(02-11-2020 09:45 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  If UD were in Cleveland they would not have the ravenous fan base they currently have. Dayton has a great fan base because they don't have pro sports in town.

Well, to be fair if they were the same distance from downtown Cleveland that they presently are from downtown Cincinnati, 50 miles, they'd be between Canton and Akron. So they are just about the same distance from the Bengals and Reds as Akron and Kent State are from the Browns, Indians and Cavs.

Of course, there is one big difference there for basketball ... Akron is more Cavs country than Zips or Golden Flashes country as far as basketball goes.

Quote: That's not even getting into the whole Ohio State obsession up there (which may exist in southwest Ohio for football to an extent, but is non-existent in hoops).

I got much less of a Buckeyes basketball vibe in Northeast Ohio than in Central Ohio.

But the point remains, it's not "a team in Ohio" that X and UC object to, it's a team in southwest Ohio. If it was a private Catholic University in Akron or Toledo or Zanesville that had Dayton's success in basketball, they wouldn't have the same objection to it entering either the Big East or the AAC.