Creighton - Richmond - Dayton - St. Louis

[BillEsq]

In the end, there will be one left out.

Fluctuations up and down for the likelihoods for all these teams. With Richmond gaining a little more backing in recent jerseyguy/espn reports, I'm not quite sure who is going to get in. I wonder how much the reported compromise between GTown and Providence to have the office in NYC will bleed into decision of which schools are invited. I hear there are the following associations Marquette - Creighton, Georgetown - R-chmond, Fox - St. Louis then a little weaker support in the way of Providence - Dayton. Maybe a little backwards when thinking of ideal athletics, but I think that makes St. Louis a pretty decent lock. In the end, they may just add Valparaiso, Detroit, Siena, Davidson, and Furman and laugh at us all, wouldn't that be a twist? hahah

I like your logic... seriously we are all going on rumors... i personally prefer logic but hell there is nothing out there concrete that either X or Butler are in. At this point they might just announce that ND really is staying with the C7, add St. Mary's and Iona and wish everyone a happy St. Pats.

The closest I can come to "concrete" is that at the last Butler-Xavier game in Hinkle there were passes given to a few Big East leaders.

Nah Jersey Guy says your in... so no worries just like Uconn and Cincy

[QueRico]

Richmond would love to end up in a league with like-minded institutions, and it would be a great fit. Of course there are positives about each of these four programs as well. As a UR fan, it would be great for all of us to be in a league together. It's a shame we're stuck in this musical-chairs situation with someone being left without a seat.

That's why I would like to suggest that the four of us launch a smear campaign to expel Seton Hall from the league so that we can all be invited. Their academic standards are probably the lowest of any current or proposed members, they are pretty mediocre at best when it comes to basketball, and they play in New Jersey. Now: Go forth and smear!

Another hackneyed New Jersey joke, impressive.
To speak on "like-minded institutions", SHU is a Diocesan school. Their Catholic mission takes priority.
There are students who are given an opportunity for an education and a support structure for their lives that they otherwise would never have.
This is an acceptable trade off for having lower admission statistics.

[Eight Legger]

I was being sarcastic. Most of my UR friends are from New Jersey. We are the University of New Jersey at Richmond, after all.

[QueRico]

Hahah How mad would they be with a Saint Louis/Butler v Temple final... both leaving the conference, 3 of the final 4 gone

Unfortunately that's exactly what happened in the BET.
Was hoping G'town could have pullled it out. Now it's an all ACC final.

[billyjack]

Responding to the original post-- I don't know of any Providence-Dayton connection... where did you hear this?

[cm5yz6]

Responding to the original post-- I don't know of any Providence-Dayton connection... where did you hear this?

I thought I had read that on here somewhere a week or so ago, I may have been mistaken though. The other connections with Richmond, St. Louis, and Creighton are pretty well known though.

[realchiliwarrior]

In the end, there will be one left out.

In the end, they may just add Valparaiso, Detroit, Siena, Davidson, and Furman and laugh at us all, wouldn't that be a twist? hahah

And...they all would be likely to finish ahead of DuhPall!