Quote Originally Posted by xu koop scoop View Post
I replied to this earlier and missed "his last 12 seasons part". My bad and I apologize for that. Had I noticed that I would have stated some of the truth about Huggins at UC was withheld in your comments. That truth is when Huggins took over UC was an under .500 forgettable bball program. He had immediate & sustained success. Think he won at least 10 conference titles in 16 seasons at UC. Louisville & Memphis were powers in CUSA at that time. What both UC & Xavier have done now is cut off rivalries with Miami & Dayton. Our 2 local schools now remind me of what I don't like about Ohio St, Kentucky & others. The sport is less enjoyable now than years ago because it's all about the money & the "Tourney" . Winning your Conference has become so secondary. Miss the days of 1 bid per league & no conference tourneys. Just me being older & struggling to still enjoy Bball when the purity of the sport is long gone. Would love to see us & UC play NKU, Miami & Dayton annually.
The Dayton subject has been beaten into the ground but why reward Miami with what I assume you mean a home and home set up when they make no effort nor invest any money into their basketball program. The school only spends money on football and hockey. Football has yielded one bowl game in about 10 years and the hockey team kind of sucks, especially this year. Doing things simply because that's what was always done is a dumb way to go through life and to run a basketball program. There is no reason to play Miami anymore.