(05-12-2017 10:28 AM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(05-12-2017 08:10 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(05-12-2017 08:01 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(05-12-2017 07:53 AM)TheBasketBallOpinion Wrote:  

(05-11-2017 07:45 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  Unfortunately, the biggest thing that Dayton can do to get a Big East bid is something that they can't control, which is to be located somewhere other than Dayton, Ohio.

Same thing with Gonzaga...both are great programs that suffer from their location.

Correct, albeit for different reasons. Dayton overlaps with Xavier's market. (I know that Dayton has a separate TV market, but they are so close geographically that they're looked at as an overlap in practicality.) Gonzaga is at the opposite end of the spectrum where they're so incredibly far outside of the geographic footprint of the Big East that it's not really reasonable outside of message board land.

The crazy thing is Dayton (UC for that matter) has a bigger fan base than XU. The Flyers average about 2K more a home game and travels like a blue blood basketball school.

No, Dayton doesn't travel like UNC, KU or UK.