(05-12-2017 12:01 AM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(05-11-2017 09:20 PM)_C2_ 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.

Yeah, because Creighton or even Xavier a few miles away is a hop skip and jump from NYC.

It's more of the fact that it's Dayton is so close to Cincinnati. Don't need two schools in the Queen City.

Yes, this is the biggest (if not only) issue. If Dayton was located in St. Louis, Pittsburgh, or even Cleveland, they would already be in the Big East today. Dayton has had all of the fan support and on-the-court success that you can reasonably ask for a program to garner a move up, but the Big East hasn't budged. It's entirely about their location, which is the one thing that they can't change.