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They can dance around numbers all they want at this point, but if they are not cutting fball they would likely still stay the course in the AAC if their bball had not dropped off the past several years. Their bball attendance is/was dropping which they could not afford in a conference that their fans envisioned they should dominate or at least be near the top every year. My guess is they would continue the Edsall experiment given he had success before, but not with bball dropping to the middle of the pack. Blame the loss of Calhoun, blame teams like Uc and Houston that they've struggled against the past several years, but overall they could not afford to be non title level in both sports. For a program that talks a lot about being a national brand moving to a bball only conference in order to try and salvage things really highlights that as being inaccurate. Duke and Uk(and now Memphis) will likely continue to get the 5 star guys. They're hoping this move will spark them. I'm sure the other new big east schools will do their best to dash those hopes. Onward.