(08-15-2021 09:33 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  

(08-15-2021 05:32 PM)LostInSpace Wrote:  A10 fans want Fordham gone. A10 presidents don’t. All of the other six Catholic members want to be affiliated with one of the preeminent Catholic universities in the US. Fordham is a great institutional and geographic fit.

Preeminent? If that was the criteria, why not pick Holy Cross?

(08-15-2021 05:32 PM)LostInSpace Wrote:  When Davidson joined they were given explicit expectations from the A10 about their basketball budget, the size of the coaching staff, scheduling, etc. That’s the shared vision and Fordham complies with it. They just can’t get out of their own way and make a decent coaching hire. The rest of the A10 would like Fordham to have a better facility than Rose Hill. That’s about it.

One NCAA bid since 1971. No Top 25 ranking (not even receiving votes) since 1971. Aside from some old sportswriters at the NY Post, there is next to no fan interest left outside of campus. It's not NYU, but it's certainly not St. John's.

Fordham basketball has been a failure in the A-10. They just don't want to say so.

Holy Cross was already in the Patriot and not interested in the A10 when Fordham was invited. Institutionally Fordham ought to be able to have at least Richmond’s level of occasional success. Instead they’ve made one bad decision after another in men’s basketball.

Not interested in nit picking over Fordham’s stature. They’re more prominent and have greater financial resources than the other A10 Catholics which is what matters.