I'm very much in favor of getting VCU, Dayton, and Wichita. It makes us a clear 5+ bid conference. And I say that knowing that it will make it a heck of a lot harder for a non-traditional basketball school like UCF to earn an at-large bid. But I think it will help the conference's overall perception and those NCAA bids are worth $$$. The P5 thing is now permeating basketball despite the successes of the AAC, Big East, WCC, etc. Look at how Illinois State got screwed over; just a few years ago, the MVC would have been seen to be legit enough for that not to happen. It's going to happen to the AAC where we'll be down to 2 bids/year unless we really have a core of 7-9 legit teams where it's just undeniable that there is significant depth of competition.

(03-14-2017 07:44 AM)CitrusUCF Wrote:  I'm very much in favor of getting VCU, Dayton, and Wichita. It makes us a clear 5+ bid conference. And I say that knowing that it will make it a heck of a lot harder for a non-traditional basketball school like UCF to earn an at-large bid.

Actually not. It means UCF has more chances to notch wins over RPI top 50 teams and RPI 51-100 teams, building a tournament resume. 22-10 with wins over SMU and Temple gets beat out by 20-14 with wins over SMU, Temple and Dayton.