at Murray State. That kind of thing will continue to occur. [B]The most critical skill for any college basketball coach staff is talent evaluation[/B]. Finding guys like James Bouknight. [/QUOTE]

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