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@DanWetzel Buzz Williams will leave Marquette to become the next coach at Virginia Tech, Y!Sports source.

Very curious move, if true.

Perplexing honestly.

Wow.

There must be issues at Marq or he is crazy. Marq has one of the top 5 budgets in all of college basketball. Va Tech is a very tough job.

I'm so perplexed by this move that I don't think I can believe it until I'm watching the presser.

Edit: Nevermind, thats UC's old AD. f---ing Bearcats.

I am shocked. I mean, wow.

one of three things immediately comes to mind:

1) He does not like the NBE

2) There are impeding infractions heading Marquette's way

3) He and the Marquette brass are at serious odds.


I am leaning towards option 1.

Perhaps we are all guilty of over-valuing this league and the Marq program. On paper it's a head scratcher but Va Tech is an ACC school. Not what the league needed to hear unfortunately. Any guesses on replacements?

Randy wrote:one of three things immediately comes to mind:

1) He does not like the NBE

2) There are impeding infractions heading Marquette's way

3) He and the Marquette brass are at serious odds.


I am leaning towards option 1.

I'd say as a part of 1 maybe recruiting this year has gotten tougher with FS1- as the year's gone along recruits aren't liking not getting on ESPN a lot.

Do these lateral moves ever work out? I can't remember a coach leaving one prominent school for another and having similar success. Although, only ones that immediately come to mind is Bub Huggins and Frank Martin. Ugh, I guess Pitino and Cal.