I know that sense of Schadenfreude regarding the BE Catholics feels good, but I wouldn't count them out yet, either. While the BE BB members are now on the ropes and getting Marquette and DePaul would be coups if the A-10 could land them, it is far from assured. Sure the bloom is off the rose as far as BE BB and their sweet TV deals are concerned, but I think the reports of their demise as a BB force is premature. 'Nova, G'town and the Johnies still retain some cachet and, if the BE Catholics can hang together, they could still lure some A-10 teams away to form a 10 or 12 school conference. I'm not saying they'd be successful at doing so if the BE totally implodes, but I wouldn't be rubbing their collective noses in it just yet.
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