billyjack wrote:Sactowndog wrote:billyjack wrote:Nobody cares about Wichita. Good program, but it's in Nowhere Kansas.
Well being from no where Kansas certainly hasn't hurt KU. And you have to admit a state slam is a little amusing coming from blink and you are through it Rhode Island. Do you guys have 4 electoral votes yet?
As for the Stever comment, nope not him. He doesn't live anywhere near Sacramento and if you look at the time of my posts he would need to likely be on the west coast to make them. I'm not a WSU fan or Stever. I am a fan of Butler who would like to see the Big East be successful. I honestly don't think they will be long term with their current ratings and configuaration. I also watched up close the MWC squander their advantageous position by staying at 9 teams when they should have expanded. They missed their opportunity to grow and expand with the same narrow non-visionary thinking I see here. That's fine it is what it is.
Sactown, great win for Butler tonight...! You'll definitely be ranked on Monday. Enjoy brother!
On Wichita, simple answer is that no one in the Northeast Corridor nor in our Midwestern cities cares about Wichita Kansas... and vice versa. I would never expect anyone in central Kansas nor Oklahoma nor Texas, etc, to care about Providence... but we're in the Northeast Corridor so we fit with NYC, Phila, etc.
As far as Boston, i've come to the conclusion that Northeastern may be an eventual solid expansion candidate if things break right for them. VCU like you mentioned is also already solid, along with Dayton.
I think the Catholic vs Protestant or State or whatever is outdated thinking. No one cares about that anymore i hope. Like i said, the best ratings ever were in a game between two Catholics in 85.
Dayton will NEVER happen. One of many reasons is member schools/school presidents will absolutely respect and protect one anothers "turf". Do you think St Joes or Temple would ever sniff this league, or any of the other Philly 4. Hell no! That is Villanova territory. How about George Washington with Gtown down the street. I've heard this first hand as just one reason of many, but the matter of saturating an area with member schools creates a much smaller pool for those 2 or 3 schools to pull in top recruits. Butler is already a couple of hours away, and even a that distance, Xavier has engaged in some bloody recruitung battles with the Bulldogs. Kelan Martin, Trevon Bluiett, Joey Brunke (a TOP target for X that is a Bulldog), and the one I thought we had in the bag: Matt Howard. That stung, but how can one argue his choice, as he was a perfect fit for that school/team, and not to mention the two Nat Champ games.
We have the luxury of not having to expand, and what a colossal error it would be if we did, picking up a couple of schools "just because", with no real brand recognition in cities that people would never think of going to unless forced ........ than, 10-15 years down the line, there is a breakup and we have the pick of "brand name" schools, but we've filled our slots? I like what I hear from Ackerman, as she seems to look at the conference 5,10,and 20 years down the line, and there is not a single school (that's realistic) that fits. And this IS NOT an invitation for you Dayton dwellers to make a case, or ague your counterpoint.