The issue with the A10 is that there isn't a unified vision to levels of basketball commitment with the schools in the league.
Fordham can't be made to invest in basketball. For the talk of the AAC being a mishmash schools the A10 is certainly one too. The vision and commitment for Dayton & VCU is completely different than Fordham and
La Salle. There's a bunch of dissimilar institutions that unite around the idea of a basketball first conference
Also, we must never forget that for the H/H opponents in conference play the league office is intentionally sabotaging the Flyers. Dayton played during Scoochie's junior year Fordham home and home while playing VCU once. Unquestionably Dayton had a tourny caliber team and was forced to play the worst team in the conference twice. Every year Dayton is forced to play two conference games against perennial basement dweller
Duquesne.
One game in this league can be the difference between the First Four and the NIT or a seed line in the tourney.