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There is a story on their web today about bad coaching jobs. One of them, they claim, is Marquette. And among the reasons given is that they lack the lucrative TV deal commanded by the old Big East conference. What a joke! Here is the link: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... basketball.

X-man wrote:There is a story on their web today about bad coaching jobs. One of them, they claim, is Marquette. And among the reasons given is that they lack the lucrative TV deal commanded by the old Big East conference. What a joke! Here is the link: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... basketball.

Sooooo much bullsh-- in this. Did they even do research? Most the top athletes would choose Wiscy over Marquette? He might want to check out recruiting classes again. The idiot also thinks we play in "the old U.S. Cellular Arena" when we actually play in a the Bradley Center...an NBA arena.

and since when are we "wrestling with financial problems"? The hell is this?

How about how he says that DePauls arena is being held up by lawsuits? WTF is he talking about?

Medcalf has always seemed to be one of the weakest analysts on ESPN bball and is just another example of that. This was just poorly written on all fronts.
I particularity enjoyed where he implied Florida gulf coast could compete with Florida and FSU for recruits.

I mean, at least do the right reseach. My lord, the article is full of errors.

What were the Big East basketball schools making in the old ESPN contract compared to what they're making now with FS1?

bmorex wrote:What were the Big East basketball schools making in the old ESPN contract compared to what they're making now with FS1?

Considerably less.

bmorex wrote:What were the Big East basketball schools making in the old ESPN contract compared to what they're making now with FS1?

1-2 Mill compared to 4 mill now.

Sad thing is that all he's looking for are article clicks, and something like this, no matter how poorly researched, will get them simply because he works for ESPN.

this is not a result of 'poor research'. he didn't make any 'errors'. this is just a deliberate attempt to downgrade BE. the latest in the long series of misleading articles and comments ever since the BE breakup.