(10-05-2015 12:01 AM)Transic_nyc Wrote:  In many ways, Richmond would be perfect as a "project" since they give the Big East several things:

Private school profile
New market
Staying East
Going into ACC territory to respond to losing the likes of BC, ND, SU and Pitt
Stop at eleven, which allows the BE to schedule hoops schools OOC up and down the East coast; gives each program 10 home and 10 away games, in-conference

That said, that they haven't added anyone means that they're comfortable with the membership today.

I could definitely see a scenario where Gonzaga joins alone to put us at 11 teams and 20 games. Dayton could also possibly join alone as an 11th team.

For Richmond, i they would be invited as part of a package with another team, unless they really tear it up over the next couple of years.

Preserving the round robin is really important if at all possible, because it has been extremely popular the last 2 years.