augkash wrote:Bill Marsh wrote:DudeAnon wrote:I always like Dayton until:
1) I met their online fanbase.
2) They heckled their HOF alumni Christie Mack making her cry at the game.
Anyway, if I were X. I would try to keep them out simply because they are so close geographically. We already have Butler pretty close and we are fighting them for recruits (Bluiett and Macura I believe.)
I don't get the whole "close geography is bad" thing.
I gues Xavier is not worried about Cincinnati Louisville or Kentucky in recruiting but Dayton omg we can't have them in league bc they will hurt our recruiting
DudeAnon wrote:I don't see how the geography argument is hard to understand. Right now the BE elevates X to the biggest program in SW Ohio. It's natural to want to preserve that status. Dayton probably won't surpass X if they joined the BE but they definitely won't if they stay in A10.
muskienick wrote:augkash wrote:Bill Marsh wrote:I always like Dayton until:
1) I met their online fanbase.
2) They heckled their HOF alumni Christie Mack making her cry at the game.
Anyway, if I were X. I would try to keep them out simply because they are so close geographically. We already have Butler pretty close and we are fighting them for recruits (Bluiett and Macura I believe.)
I don't get the whole "close geography is bad" thing.
I gues Xavier is not worried about Cincinnati Louisville or Kentucky in recruiting but Dayton omg we can't have them in league bc they will hurt our recruiting
Hoopfan wrote:DudeAnon wrote:I don't see how the geography argument is hard to understand. Right now the BE elevates X to the biggest program in SW Ohio. It's natural to want to preserve that status. Dayton probably won't surpass X if they joined the BE but they definitely won't if they stay in A10.
Can we just agree that ohio state is #1 in ALL Ohio so this argument doesnt matter?
GoldenWarrior11 wrote:The B1G has two members in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. The ACC has four members in North Carolina alone, not to mention two in Virginia and Florida. The Big 12 has four members alone in Texas, and two in Oklahoma and Kansas. The PAC-12 has four members in California, and two members in Arizona, Oregon and Washington.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a conference doubling-up (or tripling or quadrupling) in one state. The one concern the Big East may have (specifically, Georgetown, St. Johns, Seton Hall, Providence and Villanova) is that doubling up in Ohio would shift the focus of the conference from the east coast more towards the midwest. However, with the clear lack of viable candidates on the east coast, perhaps the schools compromise - if/when the conference decides to expand.
muskienick wrote:The last time I checked, the Bearcat, Cardinal, and Wildcat fans were not flocking to this Board campaigning for their schools to be added to the Big East.
BEX wrote:Why would they? With all the VCU defections, they should cruise to the title in a very weak A-10.
Ball Turret Gunner wrote:muskienick wrote:The last time I checked, the Bearcat, Cardinal, and Wildcat fans were not flocking to this Board campaigning for their schools to be added to the Big East.
Just for the record, not all UD fans are campaigning to be added to the New Big East, especially at this time.
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