ChiefsPlanet - MU ** Official Mizzou Basketball Repository Thread **

The problem with that is simply a numbers game... 35 schools claim 3+ college football championships, while only 7 schools claim 3+ college basketball championships.

Six schools have 10+ Final Four apperances... 33 schools have 3+.

Is it really that hard to figure out why more schools claim a football tradition over basketball?

As far as the short list of teams that claim multiple NCs in both sports, Michigan State is the one that sticks out that could possibly consider itself both.

Of course football is more popular, and the schools love it because filling 70,000 stadiums is somehow more profitable than filling 16,000 seat arenas... but, the NCAA tournament does use football stadiums for 3rd round games and some conference tournaments. Let's not be ridiculous.

That is all fine. But when some get ancy when we talk about how the amount of "basketball schools" can be counted on one hand maybe we can link to your post or something?

Saul Good

01-04-2012 01:36 PM

Kansas City is neither a baseball nor football town because we don't have 3 or more championships in either.

I guess baseball is more popular than football in America because more cities have 3 or more World Series championships than have 3 Superbowl wins.

Saul Good

01-04-2012 01:39 PM

North Chicago isn't a baseball town because the Cubs haven't won a WS in 100 years.

Mr. Plow

01-04-2012 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 8262803)

That is all fine. But when some get ancy when we talk about how the amount of "basketball schools" can be counted on one hand maybe we can link to your post or something?

Personally, I don't think it's an either/or situation. I think there are football schools with football tradition, basketball schools with basketball tradition, and everyone else kind of falls in between those two.

Doesn't mean there isn't tradition there for those in between in either basketball/football, just means the history of the school hasn't been overwhelmingly been dictated by one sport.

Pants

01-04-2012 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 8262812)

I don't think anyone is arguing that BB is more popular than FB. It's very simple - some schools have a rich football tradition (they may [Florida, tOSU, UT] or may not [NU, LSU] be good at basketball). There are more schools that have football tradition as stipulated by Bearcat. Then of course we have schools that don't have any winning traditions at all. We all know who we are.

Pants

01-04-2012 01:41 PM

Hey guys, let's talk about professional sport traditions!

Bambi

01-04-2012 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 8262766)

Colorado is going to be bummed to learn they didn't win that football title. I thought I remembered Syracuse winning a basketball title after some team out west choked a few years back as well, but I don't care enough about basketball to look it up.

I stand corrected. Those two schools have won. I think Pitt has a title back in the day too.

Saul Good

01-04-2012 01:43 PM

Here's how you define "basketball school" or "football school":

Would the majority of your fans rather win a football NC or a basketball NC?

Bambi

01-04-2012 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 8262812)

I've always kinda thought of KC as a CBB town.

Being it has the whole CBB Experience and all.

Bearcat

01-04-2012 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 8262803)

That is all fine. But when some get ancy when we talk about how the amount of "basketball schools" can be counted on one hand maybe we can link to your post or something?

It would probably save some time... logic does that.

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Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 8262812)

I award you five clowns.
:o):o):o):o):o)

Pants

01-04-2012 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 8262841)

Here's how you define "basketball school" or "football school":

You don't define schools like that.

Mr. Plow

01-04-2012 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 8262841)

Here's how you define "basketball school" or "football school":

Would the majority of your fans rather win a football NC or a basketball NC?

Really? That's how you define what type of school you are?

Bambi

01-04-2012 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 8262777)

If Texas and Oklahoma left, the Big XII will immediately become the worst football conference in the BCS. Shortly thereafter, they would become the second or third best football conference outside the BCS.

If Alabama and LSU left....

wow, great game you got goin on here

Bambi

01-04-2012 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Plow (Post 8262850)

Really? That's how you define what type of school you are?

I think therefore I am!

Pants

01-04-2012 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Plow (Post 8262850)

Really? That's how you define what type of school you are?