Drakey wrote:I think the academic considerations are pretty pointless also. The only think sports can do as far as recruiting students is to get your name out there so prospective students have heard of your school. That is only done by winning and getting in the tournament or being ranked in the top 25. Drake was at it's strongest in the 60s and 70s when the Valley had a bunch of questionable academic schools with great basketball programs. Those schools all left with the name recognition and publicity that went with them.
I agree to a point.
That was also when the Baby Boomers were hitting college age. Everybody was big and growing at that point because there was so much population growth and the first generation that looked at college as the rule rather than the exception.
We've got vastly smaller high school classes coming within the decade and then another cliff a decade after that, coupled with a general move away from traditional university learning. Commuter schools and schools that embrace trades are poised to handle those population and demographic shifts better.
