(04-20-2012 03:48 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:41 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:04 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 02:45 PM)Niner National Wrote:  and never contributed anything to the conference while there.

Never contributing anything to the conference? You mean like UNCC in the Atlantic 10?

Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

But most of America just watches fb and basketball. So perception is 1998 was the last time you did anything. Did you know Fresno won the National Championship in men's bowling in 2011? Probably not. How about the Baseball national title in 2008? Maybe maybe not.

Well since the A10 doesn't play football, there can't exactly contribute there. Contributing in non-revenue sports is still beneficial to the conference in a lot of ways.

How did you pull 1998 out of your ass anyway? We've been ranked several times since then and had 6 NCAA appearances since then, a national freshman of the year, three NBA players including a lottery pick, 3 CUSA championships (when it had several basketball powerhouses), and 3 NCAA victories since 1998.

I was thinking UMass, 1998, you 2005. Better than I thought. Carry on. 7 years is a long time in A10 years for us outsiders who expect more out of you and St.Louis

(04-20-2012 03:54 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:48 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:41 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:04 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Never contributing anything to the conference? You mean like UNCC in the Atlantic 10?

Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

But most of America just watches fb and basketball. So perception is 1998 was the last time you did anything. Did you know Fresno won the National Championship in men's bowling in 2011? Probably not. How about the Baseball national title in 2008? Maybe maybe not.

Well since the A10 doesn't play football, there can't exactly contribute there. Contributing in non-revenue sports is still beneficial to the conference in a lot of ways.

How did you pull 1998 out of your ass anyway? We've been ranked several times since then and had 6 NCAA appearances since then, a national freshman of the year, three NBA players including a lottery pick, 3 CUSA championships (when it had several basketball powerhouses), and 3 NCAA victories since 1998.

I was thinking UMass, 1998, you 2005. Better than I thought. Carry on. 7 years is a long time in A10 years for us outsiders who expect more out of you and St.Louis

It's felt longer for us 49er fans. :(

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:01 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Its possible that the CAA will have no presence in DC, and only one team in the state of Virginia. Strange.

Only 1 team in VA? Which one are you leaving out?

William and Mary.

I would have lead w/ the bball invites and left out the golf stuff, soccer, for some reason matters most, everywhere but in america I saw it on a rerun I wanted you to beat UNC! A10 had fb but CAA snagged it. I'm sure Fresno trying to make its case for the BE isn't going to start w/ we won the Bowling title. They already got invited to the MWC before the bowling title so the MWC must have felt it coming

All of it shows Charlotte>Georgia St. but I don't think they care because they're in the FBS now as Charlotte soon will be.

(04-20-2012 03:53 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

LOL. Damn.

Panama will be by shortly to try to prove me wrong or attempt to put Charlotte down since they're now in a FBS conference and we're not.

(04-20-2012 03:59 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:54 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:48 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:41 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

But most of America just watches fb and basketball. So perception is 1998 was the last time you did anything. Did you know Fresno won the National Championship in men's bowling in 2011? Probably not. How about the Baseball national title in 2008? Maybe maybe not.

Well since the A10 doesn't play football, there can't exactly contribute there. Contributing in non-revenue sports is still beneficial to the conference in a lot of ways.

How did you pull 1998 out of your ass anyway? We've been ranked several times since then and had 6 NCAA appearances since then, a national freshman of the year, three NBA players including a lottery pick, 3 CUSA championships (when it had several basketball powerhouses), and 3 NCAA victories since 1998.

I was thinking UMass, 1998, you 2005. Better than I thought. Carry on. 7 years is a long time in A10 years for us outsiders who expect more out of you and St.Louis

It's felt longer for us 49er fans. :(

Well we didn't go from 1985 to 1999. Then went 2 years in a row, so we're good until 2029

(04-20-2012 03:01 PM)templefootballfan Wrote:  This moves does not make sence
I'd be wary of schools leaving to MVC
& Mass leaving.
CAA just signed contract with NBC

Who would leave the A10 for the MVC? I know of MVC schools that would love the A10. But the distance may be an issue for the A10 as it's the two schools farthest west. The MVC is in a tough spot as there just aren't a lot of teams in the midwest that would appear available and worthy of any real support from fans. The only targets that would make just about everyone in the MVC happy, fans anyway, would be Butler, Dayton and Xavier. I don't see any of them leaving the A10 for the MVC.

(04-20-2012 04:03 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:53 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

LOL. Damn.

Panama will be by shortly to try to prove me wrong or attempt to put Charlotte down since they're now in a FBS conference and we're not.

Just go to the FCS board. Dback posted a thread congratulating the CAA for their subtraction of Ga St. http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/f...=4&t=29823

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:04 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 02:45 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 02:09 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 01:24 PM)panama Wrote:  BOOOOOOOM!

Good Night CAA

Wow. You sound happy. Seems like GSU would be grateful to the CAA considering you obviously used them as a stepping stone.

and never contributed anything to the conference while there.

Never contributing anything to the conference? You mean like UNCC in the Atlantic 10?

Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

Look, its all about the revenue sports. And while my Colonials haven't done much recently, we still have 3 conference championships since you joined.

UNCC isn't a BAD program. They are just the Georgia State of the A-10. A geographical outlier who hasn't competed in our revenue sport. Your fans don't want to be in the A-10 anyway as you think you are too good for it. Its a bad fit for the A-10.

(04-20-2012 04:07 PM)SubGod22 Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:01 PM)templefootballfan Wrote:  This moves does not make sence
I'd be wary of schools leaving to MVC
& Mass leaving.
CAA just signed contract with NBC

Who would leave the A10 for the MVC? I know of MVC schools that would love the A10. But the distance may be an issue for the A10 as it's the two schools farthest west. The MVC is in a tough spot as there just aren't a lot of teams in the midwest that would appear available and worthy of any real support from fans. The only targets that would make just about everyone in the MVC happy, fans anyway, would be Butler, Dayton and Xavier. I don't see any of them leaving the A10 for the MVC.

You might have had a shot at those schools had the MVC asked St Louis to return a few years back. They would have probably been interested. That ship has likely sailed.

(04-20-2012 04:13 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:07 PM)SubGod22 Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:01 PM)templefootballfan Wrote:  This moves does not make sence
I'd be wary of schools leaving to MVC
& Mass leaving.
CAA just signed contract with NBC

Who would leave the A10 for the MVC? I know of MVC schools that would love the A10. But the distance may be an issue for the A10 as it's the two schools farthest west. The MVC is in a tough spot as there just aren't a lot of teams in the midwest that would appear available and worthy of any real support from fans. The only targets that would make just about everyone in the MVC happy, fans anyway, would be Butler, Dayton and Xavier. I don't see any of them leaving the A10 for the MVC.

You might have had a shot at those schools had the MVC asked St Louis to return a few years back. They would have probably been interested. That ship has likely sailed.

They shoulda asked Butler and ORU(or whoever they see fit) last year before the A10 got to them.

(04-20-2012 04:03 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:53 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

LOL. Damn.

Panama will be by shortly to try to prove me wrong or attempt to put Charlotte down since they're now in a FBS conference and we're not.

I'm sure he will. I wouldn't have even commented but panama's comment IMO shows a complete lack of respect for the conference that gave them a chance.

Agree 100% that Charlotte > GSU in every measureable ATHLETIC category overall. They got a slight jump on football but they're horrible.

For the record, Charlotte is growing on me a little.

(04-20-2012 04:08 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:03 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:53 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

LOL. Damn.

Panama will be by shortly to try to prove me wrong or attempt to put Charlotte down since they're now in a FBS conference and we're not.

Just go to the FCS board. Dback posted a thread congratulating the CAA for their subtraction of Ga St. http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/f...=4&t=29823

And you are not linking to the threads where I point out the Sunbelt Men's BB champ has been in the play-in game two years in a row, and they are the only FBS conference EVER to participate in the 16 seed play in game?

(04-20-2012 04:15 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:03 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:53 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

LOL. Damn.

Panama will be by shortly to try to prove me wrong or attempt to put Charlotte down since they're now in a FBS conference and we're not.

I'm sure he will. I wouldn't have even commented but panama's comment IMO shows a complete lack of respect for the conference that gave them a chance.

Agree 100% that Charlotte > GSU in every measureable ATHLETIC category overall. They got a slight jump on football but they're horrible.

For the record, Charlotte is growing on me a little.

^^^THIS, is a sign of the End Times, prepare yourselves!^^^

(04-20-2012 04:18 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:08 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:03 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:53 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

LOL. Damn.

Panama will be by shortly to try to prove me wrong or attempt to put Charlotte down since they're now in a FBS conference and we're not.

Just go to the FCS board. Dback posted a thread congratulating the CAA for their subtraction of Ga St. http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/f...=4&t=29823

And you are not linking to the threads where I point out the Sunbelt Men's BB champ has been in the play-in game two years in a row, and they are the only FBS conference EVER to participate in the 16 seed play in game?

Why were you lying?

(04-20-2012 04:13 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:07 PM)SubGod22 Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:01 PM)templefootballfan Wrote:  This moves does not make sence
I'd be wary of schools leaving to MVC
& Mass leaving.
CAA just signed contract with NBC

Who would leave the A10 for the MVC? I know of MVC schools that would love the A10. But the distance may be an issue for the A10 as it's the two schools farthest west. The MVC is in a tough spot as there just aren't a lot of teams in the midwest that would appear available and worthy of any real support from fans. The only targets that would make just about everyone in the MVC happy, fans anyway, would be Butler, Dayton and Xavier. I don't see any of them leaving the A10 for the MVC.

You might have had a shot at those schools had the MVC asked St Louis to return a few years back. They would have probably been interested. That ship has likely sailed.

SLU was asked. They've been asked a number of times. The leadership there has zero desire to leave the A10 for the MVC. And the feelings about adding SLU are pretty evenly split amongst the fans. I'm not a fan of their addition if it were even possible. But that has been Elgins dream school for 10-15 years. And they've been aproached. The only person at SLU that wants to leave the A10 for the MVC in Majerus.

(04-20-2012 04:10 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:04 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 02:45 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 02:09 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Wow. You sound happy. Seems like GSU would be grateful to the CAA considering you obviously used them as a stepping stone.

and never contributed anything to the conference while there.

Never contributing anything to the conference? You mean like UNCC in the Atlantic 10?

Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

Look, its all about the revenue sports. And while my Colonials haven't done much recently, we still have 3 conference championships since you joined.

UNCC isn't a BAD program. They are just the Georgia State of the A-10. A geographical outlier who hasn't competed in our revenue sport. Your fans don't want to be in the A-10 anyway as you think you are too good for it. Its a bad fit for the A-10.

Depends how you're counting I suppose. You have one regular season title and two tournament championships since we joined.

Not putting you down there in anyway, I would love to have either. Our best finish in the A10 is second and then I believe we have two fourth place finishes.

I don't agree that we're the Ga. State of the A10. That can't be anyone other than Fordham or LaSalle. Those schools have never done anything in the A10 and they've been there a lot longer than we have. Duquesne is pretty bad at everything too.

(04-20-2012 04:15 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:03 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:53 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

LOL. Damn.

Panama will be by shortly to try to prove me wrong or attempt to put Charlotte down since they're now in a FBS conference and we're not.

I'm sure he will. I wouldn't have even commented but panama's comment IMO shows a complete lack of respect for the conference that gave them a chance.

Agree 100% that Charlotte > GSU in every measureable ATHLETIC category overall. They got a slight jump on football but they're horrible.

For the record, Charlotte is growing on me a little.

It would be great if ECU were to sponsor a CUSA bid for UNCC in all sports. As a A-10 and Sun Belt fan, its a win-win. First, UNCC isn't in the A-10 anymore AND CUSA uses one of its slots on Charlotte rather than on La Tech, MTSU, FIU, UTSA, UNT, or Texas State.

I'm not a fan of Georgia State's admission to the Belt. But its done. But the same things said about GSU from the CAA fans can easily be said about UNCC from an A-10 perspective.

Unless we really want to talk about Olympic sports. I don't.

(04-20-2012 04:15 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:13 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:07 PM)SubGod22 Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:01 PM)templefootballfan Wrote:  This moves does not make sence
I'd be wary of schools leaving to MVC
& Mass leaving.
CAA just signed contract with NBC

Who would leave the A10 for the MVC? I know of MVC schools that would love the A10. But the distance may be an issue for the A10 as it's the two schools farthest west. The MVC is in a tough spot as there just aren't a lot of teams in the midwest that would appear available and worthy of any real support from fans. The only targets that would make just about everyone in the MVC happy, fans anyway, would be Butler, Dayton and Xavier. I don't see any of them leaving the A10 for the MVC.

You might have had a shot at those schools had the MVC asked St Louis to return a few years back. They would have probably been interested. That ship has likely sailed.

They shoulda asked Butler and ORU(or whoever they see fit) last year before the A10 got to them.

It's been my understanding that Butler had been talked to but didn't feel it was worth leaving the Horizon. I'm not sure anyone has had much interest in ORU. Many are cautious about small private schools at this point. We already have enough schools struggling some financially and not able to invest in their programs. I think ORU could have been added if there were a much stronger 11th option to bring in with them.

(04-20-2012 04:26 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 04:10 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:37 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 03:04 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(04-20-2012 02:45 PM)Niner National Wrote:  and never contributed anything to the conference while there.

Never contributing anything to the conference? You mean like UNCC in the Atlantic 10?

Charlotte dominates the A10 and has NCAA appearances in every sport except men's basketball since joining the league (for sorts we participate in).

We've raised the conferences profile in just about every sport that we play since joining.

We've had two women's basketball coaches perform well that are now head coaches at Florida and Texas.

We finished 3rd and 5th in the nation for Golf.

We were national runners up in men's soccer last year.

We are ranked nearly every season in Baseball.

It's a shame that Charlotte hasn't done much in basketball since joining, but to say we've contributed nothing as a whole is not at all accurate. We have far and away more conference championships than any other program in the A10 since we've joined. It's not even close and that is with us fielding fewer teams than other A10 schools.

Ga. State has never done anything noteworthy in any sport in pretty much its entire athletic history. It has done absolutely nothing at all since joining the CAA.

Look, its all about the revenue sports. And while my Colonials haven't done much recently, we still have 3 conference championships since you joined.

UNCC isn't a BAD program. They are just the Georgia State of the A-10. A geographical outlier who hasn't competed in our revenue sport. Your fans don't want to be in the A-10 anyway as you think you are too good for it. Its a bad fit for the A-10.

Depends how you're counting I suppose. You have one regular season title and two tournament championships since we joined.

Not putting you down there in anyway, I would love to have either. Our best finish in the A10 is second and then I believe we have two fourth place finishes.

I don't agree that we're the Ga. State of the A10. That can't be anyone other than Fordham or LaSalle. Those schools have never done anything in the A10 and they've been there a lot longer than we have. Duquesne is pretty bad at everything too.

Fordham is a special case of a team that wasn't ready to make the jump and wont go away. Duquesne was let back in for one reason and one reason only. Xavier and Dayton said they'd join the A-10 if we took Duquesne back. And they haven't been horrible recently (although they haven't been to the NCAA's since the 70's).

Fordham is the Towson State of the A-10. LaSalle is the JMU of the A-10. Georgia State = UNCC. Georgia State isn't the worst team of the CAA, neither is UNCC of the A-10. But they both are outliers that don't really produce in the revenue sport.

And lets face it.. Does UNCC really WANT to be in the A-10?