Iāve been seeing a TON of social media posts about our winā¦a TON. Iāve also seen some haters asking why we are getting such attention for beating a terrible team (which is fair).
But to meā¦THAT is exactly why other Conferences should be fighting for our membership.
Our potential is realā¦and untappedā¦and the Duke game showed a glimpse of it. We literally did nothing more than beat arguably the worst ACC team at home in the waning secondsā¦but that was enough to blow up in the local and even national media.
With a school this largeā¦in a city this largeā¦and in a TV/media market this largeā¦even a modest step forward can and did absolutely blow up in the media. Which is what all decisions are based on at this point (media exposure and media $$).
Imagine what could happen in a stronger conference with stronger teams. With this city and media market behind usā¦our potential is HUGE and can be realized with a stronger draw/fit.
Just see the media frenzy a win against lowly Duke created from a CUSA standpoint.
Multiply that maybe 1000 fold in a legit /P5 conference. Thatās a ROI that every conference would kill to have and we can provide that like few others can (with proper leadershipā¦like Mike Hill/Gabor have shown).
The aftermath of the Duke win shows that.