Yes, extremely competitive, and note I said for a school like Marquette.
Crean's Final Four team didn't have the McGuire center to recruit to. It didn't even break ground yet. Keep trying there little fella.
Deane and oneill competed in the Big East? Wasn't Marquette an independent under oneill and some sham conference like the Horizon or something? You are starting to bore me again with your comments, they lack any credibility or basis in expertise. If Deane had done what Crean had done, he would have been fired. Oneill's one run was a Sweet 16, in a non conference or terrible conference environment.
2 1/2 decades. The definition of several is MORE THAN 2.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/several Did you take math? Is 2.5 (that's the same as 2 1/2) more than 2? Good night