The Gonzaga Model

Why is a Jesuit formerly all male school located in faraway Spokane, Washington, the South Bend of the Northwest, with a compact 152 acre near downtown campus, with 4,852 undergraduates, a first year class of 1,052 students, capable of assembling a top tier men's basketball team for the past 20 years, including 18 players from around the country comprising the 2020-2021 roster, whereas Notre Dame struggles to attract the level of players required to sustain a high level of success during the past 20 years?

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What about the Baylor model - NDTommie 2021-04-06 12:42:58
- Gonzaga is run by Catholics (like ND) and Baylor is Baptist - Domerduck 2021-04-07 14:29:41
- Much easier admissions for one. - BIG MAC 2021-04-06 19:00:00
  - No doubt, more so pointing out recruiting model - NDTommie 2021-04-07 08:58:41
- There's a reason Scott Drew has been in trouble - chicos bail bonds 2021-04-06 18:52:39
  - NCAA investigated but nothing major came of it - SBJimbo 2021-04-06 20:44:38
    - Getting hit with Failure to Monitor - CrazyMary 2021-04-07 14:48:16
- Building a winner is the "easy" part. - Cheg80 2021-04-06 12:51:15
  - Baylor has been pretty good for about 10 years - irishaddict 2021-04-06 15:22:29
  - Brad Stevens left in 2013. - G.K.Chesterton 2021-04-06 14:25:25
I'm not sure it's a model. - John@Indy 2021-04-06 12:13:57
They have Mark Few and we don't. - mocopdx 2021-04-06 11:14:47
- Tommy Lloyd * - Mark_It_Zero 2021-04-06 11:54:51
  - that's fair, though the success predates him - tmr779 2021-04-07 10:58:10
  - when does he decide to go on his own? - DBCooper 2021-04-06 13:30:52
  - Gonzaga does seem to have a strong international pipeline * - Father Nieuwland 2021-04-06 13:18:30
    - That's been the MO of the WCC for years - okerland 2021-04-06 17:48:24
    - thats because of Lloyd - DBCooper 2021-04-06 13:31:43
      - I think Arizona will hire Lloyd when they fire Sean Miller - Father Nieuwland 2021-04-06 14:15:37
- To a large degree you are correct - Section12 2021-04-06 11:41:13
  - We are being pretty loyal to Brey - Chicagond99 2021-04-06 12:27:36
    - MacLeod's record was awful, regardless of what he did - G.K.Chesterton 2021-04-06 12:32:52
      - 4 years playing in the desert as an independent and 4 years - Section12 2021-04-06 12:51:49
        I remembered his record as worse than it was. - tdiddy07 2021-04-07 15:33:21
        Carrol committed to JM - Nathan 2021-04-07 18:17:55
        He was dealt one of the worst situations possible. - chicos bail bonds 2021-04-06 18:56:09
        It would have been an awful move to keep him * - Chicagond99 2021-04-06 13:39:11
        Why? * - Section12 2021-04-06 19:52:46
        Yes and no - El Kabong 2021-04-06 14:10:17
        I have just spent far too much time... - flanner96 2021-04-07 16:45:35
  - Few's wife Marcy is a Gonzaga grad and Mark is from Oregon. - G.K.Chesterton 2021-04-06 12:11:24
    - I understand your point. * - Section12 2021-04-06 12:53:51
- I'd also argue that Spokane is nicer than South Bend. * - akaRonMexico 2021-04-06 11:29:23
  - Both are pretty brutal. - mocopdx 2021-04-06 12:50:38
  - There are very few college towns that are much worse * - Chicagond99 2021-04-06 12:23:06