DudeAnon wrote:CrawfishBucket wrote:Hall2012 wrote:While I'm in no way in any rush to expand, the school that still really intrigues me is Saint Louis. It has strong facilities, brings a great media market (a fantastic sports town), and is a like minded institution. It's certainly a gamble as the school is struggling with financial issues at the moment and has little history of basketball success, but I think SLU could have the highest upside of any candidate not named UConn. Of course, we could get stuck with another DePaul - that's the gamble, but I see a like minded institution in a major city with zero high level basketball competition. I know their attendance isn't great now, but a bad A10 team isn't exactly something to get excited about. They drew well a few years ago when the team was winning. Travis Ford has already done a great job recruiting and I have a feeling combining that recruiting with high major conference affiliation could make that program explode.
I agree.
I'm also not dead set against Gonzaga.
If they win this tournament, I think the Big East should weigh the bad geography with all the positives their inclusion would bring to the conference. It would be a no-brainer in my book, and it would give the Big East the last two champions.
What happens after Few retires?
Bill Marsh wrote:DudeAnon wrote:What happens after Few retires?
What if he doesn't?
RedStorm wrote:Really, this has nothing to do with the public/private difference. The conf would add UConn in a millisecond if they sought to join. And would encourage them to bring along Memphis. If hypothetically, the B12 was destroyed as it nearly was a few yrs ago and multiple teams were left stranded, the BE would be open to take in Kansas St and maybe a few others.
Gopher+RamFan wrote:The Richmond DMA is the biggest one in the country without a professional sports team or an FBD football program.
VCU has a $2 million/yr media rights deal. Put that against any other "expansion candidate". If ratings and media are a factor, VCU has the measurables against the other candidates outside of UConn.
VCU has the best track record of any candidate outside of Gonzaga.
VCU is located in the best recruiting grounds (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina are 3 of the top 5 states for D1 basketball recruiting).
VCU has the best traveling fanbase of all the candidates, with a proven track record of showing up in NYC for a conference tournament.
VCU is truly a program: 4 coaching changes and havent missed a beat. $25 million dollar practice facility.
VCU has 30,000 students along with 15,000 employees. Its endowment is $1.6 Billion. It is a public research university, received over $250 million in sponsored research last year.
IF the private/public issue was not there, then it would be a no brainer. VCU (from what I know) would've been in good position to join when X did, but was opposed by Georgetown. Unsure if GU's recent downturn does anything to affect a change in that regard.
If the Big East will never accept a public then this is all a moot point. Hopefully VCU would then join WSU and Dayton in the AAC.
Dwon wrote:Gopher Ram fan- I was elated to see you back me up with all that supported evidence. Seems to me that a lot of these folk that are against the idea of VCU joining them are like minded to the ones that would charge ridiculous prices for organic foods. Actual prices @ Whole Foods is $13 for a small bottle of healthy Pure pomegranate juice(the size of a Snapple's drink). Gotta be wealthy in order to ingest the blessed fruit.
GoldenWarrior11 wrote:Dwon wrote:Gopher Ram fan- I was elated to see you back me up with all that supported evidence. Seems to me that a lot of these folk that are against the idea of VCU joining them are like minded to the ones that would charge ridiculous prices for organic foods. Actual prices @ Whole Foods is $13 for a small bottle of healthy Pure pomegranate juice(the size of a Snapple's drink). Gotta be wealthy in order to ingest the blessed fruit.
Cheers, Old Sport!
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