(03-26-2021 05:06 PM)SMUleopold Wrote:  

(03-26-2021 03:36 PM)jedclampett Wrote:  

(03-26-2021 02:31 PM)SMUleopold Wrote:  ...bringing in basketball-only schools doesn't help our problem at being at a 'crossroads'

I believe that it would be more helpful than you think, because you don't seem to appreciate the profound public relations (PR) impact that adding an upper-echelon team like VCU would have on the national perception of the conference.

Dude, we had UConn - UCONN, A basketball powerhouse with 4 NC's -all recently - and people didn't take us seriously as a conference. We replace them with a nice little competitive program like VCU and people will say "Hey, nice get" but it won't change a damn thing about this conferences national perception. Houston could win this NCAA tourney (and I hope they do - Go Cougs!) and it won't change people's perception of this conference as a whole. Only winning in football will. Aresco knows this as does the rest of the leadership.

aaaaaaaaaand...... Ah-BALLGAME. Never has a counterpoint been so true, so apropos, and so well put than that which rests gently over my head ^^^^