(03-29-2014 10:43 AM)msu_bears Wrote:  UMASS should just start making calls and create a new all-sports(FBS) conference. They could pick off a few MAC, and SB schools, and get their former A10 buds Charlotte and Dayton/Wichita St hoops and go after a couple FCS schools with better hoops programs to move up(MO State, JMU, or potentially Illinois St/NDSU/UNI) and bam, they end up in a great basketball conference(potentially better than the A10) and have a FBS home.

here is my rough draft proposal.

The idea you're talking about would definitely be a cut above the MAC or CUSA in FB/BB.

I know Ohio has talked to the A10 in the past about membership as they have a history playing some of those schools and like the historical performance of that group in basketball. I just feel the school would be more comfortable making a move with some rivals like Akron and Marshall.