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Originally Posted by hawkoooo In my opinion this is devastating news. The AAC is now clearly above the A10 and the only home-run addition was snatched out from under our nose. No one this board can convince me that the AAC going forward is not better situated than the A10, whether or not Cinci/UConn jump. If the A10 also loses VCU/UMass forget about it. A10 is toast. Not to mention, we've shown zero initiative when it comes to adding Midwestern schools, which is tantamount to retaining SLU/UD in the future.

A10 - 3 bids to tourney on what everyone agrees is a down year for the conference
AAC - 2 bids to tourney (add one with Wichita State) = 3

Let's not get too ahead of ourselves here.

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