Expansion: UAB to reunite with Marquette and DePaul in NBE?

[stever20]

I'd say the thing about VCU that is different now is they're starting to get more and more top 100 recruits. They have 3 this year and 2 next year already. The talent level is going to go up considerably for them. Next year they will be even better- they lose 2 guys who play at all(most 70% of the time).

[bmorex]

Wait was that guy serious about adding Duke?

haha ok man.

[Bluejay]

No I am not saying the Creighton is not diverse enough, the fans seem to have that "country look", not that there is anything wrong with that.

Okay, I laughed. The timing on this is classic. We play Nebraska today and they constantly call us "slacks and sweater vesters", the "wine and cheese crowd", "highbrow," "elitist" and everything else that is in any way similar.

Suddenly all of those things are now also described as a "country look". I guess that means that Dayton fans also have a "country look" to them too (Note: the irony of Dayton fans apparently also mocked as "sweater vesters" is just too rich).

Dayton fans crack me up. In one breath they get angry when someone says the Big East wouldn't be interested in them as an expansion candidate, only to follow that up with multiple claims that they wouldn't ever be interested in joining the Big East. Too funny indeed.

[Edrick]

If people would just stop talking about Dayton, they'd probably go away.

It shouldn't be hard, they aren't relevant to any of this.

[handdownmandown]

I would say I am more on the Wichita State bandwagon. But if the Big East wants to make the same mistakes made by the MWC and the Big 12, I'm not going to lose sleep over it.

Wow, that totally explains the pompous comment. I was about to take it seriously.

[Noonzy]

It's going to need a change of the Presidents of the BE schools to allow a state u in the conference. Totally different missions. I doubt they would change their minds and let UConn in. The BE will wait for all of the stuff with conference realignment and schools dropping football to clear until a new school will be added IMO.

[RDinNY]

Ii don't think there is a single one of the old BE schools that would vote to keep Uconn out if they did something with their football program. They are too valuable an asset.

[Letsgonova]

Villanova's AD has been quoted as saying the Big East would only admit schools that had a "wow" factor. To my mind, UCONN and Gonzaga would be the only current options that would fit that bill. Dayton, SLU, VCU - none of them move the needle for any casual basketball fan or--by extension--Fox. Gonzaga is extremely unlikely for a bunch of reasons, but I could definitely see UCONN thinking about it. Unlike most FBS schools, they get their money from hoops, and it's going to be tough to sell tickets with SMU, East Carolina, Tulane, et al. coming to town. If football continues to be dormant (watch Villanova beat them to open the 2015 season), and gate revenue dries up in hoops (remember, they get only around $1.5M per year TOTAL in tv revenue from the AAC), they find themselves in a difficult position.

[butlerguy03]

(remember, they get only around $1.5M per year TOTAL in tv revenue from the AAC), they find themselves in a difficult position.

WOW! I didn't realize the TV contract was that awful! How can anyone want to be in that conference? Football should be impossible to keep at that level.

[Jet915]

Ii don't think there is a single one of the old BE schools that would vote to keep Uconn out if they did something with their football program. They are too valuable an asset.

I agree but I think UCONN would have to destroy their football program and bring it down to I-AA otherwise, they will always be a flight risk.