re: Do Missouri fans actually believe Martin would leave for Mizzou?

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Just no. He can build something there for sure but sleeping giant is a joke

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I think he means:

1) There is a will to be good at basketball. Our old stadium sat 12k and was one of the largest for its time. Would even be pretty large by today's standards. The current one is 18k. Part of that is undoubtedly due to bringing in non-basketball attractions to Columbia (concerts, etc.) But SC really cares about its basketball. We might have to ask scrooster but I believe there was a time during the McGuire era that basketball was more popular than football here.

2) There's plenty of pure talent in the Deep South / Mid-Atlantic. It's just hard to pry the top talent away from any of the blue bloods. Especially with Duke and UNC so close by. But hey, grabbing top in-state talent is how we reeled off all those 11-win seasons in football.