This has been a hot topic today on another board thread.

W&M along with Charleston are two of the more frequent suggestions from posters, obviously doesn’t mean anything.

I just wonder if this is something W&M and our new AD would pursue.

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I think the CAA is the place for us. That said, going the Richmond route (CAA football/A10 all sports) would be ideal for this fan.

The A-10 would act much quicker to add Charleston than they would W&M — and CofC would probably leap at it sooner than us. I could see them being interested in Delaware or Northeastern sooner than us, too.

(05-03-2022 07:27 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  I think the CAA is the place for us. That said, going the Richmond route (CAA football/A10 all sports) would be ideal for this fan.

I agree with your sentiments, unfortunately it would seem that our former AD has set this possibility back.

(05-03-2022 07:30 PM)Zorch Wrote:  The A-10 would act much quicker to add Charleston than they would W&M — and CofC would probably leap at it sooner than us. I could see them being interested in Delaware or Northeastern sooner than us, too.

I could see Charleston - basketball creds and a new market. Don’t see Delaware or Northeastern as attractive if I’m the A10.

W&M on the other hand - there probably isn’t a school out there that has more rivalries among A10 schools than we do. We have decent facilities and a national reputation. We also sit in the Hampton Roads area, a market that I think would be attractive to the conference since their head office is down in Newport News.

I feel like a couple others here - like the CAA though a position like Richmond would be nice. It would be doable if the school aggressively pursued.

My word. We probably need to not suck at MBB to even sniff an A10 invite. Also, aren’t we supposed to step down to the PL?

Us fans need to face reality - we are where we should be - CAA for life


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Charleston, Delaware, Towson and Hofstra would be the top candidates out of the CAA.

A10 getting very large and could use divisional format by regions. However no A10 team wants to play us with our current poor NET in MBB


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(05-04-2022 06:17 AM)wmmii Wrote:  A10 getting very large and could use divisional format by regions. However no A10 team wants to play us with our current poor NET in MBB


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Fordham would like the Tribe in the A-10, that way they wouldn't finish in last place nearly every year.

I have no idea why the A-10 would be remotely interested in WM.

(05-04-2022 06:17 AM)wmmii Wrote:  A10 getting very large and could use divisional format by regions. However no A10 team wants to play us with our current poor NET in MBB


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With that logic, why would the CAA want to bring in Hampton or Howard?

(05-04-2022 08:04 AM)Sitting bull Wrote:  

(05-04-2022 06:17 AM)wmmii Wrote:  A10 getting very large and could use divisional format by regions. However no A10 team wants to play us with our current poor NET in MBB


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With that logic, why would the CAA want to bring in Hampton or Howard?

Besides, the 2022/23 Tribe hoops team likely will feature five new starters who weren't even on the team last year. How can last year's NET predict next year's results?

Relying on current Net scores is short sighted. I think they look at (or at least they should) market potentials, commitments in funding and facilities, and peer compatibility as the driving force for expansion. Not saying W&M checks those boxes, just that a MBB ranking score over a season isn't going to be a driving factor.

(05-04-2022 08:10 AM)TribeFan1983 Wrote:  Besides, the 2022/23 Tribe hoops team likely will feature five new starters who weren't even on the team last year. How can last year's NET predict next year's results?

Spoiler alert - it wont

(05-04-2022 08:26 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  Relying on current Net scores is short sighted. I think they look at (or at least they should) market potentials, commitments in funding and facilities, and peer compatibility as the driving force for expansion. Not saying W&M checks those boxes, just that a MBB ranking score over a season isn't going to be a driving factor.

Agree on above. Would add that there are only 3 CAA members that have fan followings that can generate avg home bBl attendance anywhere near around 3,000+ - in the A10 range - and that’s W&M, Charleston and UNCW. They really are the only likely considerations should it come and in reality, it would be Charleston and W&M. If at all.

Opportunity windows don't always show up when you want or when prepared - and history here shows you need to jump aggressively when they do, something we didn’t do with the ACC in 1970. Some quick evaluation may be in order.

Nothing really to lose. The CAA is a good home and they have prepared themselves well for a departure should it happen.

A10 is a great fit for us in terms of geography, historic rivalries, and fan interest. We would be insane not to jump at the chance. Our MBB program would have been competitive in that league from 2013-2020 before the smartest personnel decisions in the history of the universe put us on our current trajectory.

That said, we are not exactly the belle of the ball and I'm not sure what we would offer the A10 right now except a warm body to fill out a regional division. On the other hand, to put it politely, we are all upside--and if I was building a conference like a real estate developer I might look at W&M as a discount buy with good bones and a lot of charm. That's not really how this works though, is it?

The A10 "model" is the one I would most like for W&M to follow. Currently we are not investing in our programs at that level. Indeed, whether we have the financial wherewithal to do so is an open question (to me, at least).

So (1) I would certainly jump at an A10 invite but (2) I see no reason for such an invite to be issued.

I'm sure there's about 20-30 programs that would all love an A10 invite, and all have somewhat of a shot at getting one, so I think we'd be in a pretty long list of suitors.

Most of the CAA/MVC, the top halves of the AEC/MAAC/Horizon league, a few NEC/ASun/SoCon/Big South schools, etc would all have some levels of interest

Don't sleep on UNCG getting an invite. Large market, big school, and they play at the Greensboro colisuem. Rumor is UNCG passed on the CAA looking for something bigger. The only realistic "bigger" for them would be the A10.