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Good posts ... The TV contracts all come due after the 19/20 season. Of course Performance is very important and we have done ok in ATEN but far from dominating like Gonzaga does. Listened to great radio interview with Mark Few last nite and when asked how do you sustain, his answer was long ago we decided to become a National Brand and fly everywhere and anywhere to play Top tier teams. After a while we started winning and now everyone knows who we are including recurits. Few being there 20 years also helps keep the culture and brand moving forward in that God Forsaken impossible to get to University. The had no barriers, believed it could be done and there story in remarkable. We need t do the same at Dayton. We are better known on the court and the First Four helps. Neil and Spina doing all they can to set us up for the best landing spot in the next two years. Grant to his credit is cleaning house and looking for higher level players. We are pressing the Aten to make the conference better. But Rollo is spot on....are we aggressive enough? the tongue and cheek lets go in the basement is the right approach. We need to be aggressive , invite Big East Presidents and ADs to visit the school and be persistent until they come. Next season is very very important and that is why Grant is improving the roster. We have 5 Quad 1 games in OCC. 3 huge games in Bahamas and then Aurburn and Miss State. We have to find a way to win a few and get in the spot lite Nationally again. But the most important piece is a relentless marketing approach with Val and the Big East schools selling UD. We blew it years ago and we cant listen to those who say...cant happen... X is boxing us out.... all things change and we need to be front and center.
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