Just heard on WTMJ, the final two choices are Golden Eagles and Hilltoppers. Not much of a surprise, really. There were 31501 voters, 48688 total votes (each voter could vote twice). No vote totals for each name.
Charlie Sykes' first caller has already mentioned the conspiracy theory that Marquette picked a really bad nickname to end up with the nickname they always wanted: Golden Eagles. The conspiracy theories will only add impetus to the movement to bring the Marquette Warriors back.
BTW, if you take 31501 voters x 2 votes you get 63002 votes. They counted 14314 votes less than the total possible, assuming that in the 31501 voters the votes for Marquette Warriors are part of the total.
To see a different poll that includes Marquette Warriors, John McAdams has all the numbers from the Mark Belling poll where the Warriors were the overwhelming favorite.
Update! 9:30am WTMJ is now reporting Marquette will release the vote breakdowns after the final voting ends June 24th and the "new" nickname announcement is made July 1st. Could it be they don't want the number of votes cast for Warriors to cast a shadow over their final choice?
