Jl2mu?

[georgethedog]

to set the record straight...

Jim Les' career record is 105-89, 16 games OVER .500, and Les' has won seven consecutive games against Big East Teams and has a 3 game winning strak against Big 12 teams.

In fact, Jim Les' lifetime record against BCS conference teams plus the CUSA teams (including Memphis) is...16-8...

You are right. However, most of those are the lower division teams from those conferences (except the Pitt and Kansas games). It would be like a team that plays Evansville every year and wins and says they are undefeated against the MVC.

[squirrel]

JL is mentioned in a blog at Washington Times:

http://video1.washingtontimes.com/d1scourse/2008/04/larranagas_choice.html

[tornado]

UMass' Travis Ford has to be a candidate for some open positions.

[beanocookschins]

UMass' Travis Ford has to be a candidate for some open positions.

I mentioned his name in a discussion with some guys the other day. I really like him. I don't know if he is a fit at Marquette or if he sees that as a better job but I agree. He is "southern" but has done a nice job at UMass. If I were an AD he would be high on my list.

[SFP]

Let's just say JL was offered the MU job, I would guess he would not take it! Why go to Milwaukee not that much of a step up in my opinion and BU should be one of the better mid-majors consistantly in the next few years. JL will only leave once he makes his mark at BU and he get's anoffer from a premier school. I like Marquette but it is not a premier basketball school. Just ask Crean!

[tornado]

Tom Crean...to answer the question, never played basketball after high school, and wasn't particularly skilled even at that level, and was offered no options to play basketball beyond high school.
He has never played college ball, junior college ball, nor pro ball.
He is married to the sister of ex-Bears QB Jim Harbaugh who once played a basketball game here at the Fieldhouse back in the early '90's when BU hosted an "Alumni Game" vs. "Celebrities" that included Harbaugh and a few other ex-pros.
I might note that even though Jim Harbaugh was a pro football player, he was also an excellent basketball player and he even dunked in that game.

Crean also took over the Marquette job having never been a D-I head coach nor actually ever a head coach at any college level or even any level of any kind...not even high school.
At the time Crean was hired at Marquette, many of the local media there favored either Quin Snyder, Tom Davis, or Steve Alford, but Crean was young, energetic, and won over the Clergyman who was president of MU at the time.

[beanocookschins]

Let's just say JL was offered the MU job, I would guess he would not take it! Why go to Milwaukee not that much of a step up in my opinion and BU should be one of the better mid-majors consistantly in the next few years. JL will only leave once he makes his mark at BU and he get's anoffer from a premier school. I like Marquette but it is not a premier basketball school. Just ask Crean!

He would be foolish not to leave. Especially if he was offered close to what Crean was making at the time of his departure. The job is a step up. Absolutely no question there.

[thefish7]

Foolish not to leave by some standards... If Les is looking to build Bradley and that's his only goal, then he would not. Marquette is certainly a more prestigious job now, but that is why the main question is what are Jim Les' goals. If it is to move up from a job standpoint, then yes that'd be the right move. If it was to make more money, than that'd be the right move.

[Out of Balance]

to set the record straight...

Jim Les' career record is 105-89, 16 games OVER .500, and Les' has won seven consecutive games against Big East Teams and has a 3 game winning strak against Big 12 teams.

In fact, Jim Les' lifetime record against BCS conference teams plus the CUSA teams (including Memphis) is...16-8...

Great stats Tornado! Its good news that JL name is coming up, that only means something is right here at BU with the way the program has come along sence he came.
I don't think he has any intention of leaving for anywhere at this time. I think JL and his family are happy here. Also I think he is a very loyal and dedicated person, that knows he was given a chance to coach here with very little coaching experience. He came here to put BU back on the map. I has done a good job of that but I think a MVC title and a MVC tounament are still in his eyes as a mission. I hope so anyway! BUT I know money talks and BS walks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tornado]

Thanks OOB..we like to accentuate the positive here, and if you really want a link to the board where they dwell continuously on negatives, let me know.....
but be prepared for the offensive language.

[tornado]

UMass' Travis Ford has to be a candidate for some open positions.

suddenly Ford's name is showing up...
Rumor of Travis Ford to LSU

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7982128/Ford-may-be-heading-to-LSU?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=99

Jim Engles hired at NJIT

[pfunk880]

"Indications are MU has a strong interest in Xavier's Sean Miller and Washington State's Tony Bennett, two of the hottest young coaches in the business today. Virginia Commonwealth's Anthony Grant, Southern Illinois' Chris Lowery, Davidson's Bob McKillop and Wright State's Brad Brownell remain possibilities as well."

http://blogs.jsonline.com/muhoops/archive/2008/04/03/the-buzz-on-buzz.aspx

[BUFAN]

Does marquette have a message board?

[tornado]

these are free boards...there are premium boards too

http://marquette.rivals.com/forum.asp

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=415#s=415&f=2850

[BUFAN]

Thanks tornado, lots of speculation, lots of names, but no mension of Jim Les.