Conference Choice?

[Jesseandrippers]

Hi guys Marquette fan here

Just a few comments. Larry Williams comments were not meant to be a rip on the A-10. The reality is this. The CA7 just left a conference that was adding schools that diluted the basketball product. Joining the A-10 is just not in the cards. No way these schools jump into a 20 team conference when they can invite the cream of the basketball only schools to join them in this new venture.

We clearly expect Xavier and Butler to be 2 of the schools invited to join if they haven't been already.

After that it gets a little more uncertain but the conference will likely be 10-12 teams to start. I see little chance they
go beyond that. Keeping it smaller gives them options as
the landscape continues to change.

I look forward to restarting our long rivalry with X.

We call the shots now...not Marquette. But I agree, the A10 is beat and there is no way the 7 will join the ranks of those scrubs.

[madness31]

I agree the 7 would not join the A-10 as is but if the bottom 4-6 teams were removed the answer might be different. If the A-10 has any desire to be relevant they must dismiss the bottom of the conference. They will not be able to attract talent from any other conference if they lose the top and still have the bottom. That will force the middle to look for more attractive options and suddenly the conference will be a joke.