AACguy wrote:Talk on our board is that perhaps with the settling of this matter than realignment ends for a while giving the AAC the possibility of adding a basketball only school (ie, Wichita, VCU, Dayton) to offset navy as a football only member. No matter how you look at it, this is good for the AAC although certain individual members may be unhappy.
muskienick wrote:It seems to me that VCU and Dayton would be taking a step down in quality (based on current RPI's) and not learning from the circumstances that arose over time in the original Big East with the status of its basketball-centric members relegated to the stepchild level. The A-10 is a very fine basketball driven conference, and is a perfect home for the VCU Rams and UD Flyers.
ivet wrote:AACguy wrote:Talk on our board is that perhaps with the settling of this matter than realignment ends for a while giving the AAC the possibility of adding a basketball only school (ie, Wichita, VCU, Dayton) to offset navy as a football only member. No matter how you look at it, this is good for the AAC although certain individual members may be unhappy.
I think its funny that the AAC posters now want to include basketball only members. During realignment a few years ago all I heard was "Football drives the bus" "Basketball does not bring in clout" "Basketball schools are the reason for this Breakup" "It's best to invest in football because that's where the money is."
Why the sudden change of heart about adding basketball only members? Shouldn't you guys be laser focused on strengthening the football programs? I mean....From what I've been told, It does drive the bus. Choo Choo! oh wait that's a train.
ArmyVet wrote:ivet wrote:AACguy wrote:Talk on our board is that perhaps with the settling of this matter than realignment ends for a while giving the AAC the possibility of adding a basketball only school (ie, Wichita, VCU, Dayton) to offset navy as a football only member. No matter how you look at it, this is good for the AAC although certain individual members may be unhappy.
I think its funny that the AAC posters now want to include basketball only members. During realignment a few years ago all I heard was "Football drives the bus" "Basketball does not bring in clout" "Basketball schools are the reason for this Breakup" "It's best to invest in football because that's where the money is."
Why the sudden change of heart about adding basketball only members? Shouldn't you guys be laser focused on strengthening the football programs? I mean....From what I've been told, It does drive the bus. Choo Choo! oh wait that's a train.
I post over there so I'll chime in. The idea of adding one basketball only school would be to balance the constituency of the league. Right now there is an odd number of basketball teams so adding one makes sense.
DudeAnon wrote:Saw this interesting idea floated on UCONN's board. Boot Tulane and Tulsa have a 9 team league. They can do 16 conference games and boost their rpi's with better OOC schedules. And they are allowed to have a CCG in football now with the latest ruling as well.
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