re: Ben Howland on South Carolina basketball

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You're a wise fellow. Yes,South Carolina is having a much better season than Marquette in '16. But surely you agree that historically Marquette is revered head and shoulders above South Carolina. There were some great games between the two in the 1970's in the immediate aftermath of South Carolina's departure from the ACC in the nomadic period before joining the Metro. Marquette's McGuire would get the best of South Carolina's McGuire but they were good, if not wild, fight marred games nonetheless.

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Oh yeah .... I remember those days well. The old Bo Ellis designed Marquette uniforms. Al had'em at their peak in those days but man oh man there were some battles between our two squads.

Frank McGuire's coaching tree honestly may never be bested if you look at it. Much bigger and finer than Wooden's.

Marquette is definitely a basketball school ... my contention is that not that many people pay attention to them anymore. More fans are prone to watch the Big 5 games IMHO. I may be wrong, I have been before.